Allocation table generation from assortment planning

Patent №

US 8,655,697

Granted

2014-02-18

Filed 2005

Owner

SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

Lab

AI components

2

kr · planning

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

11048124

A method, apparatus and program product are provided for generating an allocation table in a computerized procurement system. The method comprises receiving first data from a purchase order regarding a plurality of articles to be allocated, and receiving second data from an assortment regarding the plurality of articles and a plurality of stores identified for receiving the articles at specified times. The method further comprises determining a fixed quantity of each article to be allocated to each store based on at least one of the first and second data, wherein the fixed quantity of each article is the same for all stores. The method also comprises determining a variable quantity of each article to be allocated to each store, wherein the variable quantity of each article is individually set for each store, and wherein the variable quantity of each article is determined based on analysis of historical data.

AI classification

Planning0.88
Knowledge representation0.80
Evolutionary computation0.24
AI hardware0.11
Machine learning0.01
Vision0.01
Natural language0.00
Speech0.00

Ownership

SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

assignment · 161200667

Assignors

GABELMANN, THOMAS, SIMON, BERTHOLD

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

© 2026 NYSGPT2525 LLC