SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUS OPTIMIZATION OF LOGISTICS AND PURCHASING

Patent №

US 8,799,178

Granted

2014-08-05

Filed 2012

Owner

ARROWSTREAM, INC.

Lab

AI components

3

kr · planning · evo

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

13357393

A system and method that provides optimization of order and routing patterns that solves for optimal freight margin, not just freight cost. The optimization includes freight allowance information typically varying by item that is used to determine ordering and routing solutions. The solutions thus are based on freight impact to total landed product cost, not just load freight costs. Optimization results are then translated into performance targets based on freight margin, not just freight expense.

Knowledge representationPlanningEvolutionary computationG06Q 10/0838G06Q 10/04G06Q 10/06312G06Q 10/06315G06Q 10/083G06Q 10/08355

AI classification

Evolutionary computation0.98
Planning0.98
Knowledge representation0.92
Natural language0.01
AI hardware0.00
Speech0.00
Machine learning0.00
Vision0.00

Ownership

ARROWSTREAM, INC.

assignment · 282890717

Assignors

LAVOIE, STEVEN, SALE, SHRINIVAS, SWIHART, MICHAEL ROBB, VALSARAJ, VARUNAJ, HENNINGTON, BOYETT JUDSON, IV, DEFRANCES, ANTHONY, MICHALSKI, JOHN WILLIAM, LAVOIE, STEVEN, SALE, SHRINIVAS, SWIHART, MICHAEL ROBB, VALSARAJ, VARUNAJ, HENNINGTON, BOYETT JUDSON, IV, +2 more

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