Blue Yonder Group, Inc.

Jda Software Group, Inc.

Marc Brisson

Vincent Raymond

A system and method are disclosed including a demand planner that receives a demand for two or more options that are needed to produce at least one automobile. The demand planner also models the two or more options as a network of arcs and nodes and generates one or more valid configurations of the two or more options. The demand planner further determines the demand for the one or more valid configurations and causes at least one manufacturer to manufacture, the at least one automobile based on the determined demand for the one or more valid configurations.

Method, medium, and system for demand planning

A system and method are disclosed including a production planner that receives a sales forecast for configurations of an automobile. The demand planner also receives constraints associated with an automobile supply chain. The demand planner further models configurations and constraints as a mixed integer linear programming problem, determines a production plan for automobiles, and sends instructions to cause automated machinery to retrieve an amount of automobiles equal to a forecasted production level minus a current inventory level and to move the amount of the automobile to an inventory location of the automobile.

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Boucherville, Canada

Marc Brisson