International Business Machines Corporation

Robert J Banker

William Reilly

Anandakrishnan Narayanan

Deirdre A Wessel

Charles Sidney Atkinson

Yi-Wen Tan

Brad M Altice

Leonid Derbinsky

Docelyn Lordeus

Aparicio I Ranghel

Jorge M Salas

Ji Yuan Bian

Edward H Carter

A method, system and program product for optimally managing fulfillment of orders that are channeled through a diversified manufacturing environment that utilizes different process models, product nomenclatures and communication methods. The method includes sending by a contemporary fulfillment application to a legacy application a scheduling request for an order that includes a code recommending that the order is deemed eligible for fulfillment by a specific manufacturing site. The method further includes returning by the legacy application a scheduling response providing scheduling information for the order and confirming that the order is to be fulfilled by the specific manufacturing site. The method further includes transmitting a shipment request by the contemporary fulfillment application to a contemporary production application for routing delivery of the order to the specific manufacturing site and receiving a shipment response from the contemporary production application providing a delivery status of the order.

Method, system and program product for managing fulfillment of orders

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Raleigh, NC, United States of America

Robert J Banker