Blue Yonder Group, Inc.

Jda Software Group, Inc.

Vincent Raymond

Eric Prescott-Gagnon

Marc Brisson

Benoît Rochon

Thierry Moisan

A system and method are disclosed including a prepack planner that determines an initial prepack configuration of a package including two or more items, which include one or more attributes and two or more attribute values. The prepack planner also evaluates the initial prepack configuration by solving a mixed integer problem model and selects the initial prepack configuration to be the parent prepack configuration. The prepack planner further generates one or more child prepack configurations by attributing the number of the two or more attribute values to the one or more child prepack configurations and mutates the one or more child prepack configurations by changing the two or more attribute values with two of the two or more attributes and compares the initial prepack configuration with a stop criteria to determine whether a stop criteria has been reached.

System and method of prepack configuration planning for distributing items

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 production planner also receives constraints associated with an automobile supply chain. The production planner further models configurations and constraints as a production planning problem, solves a production plan for automobiles, and displays an automobile production solution of the production planning problem.

System and method of an explanation tool for automotive production planning

A system and method are disclosed including a computer and a processor and memory. The computer receives option constraint limiting values of a second option parameter based on a value for a first option parameter, wherein the first option parameter and the second option parameter comprise mix rates for options for a configuration. The computer further generates an interactive element for setting values of the first option parameter and an interactive element for setting the value for the second option parameter and displays the one or more interactive elements. The computer still further, in response to a value being set for the first option parameter, calculates limits for the values of the second option parameters and prevents the interactive element for setting the value for the second option parameter to be set to values outside of the calculated limits.

System and method of user interface for automotive production 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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Vincent Raymond