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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1997
Ying Huang, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Ramakrishna Desiraju, North Tarrytown, NY (US);
Christophe Begue, White Plains, NY (US);
Omer Bakkalbasi, Mahopac, NY (US);
Lap Mui Chan, Ossining, NY (US);
Krishnakumar Bhaskaran, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Awi Federgruen, Holliswood, NY (US);
Raymond J Krasinski, Suffern, NY (US);
Peter Boey, Scarborough, NY (US);
Philips Electronics North America Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A decision support system for the management of an agile supply chain that provides an architecture including a server side and a client side. The server side includes a decision support system database that interfaces with a model engine that performs analysis of the data to support planning decisions. The server side includes a server manager that coordinates requests for service and information. The client side includes decision frames that present the various view points available in the system to the users. A frame manager coordinates the requests from decision support frames to access the needed data and models. The decision support frames provide a view into the supply chain and integrate analytical models responsive to the view point of a business process such as demand management. The frames include a supply management frame, a demand management frame, a vendor managed replenishment frame, a Planning, Sales and Inventory planning frame, and a distribution network design frame. The frame manager includes a system integrator and a functional integrator. A database management system manages the supply and maintenance of information needed by the modeling processes through the frame manager. A domain management process limits data available to saidl frame responsive to a user selection. The system also includes a demand and supply reconciliation process; a capacity planning process; a vendor managed replenishment process; and a scenario management process.