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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1997
Robert J Milne, Jericho, VT (US);
John P O'Neil, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Robert A Orzell, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Xueqing Tang, Naperville, IL (US);
Yuchung Wong, Silver Spring, MD (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented decision-support tool serves as a solver to generate a projected supply planning (PSP) or estimated supply planning (ESP) match between existing assets and demands across multiple manufacturing facilities within the boundaries established by the manufacturing specifications and process flows and business policies to determine what supply can be provided over what time-frame by manufacturing and establishes a set of actions or guidelines for manufacturing to incorporate into their manufacturing execution system to ensure that the delivery commitments are met in a timely fashion. The PSP or ESP tool resides within a data provider tool that pulls the required production and distribution information. PSP matching is driven directly by user-supplied guidelines on how to flow or flush assets 'forward' to some inventory or holding point. After the supply plan is created, the analyst compares this plan against an expected demand profile.