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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 04, 1999
Penny Jeanette Peachey-Kountz, South Burlington, VT (US);
Robert Eugene Rice, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Geetaram Savlaram Dangat, Naperville, IL (US);
Rahul Jindani, South Burlington, VT (US);
Rahul Nahar, South Burlington, VT (US);
Srinivasa Govinda Kuthethur, Essex Junction, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer implemented Availability Checking Tool enabling tool users to execute within a common work environment, from common enterprise data, and considering assets and demands across multiple order management systems and manufacturing facilities within boundaries established by manufacturing specifications and process flows and business policies. The tool receives orders from multiple demand sources or ordering systems. Tool users can easily maintain a synergistic relationship between multiple ordering systems. A demand configurator coordinates product requests based on information from the demand source according to certain rules and priorities assigned to the product requests. A material resource engine manipulates data from the demand configurator and the rules to provide material supply information. A solver manipulates the material supply information from the resource engine and the rules to provide optimized product availability information. Thus, customer business rule level definitions are supported to provide the tool users with the power to micro-manage, optimally, enterprise assets and demands.