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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Menachem Levanoni, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Jerome M. Kurtzberg, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/730 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/730 ;
Abstract
A computer method for enhancing distribution centers management. The method includes the steps of providing a demand database comprising a compendium of individual demand history; providing a distribution database comprising a compendium of at least one of distribution centers management solutions, distribution centers information, and distribution centers diagnostics; and, employing a data mining technique for interrogating the demand and distribution databases for generating an output data stream, the output data stream correlating a demand problem with a distribution solution.