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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2002
Applicants:
Myrick Crampton, Germantown, MD (US);
Sunil Soman, Falls Church, VA (US);
Inventors:
Myrick Crampton, Germantown, MD (US);
Sunil Soman, Falls Church, VA (US);
Assignee:
Manugistics, Inc., Rockville, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F019/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for planning the use of supply chain network resources by processing one or more groups of orders. The system and method is an attribute based rather than an order or stock keeping unit based system and method allowing for greater flexibility and improved simplicity in obtaining planning solutions. The system and method defining stock keeping unit attribute definition groups, which allows orders to be prioritized and organized into slices of orders such that an optimal planning solution is generated.