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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2005
Hans Karsten Schierholt, Montreal, CA;
Priti Prabhoo, Mountain View, CA (US);
Uwe Sodan, Hockenheim, DE;
Hans Karsten Schierholt, Montreal, CA;
Priti Prabhoo, Mountain View, CA (US);
Uwe Sodan, Hockenheim, DE;
SAP Aktiengesellschaft, Walldorf, DE;
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to a system and method for service parts planning in a multi-echelon network having one or more service parts. For at least a subset of the one or more service parts, a calculation is performed to determine a location within the multi-echelon network at which allocating the service part provides the greatest gain in system availability per item cost. In one embodiment, the calculations take into consideration violations of incremental optimal allocation. In an embodiment, the calculations take into consideration violations of convexity.