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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2004
Koray Dogan, Boston, MA (US);
Adeel Najmi, Plano, TX (US);
Ramesh Raman, San Carlos, CA (US);
i2 Technologies US, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, determining order lead time for a supply chain includes generating probability distribution for expected order lead time options, where each probability distribution for expected order lead time option is associated with a category. A category that corresponds to a supply chain is identified. The supply chain has nodes, including a starting node and an ending node that supplies a customer, and designates a path from the starting node to the ending node. A probability distribution for expected order lead time option associated with the identified category is selected as a probability distribution for expected order lead time for the supply chain. The probability distribution for expected order lead time describes ending node demand for the ending node versus order lead time.