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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
May. 27, 2008
Applicants:
Markus Ettl, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Pu Huang, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Roman Kapuscinski, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Karthik Sourirajan, White Plains, NY (US);
Inventors:
Markus Ettl, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Pu Huang, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Roman Kapuscinski, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Karthik Sourirajan, White Plains, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/00 (2006.01); G06G 1/14 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system for managing inventory under price protection plan determine an inventory replenishment plan for one or more goods considering a price protection agreement including at least length of price protection between at least two supply chain partners in a supply chain having decentralized control over a predetermined time period.