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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2010
Vikas Agrawal, Danbury, CT (US);
Thomas R. Ervolina, Poughquag, NY (US);
Yunhee Jang, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Vikas Agrawal, Danbury, CT (US);
Thomas R. Ervolina, Poughquag, NY (US);
Yunhee Jang, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems and apparatus for providing a variety of end product build plans based on multiple business scenarios for exhausting excess inventory. Raw financial data and variable scaling factors are input into a scenario engine component along with a business objective that contains logic. The scaling factor may be embedded within the logic of the business objective, or it may be selected by a user to indicate the user's preferences. The scenario engine then applies the financial data and variable scaling factor inputs to the business objective logic to generate modified financial data. The logic of the business objective may also be manipulated to provide modified logic. The modified financial data, and optionally the modified logic, are then input into an optimizer component for determining multiple portfolios for end products that, if built, would consume excess inventory.