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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2000
Applicant:
Brian M. Kennedy, Coppell, TX (US);
Inventor:
Brian M. Kennedy, Coppell, TX (US);
Assignee:
JDA Software Group, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A software system for managing available to promise and making promises to fulfill customer requests is provided. The software system includes a supply chain model representing a chain of supply. The supply chain model includes site models that represent sites having capacity and that manage material flow. The supply chain model also includes seller models that represent sellers and that manage forecasting and purchasing. Commitments between sites is modeled by requests and promises, and the sellers can post requests on behalf of sites in anticipation of future requests from the sites.