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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2010
Benny S. Budiman, Chantilly, VA (US);
Chris P. Kramer, Manassas, VA (US);
Laura L. Locke, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Marcel R. Mueller, Arlington, VA (US);
Sangbum Lee, Centreville, VA (US);
Benny S. Budiman, Chantilly, VA (US);
Chris P. Kramer, Manassas, VA (US);
Laura L. Locke, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Marcel R. Mueller, Arlington, VA (US);
Sangbum Lee, Centreville, VA (US);
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method of generating capacity, production and inventory plans, over a designated planning horizon, which will optimize, with respect to a designated performance index, the operations of one or more bulk product blending and packaging plants and a specified number, ranging from zero to a certain count, of distribution centers while meeting key operating constraints. Also decision making tools and computer implemented programs for performing the method.