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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
May. 27, 2011
Daniel P. Connors, Pleasant Valley, NY (US);
Markus R. Ettl, Ossining, NY (US);
Mary E. Helander, White Plains, NY (US);
Shubir Kapoor, Shrub Oak, NY (US);
Stuart A. Siegel, Millburn, NJ (US);
Daniel P. Connors, Pleasant Valley, NY (US);
Markus R. Ettl, Ossining, NY (US);
Mary E. Helander, White Plains, NY (US);
Shubir Kapoor, Shrub Oak, NY (US);
Stuart A. Siegel, Millburn, NJ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
There are provided a system, a method and a computer program product for tracking an inventory distribution of a perishable product in a supply chain. The system receives shipment data and point of sale data for the product from every location in the supply chain. The system creates, based on the obtained shipment data and the point of sale data, a network graph that represents a flow of the product in the supply chain. The system identifies an age of unsold inventory of the product at each node of the graph based on the created graph. The system provides a notification to a user at each location that informs the age of the unsold inventory of the product at that location.