The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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. 15, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2011
Jason W. Murray, Bellevue, WA (US);
Devesh Mishra, Issaquah, WA (US);
Eric M Mack, Seattle, WA (US);
Jeffrey B. Maurer, Issaquah, WA (US);
Minshu Xu, Seattle, WA (US);
Jason W. Murray, Bellevue, WA (US);
Devesh Mishra, Issaquah, WA (US);
Eric M Mack, Seattle, WA (US);
Jeffrey B. Maurer, Issaquah, WA (US);
Minshu Xu, Seattle, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for supply risk detection are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method includes identifying fulfillment-related features corresponding to an item to be stored in inventory. The method also includes selecting a subset of the fulfillment-related features that is correlated with a supply constraint associated with the item. For example, in some cases the correlation is based on historical supply constraint data. The method further includes building a supply risk early detection model based, at least in part, upon the subset fulfillment-related features and evaluating the model to determine a probability that a third-party vendor will suffer a shortage of the item, as well as an expected duration of the shortage. Upon evaluation of the model, the method may include creating a purchasing plan for the item that takes into account the probability of the shortage and the expected duration of the shortage.