System and method for managing supply chains across separate organizations

US10853754B2 · kind B2 · utility

Inventor

• Patrick J. Brennan · San Diego, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 13, 2013
• Grant date: Dec 1, 2020
• Expiry date: Jan 30, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/0637
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method of managing supply chains across separate organizations. The organizations that supply items to an organization and the organizations that use items supplied by that organization are defined in a consumer/producer hierarchy of three or more layers. Organizations at the first layer supply items to one or more organizations at the second layer while organizations at the second layer supply items to one or more organizations at the third layer, wherein each item may include a product or a service. A supply chain database is created and each organization is given access only to supply chain information within that organization's supply chain. The supply chain database includes an entry for each item supplied by one organization to another organization, wherein the entry includes item attributes, including an indication of the item supplied, a primary location where the item comes from, and disaster recovery parameters including an alternate location and a recovery time associated with bringing the alternate location online.