Image-based analytics of supply chain optimization problems

US11461866B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Blue Yonder Group, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Devanand R · Kanchinakote, IN
• Narayan Nandeda · Ujjain, IN
• Tushar Shekhar · Bengaluru, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: May 28, 2020
• Grant date: Oct 4, 2022
• Expiry date: Oct 15, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T11/206
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method are disclosed for image analysis of supply chain planning problems modeled as a linear programming (LP) problems. Embodiments include receiving an LP matrix representing constraints and variables of at least a portion of a supply chain planning problem, generating a sorted variable index for the variables of the LP matrix, generating a sorted constraint index for the constraints of the LP matrix, identifying functions of the variables and the constraints, selecting one or more colors of pixels of a supply chain problem image based, at least in part, on the identified functions of the variables and constraints, selecting locations of the pixels, and displaying a visualization of the supply chain problem image.