Associated systems and methods for improving planning, scheduling, and supply chain management

US7499766B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Invistics Corporation · US

Inventors

• Thomas Knight · Sydney, AU
• Donald Rosenfield · Lexington, US
• Steven Graves · Chicago, US
• Otis Jennings · Dallas, US
• John E. Bishop · Norcross, US
• Sichong Guan · Alpharetta, US
• Brian Sulka · Duluth, US
• Leon McGinnis · Dunwoody, US
• Patrick McDonnell · Duluth, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 6, 2006
• Grant date: Mar 3, 2009
• Expiry date: Jul 27, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/087
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to systems and methods for improving planning, scheduling, and supply chain management. Embodiments of the invention can provide some or all of the following: improved systems and methods for determining an optimal lot size, improved systems and methods for determining optimal WIP levels, improved systems and methods for an inventory advisor module, improved systems and methods for integrating functionality of a lot sizer and WIP module and an inventory module, improved systems and methods for implementing multi-echelon inventory analysis, and improved systems and methods for partitioning planning information.