Large-scale supply chain planning system and method
US7917379B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 25, 2001 |
| Grant date | Mar 29, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 10, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/063
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for performing large scale supply chain planning is disclosed, which includes at least one database with a plurality of partitions. A large scale, supply chain planning problem is decomposed into a plurality of independent and isolated sub-problems. The data for each sub-problem is maintained in a separate database partition. The sub-problems are preferably solved by separate planning processes operating in parallel in a distributed database processing environment.
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