Shipping planning system
US8024208B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 14, 2007 |
| Grant date | Sep 20, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 23, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0206
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The shipping planning system stores price/quantity relationship data for products in advance, calculates additional variable cost for shipping quantity for each product based on available resource and inventory, procured resource amount, procurement lead time, and available facility capability, evaluates relative profit subtracting opportunity loss of other products which shares the resources from a margin profit of the product using the additional variable cost, and determines the product to be shipped which makes the relative profits positive, and a shipping quantity and a price of the product using the price/quantity relationship data.
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