Continuous flow execution

US8725594B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• PTC Inc. · US

Inventors

• John Merrow Davies · Brooks Road, US
• Talbot T. Smith · Garden Grove, US
• Michael Bringle · Irvine, US
• Lawrence Flon · Brooks Road, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 30, 2001
• Grant date: May 13, 2014
• Expiry date: Dec 13, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S707/99945
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system that facilitates continuous flow execution of orders is provided. The system includes a supply chain data store that stores supply chain data (e.g., inventory, supply, demand) and a data acceptor operable to receive the supply chain data from supply chain members, to conform the supply chain data to supply chain schema and to validate the supply chain data. The system also includes an inventory deployment analyzer that analyzes a user defined inventory network and accounts for the stored supply chain data to produce inventory transfer recommendations, transfer orders, alerts and/or a diversion order.