Document Type
Patent
Publication Date
12-14-2006
Patent Number
patent number 7877301
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for minimizing stock outs and costs by managing manufacturing, ordering, and distribution in a supply chain. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for coordinating production across a supply network is provided. The method includes the steps of identifying one or more items in a supply network, identifying one or more constraints for such items in the supply network, identifying one or more strategic target buffers for such constraints, and generating make, order, and ship recommendations for one or more such items based upon one or more constraints and one or more strategic target buffers.
Application Number
11/397951
Assignees
Clemson University
Filing Date
2005-04-04
Primary/U.S. Class
705/28
Other/U.S. Class
705/7.37