Patent ID: 11868957
Assignee: BLUE YONDER GROUP, INC.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An anomaly detection system, comprising:
a supply chain network comprising two or more supply chain entities; and
a computer coupled with a database and comprising a processor and memory, the computer configured to locate and correct one or more data anomalies in supply chain data by:
receiving supply chain data comprising a plurality of data points from one or more data storage locations in the supply chain network, wherein the supply chain data is received from one or more stationary scanners located at the two or more supply chain entities;
selecting categories and measures by which to cluster the supply chain data;
clustering the data points into intersection clusters as measured by the selected categories and measures by:
generating a K-value;
measuring the impact of the K-value using an elbow method;
repeating the generating and measuring steps for incremental K-values until the elbow method shows an optimal K-value;
generating local outlier factors for the plurality of data points using the optimal K-values;
ranking the local outlier factors in descending order of magnitude; and

correcting a supply chain plan based on at least one detected anomaly associated with the ranked local outlier factors; and
instructing an automated warehousing system to automatically remove one or more products from and place one or more products into inventory based on the corrected supply chain plan.