Patent ID: 8355963
Filing Date: 2013-01-15
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling a supply chain for moving a plurality of goods by a plurality of agents and according to a plurality of orders, the method comprising: updating a knowledge base populated with information comprising: determining, by a processor, based on at least a portion of the information in the knowledge base, a plurality of instructions to be executed by the agents for moving the goods to achieve the orders at least in part, each one of the instructions having an expected completion duration; sending the instructions to the agents; receiving the instructions for execution by the agents; upon completion of one of the instructions by one of the agents or when an event affects one of the instructions executed by one of the agents, the same one of the agents sending the status of one of the goods or its own status to the knowledge base; and returning to the updating a knowledge base; wherein each elapsed time between each one of the agents sending the status of one of the goods or its own status to the knowledge base and the same one of the agents receiving one of the instructions is smaller than the expected completion duration of the same one of the instructions.