Patent ID: 8117059
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented system for on-demand repair planning comprising one or more processing units and one or more memory units, the one or more processing units: model for a repair location in a multilevel repair network, wherein each level in the multilevel repair network comprises one or more repair locations at which unserviceable parts may be repaired: access a forecasted demand for a specified quantity of serviceable parts at a specified future time at the repair location; estimate a quantity of parts available in the first buffer to help satisfy the forecasted demand and, if one or more parts are available in the first buffer, generate an operation plan for a use-as-is operation with respect to the one or more available parts, the use-as-is operation pulls the one or more available parts from the first buffer to the good parts buffer to help satisfy the forecasted demand; and if the forecasted demand is not fully satisfied, estimate a quantity of parts available in the second buffer to help satisfy the forecasted demand and, if one or more parts are available in the second buffer: if the forecasted demand is not fully satisfied according to the operation plans for the use-as-is and repair operations at the repair location: