Patent ID: 8355939
Filing Date: 2013-01-15
Classification: G06Q,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for managing supply and demand for a ware, the method comprising: obtaining requirement information for a ware, the requirement information comprising a forecasted demand for the ware at a specified time; generating supply information for the ware representing that a quantity of the ware is to be supplied; generating initial pegging information that associates the forecasted demand with the supply information; obtaining order information for the ware, the order information comprising an actual demand for the ware and representing an order that matches the specified time; identifying, in response to the order information, a first portion of the forecasted demand that is consumed by the actual demand of the order, and a second portion of the forecasted demand that is not consumed by the actual demand of the order; and updating the initial pegging information to produce updated pegging information, including reassigning association with the supply information from the first portion of the forecasted demand to the order information comprising the actual demand, wherein association between the supply information and the second portion of the forecasted demand is maintained.