Patent ID: 8050985
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for planning replenishment of products in a distribution system, the method comprising: collecting, for each of a plurality of time periods, a first key figure associated with a first product and a second key figure associated with a second product, the first product and the second product being distributed by the distribution system; summing the first key figure and the second key figure to obtain an aggregate for each of the time periods; reducing, in a computer, the aggregate by a carry over value from a previous time period to produce a reduced aggregate, the carry over value being a round-up amount of the aggregate in the previous time period; rounding up the reduced aggregate to produce a rounded aggregate; transmitting the rounded aggregate for use in planning replenishment of the first product and the second product; and separating the rounded aggregate into a first restored key figure associated with the first product and a second restored key figure associated with the second product for each time period.