Patent ID: 7058587
Filing Date: 2006-06-06
Classification: G06Q,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A system for producing an optimal supply play for allocating a supply of a component, the system comprising: a) a computerized database containing electronically readable information related to said component, said information describing the supply and changes to the supply; b) a computerized supply planner that automatically produces a plurality of proposed supply plans for said component using synchronized allocation with the component information in the database, wherein each of said proposed supply plans has associated supply plan values comprising: c) data input means for accepting user input, wherein said supply planner uses said user input to define user preference values comprising wherein said supply planner evaluates the plurality of proposed supply chain plans using the associated supply plan values and the user preference values through an objective function comprising: where x e) wherein said supply planner selects the optimal supply plan from the proposed plurality of proposed supply chain plans, wherein said optimal supply plan maximizes the objective function.