Patent ID: 9147171
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer executable instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform associated actions, the executable instructions comprising instructions for: accessing, by at least a processor of the computer, a first data structure that stores an enterprise model for supply chain planning associated with an enterprise planning system (EPS), where the enterprise model includes data in the first data structure describing one or more supply chain entities having one or more attributes; producing, by at least the processor, an operating plan in a second data structure that solves the enterprise model with respect to a business objective and a set of solution criteria; accessing, by at least the processor, a set of event data that describes an unplanned event to be applied to the enterprise model, where the unplanned event is a future event; applying, by at least the processor, the unplanned event to the enterprise model to produce an updated model that is modified by the unplanned event beginning at an effective time of the unplanned event in the future; locking, by at least the processor, a portion of the second data structure of the operating plan to produce a partially invariant operating plan that includes an unmodifiable segment prior to the effective time of the unplanned event and a modifiable segment subsequent to the effective time of the unplanned event, wherein the locking prevents the operating plan from reaching back in time prior to the effective time to account for the unplanned event; and producing, in a third data structure, by at least the processor, a response operating plan that solves the updated model with respect to the business objective and the solution criteria in light of the partially invariant operating plan, the updated model, and the unplanned event, where the response operating plan includes the unmodifiable segment and a solution segment.