Patent ID: 7747481
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system of electronic marketplace management of excess or under capacity at one or more enterprises in a supply chain, comprising: a planning application that receives status data of a plurality of enterprises in the supply chain, the status data reflecting excess or under capacity at a first enterprise in the supply chain, the planning application generates a plan according to the status data of the plurality of enterprises in the supply chain and further according to a model incorporates the plurality of enterprises in the supply chain; and a manager application that receives the plan and, according to the plan, automatically initiates at least one service in an attempt to resolve at least a portion of the excess or under capacity through interaction with one or more other enterprises, the manager application selects the service from among a plurality of available services based on a monetary value to the first enterprise of a resolution expected to be available using the selected service, the manager application further manages transfer of items from or to the first enterprise from one or more other enterprises to resolve the excess or under capacity, respectively.