Patent ID: 6947905
Filing Date: 2005-09-20
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system for displaying planning information associated with a supply chain, comprising: at least one computer having one or more processing unit having: a planning engine for accessing an enterprise model representing a supply chain that involves a plurality of products and resources and for using the enterprise model to generate planning information for the supply chain according to one or more specified constraints and one or more optimization criteria; and a presentation interface for generating a visual display for selected planning information, the visual display comprising a cashflow report providing a net present value for one or more products in the supply chain, each net present value reflecting revenues and expenses associated with a corresponding product according to time periods in which the revenues and expenses occur, the cashflow report comprising a three-dimensional display comprising: a first panel including a first axis specifying a plurality of products, a second axis specifying a plurality of time periods, and a plurality of bars each associated with a particular time period and a particular product, each bar having a height relating to a number of units of the associated product produced during the associated time period; a second panel including a bar graph indicating a net cash flow for each of the products specified by the first axis in the first panel; and a third panel including a bar graph indicating a net cash flow for each of the time periods specified by the second axis in the first panel.