Patent ID: 6188989
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: G06Q,Y02P

Abstract:
A system for managing data associated with available to promise (ATP) products, comprising:a memory operable to store a hierarchy of at least two seller models that each represent a seller for one or more products, each product being represented using a product forecast model comprising:a forecast value representing forecasted sales of the product through the seller;a supply value representing planned supply of the product;a representation of customer orders for the product through the seller; andan allocation value representing unconsumed supply allocated to the seller; anda processor coupled to the memory and operable to:adjust the allocation values for sellers throughout the hierarchy according to one or more business criteria; andcompute, for each product and each seller in the hierarchy, the amount of the product that is ATP at the seller according to the supply value for the seller, the allocation value for the seller, the amount of the product that is ATP at one or more parent sellers of the seller, the allocation values for one or more child sellers of the seller, and the representation of customer orders for the seller and its child sellers.