Patent ID: 7900153

Claim:
A system for visualization and management of a supply-chain, the system comprising: a first supply chain image superimposed on a computer-related zoomable map image, the first supply chain image representing the supply chain at a first zoom level, the first zoom level representing a first geographical region, the first supply chain image including: a connector icon positioned between a first supply entity icon and a second supply entity icon, the connector icon representing a route for product flow between a first supply entity and a second supply entity, the first supply entity and the second supply entity located within the first geographic region; an input device for selecting a second zoom level of the computer-related zoomable map image, a second supply chain image superimposed on the second zoom level, the second zoom level representing a second geographical region within the first geographical region, the second supply chain image including: a first supply parameter icon relating to the first supply entity; a second supply parameter icon relating to the second supply entity; a first graphical supply indicator corresponding to a first supply quantity of the first supply entity; a second graphical supply indicator corresponding to a second supply quantity of the second supply entity; a plurality of inventory icons visible at a third zoom level, the third zoom level activated in response to a user input, each of the plurality of inventory icons including a non-textual representation of a product inventory level; and a business document generator for generating a first business document, the business document generator responsive to a user manipulating a first of the plurality of inventory icons to symbolically transfer a product from a first warehouse to a second warehouse, the business document generator for sending the first business document to the first warehouse, the business document generator for sending the first business document to the second warehouse, the first business document instructing the first warehouse to send the product to the second warehouse.