Patent ID: 7711597

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of optimizing inventory, comprising: accessing, by a computer, a plurality of service level band sets, each service level band set associated with a policy group, each service level band set comprising a plurality of service level bands, each service level band of a service level band set having a service level priority with respect to any other service level bands of the same service level band set; determining, by the computer, an inventory band set for each service level band set, each inventory band set comprising a plurality of inventory bands, each inventory band satisfying a corresponding service level band assuming an unconstrained network, each inventory band of an inventory band set having an inventory priority with respect to any other inventory bands of the same inventory band set; and generating, by the computer, by the server, a feasible supply chain plan that satisfies the inventory band sets in order of the inventory priorities until a constrained network is depleted.