Patent ID: 8249952

Claim:
A computer-implemented system of repair planning in a supply chain, comprising: a computer system coupled with one or more databases, the computer system configured to: identify one or more controlling locations in the supply chain; identify a repair vendor outside the supply chain and independent of control from the supply chain; identify one or more staging locations in the supply chain to move unserviceable parts to the repair vendor, such that a serviceable part must traverse more than one forward bill of distribution (BOD) to travel from the repair vendor to the one or more staging locations; access information indicating a replenishment requirement at a particular identified controlling location, the replenishment requirement indicating that safety stock at the particular identified controlling location dropped below a predetermined threshold; identify one or more primary networks in the supply chain connecting the particular identified controlling location with one or more identified staging locations; select one or more of: the particular identified controlling location; and one or more identified staging locations each connected with the particular identified controlling location by a primary network, the combination of the controlling location and each of the one or more staging locations assigned a lane priority; and generate one or more repair orders according to the lane priority and which one or more unserviceable parts are moved from the selected locations to the repair vendor, repaired at the repair vendor, and moved from the repair vendor to the particular identified controlling location to meet the replenishment requirement at the particular identified controlling location.