发明名称 System and method for vendor and customer management in a supply chain
摘要 A method of managing a supply chain comprises providing at a customer interface module a plurality of order fulfillment options to a customer, and receiving from the customer a selection of a particular order fulfillment option. The method also includes receiving a first order from the customer, and receiving a first inventory status from a first distribution center. A first distribution center sends a first product to the customer in response to determining that the particular order fulfillment option comprises a fill-partial order fulfillment option, and a duration between the time that the first product is directed to be sent and the time when the first product is actually sent is determined. An alert is generated if the duration is greater than a predetermined duration.
申请公布号 US9576260(B2) 申请公布日期 2017.02.21
申请号 US201514853475 申请日期 2015.09.14
申请人 AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 发明人 Pothukuchi Hari;Gonzalez Noni;Solera Ernesto
分类号 G06Q30/00;G06Q10/06;G06Q10/08;G06Q30/06 主分类号 G06Q30/00
代理机构 Akerman LLP 代理人 Akerman LLP ;Dixon Michael K.;Zachariah, Jr. Mammen (Roy) P.
主权项 1. A system, comprising: a memory that stores instructions; a processor that executes the instructions to perform operations, the operations comprising: receiving, from a customer, an order for a first product and a second product;receiving, at an ordering module, an inventory status from a distribution center, wherein the inventory status includes a first quantity of the first product that is available at the distribution center and a second quantity of the second product that is available at the distribution center;determining, by utilizing the ordering module, that the second quantity is insufficient to fulfill the order for the second product;directing, by utilizing the ordering module, the distribution center to send the first product to the customer in response to receiving, from the customer, a selection of an order fulfillment option that comprises a fill-partial order fulfillment option;determining, at a tracking module, a first time when the distribution center is directed to send the first product to the customer;determining, at the tracking module, a second time when the distribution center sent the first product to the customer;calculating, by utilizing the tracking module, that a duration between the first time and the second time is greater than a predetermined duration specified in a service level agreement;generating a first alert when the duration between the first time and the second time is determined to be greater than the predetermined duration specified in the service level agreement, wherein the first alert indicates a failure of a supply chain in satisfying the service level agreement; andgenerating a second alert when a percentage of the order is not acknowledged within a time period and in accordance with an acknowledgement service level in the service level agreement.
地址 Atlanta GA US