METHOD, SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR FACILITATING EXCESS INENTORY UTILIZATION IN A MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT

摘要

An exemplary embodiment of the invention relates to a storage medium for facilitating excess inventory utilization. The excess inventory includes parts used in end products. The storage medium includes instructions for a causing a computer to implement a method. The method includes translating sales specific terminology describing the end products into bill of material terminology describing the parts used in end products via a bill of material structure. The translating includes mapping between features associated with end items and parts required to build the end items. The method also includes determining an optimal build plan for the end items that, if built, would consume a desired quantity and/or type of excess inventory.