Extreme capacity management in an electronic marketplace environment

摘要

A system ( 10 ) for managing a capacity extreme at a first entity ( 12 ) in a supply chain includes a planning application ( 36 ) that receives status data for at least the first entity ( 12 ) reflecting the capacity extreme at the first entity ( 12 ) and generates a plan ( 34 ) according to the status data. A manager application ( 44 ) receives the plan ( 34 ) and, according to the plan ( 34 ), automatically initiates at least one service in an attempt to resolve at least a portion of the capacity extreme through interaction with one or more other entities ( 12 ). The manager application ( 44 ) selects the service from among a plurality of available services based on a monetary value to the first entity ( 12 ) of a resolution expected to be available using the selected service relative to other services.