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United States Patent 7,685,015

7,685,015

Optimized deployment of parts in a supply chain network

Issued:  March 23, 2010

Assignee:  i2 Technologies US, Inc. (Dallas, TX)

Inventors:  Najmi; Adeel (Plano, TX), Veerappanaicker; Dharmaraj (Lexington, MA), Kohli; Aseem (Melrose, MA)

Abstract:  Locations that include supply, manufacturing, demand locations, and channels are defined. A demand is computed for each part at each location. An availability lead-time is estimated for each part at each location and for each part at each channel. A total landed cost is calculated for each part at each location and each channel. A lead-time demand is computed for each part at each location using the availability lead-times for the part. A demand over lead-time is computed for each part at each location using the availability lead-times for the part. A completely filled demand is determined from the lead-time demands and the stock levels, and a partially filled demand is determined from the lead-time demands and the stock levels. A coverage function is generated for the parts at the locations and the channels from the completely filled demand and the partially filled demand.