US 11,853,949 B1
System and method of user interface for automotive production planning
Benoît Rochon, Montréal (CA); Vincent Raymond, Montréal (CA); Eric Prescott-Gagnon, Montréal (CA); and Thierry Moisan, Montréal (CA)
Assigned to Blue Yonder Group, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Filed by JDA Software Group, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Filed on Feb. 7, 2018, as Appl. No. 15/891,069.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/458,271, filed on Feb. 13, 2017.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/0637 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2023.01); G06Q 50/28 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 10/0637 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/06313 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06315 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01); G06Q 50/28 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a server comprising a demand planning engine, an option planning engine, a sales and operations planning engine and an interface engine, option constraint limiting values of a second option parameter based, at least in part, on a value for a first option parameter, wherein the first option parameter and the second option parameter comprise mix rates for options for a configuration and the options are from different option groups;
refining, by the sales and operations planning engine, limits for the first and second option parameters according to production capacity;
generating, by the interface engine, an interactive element on a first page of a graphical user interface for setting values of the first option parameter, an interactive element on a second page of the graphical user interface for setting the value for the second option parameter, and an interactive element for navigating a workflow, the workflow comprising the first page and the second page, wherein an order of the first page and the second page correspond to the workflow;
displaying, on the graphical user interface coupled with the interface engine, the interactive element on the first page for setting values of the first option parameter, wherein the interactive element on the first page must be selected for setting values of the first option parameter before the second page is displayed;
clicking, by a user, the interactive element for navigating the workflow to display the second page;
in response to the user clicking the interactive element for navigating the workflow, displaying, on the graphical user interface coupled with the interface engine, the interactive element on the second page for setting the value for the second option parameter;
in response to a value being set for the first option parameter, calculating, by the interface engine, limits for the values of the second option parameters based, at least in part, on the option constraint and the value set for the first option parameter;
preventing, by the interface engine, the interactive element for setting the value for the second option parameter to be set to values outside of the calculated limits;
in response to selection of a constraint notification icon, displaying a constraint notification comprising text indicating why a parameter for an option is limited;
displaying, on the graphical user interface by the interface engine, an indication that the interactive element for setting the value for the second option parameter is limited to only receive input for values within the calculated limits; and
refining, by the demand planning engine, a demand plan based on the values set for the first and second option parameters.