US 12,333,485 B2
Omni-channel multi-level demand prioritization and allocation
Maruthy Boggarapu, Hyderabad (IN); Pankaj Kumar, Hyderabad (IN); Shankar Lakkaraju, Hyderabad (IN); Rajeev Vasudev, Hyderabad (IN); Samson Sudhahar, Hyderabad (IN); Chaitanya Lella, Hyderabad (IN); Venu Gurram, Hyderabad (IN); Sudhakar Jayapal, Hyderabad (IN); and Lalitha Namburi, Hyderabad (IN)
Assigned to Blue Yonder Group, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Filed by Blue Yonder Group, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Filed on May 23, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/420,570.
Application 16/420,570 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/273,934, filed on Feb. 12, 2019, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/652,261, filed on Apr. 3, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0303849 A1, Oct. 3, 2019
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0835 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0204 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 10/087 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/0835 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0205 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method of multi-level replenishment planning and execution with independent channel demand prioritization by a server, comprising:
producing a product by a first supply chain entity, wherein the first supply chain entity receives orders for the product from a second supply chain entity and supplies the product to a third supply chain entity, wherein the third supply chain entity receives orders for the product from a fourth supply chain entity, and the first supply chain entity, the second supply chain entity, the third supply chain entity, and the fourth supply chain entity are different supply chain entities in a multi-level supply chain network;
scanning, by one or more imaging devices, an identifier associated with the product;
generating, by the one or more imaging devices, a mapping of the product in the multi-level supply chain network, wherein the one or more imaging devices automatically identify when the product is received into or removed from one or more stocking locations;
calculating, using a calculate plan module, a supply of the product for the first supply chain entity for a supply allocation duration time period;
receiving, using a calculate dynamic demand response module, demand orders for the product from the second supply chain entity and the fourth supply chain entity for at least the supply allocation duration time period, wherein the priority of the orders for the fourth supply chain entity are a higher priority than the orders for the second supply chain entity;
allocating, using a generate supply and demand links module, supplies within the supply allocation duration time period to firm plan arrivals based on a location priority and a demand date for the supply of the product;
generating, using the calculate plan module, a shipment recommendation for each allocated supply of the product that meets a firmed planned arrival; and
transporting, autonomously by instructing automated machinery, the product among one or more supply chain entities according to the shipment recommendation to resupply an inventory of the third supply chain entity with the product to meet the order for the product for the fourth supply chain entity.