US Patent Application 17660224. INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING DIVISION SYSTEM simplified abstract

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INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING DIVISION SYSTEM

Organization Name

Dell Products L.P.


Inventor(s)

Shibi Panikkar of Bangalore (IN)


Rohit Gosain of Bangalore (IN)


INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING DIVISION SYSTEM - A simplified explanation of the abstract

  • This abstract for appeared for US patent application number 17660224 Titled 'INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING DIVISION SYSTEM'

Simplified Explanation

The method described in the abstract involves dividing an order for a product into smaller portions and assigning each portion to a different supplier. The order portions are then adjusted based on the capacity of each supplier. This adjustment involves dividing each portion into daily quantities for different days and reducing any quantities that exceed the supplier's daily capacity. The adjusted order portions are then returned.


Original Abstract Submitted

A method comprising: identifying an order for a product; dividing the order into order portions and assigning each of the order portions to a different respective supplier; adjusting each of the order portions based on a capacity of the respective supplier to which the order portion is assigned; and returning the order portions after the order portions have been adjusted, wherein adjusting any given one of the order portions includes identifying a term that is associated with the given order portion, dividing the given order portion into a plurality of daily quantities that correspond to different respective days in the term, and reducing any given one of the daily quantities that fails to meet a corresponding daily capacity of the respective supplier to which the given order portion is assigned.