Method and system for planning supply of commodities

Details Method and system for planning supply of commodities Method and system for planning supply of commodities

2007-03-20

2007-03-20

Tarae, Michelle (Department: 3623)

Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co

Automated electrical financial or business practice or...

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09986908

ABSTRACT:
An SFA server stores transaction information representing the contents of each of a plurality of business transactions for providing customers with commodities and including the expected sales of the commodities in each of the transactions in a customer database. The SFA server also stores progress information representing that each of the plurality of the transactions has reached one of a plurality of stages each indicating a progress level of the transaction, in association with the transaction information. An SCM server estimates a future demand for the commodities, based on the transaction information and the progress information associated with the transaction information.

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