On-time delivery, tracking and reporting

Details On-time delivery, tracking and reporting On-time delivery, tracking and reporting

1997-02-03

1998-09-15

Tkacs, Stephen R.

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

Automated electrical financial or business practice or...

Discount or incentive

705 28, 705 29, 235376, 235385, G06F 1500

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058094792

ABSTRACT:
A computer system is programmed for setting and reporting product delivery dates. The invention includes a step of maintaining a customer preferences database having delivery and reporting preferences for individual customers. The preferences include preferred early and late delivery limits, preferred performance measurement species, and desired advance delivery times. The invention further includes a step of creating a customer order entry for a particular customer. The customer order entry includes a customer-requested delivery date supplied by the customer. A customer-preferred ship date is calculated for the customer order entry based at least in part upon the costumer-requested delivery date and at least in part upon the particular customer's specified desired advance delivery time. The customer order entry is then routed to an order scheduler. The computer system shows the order scheduler the calculated customer-preferred ship date and obtains a targeted ship date for the customer order entry from the order scheduler. The system is programmed to then calculate a targeted ship date window based upon the targeted ship date and the particular customer's preferred early and late delivery limits. On-time product delivery statistics are generated for individual customers in accordance with the individual customers' specified preferred performance measurement species.

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