System and method for closed loop purchase order compliance management

a technology of purchase order and closed loop, applied in the field of logistics, can solve problems such as the sending of notification of non-compliance to purchasing

Inactive Publication Date: 2013-01-31
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The patent is about a system and method for logistics that can reduce costs, improve the use of trucks, reduce the number of trucks needed, and reduce the distance driven.

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Further, an notification of non-compliance is sent to purchasing when purchasing attempts to initiate an order outside of the optimized order plan.

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[0029]FIG. 1 illustrates a system for logistics optimization 100 using lane order pattern flexing according to an embodiment of the present invention. The system for logistics optimization 100 includes an Inbound Transportation Management (ITM) primary database 110, an ITM data preparation processor 120, an ITM data importer 130, a constraint set-up processor 140, a scenario set-up processor 150, a modeling processor 160, a model results viewing application 170, and a results publisher 180.

[0030]In operation, ITM data is retrieved from the ITM database 110 by the ITM data preparation processor 120. Preferably, the data is retrieved or refreshed nightly, but may be retrieved or refreshed in other intervals such as weekly, hourly, monthly, or continuously. The ITM data preferably includes purchase order (PO) information with regard to each purchase order passing through the ITM system, but may instead operate with a subset of all of the available purchase orders. In addition to the PO...

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Abstract

A system and method are provided for using an optimized order plan including freight allowance and expense per shipment. Further, an notification of non-compliance is sent to purchasing when purchasing attempts to initiate an order outside of the optimized order plan. Additionally, a compliance reporting system reports the actual shipping results as compared with the optimized order plan.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]The present application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61 / 435,563, filed Jan. 24, 2011, entitled “System and Method For Transportation Management” and also claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61 / 587,999, filed Jan. 18, 2012, entitled “System and Method For Transportation Management,” both of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention generally relates to a system and method for logistics. More particularly, the present invention relates to a system and method for improving logistics cost, trailer utilization, number of truck used, or miles driven.[0003]Logistics involves the transportation of goods from a source to a destination. Typically, the source is a seller of goods such as a manufacturer and the destination is a buyer of goods such as a retailer. Moving goods between the source and destination at the lowest possible c...

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IPC IPC(8): G06Q10/08G06Q30/06
CPCG06Q10/06315G06Q10/06312G06Q10/083G06Q10/04G06Q10/0838G06Q10/08355
InventorMICHALSKI, JOHN WILLIAMLAVOIE, STEVENDEFRANCES, ANTHONYARTMAN, MICHAEL THOMAS
OwnerARROWSTREAM