Negotiation Unit Sizing for Flexible Delivery Deadlines
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing negotiation systems struggle to adjust delivery deadlines effectively due to rigid constraints from Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ), Standard Packing Quantity (SPQ), and Standard Number of Package (SNP), leading to difficulties in reaching agreements without relaxing these restrictions.
Innovation Solution
A negotiation device and method that utilize a proposal acquisition and unit size determination mechanism to adjust delivery deadlines by flexibly setting the unit size of delivery quantities, allowing for installment deliveries and relaxing constraints like MOQ, SPQ, and SNP, enabling more flexible deadline adjustments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the unit size of delivery quantity is fixed according to MOQ, SPQ, and SNP constraints, then the negotiation system maintains standard operational procedures, but the delivery deadline adjustment becomes impossible without relaxing these restrictions
Solution Approach 1:
The negotiation system dynamically determines the unit size of delivery quantity based on the negotiator's proposal rather than using fixed predetermined values. The determination unit adjusts the unit size according to the specific negotiation context, enabling flexible delivery deadline adjustments while maintaining systematic operation through automated dynamic adaptation.
2Ease of operation
If the unit size of delivery quantity is relaxed to enable delivery deadline adjustment, then the negotiation flexibility improves, but the constraint management becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes the parameter of unit size from fixed predetermined values to dynamically determined values based on negotiation proposals. This parameter transformation enables the system to maintain ease of operation by automatically adjusting constraints rather than requiring manual intervention to relax them, while the determination unit manages the complexity through systematic parameter adaptation.
3Reliability
If predetermined unit sizes are used for delivery quantity, then the negotiation process is simplified, but the ability to reach agreement on delivery deadlines is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary determination of the unit size based on the negotiator's proposal before finalizing the delivery deadline adjustment. This preliminary action ensures that the unit size is appropriately set in advance to enable agreement reachability, while the automated determination process manages the complexity by establishing clear preliminary criteria for unit size selection.
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AI summary
The negotiation device 1X mainly includes a proposal acquisition means 32X and a unit size determination means 30X. The proposal acquisition means 32X is configured to, in conducting a negotiation with a negotiator which is a counterparty, acquire a proposal provided by the negotiator, wherein the proposal includes a delivery quantity of commodities with a delivery deadline. The unit size determination means 30X is configured to determine, based on the proposal, a unit size of the delivery quantity of the commodities, wherein the unit size is used to adjust the delivery deadline.