Supply Network Planner Rounding and Lot Size Validation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional supply network planning systems fail to accurately consider rounding values and maximum lot sizes, leading to errors in stock transfer orders and inefficient use of transportation means, as they often rely on outdated transport methods and do not validate the means of transport within the planning period.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for planning a supply network that calculates product quantities available for deployment, taking into account rounding values and maximum lot sizes, and confirms stock transfer orders, ensuring the selection of appropriate transportation means and considering the validity period of transport methods.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional deployment applications use the means of transport valid on the deployment start date for the entire planning period, then the system is simple to operate, but the means of transport may be used outside its validity period leading to planning errors
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically determines the means of transport based on the deployment date for each planned stock transfer order, rather than using a static transport means valid on the start date. This allows the transport selection to adapt to changing validity periods throughout the planning horizon, resolving the contradiction between operational simplicity and selection reliability.
2Productivity
If conventional deployment applications do not consider rounding values and maximum lot sizes, then the calculation process is faster, but errors occur in stock transfer orders and transport selection
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary determination of rounding values and maximum lot sizes before executing the deployment calculation. By pre-calculating these parameters and integrating them into the deployment logic, the system maintains calculation speed while ensuring accurate stock transfer quantities and appropriate transport selection.
3Measurement precision
If conventional deployment applications consider manually created stock transfer orders without rounding, then manual orders are processed exactly as specified, but the rounding profile changes when deployment selects different means of transport
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies rounding rules based on the determined means of transport and rounding profile, then feeds this information back to adjust the deployment quantities. This ensures that manual stock transfer orders are rounded appropriately according to the selected transport means, maintaining both precision and adaptability across the planning process.
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AI summary
Systems and methods are disclosed for planning a supply network for a product between a source location and a destination location in a managed supply chain. In one embodiment, a method is provided that comprises the steps of: creating a planned stock transfer order to cover demand from the destination location, deploying available products from the source location to the destination location in response to the planned stock transfer, the deploying step including the step of calculating a quantity of products available to deploy, wherein the calculating step takes into account a rounding value and a maximum lot size, and confirming the planned stock transfer order with the calculated available quantity.