Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Non-instrumented perishable product tracking in a supply chain
- Patent Title (中): 在供应链中非仪器化的易腐产品跟踪
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Application No.: US13117567Application Date: 2011-05-27
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Publication No.: US08463651B2Publication Date: 2013-06-11
- Inventor: Daniel P. Connors , Markus R. Ettl , Mary E. Helander , Shubir Kapoor , Stuart A. Siegel
- Applicant: Daniel P. Connors , Markus R. Ettl , Mary E. Helander , Shubir Kapoor , Stuart A. Siegel
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Agent Daniel P. Morris, Esq.
- Main IPC: G06G1/14
- IPC: G06G1/14 ; G06Q20/00 ; G07G1/12 ; G07G5/00 ; G07G1/10

Abstract:
There are provided a system, a method and a computer program product for tracking an inventory distribution of a perishable product in a supply chain. The system receives shipment data and point of sale data for the product from every location in the supply chain. The system creates, based on the obtained shipment data and the point of sale data, a network graph that represents a flow of the product in the supply chain. The system identifies an age of unsold inventory of the product at each node of the graph based on the created graph. The system provides a notification to a user at each location that informs the age of the unsold inventory of the product at that location.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120303492A1 NON-INSTRUMENTED PERISHABLE PRODUCT TRACKING IN A SUPPLY CHAIN Public/Granted day:2012-11-29
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