Richard J Lukes

US Patent:

20070055575, Mar 8, 2007

Filed:

Aug 10, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/161629

Inventors:

Stephen McDonald - Staatsburg NY, US
Anthony Ferreri - Hyde Park NY, US
Richard Lukes - Denver NC, US
Michael Phelan - Milton NY, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705026000

Abstract:

Methods, systems and apparatus for determining a current state of an order book for order request reconciliation. A customer inputs an order request for a desired quantity of items to be shipped to a recipient into the system. A supplier inputs a shipment quantity of any such previously shipped items into an input table, while a recipient inputs into another table a receipt quantity of any such received items. These input shipment and receipt quantities are then transmitted to a reconciliation program of the system for determining an in-transit quantity that is used along with the receipt quantity to generate an updated, current state of the order book. This current state of the order book substantially avoids any over-shipments, under-shipments and unwanted inventory returns. A Materials Requirement Planning component then generates an order book reconciliation output table for viewing by users using the current state of the order book.

US Patent:

20070100881, May 3, 2007

Filed:

Oct 24, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/163583

Inventors:

Stephen McDonald - Staatsburg NY, US
Anthony Ferreri - Hyde Park NY, US
Richard Lukes - Denver NC, US
Michael Phelan - Milton NY, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

707104100

Abstract:

Methods, systems and apparatus for exhausting surplus inventory within currently existing supplies. Intra-enterprise and inter-enterprise lists of surplus inventories are input into a planning engine along with allocation rules for establishing priorities and preferences of allocating and exhausting parts within existing inventories. The planning engine also receives central parameter file inputs for identifying those parts within surplus inventory that can be allocated to other enterprises. Using an identifier of a requested part, the planning engine then analyzes the lists of surplus inventories for compatible parts, and builds hierarchy allocation plans using selected inputs dependent upon which list the compatible parts are located. These hierarchy allocation plans are output in tables for allowing a user to select a plan that exhausts surplus inventory prior to such inventory being declared as excess. Reports are also output for providing demand forecasts of the surplus inventory based on the output hierarchy allocation plans.

US Patent:

20070162171, Jul 12, 2007

Filed:

Jan 9, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/306727

Inventors:

Stephen McDonald - Staatsburg NY, US
Richard Lukes - Denver NC, US
Michael Phelan - Milton NY, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 19/00

US Classification:

700106000, 705029000

Abstract:

Methods, systems and apparatus for supplier collaboration and data accuracy within a materials requirement planning scenario. An external supplier is easily integrated into an inter-enterprise planning engine by generating uniquely modified external supplier input files that only include demand information, inventory coverage, and bills of material data associated with the external supplier. This modified external supplier data is used to integrate the external supplier into the planning engine, and for generating a requirements build that fulfills a build plan input into the planning engine. The planning engine is preferably an online planning engine, such that, the requirements build may be validated by inputting the most currently available supplier input data into the planning engine for generating a new, updated requirements build online substantially in real time for fulfilling the build plan.

US Patent:

20090125373, May 14, 2009

Filed:

Nov 8, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/937055

Inventors:

Richard J. Lukes - Denver NC, US
Stephen T. McDonald - Staatsburg NY, US
Michael T. Phelan - Milton NY, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00

US Classification:

705 10

Abstract:

A method and system for validating data and providing on-time updates within a multi-enterprise material requirements planning environment. A method of validating materials requirements planning (MRP) results includes determining when a current aggregate demand of a part number is greater than or less than a previous aggregate demand of the part number by a first predetermined tolerance. The method also includes identifying at least one driver of the part number in which a current demand is greater than or less than a previous demand by a second predetermined tolerance. Additionally, the method includes generating a report comprising the at least one driver, the current demand, and the previous demand.

US Patent:

20090307026, Dec 10, 2009

Filed:

Jun 10, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/136647

Inventors:

Thomas R. Ervolina - Poughquag NY, US
Michael T. Geroulo - Plattsburgh NY, US
David J. Gravel - Newburgh NY, US
Richard J. Lukes - Denver NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00

US Classification:

705 7

Abstract:

A method is disclosed in one embodiment of the invention as including receiving standard MRP input data, including supply rules. Demand priority data may also be received to provide a business ranking of the independent demands. The MRP input data and demand priority data may be transformed into a format usable by an implosion engine and a pegging solver. Such transformation may include providing artificial MRP input data for each of the components. The transformed MRP input data may be processed with the implosion engine and the pegging solver to provide pegged implosion data. A pegged supply shortfall for a component may then be calculated based on the pegged implosion data. Specifically, consumption of an artificial component may represent a supply shortfall for the component. The demand priority data for the independent demand that pegs to the supply shortfall may provide the prioritized shortfall for that component.