WO2002037234A3 - System and method for collaborative order fulfillment - Google Patents

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WO2002037234A3
WO2002037234A3 PCT/US2001/050706 US0150706W WO0237234A3 WO 2002037234 A3 WO2002037234 A3 WO 2002037234A3 US 0150706 W US0150706 W US 0150706W WO 0237234 A3 WO0237234 A3 WO 0237234A3
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Kenneth B Brown
Gerald S Russell
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06Q10/00—Administration; Management
    • G06Q10/08—Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
    • G06Q10/087—Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders

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A system and method are disclosed for retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers of goods to anonymously collaborate in buying and selling order fulfillment contracts and options on order fulfillment contracts, for the purchase and delivery of inventory items. The system and method permit businesses to incur lower order fulfillment logistics costs while maintaining or improving customer service levels by using a dealer trading module (36) and system trading module (42) to sell order fulfillment contracts and options thereon. A dealer logistics planning module (32) uses information from dealer inventory (16), dealer forecasts (30), and system quotes (38) databases to develop a logistics action plan (34) before trading order fulfillment contracts or options thereon. Entities may buy and sell options for future deliveries of inventory. Use of the present invention may reduce inventory-carrying costs and order fulfillment transportation costs resulting in improved efficiency and profitability, while maintaining or improving customer service levels.
PCT/US2001/050706 2000-10-20 2001-10-19 System and method for collaborative order fulfillment WO2002037234A2 (en)

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