Patents by Inventor Ashley V. IRELAND

Ashley V. IRELAND has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Multi-level distribution planning
    Patent number: 9704125
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein that provide multi-level distribution planning utilizing simplified inventory movements to simplify the distribution planning process for inventory movements that include cross-docking while identifying cross-docked inventory to the cross-dock locations to prevent unnecessary handling. A simplified inventory movement is constructed that represents a multi-level route as a single movement from source to destination with an associated lead time that includes all time-related factors that arise in moving the inventory from the source through the cross-dock locations to the destination. The simplified inventory movement is provided to distribution planning solutions and the distribution planning solutions treat the multi-level route in the same manner as a single level route having the same source, destination, and lead time. This simplifies the distribution planning process and prevents the inventory from being re-allocated by the distribution planning solutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ashley V. Ireland, Lisa M. Smith
  • MULTI-LEVEL DISTRIBUTION PLANNING
    Publication number: 20150168947
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein that provide multi-level distribution planning utilizing simplified inventory movements to simplify the distribution planning process for inventory movements that include cross-docking while identifying cross-docked inventory to the cross-dock locations to prevent unnecessary handling. A simplified inventory movement is constructed that represents a multi-level route as a single movement from source to destination with an associated lead time that includes all time-related factors that arise in moving the inventory from the source through the cross-dock locations to the destination. The simplified inventory movement is provided to distribution planning solutions and the distribution planning solutions treat the multi-level route in the same manner as a single level route having the same source, destination, and lead time. This simplifies the distribution planning process and prevents the inventory from being re-allocated by the distribution planning solutions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ashley V. IRELAND, Lisa M. SMITH