Patents by Inventor Jennifer D. Cihla

Jennifer D. Cihla 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).

  • Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing a reusable new product planning model
    Patent number: 8504398
    Abstract: A system for implementing a reusable new product planning model includes a processor executing a new product forecast application. The new product forecast application implements a method. The method includes gathering historical demand data for products in a product set and determining a launch period for the products, the historical demand data broken down by time periods. For each of the time periods, the method includes determining a transition percentage for each of the products, grouping the percentages by respective launch-based time periods, and averaging the percentages, resulting in an averaged transition range. The method further includes calculating fast and slow transition ranges for each of the launch-based time periods and developing a production plan for a new product by applying one of the transition ranges to the new product before product launch, and allocating a remaining demand percentage to existing products in the product set using the selected transition range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jennifer D. Cihla, John M. Konopka, Sarah E. Santo
  • METHOD AND STRUCTURE FOR IMPLEMENTING B2B TRADING PARTNER BOARDING
    Publication number: 20100004970
    Abstract: A computerized method (and structure) of implementing a business-to-business (B2B) boarding process includes providing a set of questions related to the B2B boarding process to a new business to be boarded into an existing B2B system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Didier Boullery, Jennifer D. Cihla, Peter S. Cook, Nicolas Derivery, Teresa M. Diute, Thomas E. Edwards, Caren D. Ekenstierna, Raymond Fallon, Niels Gjerloev, George Havens, Robert E. Lambert, Nicole Bari Narcisco, Michael Otten, Joerg Rakoczy, Timothy Sheffler, Stephen Snook, Patricia M. Spugani, R. Peter Williams, Lisa M. Youngclaus
  • Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing a reusable new product planning model
    Patent number: 7359758
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for implementing a reusable new product planning model is provided. The method includes gathering historical demand data for products in a product set and determining a launch period for the products, the historical demand data broken down by time periods. For each of the time periods, the method includes determining a transition percentage for each of the products, grouping the transition percentages by respective launch-based time periods, and averaging the transition percentages, resulting in an averaged transition range. The method further includes calculating fast and slow transition ranges for each of the launch-based time periods. The method further includes developing a production plan for a new product by applying one of the transition ranges to the new product before product launch, and allocating a remaining demand percentage to existing products in the product set using the selected transition range and for a corresponding launch-based time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jennifer D. Cihla, John M. Konopka, Sarah E. Santo