Patents by Inventor Robert F. Allan

Robert F. Allan 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).

  • Supply planning system and method utilizing constrained and unconstrained explosion and implosion of flagged demand statements
    Patent number: 7529686
    Abstract: A method for determining chase quantities of components for products, where the products have a plurality of associated demand types. The method sets a flag on at least one of the demand types and executes the demand types. During the executing, component supply constraints on flagged demand types are ignored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert F. Allan, Amanda Kotecki, Michael G. Pauliks
  • Hybrid for explosion/implosion
    Publication number: 20040078259
    Abstract: A method for determining chase quantities of components for products, where the products have a plurality of associated demand types. The method sets a flag on at least one of the demand types and executes the demand types. During the executing, component supply constraints on flagged demand types are ignored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: Robert F. Allan, Amanda Kotecki, Michael G. Pauliks