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7257559 Material sales system  
A computer ( 10 ) of a material supply company calculates a sales price of a material according to a state of production of a product, which is produced using a material supplied from the material...
7251612 Method and system for scheduling distribution routes and timeslots  
Computer-based methods and systems for dynamically scheduling the distribution of products and services among a system of routes and timeslots are provided. Exemplary embodiments provide a Route...
7251611 Method and system for determining an economically optimal dismantling of machines  
An economic supply optimization system is provided whereby an optimal machine dismantling configuration of a machine supply is determined to meet a parts demand at a lowest cost. The parts supply...
7249042 Method and system for visually indicating project task durations are estimated using a character  
The present invention relates to designating that durations of specific tasks are estimated or tentative. The user can indicate estimated durations by the sheet mode or the dialog mode. Estimated...
7249322 E2 automobile dealership information management system  
The present invention provides for the first time, an integrated software application architecture with all functions required by an automobile dealership, including sales, F&I (finance and...
7249051 Computerized incentive system  
The motivation of a participant in an incentive program is enhanced by enabling the participant to set goals, report performance related to the goals, and receive feedback on the achievement of the...
7249047 Employee transfer and leave optimization processor  
An optimization processor which is parameter driven for generating plural solutions for employee transfer requests and leave requests for an entire enterprise in near real time from which an...
7249043 Computer program and method for reducing HVAC demand for energy  
A method of providing a limited resource to a plurality of users that aggregates the plurality of users into a purchasing block, arranges for the availability of the resource and regulates the use...
7246144 Method and system for managing a plurality of enterprise business systems  
An enterprise business process management system and method for definition and execution of business processes formed from portions of one or more business applications present in an enterprise....
7246074 System and method for identifying skills and tools needed to support a process utilizing pre-defined templates  
A method and system to identify skills and tools needed to address a process. The method comprises the steps of storing in a computer database a series of templates identifying pre-given...
7246080 Apparatus, system and method for measuring and monitoring supply chain risk  
An apparatus, system and method for managing supply chain risk are provided. The apparatus, system and method identify which components are most critical to the assembly of the final product, in...
7243074 Capacity monitoring process for a goods delivery system  
A method for determining capacity utilization and predicting the future capacity utilization of a goods delivery system from a supplier to a buyer utilizing a system having at least one delivery...
7242945 Method, apparatus, and system for designing and planning a shared satellite communications network  
A computer-implemented satellite network planning system that enables a user to plan a satellite communications network, using an industry-standard spreadsheet as a platform. The spreadsheet...
7240018 Rapid generation of minimum length pilot training schedules  
The present disclosure provides for a system for rapidly generating minimum length pilot training schedules which uses a branch and bound, and a mixed integer programming model with constraints to...
7240016 Method and apparatus for improving the loss ratio on an insurance program book  
A method of improving the loss ratio on a book of insurance including the use of a computer data base with a user interface display including questions for insured entities making up the book of...
7236934 Tailored method and system for custom manufactured books  
A book on demand system for manufacturing a set books. The system includes an order placement system and a book manufacturing system. The order placement system includes a computer and a database...
7236937 Method for consigning ordered commodities  
To dispatch ordered articles order data is transferred from a customer to a supplier of the articles. A dispatch center of a common dispatch service is notified of the earliest possible outward...
7236943 Charitable contribution station with promotional game piece feature  
A game system, for soliciting donations to charities and organizations as a promotion to expose charitable groups or other organizations to a wider range of potential donors as well as to expand...
7233914 Technique for implementing item substitution for unavailable items relating to a customer order  
A technique is disclosed for automatically implementing item substitutions for unavailable items in a customer order. According to one embodiment, line item orders from selected customer orders may...
7231354 Method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for administering the implementation of product change notices  
A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for administering the implementation of product change notices (PCN). A PCN database application server computer is utilized to provide a method...
7228207 Methods and systems for routing mobile vehicles  
The present invention relates to methods and systems for routing mobile vehicles under maintenance and operational constraints. In the case of aircraft, the methods and systems may generate an...
7225442 Method and system for dynamic utilization mechanisms for facilities whose reservation status can change dynamically  
This invention is a method and system for reserving a facility or service after the cancellation of an initial reservation for the facility of service. The system for this invention comprises a...
7222083 Resource schedule for scheduling rail way train resources  
A scheduling system and method for moving plural objects through a multipath system described as a freight railway scheduling system. The scheduling system utilizes a cost reactive resource...
7222081 System and method for continuous delivery schedule including automated customer notification  
A system and method for continuously monitoring and updating delivery schedules based on completed deliveries and customer modifications. A delivery scheduling computer stores and updates delivery...
7222082 Business volume and workforce requirements forecaster  
A business volume and workforce requirements forecaster includes a business structure, a forecast structure, certain hierarchical levels which map to corresponding levels in the business structure,...
7219068 Method and system for product optimization  
A method and computer-implemented system for optimizing a product. Based on the “voice of the customer”, aspects of the product that are critical to the customer satisfaction, and target...
7219067 Total transportation management system  
A system for determining the sources of delay of a transportation mean includes a wayside sub-system, a locomotive sub-system, a railcar sub-system, a a yard sub-system, a schedule sub-system, a...
7216085 Competitive availability tools  
A competitive, availability prediction system for predicting relative, competitive availability of seating on an airline flight is described. The system includes an availability predictor that...
7213199 Spreadsheet user-interface for an enterprise planning system having multi-dimensional data store  
A spreadsheet environment is utilized to interact with a multidimensional data store associated with the enterprise planning session. In general, a conventional spreadsheet application is extended...
7212984 Method and apparatus for providing virtual capacity to a provider of services  
Method and apparatus for providing virtual capacity to a service provider. A service provider contacts a third party service provider when the service provider can not perform services for a...
7212977 Managing apparatus and managing method of a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus  
Power consumption of electric equipment used in a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus ( 100 ) is obtained and the total amount is displayed as calories by a display means. The semiconductor...
7212978 Customer valuation in a resource price manager  
A system that manages and optimizes total customer value on a property-specific basis and by further considering customer activities across multiple properties in a chain of properties.
7212976 Method for selecting a fulfillment plan for moving an item within an integrated supply chain  
A method for selecting a fulfillment plan for moving an item within a supply chain. The method is performed in response to the receipt of an order for an item. To select the fulfillment plan, a...
7209887 Auto allocation swap system  
A new mechanism is provided that allows for changing the status of product in a product ordering an shipment system from products that is allocated to a customer to product that becomes available...
7209894 Process delay monitoring system  
This invention makes it possible to reduce excess inventory, reduce costs due to unnecessary shipping costs, and to improve reliability. The invention comprises: a server 10 and brand...
7206644 Method and system for optimizing operation schedule of plant  
A plant-operation-schedule optimization system includes a data inputting device transmitting a future operation planned value of at least one plant to be controlled; an operation-data inputting...
7206751 Value chain optimization system and method  
The activities and interactions between participants in a collaborative business scenario are displayed as various views of polygons that are positioned to communicate interactions, communications,...
7206752 Method and apparatus for aiding product life cycle planning and computer program product therefor  
A method for aiding product life cycle planning, including setting a threshold value concerning reuse of parts with respect to cost and environment; reading cost of parts and environment load...
7206750 Method of assisting in forming plans of measures of management reforms and system thereof  
The present invention provides a technique of assisting in forming plans of measures for management reforms, which are specific to an individual enterprise, and a technique of verifying formed...
7202960 Print sheet original authentication system, printer device and checking device  
An original authentication system and structural elements thereof is provided, in which it is possible to easily distinguish between an original and a copy. The checking device 13 comprises: a...
7200572 Method and apparatus for pricing a commodity  
A method of pricing a commodity involving selecting a predetermined market factor, determining at a first time period a first market condition, and providing a formula capable of comparing a...
7200563 Ontology-driven information system  
An ontology-driven information system includes a plurality of models, each of which expresses an aspect of a business domain using concepts and relationships between concepts. An ontology, which is...
7200564 Systems and methods for dynamic pricing events in collaborative design, construction, and maintenance of fluid processing plants  
Systems and methods for the collaborative design, construction, and maintenance of fluid processing plants are provided. A collaborative commerce application may provide project management...
7197397 Apparatus, method, and computer program for evaluating environmental measures  
An evaluation apparatus (environmental measures evaluation apparatus) of an evaluation system (environmental measures evaluation system) obtains data representing environmental measures carried out...
7191139 System for cataloging, inventorying, selecting, measuring, valuing and matching intellectual capital and skills with a skill requirement  
The present invention is directed to a system for cataloging, inventorying, selecting, measuring, valuing and matching Intellectual Capital skills and matching or inquiring of an individual's...
7191185 Systems and methods for facilitating access to documents via an entitlement rule  
Systems and methods are provided to facilitate access to documents via one or more entitlement rules. According to one embodiment, a document tag associated with a document is determined. For...
7191140 Method and system for generating optimal solutions for open pairings through one-way fixes and matching transformations  
Open Pairings occurring during airline operations are repaired n at a time (where n is an integer) in near real time through use of two solution paths, one involving one-way fixes, and the other...
7188072 Systems and methods for the collaborative design, construction, and maintenance of fluid processing plants  
Systems and methods for the collaborative design, construction, and maintenance of fluid processing plants are provided. A collaborative commerce application may provide project management...
7188153 System and method for managing connections in an online social network  
An online social network collects descriptive data about various individuals and allows those individuals to indicate other individuals with whom they have a personal relationship. The descriptive...
7188333 Product incompatibility system  
A system and method are provided which may be used to determine part compatibility of a selected product configuration. First, a determination is made as to whether a new part is compatible with...