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ABSTRACT
Disclosed are methods, devices, and systems to provide sales and operations planning (S&OP) for a business enterprise. In one embodiment, a machine-implemented method includes aggregating a S&OP raW data by one or more relational
(72) Inventors: Chandra P‘ Agrf‘wal’ Pleasanton’ CA (Us); Glen Wllham MargOhs’ Danwne’ CA (Us)
database management systems (RDBMS) communicatively coupled to a big data computation engine; performing a S&OP simulation, by one or more processing nodes of the big
data computation engine, using the S&OP raW data; caching (21)
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a result of the S&OP simulation in a big memory cache
communicatively coupled to the big data computation engine; and edge caching the result of the S&OP simulation in
May 22a 2013
an edge cache server near a geographical point of origin of the Publication Classi?cation
S&OP raW data. The S&OP raW data may be a historical or
forward-looking data input from an ERP program, a CRM (51)
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(19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. N0.: US 2014/0351001 A1 Agrawal et a]. (54)
(43) Pub. Date:
BUSINESS ENTERPRISE SALES AND
(52)
NOV. 27, 2014
US. Cl.
OPERATIONS PLANNING THROUGH A BIG
CPC ................................ .. G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01)
DATA AND BIG MEMORY COMPUTATIONAL
USPC ....................................................... .. 7 05/7 .29
ARCHITECTURE
(57)
(71) ApplicamSZChandra P“ Agrawal’ P1easam0n> CA (Us); Glen William Marg01is> Dam/1116: CA (Us)
ABSTRACT
Disclosed are methods, devices, and systems to provide sales and operations planning (S&OP) for a business enterprise. In one embodiment, a machine-implemented method includes aggregating a S&OP raW data by one or more relational
(72) Inventors: Chandra P‘ Agrf‘wal’ Pleasanton’ CA (Us); Glen Wllham MargOhs’ Danwne’ CA (Us)
database management systems (RDBMS) communicatively coupled to a big data computation engine; performing a S&OP simulation, by one or more processing nodes of the big
data computation engine, using the S&OP raW data; caching (21)
APPI- NOJ 13/899,595
(22) Filed?
a result of the S&OP simulation in a big memory cache
communicatively coupled to the big data computation engine; and edge caching the result of the S&OP simulation in
May 22a 2013
an edge cache server near a geographical point of origin of the Publication Classi?cation
S&OP raW data. The S&OP raW data may be a historical or
forward-looking data input from an ERP program, a CRM (51)
Int. Cl.
program, an SRM program, an MRP program, an SKU data
G06Q 30/02
(2012.01)
base, or a user client device.
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