Method and apparatus for inventory control of a manufacturing or distribution process

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PATENT NO 5819232
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08620523

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A method and apparatus, using a computer model, to control a manufacturing or distribution process, which determines a demand forecast by using an optimized historical weighting factor, determines an upper and a lower bound of a planned inventory by explicitly accounting for the customer order lead time, and computes a production schedule at predetermined intervals to maintain an actual inventory between the upper and lower bounds of the planned inventory.

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DADE CHEMISTRY SYSTEMS INC1717 DEERFIELD ROAD DEERFIELD IL 60015

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Shipman, Lester Lynn Wilmington, DE 1 176

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