LEAD TIME DETERMINATIONS IN SUPPLY CHAIN ARCHITECTURE

摘要

A lead time architecture includes a lead time aggregator that calculates a lead time estimate to move products between a first node in a supply chain and a second node in the supply chain. The lead time aggregator can additionally, or alternatively, calculate lead time estimate for the sourcing of a product. This lead time estimate reflects the time between receipt of a purchase order by a vendor and the time of delivery of the ordered product to a node within the supply chain. The lead time aggregator is in communication with resources which provide the data upon which the lead time aggregator bases its calculations. The calculations can take into account expected times for route travel, warehouse, and supplier sourcing to be completed. The resources can include any of various resources that can provide insight into an accurate determination of lead times and can include, for example, a route travel time estimator, delivery schedules, sourcing time estimates, unloading schedules, warehousing time estimates and product-node relationship data.