SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR OPTIMIZED EXECUTION IN A VALUE CHAIN NETWORK

摘要

A system, computer program product and method for optimized execution in a value chain network. The value chain network has shared access to a shared database on a service provider computer over a network. The computer program product and method receives a request for an order for goods or services from a first company in the value chain network, searches for one or more second companies having matching goods or services in the value chain network, sources the matched one or more second companies, creates a plan over one or more segments to effect the movement of the good or services, involves one or more third companies, from a source location to a destination location, manages the handoffs between the relevant first, second and third companies in order to ship the goods or services, determines demand for the goods or services from the first company in the value chain network, receives changes or anomalies to the plan over one or more segments, and optimizes execution of the plan during its execution.