ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,354,045, issued on July 8, was assigned to Oii Inc. (Oakland, Calif.).
"Orchestrated intelligent supply chain optimizer" was invented by David Michael Evans (Welwyn Garden City, Great Britain) and Robert Derward Rogers (Oakland, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to systems and methods for intelligently optimizing supply chain is provided. In particular, the systems and methods provide the capability to configure supply chain systems so as to: balance between cost and service is optimised and profitability maximised; configure system parameters to respond to both current and future risks; ensure that varia...