Management of revisions on revisions of orders

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10387944-B2
Application number	US-201514877603-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 7, 2015
Priority date	Oct 7, 2015
Publication date	Aug 20, 2019
Grant date	Aug 20, 2019

Abstract

A method for managing a current revision on prior revision of an order is described. A modified set of compensations tasks for addressing amendments indicated in the current revision are determined. The modified set of compensation tasks may be determined by carrying over one or more compensation tasks, associated with the prior revision, that have not yet been completed. Alternatively or additionally, the modified set of compensation tasks may be determined by adding new compensation tasks based on the current revision.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed by one or more hardware processors, causes performance of operations comprising:
storing, by an order management system, a first orchestration plan comprising a first plurality of compensation tasks associated with a first revision of a set of order attributes for an order;
wherein the first orchestration plan comprises a first metadata-driven executable orchestration process that comprises at least the first plurality of compensation tasks for fulfilling the order;
wherein the first orchestration plan manages fulfillment of the order by one or more fulfillment providers that interface with the order management system using a computer network;
prior to completing at least a subset of compensation tasks in the first plurality of compensation tasks, electronically receiving a request for a second revision of the set of order attributes;
suspending the first orchestration plan;
generating a second orchestration plan comprising a second plurality of compensation tasks associated with the second revision, wherein generating the second orchestration plan comprises:
identifying a first compensation task of the subset of compensation tasks that are not completed;
identifying a first order attribute, of the set of order attributes, that is used by the first compensation task;
determining that a first value to be configured for the first order attribute is indicated by the first revision;
determining that any value to be configured for the first order attribute is not indicated by the second revision;
carrying over the first compensation task from the first orchestration plan into the second orchestration plan;

wherein the second orchestration plan comprises a second metadata-driven executable orchestration process that comprises at least the second plurality of compensation tasks for fulfilling the order;
wherein the second orchestration plan manages fulfillment of the order by the one or more fulfillment providers that interface with the order management system using the computer network; and
executing the second orchestration plan at least by transmitting a command from the order management system to the one or more fulfillment providers via the computer network.

2. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the second plurality of compensation tasks is completed instead of the subset of compensation tasks that is not yet completed.

3. The medium of claim 1 , wherein generating the second orchestration plan further comprises:
identifying a first set of compensation tasks, in the first plurality of compensation tasks, that have been completed, wherein the first set of compensation tasks comprises a first set of tasks completed for the first revision;
identifying one or more values specified by the second revision for one or more of the set of order attributes;
identifying a second set of candidate tasks for the second revision, wherein the second set of candidate tasks for the second revision comprises a second set of tasks to be completed for a second order that specifies the one or more values for the one or more of the set of order attributes;
determining that a particular task is not included in the first set of tasks but is included in the second set of tasks;
including the particular task in the second orchestration plan.

4. The medium of claim 3 , wherein generating the second orchestration plan further comprises:
responsive to determining that the particular task is not included in the first set of tasks but is included in the second set of tasks: selecting an AMEND DO or DO execution mode for the particular task, in the second orchestration plan.

5. The medium of claim 1 , wherein generating the second orchestration plan further comprises:
identifying a first set of compensation tasks, in the first plurality of compensation tasks, that have been completed, wherein the first set of compensation tasks comprises a first set of tasks completed for the first revision;
identifying one or more values specified by the second revision for one or more of the set of order attributes;
identifying a second set of candidate tasks for the second revision, wherein the second set of candidate tasks for the second revision comprises a second set of tasks to be completed for a second order that specifies the one or more values for the one or more of the set of order attributes;
determining that a particular task is included in both the first set of tasks and the second set of tasks;
determining that a first set of values for a subset of the set of order attributes associated with the particular task in the first set of tasks are same as a second set of values for the subset of the set of order attributes associated with the particular task in the second set of tasks;
refraining from including the particular task in the second orchestration plan.

6. The medium of claim 1 , wherein generating the second orchestration plan further comprises:
identifying a first set of compensation tasks, in the first plurality of compensation tasks, that have been completed, wherein the first set of compensation tasks comprises a first set of tasks completed for the first revision;
identifying one or more values specified by the second revision for one or more of the set of order attributes;
identifying a second set of candidate tasks for the second revision, wherein the second set of candidate tasks for the second revision comprises a second set of tasks to be completed for a second order that specifies the one or more values for the one or more of the set of order attributes;
determining that a particular task is included in the first set of tasks but is not included in the second set of tasks;
including the particular task in the second orchestration plan.

7. The medium of claim 6 , wherein generating the second orchestration plan further comprises:
responsive to determining that the particular task is included in the first set but is not included in the second set: selecting an UNDO execution mode for the particular task, in the second orchestration plan.

8. The medium of claim 1 , wherein generating the second orchestration plan further comprises:
identifying a first set of compensation tasks, in the first plurality of compensation tasks, that have been completed, wherein the first set of compensation tasks comprises a first set of tasks completed for the first revision;
identifying one or more values specified by the second revision for one or more of the set of order attributes;
identifying a second set of candidate tasks for the second revision, wherein the second set of candidate tasks for the second revision comprises a second set of tasks to be completed for a second order that specifies the one or more values for the one or more of the set of order attributes;
determining that a particular task is included in both the first set of tasks and the second set of tasks;
determining that a first value for at least one of the set of order attributes associated with the particular task in the first set of tasks is different from a second value for the at least one of the set of order attributes associated with the particular task in the second set of tasks;
including the particular task in the second orchestration plan.

9. The medium of claim 8 , wherein generating the second orchestration plan further comprises:
responsive to determining that a first value for at least one of the set of order attributes associated with the particular task in the first set of tasks is different from a second value for the at least one of the set of order attributes associated with the particular task in the second set of tasks: selecting a

Assignees

• Oracle Int Corp

Inventors

• Corlett Marc
• Dueck Brian
• Roshan-Pazhouh Amir-Behzad
• Ho Daniel

Classifications

• G06Q10/06312

  Adjustment or analysis of established resource schedule, e.g. resource or task levelling, or dynamic rescheduling · CPC title

• G06Q30/0635 Primary

  replenishment orders; recurring orders · CPC title

• G06Q10/063114

  Status monitoring or status determination for a person or group · CPC title