Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: “The present invention relates to systems and methods for hypo thetical testing of supply chain optimizations. “Configuring a supply chain planning system correctly is a complex task and one that most planning systems do not address. Identifying and configuring the optim al supply chain requires multivariate mathematical modeling and a near infinity of potential settings, despite this supply chains typically are configured manua lly. Supply chain planning systems rely on Planners to set the right parameters even though failure to find the optimal parameters results in ineffective plans that will propagate across the network, regardless of the effectiveness of the s oftware.
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