METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF POST-SALES SERVICES SUPPLY CHAIN
A method for enabling collaborative planning, learning, and service supply chain execution using collaborative distributed nodes (CDNs) to fulfill aftermarket service needs of a company in a hierarchical and dynamic environment where products are serviced in a multitude of geographies. The method allows accelerated decision and planning function in the supply chain sub chains, and post-sales services supply chain leading to dynamic, efficient and optimized planning and collaborative execution.
1 . A method of system that utilizes collaborative distributed nodes for aftermarket service chain management :
Providing a CDN in communication with another CDN or with itself via a network and uses multiple information objects;
Providing and monitoring of a variable or set of variables comprising of information object associated with one or more activities performed on a part or parts in supply chain sub chains, and post-sales services supply chain;
Determining availability of said one or more information objects for said part or in said CDN or CDN's;
Generating a visual representation of said one or more information objects or said part or parts by said CDN based on availability—past, present and future, wherein, said user or users accesses the visual partly or wholly on different devices;
Collaborating and broadcasting between different CDN's and initiating transactions between CDN's for actions with a time shift or in real time based on user inputs and utilizing flags and or reference pointers; and
Initiating one or more actions associated with said part or parts and delivering it using visuals with flags and or reference pointers.