Just-in-time requisition and inventory management system

Details Just-in-time requisition and inventory management system Just-in-time requisition and inventory management system

1993-04-02

1998-01-27

Black, Thomas G.

Boots, shoes, and leggings

395222, 395229, 39520003, 395601, 36446805, 36446814, 235385, G06F 1730

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057129894

ABSTRACT:
In accordance with the present invention, a requisition and inventory management system is provided which employs both a host computer and a local computer which can be linked to permit two-way data communications in a real time environment. Each computer has an associated database which can be accessed by that computer. By accessing its respective database, each computer can build and transmit to the other computer communications blocks of data relating to a particular requisition of an item in Just-in-Time (JIT) inventory or to the management of the JIT inventory. The other computer can then use the received data to continue processing of the requisition or to update its JIT inventory records. Thus requisition records are created from a real-time interaction between the host and local computers, with each computer using data from its respective database in conjunction with information entered by a Customer Service Representative (CSR) operating the local computer.
The system of the present invention also utilizes means for automatically determining which items in the JIT inventory are likely to require replenishment. The system then proposes a purchase or transfer order for an optimum quantity of the item, which the CSR may accept or modify.

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