Inventory management system for effecting an efficient reply of possible future component parts from a component part supplier
First Claim
1. In an inventory management system having a database and a network connection interconnected a product manufacturer and at least one component part supplier, a process comprising the steps of:
- estimating possible quantity of component parts supplied from the component part supplier based on spare part records of the component part supplier stored in the database;
writing the estimation into one of a plurality of documents wherein a quantity, a description, and a proportion of the component parts of a product required in a forthcoming period of time are listed in fields of the document; and
informing the component part supplier of the proportion of the component parts listed in the document through the network connection for confirmation.
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Abstract
The invention is an inventory management system for effecting an efficient reply of possible future component parts from a component part supplier, which determines whether each component part supplier has replied a document within a specified forthcoming period of time after receiving the same by a computer system of the component part supplier. If yes, the replied document is stored in database. If not, the system may assume the estimated quantity of component parts as possible quantity of component parts supplied by component part supplier in the future and store the same in database.
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7 Claims
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1. In an inventory management system having a database and a network connection interconnected a product manufacturer and at least one component part supplier, a process comprising the steps of:
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estimating possible quantity of component parts supplied from the component part supplier based on spare part records of the component part supplier stored in the database;
writing the estimation into one of a plurality of documents wherein a quantity, a description, and a proportion of the component parts of a product required in a forthcoming period of time are listed in fields of the document; and
informing the component part supplier of the proportion of the component parts listed in the document through the network connection for confirmation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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