System and method for forecasting material requirements and managing the accessability of the materials
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1. An inventory management system comprising:
- customer inquiry/quotation means for obtaining inventory and non-inventory product information;
forecasting means for identifying planned sales;
sales order means for providing general information about a planned sale, products, charges and services required to produce end products in the planned sale;
purchase order means for receiving and providing information to a supplier and accepting and generating an identifier for a purchase for the planned sale;
reporting means for presenting information to a user of the system;
adjusting means for modifying inventory information; and
, query means for viewing inventory and transaction information.
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Abstract
An inventory management system is provided, comprising customer inquiry/quotation means for obtaining inventory and non-inventory product information, forecasting means for identifying planned sales, sales order means for providing general information about the sale, the products, charges and services required to produce end products, purchase order means for receiving and providing product and specification information to the supplier and accepting and generating an identifier for the purchase, reporting means for presenting information to a user of the system, adjusting means for modifying inventory information and, query means for viewing inventory and transaction information.
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1. An inventory management system comprising:
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customer inquiry/quotation means for obtaining inventory and non-inventory product information;
forecasting means for identifying planned sales;
sales order means for providing general information about a planned sale, products, charges and services required to produce end products in the planned sale;
purchase order means for receiving and providing information to a supplier and accepting and generating an identifier for a purchase for the planned sale;
reporting means for presenting information to a user of the system;
adjusting means for modifying inventory information; and
,query means for viewing inventory and transaction information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An inventory management system comprising:
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an inventory and sales management means resident on a first hardware and operating system;
an accounting means resident on a second hardware and operating system; and
,an interfacing means for permitting inventory-costing transactions to be shared and transferred between the inventory and sales management means and the accounting means. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for managing materials, the method comprising the step of:
interfacing an inventory sales and management system and an accounting system resident on different hardware and operating systems. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for forecasting future material needs, the method comprising the steps of:
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creating a customer demand forecast;
transforming the customer demand forecast into a materials requirements;
making an inventory query; and
,fulfilling the materials requirements.
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