Method and process for managing inbound and outbound merchandise shipments
First Claim
1. A computer program, tangibly stored on a computer-readable medium, comprising instructions operable to cause a computer having a display and a pointing device operatively coupled to a cursor displayed on the display to:
- monitor inbound documents that itemizes one or more available products included in the inbound merchandise;
monitor outbound documents that itemizes one or more needed products to be included in the outbound merchandise;
compare available products itemized in one or more inbound documents to needed products itemized in one or more outbound documents to determine if a match occurs; and
link the matched available and needed products to fulfill an outstanding order for the needed product with the available product.
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Abstract
A computer program, method, and systems for monitoring inbound documents. Each of these inbound documents, which concerns the delivery of inbound merchandise to a processing center, itemizes one or more available products included in the inbound merchandise. Outbound documents, each of which concerns the shipping of outbound merchandise from the processing center, are also monitored. These outbound documents each itemize one or more needed products to be included in the outbound merchandise. The available products itemized in one or more inbound documents are compared to the needed products itemized in one or more outbound documents to determine if a match occurs. If such a match occurs, the matched available and needed products are linked, such that an outstanding order for a needed product is fulfilled with an available product.
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60 Claims
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1. A computer program, tangibly stored on a computer-readable medium, comprising instructions operable to cause a computer having a display and a pointing device operatively coupled to a cursor displayed on the display to:
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monitor inbound documents that itemizes one or more available products included in the inbound merchandise;
monitor outbound documents that itemizes one or more needed products to be included in the outbound merchandise;
compare available products itemized in one or more inbound documents to needed products itemized in one or more outbound documents to determine if a match occurs; and
link the matched available and needed products to fulfill an outstanding order for the needed product with the available product. - 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. A warehouse execution planning method comprising:
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monitoring inbound documents, each of which concerns the delivery of inbound merchandise to a processing center, wherein each inbound document itemizes one or more available products included in the inbound merchandise;
monitoring outbound documents, each of which concerns the shipping of outbound merchandise from the processing center, wherein each outbound document itemizes one or more needed products to be included in the outbound merchandise;
comparing the available products itemized in one or more inbound documents to the needed products itemized in one or more outbound documents to determine if a match occurs; and
linking the matched available and needed products to fulfill an outstanding order for the needed products with the available products. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A warehouse execution planning system comprising:
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an inbound document monitoring process for monitoring inbound documents, each of which concerns the delivery of inbound merchandise to a processing center, wherein each inbound document itemizes one or more available products included in the inbound merchandise;
an outbound document monitoring process for monitoring outbound documents, each of which concerns the shipping of outbound merchandise from the processing center, wherein each outbound document itemizes one or more needed products to be included in the outbound merchandise;
a matching process for comparing the available products itemized in one or more inbound documents to the needed products itemized in one or more outbound documents to determine if a match occurs; and
a linking process, responsive to a match occurring between an available product and a needed product, for linking the matched available and needed products, so that an outstanding order for a needed product is fulfilled with an available product. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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58. Apparatus for managing merchandise, the apparatus comprising digital circuitry configured to perform the following actions:
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monitor inbound documents, each of which concerns the delivery of inbound merchandise to a processing center, wherein each inbound document itemizes one or more available products included in the inbound merchandise;
monitor outbound documents, each of which concerns the shipping of outbound merchandise from the processing center, wherein each outbound document itemizes one or more needed products to be included in the outbound merchandise;
compare the available products itemized in one or more inbound documents to the needed products itemized in one or more outbound documents to determine if a match occurs; and
link the matched available and needed products, so that an outstanding order for a needed product is fulfilled with an available product. - View Dependent Claims (59)
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60. A method for providing on a computer display device a display of a warehouse execution planning system, the method comprising:
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monitoring inbound documents, each of which concerns the delivery of inbound merchandise to a processing center, wherein each inbound document itemizes one or more available products included in the inbound merchandise;
monitoring outbound documents, each of which concerns the shipping of outbound merchandise from the processing center, wherein each outbound document itemizes one or more needed products to be included in the outbound merchandise;
comparing the available products itemized in one or more inbound documents to the needed products itemized in one or more outbound documents to determine if a match occurs; and
linking the matched available and needed products, wherein an outstanding order for a needed product is fulfilled with an available product.
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