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Inventory control system and method in recycle-oriented society

  • US 20040254841A1
  • Filed: 01/30/2004
  • Published: 12/16/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An inventory control system for controlling a stock quantity of lower-level items used for production of items (products) in production processes thereof, the system comprising:

  • new lower-level item stock prediction means for predicting, regarding lower-level items to be newly procured, a variation in stock quantity of the new lower-level items at least based on a delivery schedule of the new lower-level items and a present stock quantity along with a usage schedule in a production process; and

    regenerated lower-level item delivery prediction means for predicting, regarding lower-level items of regenerated articles obtained from use-completed items collected for recovery, an expected delivery date and an expected number of the regenerated lower-level items based on at least a stock quantity of recovered items and a lead time for taking a regenerated lower-level item out of said items thus recovered, wherein the system controls an inventory of lower-level items in production processes based on a stock prediction result of said new lower-level items and a delivery prediction result of the regenerated lower-level items.

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