Method and system for warehouse and supply chain management

• US 20050119950A1
• Filed: 10/06/2004
• Published: 06/02/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kane Company
• Original Assignee: Kane Company
• Inventors: Anderson, Derek
• Application Number:
  US10/958,271
• Publication Number:
  US 20050119950A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/28
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders

Abstract

The present invention includes a method and system for interactively viewing, tracking, and managing stored inventory, for example, in centralized off-site locations, such as warehouses and shipping/receiving centers. The present invention allows the user to view and track every segment of the shipping history of a product stored in several warehouses, as well as delivery to a final recipient. In one embodiment, identifying information specifying an inventory item is stored in a database, and the identifying information is associated with an inventory listing and a responsible party Once inventory information has been stored, a user can access various features for managing inventory. These features include modifying an inventory item, viewing the history of a shipping order, to generating reports, accessing administrative information, or accessing help information.

Claims

1. A method for electronically tracking inventory, comprising:

receiving identifying information specifying an inventory item;

identifying at least one inventory listing associated with the inventory item;

identifying at least one responsible party associated with the inventory item; and

storing the identifying information in a data repository.