Method and system for managing commodity information in a supply chain of production
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1. For an information retrieval system coupled to at least one commodity analysis system configured to analyze at least one commodity to generate commodity data comprising at least one commodity characteristic, a method of managing the commodity data for a chain of production in which one or more commodities are used in one or more production steps, the method comprising:
- updating the at least one commodity analysis system to maintain the currency of the commodity analysis system;
receiving the commodity data from the at least one commodity analysis system for discrete quantities of at least one commodity used or produced by the chain of production;
storing the commodity data to the information retrieval system; and
determining commodity information in accordance with the contents of the information retrieval system.
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Abstract
The invention pertains to a method and system for managing commodity information as a commodity flows through a supply chain of production.
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1. For an information retrieval system coupled to at least one commodity analysis system configured to analyze at least one commodity to generate commodity data comprising at least one commodity characteristic, a method of managing the commodity data for a chain of production in which one or more commodities are used in one or more production steps, the method comprising:
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updating the at least one commodity analysis system to maintain the currency of the commodity analysis system;
receiving the commodity data from the at least one commodity analysis system for discrete quantities of at least one commodity used or produced by the chain of production;
storing the commodity data to the information retrieval system; and
determining commodity information in accordance with the contents of the information retrieval system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13)
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30. For an information retrieval system coupled to a commodity analysis system configured to analyze at least one commodity to generate commodity data for a chain of production in which one or more commodities are used in one or more process steps, a method of managing the commodity analysis system comprising:
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receiving commodity data at the information retrieval system from the commodity analysis system for discrete quantities of at least one commodity used or produced by the chain of production; and
tracking a use of the commodity analysis system. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A computer system for managing commodity data for a chain of production in which one or more commodities are used in one or more production steps, the system comprising:
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an information retrieval system for storing commodity data for a plurality of discrete quantities of at least one commodity used or produced by the chain of production, the commodity data for each particular discrete quantity comprising at least one commodity characteristic; and
a plurality of commodity analysis systems coupled to the data storage system for generating commodity data to be stored by the data storage system, each commodity analysis system operating under control of a program to perform commodity analysis and storage operations as identified by said program; and
each commodity analysis system including at least one instrument for analyzing the commodity for determining the at least one commodity characteristic; and
said information retrieval system adapted to update the commodity analysis systems to maintain currency. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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