Consignment inventory management and reconciliation system
First Claim
1. A consignment inventory management and reconciliation system wherein there is tracking and reconciliation of:
- a. first items shipped to a buyer from a seller and that are located at the buyer'"'"'s consignment inventory location;
b. second items shipped to the buyer by the seller, that have not been billed by the seller and cannot be found at the buyer'"'"'s consignment inventory location; and
d. third items not shipped to the buyer by the seller, can be found at the buyer'"'"'s consignment inventory location, and are of the same identity as items provided on consignment by the seller to the buyer.
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Abstract
A consignment inventory management and reconciliation method and system that tracks and reconciles on-hand quality which represents consignment items that were placed at the consignment location and are physically located at the consignment location at a given time; unbilled quantity which represents consignment items which were placed at the consignment location and are not physically present at the consignment location and have not been purchased at a given time, excess quantity which represents items found at the consignment location but are not considered consignment items at a given time; and perpetual quantity which represents the consignment items which have been delivered to the consignment location at a given time.
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31 Claims
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1. A consignment inventory management and reconciliation system wherein there is tracking and reconciliation of:
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a. first items shipped to a buyer from a seller and that are located at the buyer'"'"'s consignment inventory location;
b. second items shipped to the buyer by the seller, that have not been billed by the seller and cannot be found at the buyer'"'"'s consignment inventory location; and
d. third items not shipped to the buyer by the seller, can be found at the buyer'"'"'s consignment inventory location, and are of the same identity as items provided on consignment by the seller to the buyer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 31)
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26. A consignment inventory management and reconciliation system wherein there is tracking and reconciliation of:
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(a) first items shipped to a buyer from a seller and that are located at the buyer'"'"'s consignment inventory location; and
(b) second items shipped to the buyer by the seller that have not been billed by the seller and cannot be found at the buyer'"'"'s consignment inventory location. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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28. A consignment inventory management and reconciliation system wherein there is tracking and reconciliation of:
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(a) first items shipped to a buyer from a seller and that are located at the buyers consignment inventory location; and
(b) third items not shipped to the buyer by the seller, that can be found at the buyer'"'"'s consignment inventory location, and are of the same identity as items provided on consignment by the seller to the buyer. - View Dependent Claims (29)
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30. A consignment inventory management and reconciliation system wherein there is tracking and reconciliation of:
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(a) second items shipped to the buyer by the seller, that have not been billed by the seller and cannot be found at the buyer'"'"'s consignment inventory location; and
(b) third items not shipped to the buyer by the seller, can be found at the buyer'"'"'s consignment inventory location, and are of the same identity as items provided on consignment by the seller to the buyer.
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