System and method for automatically generating shipping manifests

• US 20070294153A1
• Filed: 05/22/2006
• Published: 12/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Brusilovsky, Roman, Salvo, Joseph James, DeRose, Lynn Ann, Good, Brandon Stephen, Messier, Daniel John
• Application Number:
  US11/438,037
• Publication Number:
  US 20070294153A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/29
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0875 Itemisation or classification of parts, supplies or services, e.g. bill of materials

Abstract

A system for generating a shipping manifest for one or more pieces of equipment is provided. The system includes a database configured to store data representative of information located on tags related to one or more pieces of equipment to be shipped and a reader-writer component configured to read/write the data. The system further includes a shipment component. The shipment component is configured to automatically generate a shipping manifest related to the one or more pieces of equipment based on the data read by the reader-writer component and one or more business rules associated with the one or more pieces of equipment.

Claims

1. A system for generating a shipping manifest for one or more pieces of:

equipment, the system comprising;

a database configured to store data representative of information located on tags related to one or more pieces of equipment to be shipped;

a reader-writer component configured to read the data; and

a shipment component configured to automatically generate a shipping manifest related to the one or more pieces of equipment based on the data read by the reader-writer component and one or more business rules associated with the one or more pieces of equipment.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the tags comprise identification information related to one or more assets associated with the one or more pieces of equipment.

3. The system of claim 2;

wherein the reader-writer component is configured to digitally read or write the identification information related to the one or more assets associated with the one or more pieces of equipment.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the database is further configured to store data related to a location of the one or more pieces of equipment to be shipped and related to the one or more business rules associated with the one or more pieces of equipment.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more business rules comprise shipping criteria associated with the shipment of the one or more pieces of equipment.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the shipping criteria comprise a plurality of rules related to the country of shipment and a location of shipment of the one or more pieces of equipment.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the shipping criteria comprise a plurality of rules related to at least one of an equipment value, an equipment depreciated value, an equipment tariff value, and an equipment custom rule associated with the one or more pieces of equipment.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the shipment component is configured to be connected to the database for the performance of a verification of the data read by the reader-writer component.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the shipment component generates a shipping manifest for the one or more pieces of equipment based on the verification.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the shipping manifest for the one or more pieces of equipment comprises an equipment value, an equipment depreciated value, an equipment tariff value, and one or more custom rules associated with the one or more pieces of equipment.

11. A system for generating a shipping manifest for one or more pieces of equipment, the system comprising:

a database configured to store data representative of information located on tags related to one or more pieces of equipment to be shipped, said tags comprising identification information related to one or more assets associated with the one or more pieces of equipment;

a reader-writer component configured to read the data; and

a shipment component configured to automatically generate a shipping manifest related to the one or more pieces of equipment based on the data read by the reader-writer component and one or more business rules associated with the one or more pieces of equipment, said one or more business rules comprising shipping criteria associated with the shipment of the one or more pieces of equipment and said shipment component being configured for connection to the database for the performance of a verification of the data read by the reader-writer component;

wherein the database is configured to store data related to a location of the one or more pieces of equipment to be shipped and related to the one or more business rules associated with the one or more pieces of equipment.

12. A method for generating a shipping manifest for one or more pieces of equipment, the method comprising:

reading data on a plurality of tags related to one or more pieces of equipment to be shipped; and

automatically generating a shipping manifest related to the one or more pieces of equipment based on the data and one or more business rules associated with the one or more pieces of equipment.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein said reading data comprises reading identification information related to one or more assets associated with the one or more pieces of equipment.

14. The method of claim 12, comprising storing the data related to the one or more pieces of equipment to be shipped.

15. The method of claim 12, comprising storing a location of the one or more pieces of equipment to be shipped and storing the one or more business rules associated with the one or more pieces of equipment.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the business rules comprise shipping criteria associated with the shipment of the one or more pieces of equipment.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the shipping criteria comprise a plurality of rules related to the country of shipment and a location of shipment of the one or more pieces of equipment.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the shipping criteria comprise a plurality of rules related to at least one of an equipment value, an equipment depreciated value, an equipment tariff value, and an equipment custom rule associated with the one or more pieces of equipment.

19. The method of claim 12, further comprising performing a verification of the data read prior to generating a shipping manifest related to the one or more pieces of equipment.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the shipping manifest related to the one or more pieces of equipment comprises an equipment value, an equipment depreciated value, an equipment tariff value, and one or more custom rules associated with the one or more pieces of equipment.