Inventory management system and method
First Claim
1. An inventory management system, comprising:
- an input module adapted to receive a plurality of attributes, the plurality of attributes relating to a plurality of inventory items;
a storage module adapted to store the received plurality of attributes;
a completeness module adapted to determine if each attribute of the plurality of attributes is complete or incomplete, and further adapted to determine an attribute completeness value of each attribute of the plurality of attributes;
a notification module adapted to notify a user of the attribute completeness value of each attribute of the plurality of inventory items; and
a display module adapted to display at least one of the plurality of attributes, the plurality of inventory items and the attribute completeness value on a display device.
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Abstract
In one aspect, an inventory management system is provided that includes an input module, a storage module, a completeness module, a notification module and a display module. The input module is adapted to receive a plurality of attributes, where the plurality of attributes related to a plurality of inventory items. The storage module is adapted to store the received plurality of attributes. The completeness module is adapted to determine if each attribute of the plurality of attributes is complete or incomplete. The completeness module is further adapted to determine an attribute completeness value of each attribute of the plurality of attributes. The notification module is adapted to notify a user of the attribute completeness value of each attribute of the plurality of inventory items. The display module is adapted to display the plurality of attributes, the plurality of inventory items and/or the attribute completeness value on a display device.
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33 Claims
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1. An inventory management system, comprising:
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an input module adapted to receive a plurality of attributes, the plurality of attributes relating to a plurality of inventory items; a storage module adapted to store the received plurality of attributes; a completeness module adapted to determine if each attribute of the plurality of attributes is complete or incomplete, and further adapted to determine an attribute completeness value of each attribute of the plurality of attributes; a notification module adapted to notify a user of the attribute completeness value of each attribute of the plurality of inventory items; and a display module adapted to display at least one of the plurality of attributes, the plurality of inventory items and the attribute completeness value on a display device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24)
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25. An inventory management system, comprising:
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an inventory item database adapted to store a plurality of attributes associated with a plurality of inventory items, the inventory item database having a plurality of records, each record of the plurality of records associated with one inventory item of the plurality of inventory items; a user database adapted to store user data associated with a user of the inventory management system, the user data including at least one of predetermined user rights associated with the user and one or more roles associated with the user; a completeness database adapted to store completeness data relating to at least one of a particular attribute of the plurality of attributes, all attributes of the plurality of attributes, a particular inventory item of the plurality of inventory items and all inventory items of the plurality of inventory items; a management component operably coupled to at least one of the inventory item database, the user database and the completeness database, the management component adapted to manage at least one of the plurality of attributes, the plurality of inventory items, the user data and the completeness data; a display device operably coupled to the management component, the display device adapted to display at least one of the plurality of attributes, the plurality of inventory items, the user data and the completeness data. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An inventory management system, comprising:
a computer-readable medium configured to perform a method of managing an inventory comprising the steps of; storing, in an inventory item database, a plurality of attributes associated with a plurality of inventory items, the inventory item database having a plurality of records, each record of the plurality of records associated with one inventory item of the plurality of inventory items; storing, in a user database, user data associated with a user of the inventory management system, the user data including at least one of predetermined user rights associated with the user and one or more roles associated with the user; analyzing at least one attribute of the plurality of attributes to determine if the at least one attribute of the plurality of attributes is complete or incomplete, and to determine an attribute completeness value of the at least one attribute of the plurality of attributes; storing, in a completeness database, the completeness value; generating a visual depiction of completeness of the at least one attribute of the plurality of attributes based, at least in part, on the completeness value; displaying on a display device at least one of the plurality of attributes, the plurality of inventory items, the user data, the completeness value and the visual depiction of completeness. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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32. An automobile inventory management system, comprising:
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an inventory build module operably connected to one or more databases having (a) a plurality of inventory records associated with a plurality of automobiles, the plurality of inventory records having a plurality of attributes associated therewith, (b) user data associated with a plurality of users, and (c) completeness data associated with completeness of the inventory records, the inventory build module having instructions programmed thereon to perform; displaying the plurality of inventory records on a display device; displaying, on a display device, an icon system relating to the completeness data of each of the plurality of inventory records, wherein the icon system includes at least a first icon indicative of a complete attribute and a second icon indicative of an incomplete attribute; sorting the displayed plurality of inventory records based on a particular attribute; filtering the displayed plurality of inventory records based on a particular attribute; adding one or more new inventory records to the plurality of inventory records; deleting one or more inventory records from the plurality of inventory records; editing at least one attribute of the plurality of attributes associated with a particular inventory record; and generating a report based, at least in part, on at least one attribute of the plurality of attributes; and a marketing channel module operably connected to the one or more databases, the marketing channel module having instructions programmed thereon to perform; determining if an inventory record meets one or more requirements predetermined by one or more marketing channels; transmitting one or more inventory record to the one or more marketing channels; and determining a suggested sales price of at least one of the plurality of inventory items based, at least in part, on information obtained from at least one of the one or more marketing channel, a third party automobile sales source, a third party automobile pricing source, historical automobile sales data and customer input. - View Dependent Claims (33)
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