Monitoring And Management Of Lost Product
First Claim
1. A method of monitoring waste in a food or drug handling facility, the method including:
- providing an inspector with a first device operable to communicate with a remote computer;
providing said first device with first information communicable to said inspector in at least one of visual and audio form, said first information including items to be inspected by said inspector;
said inspector conducting an inspection at least in part pursuant to said first information;
inputting second information representing results of said inspection into said first device and transmitting at least some of said second information to said remote computer to record a history of at least part of said inspection and identifying said input second information at least by date;
analyzing said input second information and building a knowledge database usable to evaluate said inspection results and identifying waste; and
sending at least one of information and inspection instructions to said first device for communication to said inspector if additional inspection work is desirable.
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Abstract
A waste monitoring system includes a portable device to monitor product wastage. The portable device includes a processor and a memory in communication with the processor. The memory stores processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to control operation of the portable device to generate a graphical user interface (GUI) to collect quantity data relating to respective quantities of a plurality of types of wasted products, and to calculate cost data as a function of the quantity data. A display device displays the GUI. A server is in communication with the portable device and is configured to receive the quantity data and the cost data from the portable device. A computing device is in communication with server and is configured to receive the quantity data and the cost data from the server and to display at least one of the quantity data and the cost data.
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46 Claims
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1. A method of monitoring waste in a food or drug handling facility, the method including:
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providing an inspector with a first device operable to communicate with a remote computer; providing said first device with first information communicable to said inspector in at least one of visual and audio form, said first information including items to be inspected by said inspector; said inspector conducting an inspection at least in part pursuant to said first information; inputting second information representing results of said inspection into said first device and transmitting at least some of said second information to said remote computer to record a history of at least part of said inspection and identifying said input second information at least by date; analyzing said input second information and building a knowledge database usable to evaluate said inspection results and identifying waste; and sending at least one of information and inspection instructions to said first device for communication to said inspector if additional inspection work is desirable. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of monitoring waste in a food or drug handling facility, said method including:
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providing an inspector with a first electronic device operable to communicate with a remote computer; providing said first device with first information communicable to said inspector in at least one of video and audio formats, said first information including items to be reviewed by said inspector; said inspector conducting an inspection pursuant to instructions comprising at least a portion of said first information; inputting second information into said first electronic device representing results of said inspection and constructing a waste history of at least part of said inspection in at least one of said first device and said remote computer and identifying said input second information by date and facility identifier; inputting third information into at least one of said first electronic device and said remote computer, said third information including at least one of product processing specifications relating to a facility to be inspected, specifications relating to products handled in the facility, government regulations or laws applicable to the facility and products and processes for handling said products; and analyzing said input second information by at least one of the first electronic device and the computer and building a knowledge database usable to evaluate the inspection results. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A waste monitoring system comprising:
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a portable device to monitor product waste, said portable device comprising; a processor; a memory in communication with said processor, said memory storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by said processor, cause said processor to control operation of said portable device to generate a graphical user interface (GUI), said GUI comprising a plurality of user-selectable elements accessible by a user operable to collect quantity data relating to respective quantities of a plurality of types of wasted products and operable to calculate cost data as a function of the quantity data; a display device in communication with said portable device and configured to display said GUI; a server in communication with said portable device and configured to receive the quantity data and the cost data from said portable device; and a computing device in communication with said server and configured to receive said quantity data and said cost data from said server and to display at least one of said quantity data and said cost data.
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41. A portable device for monitoring product waste, said portable device comprising:
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a processor; a memory in communication with said processor and string processor-executable instructions that, when executed by said processor, cause said processor to control operation of said portable device to generate a graphical user interface (GUI), said GUI comprising a plurality of user-selectable elements accessible by a user operable to collect quantity data relating to respective quantities of a plurality of types of wasted products and operable to calculate cost data as a function of the quantity data and transmit said quantity data and said cost data to a server; and a display device in communication with said processor and configured to display said GUI.
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42. An electronic device for monitoring waste, said electronic device comprising:
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a processor; a display device operably connected to the processor for display of waste evaluation instructions and waste input data; program instructions operable to effect display of waste evaluation instructions and at least some of the input waste data; a memory in communication with said processor and said display and operable to string processor-executable instructions that, when executed by said processor, cause said processor to control operation of said portable device to generate a graphical user interface (GUI) to collect quantity data relating to respective quantities of a plurality of types of wasted products, said GUI comprising a plurality of user-selectable elements accessible by a user; and means to effect communication between said electronic device and at least one of a computer and a server. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46)
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