METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC INVENTORY CONTROL
First Claim
1. A method for dynamic inventory control of a warehouse comprising:
- receiving consumption data for a product at a data storage device, wherein the consumption data includes a product identification and a quantity of the product consumed in at a first time t;
standardizing the consumption data via one or more processing devices at a data handler to provide a data record, wherein the data handler verifies that the product ID correlates with a known product ID stored in a warehouse dynamics database;
receiving the standardized data record from the data handler at an instantaneous dynamics calculator;
at least one of populating or appending a data table with at least a portion of the data in the standardized data record, and wherein the data table includes a plurality of time dependent data values that include a beginning inventory quantity and an ending inventory quantity of the product stored in the warehouse at the first time t, wherein the beginning inventory quantity is equal to the ending inventory quantity of the product at a second time t−
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calculating via one or more processing devices, a flow dynamics vector for the first time t using the data values in the data table, wherein the flow dynamics vector includes both a measure of magnitude of change in the inventory of the product and a direction of change in the inventory, where a positive direction of change indicates inventory growth and a negative direction of change indicates inventory shrinkage;
receiving the flow dynamics vector at a flow dynamics controller; and
generating via the one or more processing devices, a figurative state-space diagram that is divided into a plurality of zones by a plurality of threshold values related to the product, wherein the plurality of threshold values include a low consumption rate threshold and a high consumption rate threshold situated along a first axis of the state-space diagram, and a low normalized inventory quantity threshold and a high normalized inventory quantity threshold situated along a second axis of the state-space diagram, evaluating at the flow dynamics controller, the flow dynamics vector in the context of the thresholds to identify the zone indicated by the flow dynamics vector.
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Abstract
A method and system for dynamic inventory control of a warehouse is provided that includes, receiving consumption data for a product, standardizing the consumption data to provide a data record, at least one of populating or appending a data table with at least a portion of the data in the standardized data record, wherein the data table includes a plurality of time dependent data values, calculating a flow dynamics vector for the first time t using the data values in the data table, receiving the flow dynamics vector and generating a figurative state-space diagram that is divided into a plurality of zones by a plurality of threshold values related to the product, and evaluating the flow dynamics vector in the context of the thresholds to identify the zone indicated by the flow dynamics vector.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for dynamic inventory control of a warehouse comprising:
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receiving consumption data for a product at a data storage device, wherein the consumption data includes a product identification and a quantity of the product consumed in at a first time t; standardizing the consumption data via one or more processing devices at a data handler to provide a data record, wherein the data handler verifies that the product ID correlates with a known product ID stored in a warehouse dynamics database; receiving the standardized data record from the data handler at an instantaneous dynamics calculator; at least one of populating or appending a data table with at least a portion of the data in the standardized data record, and wherein the data table includes a plurality of time dependent data values that include a beginning inventory quantity and an ending inventory quantity of the product stored in the warehouse at the first time t, wherein the beginning inventory quantity is equal to the ending inventory quantity of the product at a second time t−
1;calculating via one or more processing devices, a flow dynamics vector for the first time t using the data values in the data table, wherein the flow dynamics vector includes both a measure of magnitude of change in the inventory of the product and a direction of change in the inventory, where a positive direction of change indicates inventory growth and a negative direction of change indicates inventory shrinkage; receiving the flow dynamics vector at a flow dynamics controller; and generating via the one or more processing devices, a figurative state-space diagram that is divided into a plurality of zones by a plurality of threshold values related to the product, wherein the plurality of threshold values include a low consumption rate threshold and a high consumption rate threshold situated along a first axis of the state-space diagram, and a low normalized inventory quantity threshold and a high normalized inventory quantity threshold situated along a second axis of the state-space diagram, evaluating at the flow dynamics controller, the flow dynamics vector in the context of the thresholds to identify the zone indicated by the flow dynamics vector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for dynamic inventory control of a warehouse comprising:
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receiving consumption data for a product at one or more data storage devices, wherein the consumption data includes a product identification and a quantity of the product consumed in a first time t; standardizing the consumption data via one or more processing devices to provide a data record, wherein the one or more processing devices verifies that the product ID correlates with a known product ID stored in an warehouse dynamics database; receiving the standardized data record from the one or more processing devices and at least one of populating or appending a data table with at least a portion of the data in the standardized data record, and wherein the data table includes a plurality of time dependent data values that include a beginning inventory quantity and an ending inventory quantity of the product stored in the warehouse at the first time t, wherein the beginning inventory quantity is equal to the ending inventory quantity of the product at a second time t−
1;calculating via one or more processing devices, a flow dynamics vector for the first time t using the data values in the data table, wherein the flow dynamics vector includes both a measure of magnitude of change in the inventory of the product and a direction of change in the inventory, where a positive direction of change indicates inventory growth and a negative direction of change indicates inventory shrinkage; generating via the one or more processing devices, a figurative state-space diagram that is divided into a plurality of zones by a plurality of threshold values related to the product, wherein the plurality of threshold values include a low consumption rate threshold and a high consumption rate threshold situated along a first axis of the state-space diagram, and a low normalized inventory quantity threshold and a high normalized inventory quantity threshold situated along a second axis of the state-space diagram, and evaluating at the flow dynamics controller, the flow dynamics vector in the context of the thresholds to identify the zone indicated by the flow dynamics vector; identifying one or more signals to be generated in response to the zone indication, wherein the identification includes comparing the zone indication with a plurality of pre-established correlative signals for the product, and wherein the one or more signals can be chosen for one or more correlative recipients; and generating the one or more signals and communicating the one or more signals to the one or more correlative recipients. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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