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Sales and inventory control system

  • US 4,887,208 A
  • Filed: 12/18/1987
  • Issued: 12/12/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/18/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for controlling inventory and sales activity for individual items of the type which include a covering material in the items that are to be manufactured, such as furniture pieces, and having multiple and selectable components the choice and selection of which require a variation in the amount of covering material that is required to manufacture the item, such components being such things as multiple selectable fabrics, skirts of various lengths, pleats, quilting or the like, comprising:

  • a main computing means including a keyboard means for storing information and a memory means for storing information indicative of the available items and the components thereof at a central location, including the cost of the item and components, the immediate availability of the items and components, and the expected delivery of said items and selected components if selected and ordered by a purchaser;

    at least one remote computing means, preferably located at a point of sale location, each such remote computing means having a memory means, a display and a keyboard and being adapted to have information entered concerning the purchase of an item, including the identification and quantity of a selected item and of selected components, and the identification of the purchaser;

    means for communicating information between the main computing means and each of said remote computing means;

    said remote computing means displaying the price of a selected item and selected components and availability of and the expected delivery date thereof in response to data being input to the remote computing means, said availability of and the expected delivery having been determined after having communicated to said main computing means via said communicating means and said main computing means having compared information relating to the amount of covering material required for the selected item and selected components with the inventory of covering material required to manufacture each such selected item and selected components at the central location;

    said main computing means thereafter reserving the amount of covering material required for manufacturing the selected item and selected components, and reducing the inventory of covering material available for items and components by the amount of covering material that will be used in manufacturing the items and components selected to update the inventory of available material for future selection.

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