System using graphic interface to perform stock management

• US 7,082,575 B2
• Filed: 06/26/2002
• Issued: 07/25/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Original Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Inventors: Lin, Kuang-Shin, Li, Yi-Song, Song, Jeff
• Primary Examiner(s): Bayerl, Raymond J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bonshock, Dennis G.
• Application Number:
  US10/179,948
• Publication Number:
  US 20030001876A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,490 Days
• Field of Search: 715/771, 705/22, 705/29
• US Class Current: 715/771
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0875 Itemisation or classification of parts, supplies or services, e.g. bill of materials
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/203 Inventory monitoring

Abstract

A system that uses a graphic interface to perform stock management is disclosed. It is comprised of a database to store data needed for stock management and to link each of the following modules to perform stock management using the graphic interface. The modules include a stock allocation designing module, which helps a user decide the size of a stock, storage areas, storage space and relevant attributes according to practical needs; a data receiving module, which receives the data of the stock, the storage areas, the storage space and a plurality of goods; a stock layout generating module, which plots a stock layout according to the data received by the data receiving module; a stock operating module, which displays messages corresponding to the operations the user has performed on the stock layout; and a data storage module, which saves the results of the operations performed on the stock layout by the user in the database.

Claims

1. A stock management system using a graphical interface generated by a warehouse layout generating module containing a storage location status legend bar displaying at least six statuses of the store location in the warehouse layout for a real-time response data warehousing, which comprises:

a database, which stores data for the stock management and links each of the following modules for performing the graphical interface stock management;

a warehouse allocation designing module, which allows a user to design the sizes of a stock, its storage areas and storage locations along with relevant parameters according to practical needs;

a data receiving module, which receives the data of the stock, the storage areas, the storage locations and a plurality of goods;

the stock layout generating module, which plots a warehouse layout according to the data received by the data receiving module wherein the operation interface generated by the warehouse layout generating module contains the storage location status legend bar for displaying the statuses of the storage locations in the warehouse layout, and the storage location status legend bar shows possible statuses of vacant storage locations, occupied storage locations, delivery lock-in, arrival lock-in, commodity moving-out, and commodity moving-in labeled by different icons or colors;

a warehouse layout operating module, which displays a message corresponding to the operations done by the user to the warehouse layout; and

a data storing module, which stores the warehouse layout operations done by the user in the database.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the warehouse allocation designing module includes horizontal and vertical rulers for the user to determine the locations of the storage areas.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the storage allocation designing module further contains a warehouse message panel to display messages about the warehouse.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the warehouse message panel shows a warehouse code, a warehouse name, a warehouse specification and a storage base specification.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the storage allocation designing module further includes a warehouse ADD/MODIFY button to add and modify the design of the storage locations.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the warehouse allocation designing module further includes a storage area diagram to reflect the locations and sizes of actual storage areas.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the warehouse allocation designing module further includes a storage area message panel to record detailed information of the storage areas.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the storage area message panel shows a storage area number, a row number, a column number, an initial point and a client name.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the data receiving module executes the steps of:

generating data searching conditions to obtain the information of the warehouse and the good;

opening the database to obtain the required data;

processing data to generate data satisfying the warehouse layout processing requirements; and

sending the data to the warehouse layout generating module, thus completing data reception.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the operation interface generated by the warehouse layout generating module further contains a plurality of storage areas for disposing a plurality of item storage bases.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the plurality of storage areas further contains a plurality of storage locations, each being a unit for storing goods.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the stock layout generating module executes the steps of:

plotting a warehouse background graph in an appropriate proportion according to the stock data and storing the stock data;

plotting the storage areas in proportion according to the stock background graph and storing the storage location data;

plotting the storage locations in the storage area graphs and performing horizontal and vertical storage location processing according to the storage location data; and

setting the status of each of the storage locations by providing different colors and icons.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the stock layout operating module performs an operation selected from the group comprising selecting an occupied storage location, selecting a vacant storage location, adjusting, a storage location, and selecting an adjusted storage location.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the data storing module executes the steps of:

obtaining data that needs to be modified fled and stored according to the user'"'"'s operation contents;

generating search conditions; and

storing the modified data to the database.