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Lot/serial engine for a warehouse management system

  • US 7,725,426 B2
  • Filed: 12/20/2002
  • Issued: 05/25/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a warehouse management system, a method comprising:

  • receiving a specification of an item from a user of the warehouse management system;

    receiving control data from the user, the control data indicating whether the specified item is lot controlled, serial controlled, or both lot and serial controlled;

    receiving a specification of one or more attributes of the item from the user;

    receiving a specification of a context defined by the one or more attributes specified for the item, the context representing a subset of attributes defined in the warehouse management system that are specific to the item;

    storing, in a computer-readable storage medium, a database record linking the context to the specified item;

    receiving a selection of a flex field from the user, the flex field being capable of storing attribute data values;

    receiving a selection of a user definable attribute of the item;

    receiving a specification of a descriptive flex field name from the user;

    storing, in a computer-readable storage medium, a database record linking the descriptive flex field name to the flex field;

    storing the descriptive flex field name and the user definable attribute in a flex field table, the flex field table providing a mapping of the descriptive flex field name to an internal flex field name in a lot table, a serial table, or both;

    storing, in a computer-readable storage medium, a database record assigning the context to the item; and

    displaying a record of the item indicating that the item is assigned to the specified context, the context including the user definable attribute.

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