Inventory control method and system
US5237496A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 24, 1992 |
| Grant date | Aug 17, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 24, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0202
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In an inventory control method and system, changes of sales for individual goods are forecasted and the excess or deficiency of a stock of each of the goods at the present point of time is estimated from the results of forecast. In order to facilitate an inventory control, merchandise information is sorted and displayed in accordance with the degree of urgency, the degree of importance or the like of inventory adjustment on the basis of the results of estimation.
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