Flexible production and material resource planning system using sales information directly acquired from POS terminals
US5854746A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 16, 1996 |
| Grant date | Dec 29, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 16, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q20/201
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A production system for retail goods and a raw material ordering system. The production system allows a timely collection of accurate sales information from retail outlets and a flexible production of the goods in accordance with the same information. The production system includes a retail sales information collecting device, a production quantity setting device for determining a production quantity according to the information so collected, a directing device for directing the preparation and production of raw materials according to the determined production quantity, and a production device for producing the determined production quantity according to a direction to produce.
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