Inventory verification using inventory snapshots

US8756123B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Roland Trapp · Speyer, DE
• Matthias Asal · Walldorf, DE
• Wolfgang Barheine · Bruchsal, DE
• Achim Heger · Meckesheim, DE
• Christopher Thiele · Schallstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 10, 2010
• Grant date: Jun 17, 2014
• Expiry date: Mar 16, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/087
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Various embodiments of systems and methods for inventory verification using inventory snapshots are described herein. In response to a first inventory posting in a current time period, a current open inventory snapshot is created with inventory information. If there is a previously open inventory snapshot that is created in a previous time period before the current period, then the previously open inventory snapshot is closed. To verify inventory for a past time period, a difference between an inventory snapshot that is valid for the past time period and an inventory snapshot that is valid for a time period previous to the past time period is compared with aggregated inventory change confirmations posted in the past time period. An error indicator is provided if there is a mismatch between the difference and the aggregated inventory change confirmations.