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US 2003/0229535 A1Published application
System that unitarily manages inventory
OwnerKazuhiro Tanakainventor
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Abstract
Inventory information and trend information of each product on each section in a distribution system is acquired and unitarily managed. An instruction to increase or decrease number of products to be manufactured is automatically issued to the plant based on the acquired information. For example, if there is a decrease in the number of products in the stock in the retail store, then an instruction is issued to the plant to increase the production.
Claims7
An inventory management system comprising:
- an information acquiring unit that acquires inventory information and trend information of products on a plurality of sections in a physical distribution system, the inventory information including at least end market information, client information, sales division information, and plant inventory information;
- a managing unit that unitarily manages at least one of the end market information, client information, sales division information, and plant inventory information and the trend information in each section in the physical distribution system, and decides whether to increase or decrease the production based on the managed information;
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- an instruction issuing unit that issues an appropriate manufacturing instruction based on the decision taken by the managing unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.