Material harmonization disposition system for electronic inventories

A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a set of instructions, executable by a processor, for harmonizing databases, the instructions comprising:

• instructions for accessing first inventory data stored in a first database, the first inventory data comprising a plurality of first inventory identifiers;
• instructions for accessing second inventory data stored in a second database, the second inventory data comprising a plurality of second inventory identifiers, wherein the plurality of first inventory identifiers and the plurality of second inventory identifiers have different formats;
• instructions for analyzing the first inventory data against the second inventory data and assigning a harmonization category value to each entry in the first inventory data, the harmonization category value indicating (i) an entry in the first inventory data that may be harmonized with one or more entries in the second inventory data, (ii) an entry in the first inventory data that may not be harmonized with any entry in the second inventory data, and (iii) an entry that may be conditionally harmonized with one or more entries in the second inventory data;
• instructions for, in response to the assigned harmonization category value, forming harmonization database entries containing the entries assigned harmonization category value (i) and/or (ii);
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• instructions for visually depicting, using the harmonization system, an indication for at least those entries having the harmonization category value (iii) in a graphical display, for subsequent treatment conditional harmonization treatment.

A system for harmonizing databases, the system comprising:

• a communication network;
• a plurality of inventory databases communicatively coupled to the communication network;
• a harmonization system communicatively coupled the communication network to receive a plurality of different inventory data sets from the plurality of inventory databases, wherein the harmonization system is configured to,
• identify from the plurality of different inventory data sets, inventory identifiers for respective inventory items in the plurality of different inventory data sets, wherein each inventory identifier identifies a different entry in one of the plurality of different inventory data sets, and
• analyze the inventory identifiers and assign a harmonization category value to each entry in the plurality of different inventory data sets, the harmonization category value indicating (i) an entry that may be harmonized with one or more other entries in the plurality of different inventory data sets, (ii) an entry that may not be harmonized with any other entry in the plurality of different inventory data sets, and (iii) an entry that may be conditionally harmonized with one or more other entries in the plurality of different inventory data sets;
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• a harmonization database for storing harmonization database entries containing the entries assigned harmonization category value (i), (ii) and/or (iii).