Systems and methods of managing inventory using an rfid kanban system
OwnerRichard PHILIPPEinventor
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Abstract
A system for provisioning products. The system includes a set of bins for each product, wherein at least one bin of each set of bins is affixed with a corresponding Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag. The system also includes at least one replenishment zone for receiving bins, at least one detection unit for reading an RFID tag of a bin placed in the at least one replenishment zone and generating provisioning requests, a least one processing unit for processing the provisioning requests and issuing instructions responsive to the provisioning requests, at least one communication unit for communicating the provisioning requests, and a memory for storing the provisioning requests.
Claims25
A method for provisioning products, wherein that method comprises:
- (a) providing a set of bins for each product, wherein at least one bin of each set of bins is affixed with a corresponding Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag;
- (b) reading an RFID tag of a bin placed in at least one replenishment zone;
- (c) generating a provisioning request for the RFID tag read;
- (d) communicating the provisioning request;
- (e) processing the provisioning request;
- (f) issuing instructions responsive to the provisioning request.
A system for provisioning products, comprising:
- a set of bins for each product, at least one bin of each set of bins is affixed with a corresponding Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag;
- at least one replenishment zone for receiving bins;
- of least one detection unit for reading an RFID tag of a bin placed in the at least one replenishment zone and generating provisioning requests;
- at least one processing unit for processing the provisioning requests and issuing instructions responsive to the provisioning requests;
- at least one communication unit for communicating the provisioning requests;
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- a memory for storing the provisioning requests.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.