Determining a Remaining Amount of Material in a Material Package

A system comprising:

• a memory storage;
• and
• a processing unit coupled to the memory storage, wherein the processing unit is operative to:
• determine that a material package has been used on a job, wherein determining that the material package has been used on the job comprises determining that the material package has egressed from an operations area and has ingressed back into the operations area based upon location data corresponding to the material package and a beacon code, the location data corresponding to the material package and the beacon code being periodically reported by a beacon located proximate to the material package;
• receive a weight of the material package that has been used on the job subsequent to the material package being used on the job;
• query, based upon the beacon code and in response to receiving the weight of the material package, the material database for a material package record;
• calculate a remaining amount of material corresponding to the material package based upon the received weight and data from the material package record found from the material package record query;
• and
• update the material package record with the calculated remaining amount of material corresponding to the material package.

A computer-readable medium that stores a set of instructions which when executed perform a method comprising:

• determining that a material package has been used on a job, wherein determining that the material package has been used on the job comprises determining that the material package has egressed from an operations area and has ingressed back into the operations area based upon location data corresponding to the material package and a beacon code, the location data corresponding to the material package and the beacon code being periodically reported by a beacon located proximate to the material package;
• receiving a weight of the material package that has been used on the job subsequent to the material package being used on the job;
• querying, based upon the beacon code and in response to receiving the weight of the material package, the material database for a material package record;
• calculating a remaining amount of material corresponding to the material package based upon the received weight and data from the material package record found from the material package record query;
• and
• updating the material package record with the calculated remaining amount of material corresponding to the material package.