Self healing andon system and method

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• retrieving, by at least one computing device, a defect history associated with a vendor and at least one product from an inbound shipment from a memory, the at least one product to be stocked in a materials handling facility, the defect history being associated with a specified time period;
• extracting, by the at least one computing device, at least one inventory defect from the defect history in a computer system;
• calculating, by the at least one computing device, an inventory defect rate in the computer system for the specified time period;
• imposing, by the at least one computing device, at least one remedial measure when the inventory defect rate meets a specified threshold of the inventory defect rate, the inventory defect rate being associated with at least one of an individual in the materials handling facility or the vendor, the at least one remedial measure being imposed on at least one of the individual or the vendor, wherein the at least one remedial measure comprises reducing the specified time period for a subsequent calculation of the inventory defect rate;
• generating, by the at least one computing device, a warning message including at least one of:
• information describing the at least one inventory defect, the information including an inventory defect type, a date or a vendor identifier associated with the vendor;
• generating, by the at least one computing device, a corrective message, the corrective message instructing how the at least one inventory defect can be corrected;
• and
• transmitting, by the at least one computing device, the corrective message to personnel in the materials handling facility and the warning message to the vendor.

A system, comprising:

• at least one server;
• logic executed on the at least one server that retrieves a defect history associated with a vendor and at least one product from an inbound shipment from a memory, the at least one product to be stocked in a materials handling facility, the defect history being associated with a specified time period;
• logic executed on the at least one server that extracts at least one inventory defect from the defect history in a computer system and calculates an inventory defect rate in the computer system for the specified time period;
• logic executed on the at least one server that imposes remedial measures if the inventory defect rate exceeds a specified threshold of the inventory defect rate, wherein the inventory defect rate is associated with the vendor and the remedial measures are imposed on the vendor, the remedial measures comprising reducing the specified time period for a subsequent calculation of the inventory defect rate;
• logic that generates a warning message including at least one of:
• information describing the at least one inventory defect, the information including an inventory defect type, a date or a vendor identifier associated with the vendor;
• logic that generates a corrective message, the corrective message instructing how the at least one inventory defect can be corrected;
• and
• logic that transmits the corrective message to personnel in the materials handling facility and the warning message to the vendor.