Attribute based inventory usage and stocking

A method, by a computer hardware system for controlling inventory stocking based on part attributes, the method comprising:

• establishing, by the computer hardware system a stock footprint, the stock footprint mapping stocking locations to attributes on a part;
• establishing, by the computer hardware system a stocking strategy, the stocking strategy mapping a prioritized list of attributes to a stocking order request type;
• establishing, by the computer hardware system a stocking characteristic set, the stocking characteristic set mapping a set of stocking characteristics to the stocking strategy;
• receiving, by the computer hardware system a stocking request order;
• and
• applying, by the computer hardware system the established stocking strategy to the received stocking request order based on matching a characteristic set of the received stocking request order with the stocking characteristic set of the established stocking strategy.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium, embodying computer usable program code for controlling inventory stocking and usage based on part attributes, the computer program product comprising:

• computer usable program code for establishing a stock footprint, the stock footprint mapping stocking locations to attributes on a part;
• computer usable program code for establishing a usage strategy, the usage strategy mapping a prioritized list of attributes to a part request order type;
• computer usable program code for establishing a usage characteristic set, the usage characteristic set mapping a set of usage characteristics to the usage strategy;
• computer usable program code for receiving a request order;
• and,
• computer usable program code for applying the established usage strategy to the received request order based on matching a characteristic set of the received request order with the usage characteristic set of the established usage strategy.