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- the present invention relates to the field of inventory control.
- the invention is concerned with a distribution management and inventory control system that receives inventory data from a plurality of dealer and customer facilities and processes the data for use in consolidated invoicing and replenishment of inventory at each facility.
- a facility of a customer In some industries, such as the printing industry, it is customary for a facility of a customer to include a storeroom of inventory items owned by various dealers. The customer removes inventory items from the storeroom as needed for use. Periodically each dealertakes an inventory count, replenishes its used inventory items and invoices the customer for inventory items removed from the storeroom.
- this prior art system of inventory control can lead to a number of problems. Inventory items may be depleted before scheduled replenishment which can shut down production or require emergency replenishment by a dealer. This prior art system also results in many invoices being generated by the various dealers to the customer. Another problem is that the manufacturers of the inventory items do not receive any lead time for efficient production planning in order to supply the needed inventory items.
- Another problem is that some inventory items require the generation of specialized reports such as product safety data reports and environmental impact reports.
- the prior art system basically requires separate or non-consolidated generation of the needed data forthe reports and the time- consuming preparation of each individual report.
- the present invention solves the prior art problems mentioned above and provides a distinct advance in the state of the art. More particularly, the distribution management and inventory control system hereof enables the consolidation of inventory usage on a timely basis from a plurality of customer and dealer facilities for consolidated billing, the timely replenishment of the inventory before depletion and the provision of adequate lead time to the manufacturers and dealers of the inventory items. In addition, the system of the invention provides for automatic generation of needed reports.
- the preferred distribution management and inventory control system includes a host computer that receives inventory data from a plurality of receiving computers located at the respective facilities of a customer, dealer and manufacturer. Each facility includes a storage area such as a storeroom, locker, bin, truck trailer, or even a directory or file in a computer-readable storage device for electronic records.
- the storage area has inventory items such as consignment items of any party in a manufacturing and distribution channel such as a manufacturer, distributor, or dealer stored therein for use by the facility.
- a bar code reader is used to read the bar code from each item removed from the storage area and to provide corresponding item identification data to the receiving computer.
- the host computer receives the item identification data from all of the receiving computers of the facilities and provides the capability to produce consolidated invoices and reports for all of the facilities of each party in the distribution channel. If the facilities are served by different dealers, the host computer is also operable to convert the item identification data to dealer-specific data including the respective dealer codes for the items for replenishing the inventory at each storage area.
- the host computer is also operable to sort the item identification data by manufacturer and to provide corresponding data to specific manufacturers for production planning. Additionally, the host computer uses the item identification data to generate needed reports such as product safety data reports and environmental impact reports. The host computer can also generate a variety of other reports, such as use reports by type of products, price levels, and other item characteristics. The preferred aspects of the present invention are disclosed herein.
- the inventory control scheme of the present invention is not a proprietary-based model that can only be accessed by one group of organizations in one supply chain. Instead, the host computer may be used by several different groups of organizations in several supply chains.
- Figure 1 is a block diagram illustrating the preferred distribution management inventory control apparatus in accordance with the present invention.
- Fig.2 is a block diagram illustrating a facility that could be located on site at the customer, the dealer, or the manufacturer of Fig. 1.
- Fig. 1 shows apparatus 10 in use with a plurality of customers such as customer 12 having a plurality of facilities such as facilities 14, 16 and 18, and also with a plurality of dealers such as dealers 20 and 22 and a plurality of manufacturers such as manufacturers 24 and 26.
- Apparatus 10 includes host computer 28 and inventory data collection equipment located at each facility such as equipment 30 illustrated in Fig. 2.
- Host computer 28 preferably includes a conventional network server computer operable to receive and transmit data overtelephone lines and operable to store needed data in database 32.
- Computer 28 also includes a financial computer coupled with the server computer and operable to access database 32 to perform financial functions such as producing invoices, financial statements and the like. Additionally, computer 28 is under program control to perform the operational functions described further herein.
- the preferred program includes a conventional database manager such as Microsoft ACCESS or Microsoft SQL Server.
- host computer 28 is operable to communicate by way of the internet or by way of any other conventional communication medium using conventional telephone lines with equipment 30 of facilities 14-18, and is also operable to communicate with computers at a central office of customer 12, dealers 20-22 and manufacturers 24-26. It will also be appreciated that communications could also be provided by way of direct dial instead of using the internet, by cellular telephone, satellite and a wide variety of other communication modes.
- the host computer 28 preferably operates under a subscription- based hosted application model, commonly referred to as an Application Service Provider (ASP) or Commerce Service Provider (CSP).
- ASP Application Service Provider
- CSP Commerce Service Provider
- the inventory control scheme of the present invention is not a proprietary-based model that can only be accessed by one group of organizations in one supply chain. Instead, the host computer may be used by several different groups of organizations in several supply chains.
- Authorized users can participate in the inventory tracking and control functionalities of the present invention at any time from anywhere by simply accessing the host computer with a standard internet browser and then gaining access to certain information applicable to the users.
- a hosted application model improvements in software features can be rapidly deployed to all users.
- each group of users that wishes to implement the inventory control schemes of the present invention does not have to make investments for installing, hosting, and maintaining the host computer and the software applications thereon.
- equipment 30 is located at each facility 14-18 and includes personal computer (PC) 34, bar code reader 36 coupled with PC 34, and identification (ID) card reader 38 also coupled with PC 34.
- PC personal computer
- ID card reader 38 is positioned outside the storage area adjacent door 42 in order to control electrically the lock thereof in the conventional manner. This allows access to storage area 40 only by authorized personnel and each entry is logged in PC 34 as identification data representative of the person entering storage area 40.
- the central concept is that the host computer 28 receives frequent reports of which item was added to, removed from, returned to, or remaining in, which storage area, by whom, on which date. If any site provides additional data, the system can generate additional reports. For example, if job code data is sent, the system can generate job cost data.
- the host computer 28 provides a virtual "Supply Chain Network" that permits all organizations in a supply chain to manage and/or view inventory data, whether the inventory is located in a location under their control or in a location under another supply chain organization's control.
- All organizations in a supply chain including manufacturers, distributors, and end users, may all participate in inventory control and management using one network and may share information on a need-to-know basis.
- the database or databases operated by the host computer 28 are preferably filtered or segmented so that particular organizations in a supply chain can only get access to and view certain information relative to them. For example, a national customer may be permitted to access and view all inventory records for all of their plants across the country.
- Distributors for the national customer may also be permitted to access the host computer via the internet, but may be given access only to their own inventory and inventory that they have supplied to the customer.
- a manufacturer may be permitted to access the host computer and view information relating to the products it has supplied to the customer through various distributors. This permits the manufacturer to instantaneously check inventory trends to enhance the manufacturer's production planning.
- Hierarchal database filtering techniques are implemented via the host computer 28 to present users only with the information that they are entitled to view. Once a user has accessed and logged onto the host computer, the user can view all inventory records to which it has access.
- customer 12 has a plurality of production facilities in various locations illustrated by facilities 14-18. Even though only one customer is illustrated the present invention encompasses the ability to provide inventory control services to a plurality of customers as well.
- dealer 20 provides the distribution services for inventory items to facility 14, and dealer 22 supplies the needed inventory items to facilities 16 and 18.
- the dealers 20 and 22 may also provide distribution services for inventory items to one another. Dealers 20 and 22, and manufacturers 24 and 26, could also have storage areas like that in Fig. 2.
- Fig. 1 also illustrates manufacturers 24 and 26 who manufacture certain ones of the inventory items used by facilities 14-18. It is common for customer 12 to have a national account for all of its facilities with various manufacturers illustrated by manufacturers 24 and 26. The dealers distribute the needed inventory items from a variety of manufacturers to a customer's facility.
- One of the principal advantages of the system is that it enables either a manufacturer or a customer to more easily work with multiple distributors or dealers. For instance, a national customer that purchased a local facility with a close relationship with a local dealer would ordinarily require that facility to start using the customer's national distributor in order to more easily get consolidated reports and invoices. If both the national distributor and the local dealer use this system, the national customer can allow the local facility to continue using the local dealer, but still easily get its consolidated reports and invoices.
- ID card reader 38 reads the ID card of a person authorized to enter storage area 40 and supplies identification data representative thereof to PC 34.
- PC 34 stores and time stamps all attempted entries, whether authorized or not as a security record. If there is a match to a list of authorized persons, PC 34 activates the latch on door 42 to release and allow entry. The person enters storage area 40 and gathers the needed inventory items. Typically the inventory items removed from storage area 40 are used for immediate production and thereby represent current usage.
- barcode reader 36 Before leaving storage area 40, the person uses barcode reader 36 to scan the bar code on each inventory item such as bar code 44 on inventory item 46. In response to the scan, bar code reader 36 provides item identification data representative of the bar code and thereby representative of the inventory item to PC 34 where this data is stored. As will be appreciated, the bar code on each inventory item is typically the UPC code printed thereon by the manufacturer. The present invention also encompasses the ability to read other machine-readable indicia such as alphanumeric text and magnetic ink.
- PC 34 accesses host computer 28 byway of the internet or any other communication medium.
- host computer 28 polls PC 34 in each facility.
- PC 34 transmits all of its inventory data since the last transmission.
- the inventory data includes the item identification data along with the data identifying each person entering storage area 40. This process is repeated for each facility for 14-18 and for each customer, dealer, and manufacturer served by apparatus 10.
- Host computer 28 stores the inventory data received from facilities 14-18 in database 32.
- host computer 28 consolidates the inventory data from facilities 14-18 for customer 12 and generates consolidated invoices and reports.
- the bar code information as well as other inventory data may be transmitted directly to the host computer 28 from the PC 34 via the internet rather than being stored on the PC. This permits the host computer to validate the information and respond to an operator if additional information is needed.
- the host computer 28 may also automatically generate invoices immediately upon the close of a certain time period.
- the invoices may be e- mailed to a customer or other entity, or the customer may access the host computer via the internet and view and download invoices when desired.
- Database 32 includes information indicating which dealer 20-22 supplied the inventory items to facilities 14-18. Upon receipt of payment from customer 12, the receipts are distributed to dealers 20-22 in accordance with the inventory items supplied by each to the facilities of customer 12. This process is repeated for all of the customers served by apparatus 10. The same process can be used to generate invoices from one dealer to its sub-dealer or from one manufacturer to its dealers.
- dealer may use product codes different from the UPC codes placed on the inventory items by the respective manufacturers.
- host computer 28 uses lookup tables stored in database 32 to convert the item identification data in terms of the UPC indicia code to item identification data as the respective dealer code. More particularly, database 32 stores a lookup table for each dealer with the entries corresponding to UPC code and the equivalent dealer code. In this way, the reconciliation of payments from customer 12 can be expressed in terms of dealer code for each dealer.
- Apparatus 10 also provides communications by way of the internet or other communication medium between host computer 28 and each dealer 20-22. These communications can include the inventory usage for each facility 14-18 expressed in terms of the respective dealer codes.
- host computer 28 can provide each dealer with usage data for the facilities it supplies as frequently as needed. For example, host computer 28 can provide a daily summary of the usage of each inventory item. This summary can further include the remaining number of inventory items in the respective storage areas and can highlight those items likely to need replenishment before the next scheduled delivery. In the alternative, each dealer 20-22 has the capability of requesting this usage data from host computer 28.
- the host computer 28 may also generate and automatically send e-mail notifications to the dealers or other entities upon the occurrence of certain events. For example, if inventory is removed from a storage area or if the inventory in a storage area reaches a predetermined level, the host computer 28 may automatically send an e-mail notification to a dealer of the inventory and even the manufacturer of the inventory so that the inventory can be quickly replenished.
- this information presents an itemized list of exactly what items and in what quantities are needed to replenish the inventory of each facility on a given day. This allows the dealer to load and supply the inventory items as needed to replenish the inventory to the specified levels.
- Host computer 28 also sorts the inventory data for each customer by manufacturer. In particular, computer 28 identifies those inventory items used by facilities of customer 12 that are associated with specific manufacturers such as manufacturers 24 and 26. This manufacturer-specific usage data is then made available to each manufacturer. For example, computer 28 can provide a weekly usage and on-hand or available stock report to manufacturers 24 and 26. This information can be used by each manufacturer to plan production and shipment in advance of receiving specific purchase orders from dealers 20 and 22. In this way the needs of customer 12 can be anticipated thereby providing a higher level of service and efficiency. Such may enable manufacturers 24, 26 to offer a more favorable pricing structure.
- Some inventory items may require the production of certain reports. For example, printing facilities use certain chemicals that may present a potential safety hazard. As such, each facility is required to have on site a material safety data sheet.
- host computer 28 stores the information to produce product safety data sheets for each inventory item tracked in database 32.
- Host computer 28 also tracks the inventory items used by each facility and can download the information for printing such data sheets to each facility. Such can occur automatically whenever a facility uses a new inventory item.
- An example of another required report is a environmental impact report such as Kansas SARA Title III report. Such reports are based on usage for each facility and host computer 28 includes the needed information in database 32 for automatically producing such reports as needed for each facility. It will also be appreciated that the information stored in database
- the 32 enables the production of a wide variety of reports. These can include usage reports to the customers, the dealers and the manufacturers covering specified time frames ranging from daily to annually. The usage reports can be specific as to inventory item, types, or prices of inventory items, dealer, manufacturer and customer as desired.
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