| 7039479 |
Production planning system |
| May-2-2006 |
The production planning system of this invention comprises: a supply quantity calculation module to calculate quantities of particular components, half products and finished products to be supplied in... |
| 7035704 |
Capacity management system and method |
| Apr-25-2006 |
A capacity management system and method. A demand priority for each foundry and commodity capacity demand is determined according to sales and product information thereof. A capacity is then allocated... |
| 7018117 |
Identification card printer ribbon cartridge |
| Mar-28-2006 |
A ribbon cartridge includes a cartridge housing, a supply spool, a take-up spool, and a supply of ribbon. The cartridge housing includes a supply spool enclosure, a take-up spool enclosure, a pair of ribbon... |
| 7006981 |
Assortment decisions |
| Feb-28-2006 |
Historical information is stored about demand behavior associated with different sizes of styles of items of commerce. A size assortment recommendation is generated based on the stored historical information... |
| 7001366 |
Radiologically trackable surgical sponges |
| Feb-21-2006 |
The apparatus and method is provided that employs a "radiopaque" object to count and account for surgical sponges in an operating room. A radiopaque object is embedded in surgical sponges so that a scanning... |
| 6996538 |
Inventory control system and methods |
| Feb-7-2006 |
A system and method which allows third-parties to monitor company inventory via the Internet and World Wide Web ("web") and automatically order needed items. The present invention also provides a forum... |
| 6990473 |
Information management system |
| Jan-24-2006 |
One or a plurality of commodities are placed in a commodity exhibition shelf (8). Information peculiar to any commodity is read using an input device (2) under the control of a control device... |
| 6989749 |
Electronic check out system |
| Jan-24-2006 |
An electronic check out system which utilizes radio frequency check out devices to check out tools from a centrally located tool storage facility and to identify the individual checking out the tool. The... |
| 6985870 |
Medication delivery system |
| Jan-10-2006 |
A medication delivery system (20) having features of the present invention comprises a medical container (26) holding a prescribed medication (27) to be delivered to a patient, a tag... |
| 6980964 |
Virtual print market place |
| Dec-27-2005 |
A method to create a virtual print market place using one or more interconnected computers comprising collecting market information comprising an identity of service providers and the print services and... |
| 6959862 |
Inventory control and identification method |
| Nov-1-2005 |
An inventory control and identification apparatus uses a storage space with a plurality of inventory items. Identification labels are positioned in physical correspondence with the inventory items. Each... |
| 6958688 |
Theft tracking system and method |
| Oct-25-2005 |
A method and system for registering information about a variety of property items either centrally or in distributed fashion enables quick notification of proper authorities when the property item is stolen.... |
| 6950826 |
Material and supplies ordering system |
| Sep-27-2005 |
A method for facilitating the ordering of construction supplies by a customer over the Internet is provided. The method comprises: receiving a supplier reference indicating a supplier; providing the customer... |
| 6932527 |
Card cartridge |
| Aug-23-2005 |
A card cartridge includes a housing having a pair of opposing side walls, a top, a front wall, a back wall opposite the front wall, and a base. The housing includes an interior cavity that is sized to... |
| 6931347 |
Safety stock determination |
| Aug-16-2005 |
The invention is directed to a method for assigning to a set of products a set of corresponding continuous demand densities. In a conversion step for each product its demand time series is converted into... |
| 6928411 |
Invoice processing system |
| Aug-9-2005 |
Invoices for goods purchased under a pricing strategy of goods receipt base invoice verification are processed. A matching tool performs a logical three-way match between invoices, and a database tool... |
| 6925447 |
Responsive manufacturing and inventory control |
| Aug-2-2005 |
A medical device production and supply information management system synchronous with manufacturing, planning and scheduling, product consumption forecast, and component purchase to enable just-in-time... |
| 6920367 |
Manufacturing optimization and synchronization process |
| Jul-19-2005 |
A manufacturing optimization and synchronization process is provided in which data records for incomplete orders in the manufacturing and shipping facility are collected and sorted on a priority basis... |
| 6911908 |
Security |
| Jun-28-2005 |
A security system for protecting articles (8), the system comprising at least one Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) loop (1) , one Emitting Unit (7) and one Detecting Unit (9) attached to each article... |
| 6898493 |
Fully automated vehicle rental system |
| May-24-2005 |
An automated vehicle rental system with individual vehicle transmitting sensors for keeping track of vehicle mileage, fill state of vehicle fuel tank, and localized position status in a rental lot. Sensors... |
| 6897763 |
Retail signage management system |
| May-24-2005 |
A mobile retail signage management system includes a communication device capable of transmitting a specific location for which a corresponding sign needs to be positioned at the specific location; a portable... |
| 6891469 |
Electronic locating systems |
| May-10-2005 |
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for location of objects to facilitate retrieval, filing, security, inventory stock-keeping and the like. The methods and apparatus employ a tag element associated with... |
| 6882982 |
Responsive manufacturing and inventory control |
| Apr-19-2005 |
A medical device production and supply information management system for just-in-time inventory control at the manufacturing facility, vendor stocks, material/product tracking, distribution and shipping... |
| 6879962 |
Logistics system and method |
| Apr-12-2005 |
A logistics method is disclosed that provides logistics computer programming for controlling a plurality of transports to supply a plurality of delivery locations from one or more bases. Each of the bases... |
| 6868397 |
Equipment information system and method |
| Mar-15-2005 |
An exemplary equipment information system and method are provided that allow equipment inventory to be efficiently and effectively tracked, monitored, and evaluated. A method for managing equipment information... |
| 6865434 |
Management system of monitor wafers |
| Mar-8-2005 |
A management system for managing information of monitor wafers stored in a storage center includes an operation rule module for determining the next manufacturing process for each of the monitor wafers... |
| 6847934 |
Marketing selection optimization process |
| Jan-25-2005 |
A market selection optimization method comprising the steps of assigning product offers to consumers in the presence of multiple constraints, such that each consumer is assigned at least one product offer;... |
| 6836763 |
Billing system and method |
| Dec-28-2004 |
A bill editor, generator, messaging and insert system and method comprises a portion of a bill production processor designed to create monthly billing statements which are sent to customers and which detail... |
| 6832866 |
Printer or laminator supply |
| Dec-21-2004 |
An identification card printer or laminator system includes a card transport mechanism configured to transport a card along a path, a printer or lamination mechanism configured to print or laminate the... |
| 6832206 |
Automobile parking verification system (APVS) |
| Dec-14-2004 |
The present invention is directed toward a method and apparatus for efficiently and accurately checking a parking facility to verify that the vehicles parked therein are legitimately parked. The present... |
| 6789067 |
Multiple recipe merge with feedback |
| Sep-7-2004 |
An electronic recipe manager capable of merging two or more electronic recipes into a task list that can be executed to prepare a multiple dishes or food items of a complete a meal is described. Electronic... |
| 6774783 |
Operation ready signal light device |
| Aug-10-2004 |
A method of identifying a part with a storage location including the steps of transmitting identification information for the part and the storage location to a support system, supplying power to the remote... |
| 6769604 |
History management system |
| Aug-3-2004 |
A history management system that enables the user to acquire, via a network, history information even on a passive part like a cable for example, that is part of a product. Firstly, a product is installed... |
| 6746029 |
Photograph vehicle |
| Jun-8-2004 |
A photograph vehicle which may be equipped with a digital camera for photographing supplies to be ordered by personnel in a semiconductor production plant and a computer which may be provided in communication... |
| 6741902 |
Manufacturing optimization and synchronization process |
| May-25-2004 |
A manufacturing optimization and synchronization process is provided in which data records for incomplete orders in the manufacturing and shipping facility are collected and sorted on a priority basis... |
| 6736316 |
Inventory control and indentification method |
| May-18-2004 |
An inventory control and identification apparatus uses a storage space with a plurality of inventory items. Identification labels are positioned in physical correspondence with the inventory items. Each... |
| 6719202 |
Commodity information management system |
| Apr-13-2004 |
A commodity information management system including a deactivator for deactivating a security tag activated and attached to a commodity after a barcode is read by a reader, a magnetic detector for detecting... |
| 6704749 |
Integrated hangtag production system |
| Mar-9-2004 |
An integrated hangtag production system with an order analysis program for receiving an electronic order file from a customer and outputting an analyzed customer data file in which the order analysis program... |
| 6687557 |
Consolidated component catalog |
| Feb-3-2004 |
This invention is related to electronic product description transfer between a trading partner that designs a product and a trading partner that manufactures the product and more particularly to the organization... |
| 6681141 |
Materials requirements planning simulation analysis |
| Jan-20-2004 |
A method and structure for using a materials requirements planning (MRP) tool is disclosed. The invention runs a simulation using a MRP tool for at least one preselected component to produce simulated... |
| 6671593 |
Dynamic aircraft maintenance production system |
| Dec-30-2003 |
A dynamic aircraft maintenance production system for planning a maintenance check of an aircraft includes means for obtaining any routine tasks that may exist and which are required to be performed on... |
| 6669832 |
Electronic transaction system |
| Dec-30-2003 |
A request for a commodity that each office in an organization needs is sent from a terminal in the office to a general affairs service center in the organization. The request is then sent to a VAN center... |
| 6650225 |
Wireless directed inventory system |
| Nov-18-2003 |
A directed inventory system uses individual wireless pick-to modules, or individual wireless pick-from modules, or both, to aid inventory management services such as order fulfillment. Modules wirelessly... |
| 6616037 |
Inventory system |
| Sep-9-2003 |
A computer-based system for taking the physical inventory of beverages dispensed in full and partially full containers so as to effectively control the theft and overpouring. The products to be inventoried,... |
| 6598025 |
Geospatial inventory control |
| Jul-22-2003 |
An inventory-management system includes data-collection terminals that acquire product-identification data identifying products placed on store shelves, product-placement data identifying the locations... |
| 6587827 |
Order fulfillment processing system |
| Jul-1-2003 |
A method and system for processing a customer generated order for a product, more particularly to a method for one or more client computers connected through a server to a plurality of supplier computers... |
| 6572318 |
Managing bookbinding consumables |
| Jun-3-2003 |
Systems and methods of managing consumables used in a bookbinding system are described. In one aspect, a bookbinding consumables quantity interrogator is configured to obtain information relating to usage... |
| 6567824 |
Integrated inventory management system |
| May-20-2003 |
A method is provided for inventory management which includes an initial step of receiving a customer request for an inventory item and then generating a table or menu of one or more inventory items that... |
| 6549891 |
Method for managing inventory |
| Apr-15-2003 |
A method and apparatus for managing inventory in a distressed inventory warehouse with the aid of a programmable computer is disclosed. The method and apparatus provides for the complete automation of... |
| 6542897 |
Customer support system using internet |
| Apr-1-2003 |
A customer support system provides a customer support service with respect to a consumer product using an Internet. The customer support system includes a customer support server having a customer support... |
