Patent ID: 11907900
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 6:
7. An inventory management method comprising:
generating, by a processor, expiration information including information for specifying a product and information for specifying a given branch store of a plurality of branch stores at which the product is sold based on an inventory of the product in the given branch store to which an employee of a flagship store travels and at which the employee replenishes an inventory of the product and based on a sell-by date of the product;
generating, by the processor, a route on which the employee moves among the plurality of branch stores;
setting, by the processor, a timing to transmit the expiration information to a store terminal of the employee based on at least either a movement time or a movement distance from a current position of the employee to the given branch store, a time required for the employee to replace the product in the given branch store, and a time of the sell-by date related to the product; and
transmitting, by the processor and to the store terminal of the employee, at the set timing, the expiration information and information indicating the route.