Patent ID: 11915187
Assignee: TARGET BRANDS, INC.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method of tracking inventory across a supply chain including a plurality of retail locations and a plurality of distribution locations, the method comprising:
receiving, at a computing system, a plurality of messages regarding inventory events, wherein an inventory event is a transfer order, a purchase order, a sale, or an inventory adjustment involving at least one item and at least one location;
analyzing, with the computing system, each of the plurality of messages to determine an identity and quantity of the at least one item and the identity of the at least one location involved in the inventory event;
receiving an inventory level update from an inventory database associated with the at least one location;
normalizing the received inventory level update and the determined identities, quantities, and locations of the plurality of messages;
recording an updated inventory level for the at least one item and at least one location in a centralized inventory database based upon the normalized received inventory level update and the normalized determined identities, quantities, and locations;
scheduling periodic checks of inventory levels for one or more items; executing checks of inventory levels at one or more inventory event message sources and the centralized inventory data store;
repairing inventory level data for items that are inconsistent;
reporting the proportion of checked inventory levels having inconsistencies as a variance percentage;
displaying the variance percentages on a graphical user interface comprising a dashboard area configured to display graphical representations of:
variance percentage data; and
a menu bar having a plurality of selectors for adjusting display settings of the dashboard area.