Patent ID: 9105003
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. An electronic system for managing items in an associated pool distribution supply chain for pooled distribution of the items to one or more associated destinations via an associated pooled transport distribution system, the electronic system comprising: an input scanner configured to selectively first capture item identification information associated with a plurality of received items, the plurality of received items being associated with a plurality of unique shipper sources and delivery destinations, and each of the plurality of items being identified for supply chain management in the associated pooled transport distribution system; a capturing mode specifying input on the input scanner, the capturing mode specifying input being configured to receive first user input corresponding to a selection of at least one of a plurality of capturing modes, wherein each capturing mode is configured to create association information data by associating the first captured item identification information with pool distribution supply chain information; an outbound scan integrity check input on the input scanner, the outbound scan integrity check input being one of the plurality of capturing modes and being configured to receive second user input corresponding to a user-selected sorted consolidation of groups of the plurality of items associated with the plurality of unique shipper sources prior to delivery of the plurality of items to associated selected destinations of the one or more associated destinations, the user-selected sorted consolidation of groups of the plurality of items grouping a first set of items of the plurality of items according to a selected first destination of the one or more associated destinations together with a second set of items of the plurality of items according to a selected second destination of the one or more associated destinations as a pooled group of items to be delivered in accordance with the pool distribution supply chain information to the associated selected destinations of the one or more associated destinations, the outbound scan integrity check input being adapted for second capturing item identification information for each item of the pooled group of items for determining a mis-sorted item amongst the pooled group of items comprising the first and second sets of items by comparing the second captured item identification information with data associated with the selected destinations; a communication port configured to communicate the association information data and the first and second captured item identification information to a data storage device for storage, the association information data and the first and second captured item identification information being communicated to the data storage device to selectively commence distribution of each item of the first and second sets of items of the pooled group to the associated selected destinations in accordance with specified consolidation and routing data; a delivery scanner configured to, upon arrival for delivery of the first or second sets of items to their corresponding selected destinations, receive data associated with the corresponding selected destination and record a delivery arrival time, and to receive the specified consolidation and routing data as preload delivery data and receive third user input corresponding to the first or second sets of items of the pooled group of items being delivered to the first or second destination corresponding thereto, the delivery scanner being configured to receive, by selectively scanning each delivered item of the pooled group of items, third captured item identification information for each delivered item of the pooled group of items, and determining an elapsed delivery time for the first or second set of items in accordance with the delivery arrival time and a corresponding delivery end time, and determining a correspondence between the preload delivery data, the third user input, and the third captured item identification information, and classifying in accordance with the determined correspondence each delivered item of the pooled group of items as a one of a delivered item, a mis-delivered item, an un-delivered item, or an over-delivered item; and, a report output generating report data representative of the elapsed delivery time for each of the first and second sets of items and a result of the determining by the outbound integrity check input and the classifying by the delivery scanner.