Patent ID: 7266517
Filing Date: 2007-09-04
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A process to utilize a WMS to process object purchase, production, and sale, said process comprises the following steps of: purchasing a first object and storing in a warehouse, wherein said first object is classified based on the object attribute to be raw material, semi-finished product, or finished product; operating the WMS to create a first inventory file in a computer-readable database, wherein said first inventory file comprises warehouse category, item number, location, unit and inventory quantity of said first object, and said warehouse category is defined based on said actual warehouse, where said first object is stored to reflect directly a physical location for said first object, rather than based on the object attribute of the first object; reading said first inventory file and withdrawing said first object based on a production requirement plan from said warehouse; modifying and recording said first inventory file into said database, wherein said inventory quantity is deducted based on a withdrawal amount of said first object; processing said first object to produce the second object; storing said second object into said warehouse, wherein said second object is classified based on the object attribute to be raw material, semi-finished product, or finished product; operating said WMS to create the second inventory file in said computer-readable database, wherein said second inventory file comprises warehouse category, item number, location, unit and quantity of said second object, wherein said warehouse category is defined based on said warehouse therein said second object is physical stored to directly reflect a physical location for said second object rather than based on the object attribute of the second object; reading said first inventory file and said second inventory files and withdrawing said object from said warehouse based on an order-requested quantity, wherein said object is chosen from a group of said first and said second object; operating said WMS to modify said first and second inventory files and recording both into said computer-readable database, wherein said inventory quantities of said first and second objects are deducted based on withdrawal amounts of said objects; adding first note fields to show related information of said first object when creating said first inventory file, wherein said first note fields include warehouse owner, warehouse area, object owner, and the object attribute of said first object; and adding second note fields to show related information of said second object when creating said second inventory file, wherein said second note fields include warehouse owner, warehouse area, object owner, and the object attribute of said second object.