Patent ID: 8429033

Claim:
A computer implemented method in a data processing system for performing a part inventory analysis, the computer implemented method comprising: responsive to determining a current part inventory, determining by the data processing system current order demands on the current part inventory; segmenting by the data processing system the current part inventory into a new part inventory segment, a used part inventory segment, and a loaner part inventory segment to form a segmented part inventory; determining by the data processing system an order demand coverage for each segment of the segmented part inventory based on the current order demands for new parts in the new part inventory segment used to fill both external orders and internal orders, used parts in the used part inventory segment used to only fill internal orders, and loaner parts in the loaner part inventory segment used to only fill external orders; determining by the data processing system a conditioned part inventory for each segment of the segmented part inventory based on a loaner part inventory analysis, wherein the loaner part inventory analysis reduces available inventory in the used part inventory segment by a number of used parts that cannot be used to fill internal order demands and reduces available inventory in the loaner part inventory segment by a number of loaner parts that cannot be used to fill external order demands to obtain a netted available inventory; calculating by the data processing system a part purchase recommendation based on the conditioned part inventory; and storing by the data processing system data for the segmented part inventory, the order demand coverage, the conditioned part inventory, and the part purchase recommendation in a storage device to form stored inventory data.