Patent ID: 7113922

Claim:
An electronic inventory control ordering and management system that permits a person to manage the inventory and procurement for a multitude of items in a multitude of locations, comprising: a hand-held computer scanner equipped with a bar code reader, preprogrammed to print UPC bar code shelf labels, and equipped with a keypad for inputting data wherein the hand-held computer scanner operably and bidirectionally communicates with a digital computer system; such communication selected from wireless device, modem, electronic cables, infrared device, radio frequency based device, network based device; and a database operably configured to include items, a history of items, a source of items, and a description of items is maintained, said database consisting of: a first table consisting of item identifier, UPC code, description, retail price, shelf price, wholesale price, unit size, unit description, unit type identifier, manufacturer, primary vendor: a second table consisting of source item identifier, source of item, address of source, contact of source, telephone number of source, fax number of source, email address of source, automated ordering information of source: a third table consisting of item identifier, source of item: a fourth table consisting of unit type identifier, unit type: a fifth table consisting of location identifier, location description: a sixth table consisting of location identifier, item identifier: a seventh table consisting of item identifier, source of item identifier, order identifier, number in area 1 , number in area 2 , number in area 3 , date order created, number ordered, date submitted; and an eighth table consisting of item identifier, date transferred, quantity, location identity, such information being captured from a point of sale register device.