Patent ID: 7770792

Claim:
A computer-executable method for managing stock in transport, the method comprising: providing a stock identifier to identify the stock; providing a transport unit identifier to identify a transport unit of a vehicle, wherein the transport unit represents a collection of stock for vehicle transport, and further wherein the vehicle includes at least two transport units with different transport unit identifiers, and wherein the stock identifier and transport unit identifier are provided in at least one memory device; creating, by a processor, an initial association in a database between the stock identifier and the transport unit identifier at a time at which the stock is physically moved on to the vehicle which transports the stock offsite; determining, from the database, the initial association between the transport unit identifier and the stock identifier, indicating that the stock identifier is located with the vehicle; redirecting the vehicle, upon the determining, to transport the stock to an alternate location; registering the stock at the alternate location upon completion of the redirected transport by the vehicle; and deleting the initial association between the stock identifier and the transport unit identifier upon completed transport by the vehicle.