Patent ID: 7590467

Claim:
A method for inventory control of a product dispensed from rolls in a facility, the method comprising: providing a dispenser in a building having means for detecting a change of a product roll from the dispenser, wherein the means for detecting the change of the product roll includes a data acquisition device having a spindle and a holding device for holding the spindle in the dispenser, the holding device configured such that the product roll rotates about the data acquisition device; producing a product roll change signal by the change of the product roll; transmitting the product roll change signal to a receiver, the receiver being configured to record the product roll change and including means for controlling a product roll inventory; determining the product roll inventory in the building by decrementing from the product roll inventory the product roll change when the product roll change signal is received by the receiver; and generating an on-line order for an additional product roll once a predetermined minimum level of the product roll inventory is reached.