Patent ID: 8170927

Claim:
An adaptive critical low level management system, comprising: a configuration module configured to receive a service level setting; a storage module configured to receive usage information for at least one inventory of at least one type of medical item; a processor configured to adaptively determine a critical low level based on said usage information and said service level setting; and an analysis module configured to determine when said critical low level has been reached by said at least one inventory of said at least one type of medical item, and to produce an output indication that said critical low level has been reached, wherein said processor is further configured to determine said critical low level based on a probability that said at least one type of medical item will stock out before a next scheduled time for restocking of said at least one type of medical item, and wherein said processor is further configured to determine said critical low level based on a sum of an average usage and at least one standard deviation for a restocking period of said at least one inventory of said at least one type of medical item.