Patent Document ID: 20100268572
Application ID: 12425545
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. An inventory management system for forecasting demand in a print production environment, the system comprising: a computing device; and a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the computing device, the computer-readable storage medium comprising one or more programming instructions for: updating a predictive model with intervention information comprising an anticipated demand value and a confidence value associated with the anticipated demand value, wherein the predictive model is associated with a demand distribution of a print-related service in a print production environment, generating a demand forecast associated with the print-related service by using the updated predictive model, using the generated demand forecast to compare a current inventory level associated with the print-related service to an anticipated inventory level associated with the demand forecast of the print-related service, and ordering additional inventory in response to the current inventory level being less than the anticipated inventory level.