Inventory management system
CA 2474254 C · Owner: Campero, Richard John · Inventors: Bauer, Donald George; Weel, Martin David; Rasband, Paul Brent
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Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with certain aspects related to the present invention collect item information from RFID tags attached to items in an inventory and uses the collected item , information to perform various inventory management processes. In one aspect, the inventory management processes may include determining reporting, and/or providing corrective actions for one or more events associated with at least one of depletions of items in the inventory changes , in , the design of items in the inventory defects with one or more items, misplaced items the movement of an unusual number of items within a short period of time (i.e. shrinkage), and …
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- Filed January 23, 2003 and granted May 17, 2016. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 23, 2023.
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