Inventory management system

Abstract

In the inventory management system managing the inventory status of a commodity (10) displayed in a showcase (300) by using a computer (100), the showcase (300) is provided with an antenna (310) for communicating with an RFID tag (12) attached to a commodity on a commodity shelf, detecting means (322) for detecting a unique number of the RFID tag (12) by communicating with the RFID tag (12) through the antenna (310), and transmitting means (323) for transmitting the detected unique number of the RFID tag (12) to the computer (100) through a network (900). The computer (100) manages the commodity inventory based on the unique number of the RFID tag (12), the unique number being received from the showcase (300).

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an inventory management system for managing inventory items in a store. Background technique [0002] Currently, POS systems have been widely introduced in stores such as supermarkets and convenience stores. The POS system basically reads the barcode attached to each product when the product is purchased or sold, and performs product sales management, order management, sales analysis, and the like. The inventory of goods can be roughly grasped by subtracting the sales volume from the purchase quantity of goods in the POS system. In fact, due to the damage, loss, theft and other reasons of goods, the calculated quantity in the POS system and the actual inventory often Inconsistent. Therefore, a counting operation of manually counting the inventory of products is employed in the store. In this counting operation, a portable terminal called a handy terminal is used to input the quantity of goods in stock, and the input ...

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Problems solved by technology

However, the counting operation not only requires manpower, but also the number of store closures increases and sales decrease due to store conditions.

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