A COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND A COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR MANAGING AND VALUATING INVENTORY

摘要

A computer inventory system (10) for managing and valuating inventory, comprising an inventory database (20) for storing one or more identifiers; detectors for tracking goods in a working process, every item of goods entering the working process being assigned to an identifier; at least one input/output device (18) for updating a given identifier when the goods assigned to this identifier enter another stage in the working process and for assigning at least one price according to the value added to the goods in working process to each stage in the working process; and a processing unit (14) for retrieving data stored in the inventory database (20) and calculating a price for goods in the working process.