INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

A method for managing a main inventory (200) of items across a distributed mobile work force, wherein each worker (110) has a mobile computing device (212) which includes a full complement of inventory management functions. Each mobile worker manages their own sub-inventory of items and a local database (214) is stored on the mobile computing device (212) containing a list of the items in the sub-inventory. As the worker distributes items from and receives items into the sub-inventory, the local database (214) is updated by recording each transaction. The local database (214) is synchronized with a main database containing a list of the main inventory such that any transactions performed on the sub-inventory are recorded in the main database (200) and reflected in the main inventory.