| 摘要 |
<p>A system (10) and method for processing product movement requests including orders and returns while maintaining a real-time accounting of product locations includes a network (12), a first communication link (40) connecting a first location (14) to the network (12), a second communication link (44) connecting a second location (16) to the network (12), and an information manager (24) coupled to the network (12). The information manager (24) responds to a product order from the first location (14) by sending an order acknowledgement confirmation message over the network (12) to the first location (14), causing the second location to send an order acknowledgement card (46) and the ordered product (48) to the first location (14), and updating the database (34) to indicate the ordered product was received by the first location upon return receipt of the order acknowledgement card. The information manager also responds to a request to return product from the first location (14) by sending a return confirmation message over the network to the first location, sending a return acknowledgement card (54) to the first location, and updating the database (34) to indicate that the return product was received by the second location upon return receipt of the return acknowledgement card (54) and receipt of the returned product (48) at the second location.</p> |
