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A method using a central computer and work station for managing inventory. To dispense inventory to consumers, a system user is issued a card imprinted with a personal user bar code. This user bar code is read into the computer and subsequently verified through the entry of individual user access da

A method using a central computer and work station for managing inventory. To dispense inventory to consumers, a system user is issued a card imprinted with a personal user bar code. This user bar code is read into the computer and subsequently verified through the entry of individual user access data to ensure the user is authorized. To issue an item to a consumer, the user must next identify through an input means the particular consumer to whom the item is to be issued. The item to be issued is imprinted with an item bar code. After identifying the consumer, the item bar code is read into the work station and converted to issued-item data. The issued-item data is communicated from the work station to the central computer, where the issued item is decremented from inventory data. The central computer then determines whether each issued item is chargeable to the particular consumer. If the issued-item data is determined to be chargeable to the particular consumer, then the issued-item data is recorded as a charge to that consumer. Finally, the central computer determines when and in what quantity to replenish each item from the inventory data. A replenishment order is processed by the central computer, and the replenishment order is transmitted to a vendor.

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A method, using a computer and at least one workstation, for monitoring and maintaining an inventory of an item, comprising the steps of: defining, by a user, a maximum days inventory value, a safety stock days value and a review time days value for the item; inputting to the computer, by a user, th

A method, using a computer and at least one workstation, for monitoring and maintaining an inventory of an item, comprising the steps of: defining, by a user, a maximum days inventory value, a safety stock days value and a review time days value for the item; inputting to the computer, by a user, the maximum days inventory value, the safety stock days value and the review time days value; calculating, by the computer, an average daily usage value, a lead time days value, an on-hand quantity, and an open order quantity for the item; adding, by the computer, the maximum days inventory value and the lead time days value to generate a first sum; multiplying, by the computer, the first sum and the average daily usage value to generate a product; adding by the computer, the on-hand quantity and the open order quantity to generate a second sum; subtracting, by the computer, the second sum from the product to generate a quantity representing a Dynamic Order quantity for the item; generating a replenishment order or purchasing the Dynamic Order Quantity of the item; and transmitting the replenishment order to a vendor.