In an inventory control method and system, changes of sales for individual goods are forecasted and the excess or deficiency of a stock of each of the goods at the present point of time is estimated from the results of forecast. In order to facilitate an inventory control, merchandise information is sorted and displayed in accordance with the degree of urgency, the degree of importance or the like of inventory adjustment on the basis of the results of estimation.

An inventory management system which includes a transponder, an interrogation transceiver and control devices utilized therewith. The control devices operate to minimize the power consumption of the transponder while permitting selected, coded operation of the inventory management system. The interrogation transceiver provides linkage to the transponder by means of a modulated radio frequency (RF) carrier during system operation. A transmit/receive switch is also included in the invention to pre...

A Numerical Inventory Control Device for holding and then dispensing one or more items contained within the device wherein the items are gradually moved from the back toward the front of the device by a moving slideable pusher which is biased against a constant force coil spring contained in a dispenser housing attached at the back end of the pusher and wherein one end of the coil spring is affixed to the dispenser housing wherein, when product, near the front of the housing, is removed the cons...

A method is provided for determining the amount of alcoholic beverage, or other liquids or solids, dispensed, from a container, during a specific time interval which method includes the steps of sensing a first weight of said container including the contents thereof at a first given time, converting said first sensed weight into a corresponding first electrical signal, sensing a second weight of said container including the contents thereof at a second given time, converting said second sensed w...

A control apparatus insures precise reading or entry of data in the proper columns and rows or lines of chart sheets mounted atop a board. The same columns with appropriate indicia appear on both the top of the chart sheets and on a vertically shiftable ruler member attached to the board. A slide block associated with the ruler member not only maintains the ruler in a positive horizontal disposition parallel to the chart sheet rows but automatically adjusts in height to accommodate a varied amou...

A subscriber inventory network provides efficient dissemination and rapid exchange of information between members. Members of the subscriber network are arranged in separate groups, with the member subscribers in each separate group being pre-qualified with respect to certain exclusive inventory categories. The receiving unit of each subscriber is selectively enabled to receive only those messages which are related to the designated inventory category, with all other messages being excluded. A m...

An inventory control apparatus and method are presented wherein letter identification tags, letter conversion cards, and order sheets are employed to form a simple and easy to use system. Letter identification tags are placed on store shelves, with each letter being associated with a particular inventory item. Master letter conversion cards have letter designations keyed to the letter designation on the shelves along with word or other code designations for the particular inventory items. The le...

A comprehensive inventory and sales control system is particularly adapted for the segment of the furniture industry that involves special order items, such as sofas, love seats, upholstered chairs and the like. The system is adapted to provide instant communications between retail establishments and a manufacturer, and enables the order to be confirmed at the time of purchase. This includes a determination of the availability of the fabric and reserving the item style and fabric from the manufa...

A display device including means to support a series of superposed merchandise holding cards, each article of merchandise in each series being different from the other articles of the same series, a tab on each card indicating a parameter of its particular article, each tab being offset from all the other tabs in a series, so that all the tabs are visible, and an elongated opening in each card, an elongated member extending from an end of each opening along the opening, a tube for each article, ...

A comparatively small electronic inventory control device for indicating the current stocks of goods, individually or in succession. The item numbers of the goods are selectively entered by push-button switches. New information for updating the stocks is entered by the same switches. Numerals for item number and the information are differentiated by separate manual switch means. A rotary memory means having addresses corresponding to the item numbers of the goods is used for storing and updating...