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Abstract

An inventory control procedure which supplies materials at various stations along an assembly line without providing excess amounts of these materials. In particular, an embodiment of the present invention is an inventory control procedure which operates in conjunction with an inventory control system to manage a manufacturing process along an assembly line, which assembly line includes (a) assembly stations, (b) stock areas which are associated with the assembly stations for storing associated materials for use in an assembly function which is performed at the assembly station, and (c) information apparatus for transmitting supply information to and for receiving order information from the inventory control system, which inventory control procedure includes the steps of: (a) the inventory control system sending the order information to one or more of the information apparatus at the assembly stations; (b) receiving the order information at the one or more information apparatus at the assembly stations; (c) performing the assembly functions at the one or more assembly stations using the associated material which are stored at the associated stock areas; (d) entering supply information relating to associated materials at the associated stock areas which are used in the assembly function into the information apparatus at the assembly stations; (e) transmitting the supply information to the inventory control system; (f) the inventory control system determining whether to order associated materials on the basis of data and placing an order; (g) entering delivery information relating to associated materials at the associated stock areas into the information apparatus at the assembly stations; and (h) transmitting the delivery information to the inventory control system.

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