Abstract: Methods and systems for receiving shipping documents, correlating information in the shipping documents with purchase-order information in a database to produce expected delivery manifests, then directing a transport to a processing facility to unload items which are verified against the delivery manifest. Software to support these systems is also described and claimed.

Abstract: Methods and systems for receiving shipping documents, correlating information in the shipping documents with purchase-order information in a database to produce expected delivery manifests, then directing a transport to a processing facility to unload items which are verified against the delivery manifest. Software to support these systems is also described and claimed.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for inventory management. Managing data items in an inventory management system. A request to add a data item to the inventory management system is received. The data item has an associated set of attributes to be represented in the inventory management system. It is determined whether the inventory management system includes a structure in which the data item and the sets of attributes associated with the data item can be represented. If no structure exists in which the data item and the set of attributes associated with the data item can be represented, a new structure is automatically defined in which the data item and the set of attributes associated with the data item can be represented. The data item and the set of attributes associated with the data item is added to the defined new structure.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for tracking goods. In one implementation, commercial goods are tracked in a trade zone having customs procedures. The goods include sets of bonded goods that are stored at a plurality of physically non-contiguous bonded storage locations and at least one set of unbonded goods that are stored at one or more unbonded storage locations. A virtual zone is defined to include the bonded storage locations, the sets of goods in the virtual zone forming a net inventory. A transaction request is received to execute a transaction upon a target set of goods of the commercial goods. The transaction is evaluated to determine whether the transaction affects the net inventory of the virtual zone. If the transaction affects the net inventory of the virtual zone, a message is generated for a customs authority to comply with the customs procedures.

Abstract: A method is described for updating information relating to an item of stock in a supply chain that resides in a storage facility of a custodian of the stock when the ownership of the item of stock passes from a first owner to a second owner. The method includes providing a first data structure representing the custodian of the item of stock, providing a second separate data structure representing the owner of the item of stock, and passing the ownership of the item of stock from the first owner to the second owner. Passing the ownership includes changing the name from the first owner to the second owner in a field in the second data structure.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for inventory management. managing data items in an inventory management system. A request to add a data item to the inventory management system is received. The data item has an associated set of attributes to be represented in the inventory management system. It is determined whether the inventory management system includes a structure in which the data item and the set of attributes associated with the data item can be represented. If no structure exists in which the data item and the set of attributes associated with the data item can be represented, a new structure is automatically defined in which the data item and the set of attributes associated with the data item can be represented. The data item and the set of attributes associated with the data item is added to the defined new structure.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for managing data items in an inventory management system. A set of data items representing stock items is maintained in an inventory, wherein at least one stock item is described by two or more values. Each value being expressed in different units of measurement. A change request for a change of the values for the stock item that is described in the two or more different units of measurement is received. The two or more values for the stock item that is described in two or more different units of measurement are updated.