Patents by Inventor Cathie Carruthers

Cathie Carruthers has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and system for managing material movement and inventory
    Patent number: 7904352
    Abstract: A method is provided that involves entering input data into a computer program including at least one of item number, manufacturing cost, material demand, supplier site, shipping frequency, transit time, and container cost, determining material management costs for a plurality of shipment options, and outputting from the computer program at least one of a first set of material management data based on the input shipping frequency and at least one of a second set of material management data based on an optimized shipping frequency of full inbound containers. A corresponding system is also disclosed. The method and system are useful for managing material movement and inventory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Cathie Carruthers
  • Method and system for managing material movement and inventory
    Publication number: 20070198313
    Abstract: A method is provided that involves entering input data into a computer program including at least one of item number, manufacturing cost, material demand, supplier site, shipping frequency, transit time, and container cost, determining material management costs for a plurality of shipment options, and outputting from the computer program at least one of a first set of material management data based on the input shipping frequency and at least one of a second set of material management data based on an optimized shipping frequency of full inbound containers. A corresponding system is also disclosed. The method and system are useful for managing material movement and inventory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventor: Cathie Carruthers