US Patent Issued to Walmart Apollo on Jan. 28 for "Inventory management system and method" (New Hampshire, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,211,003, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Walmart Apollo LLC (Bentonville, Ark.).

"Inventory management system and method" was invented by John G. Lert Jr. (Wakefield, Mass.) and William J. Fosnight (Windham, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system comprising a fully automated supply chain, in combination with tracking technology and the unified commerce engine (UCE). Such a system enables the exact location of every item (or each) to be tracked from the manufacturer's facility to a customer's bag. In accordance with one example, the supply chain comprises an order fulfillment system having a regional distribution center with RDC ...