William H Cline

US Patent:

20180276313, Sep 27, 2018

Filed:

Mar 23, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/933994

Inventors:

- Colmar PA, US
Wade Hilburn - Frisco TX, US
William Cline - Saint Louis MO, US
Nick Matejcic - Fenton MO, US

Assignee:

RB Distribution, Inc. - Colmar PA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30
G06Q 30/06
G06Q 30/02
G07C 5/00
G06F 3/0481

Abstract:

A system and method for identifying parts on a vehicle and maintaining the parts within a system is disclosed. The system and method include submitting a vehicle identification number (VIN) to determine demand for parts associated with the vehicle identified by the VIN, generating a product delivery record (PDR) for at least one of the parts, entering the PDR of the at least one of the parts into a tracking system, determining the ultimate destination for the vehicle identified by the VIN, on a condition that the vehicle is destined to be dismantled, creating at least one dismantle report associated with either the vehicle or the parts, printing tags associated with the parts being dismantled from the vehicle, the tags providing at least one of routing or destination information for the part, and locating the parts based on the tag based on the routing or destination information.