New tire distributed manufacturing system and method enabling improved performance characteristics

摘要

An inventory control method and system tracks components of a new tire which may include a new tire casing and a new tire tread at a point-of-sales facility where the new tire can be assembled. A new tire casing with a first machine-readable identifier and a new tire tread with a second-machine readable identifier are provided. The components are delivered to the point-of-sale facility where their arrival and exit can be tracked by reading the respective first machine-readable identifier and second machine-readable identifier. In various embodiments, the tire control method and system can reallocate components between a plurality of point-of-sale facilities, generate reports on inventory usage, etc. In some embodiments, the inventory control method and/or system can be carried out with the assistance of a computer system configured with an inventory control program for tracking the components.