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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2003
Katherine Sanville, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
David Robert Johnson, Woodbury, MN (US);
Ronald Bruce Howes, Jr., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Katherine Sanville, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
David Robert Johnson, Woodbury, MN (US);
Ronald Bruce Howes, Jr., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Ecolab Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A method and system for routing a delivery vehicle to a chemical usage facility is disclosed. The chemical usage facility includes one or more chemical dispense systems that dispense one or more chemical product. The quantity of each chemical product remaining is measured and communicated to a central management facility. The central management facility analyzes a trend in product usage to predict when the product quantity will reach a threshold depletion point. The chemical usage facility is scheduled on the route according to the predicted time associated with the threshold depletion point.