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Inter-store inventory transfer

  • US 10,565,547 B2
  • Filed: 04/05/2016
  • Issued: 02/18/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for generating an inter-store inventory transfer, the method comprising:

  • defining a subset of stores of a plurality of stores, based at least in part on aggregated in-store demand data for each of the plurality of stores and control parameters, to fulfill inter-store inventory transfer requests for a product category of a plurality of product categories;

    responsive to determining that an order for a product of the product category cannot be fulfilled by one of the stores of the subset of stores of the plurality of stores, determining, by a processing device, an alternate store of the subset of stores to fulfill the order, wherein the alternate store is selected as having at least two of a minimum shipping cost, a minimum inventory balancing cost, or a minimum markdown cost; and

    fulfilling the order for the product by transferring the product from the alternate store of the subset of stores to the one of the stores of the subset of stores of the plurality of stores that cannot fulfill the order.

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