Method and system for reporting price planning results

• US 20050197851A1
• Filed: 08/26/2004
• Published: 09/08/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Veit, Thomas
• Granted Patent: US 8,341,011 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.37
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06375 Prediction of business process outcome or impact based on a proposed change
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0206 Price or cost determination based on market factors

Abstract

A method for reporting one or more results that occur based on a price change includes receiving price planning input including at least one price change from at least one of an automated pricing engine and a manual pricing engine. The method further includes generating at least one result that will occur based on the price planning input and reporting the at least one result along with the at least one price change.

Claims

1. A method for reporting one or more results that occur based on a price change, comprising:

receiving price planning input from at least one of an automated pricing engine and a manual pricing engine, the price planning input including at least one price change;

generating at least one result that will occur based on the price planning input; and

reporting the at least one result along with the at least one price change.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the automated pricing engine is at least one of a slow seller management engine, a manual pricing engine and a promotion management engine.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein reporting the at least one result includes providing the at least one result in a price planning schedule.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the at least one price change includes a price reduction for an article or a service for sale at a retail location.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the at least one price change includes a plurality of price reductions for articles or services for sale at a plurality of retail locations.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the price planning schedule includes a time period associated with the at least one price change.

7. The method of claim 3, further including transmitting the price planning schedule to one or more retail locations to implement the price change.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the at least one result includes determining whether a price planning budget is within a predefined tolerance based on the at least one price change.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one result includes an actual result of the at least one price change.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one result includes a predicted result of the at least one price change.

11. The method of claim 10, further including using at least one of formulae and historical data for generating the predictive result.

12. The method of claim 1, further including receiving input from a user to change one or more prices in the price planning schedule.

13. The method of claim 12, further including displaying the at least one result to the user in response to the input received from the user.

14. A system for generating a price planning schedule, comprising:

a price planning workbench configured to generate a price planning schedule based on price planning input including at least one price change received from at least one of an automated pricing engine and a manual pricing engine;

a reporting engine configured to generate at least one result that will occur based on the price planning input; and

a user interface configured to display the at least one result along with the at least one price change.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the automated pricing engine is at least one of a slow seller management engine, a manual pricing engine and a promotion management engine.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the at least one price change includes a price reduction for an article or a service for sale at a retail location.

Docket No. 038786-0117

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the at least one price change includes a plurality of price reductions for articles or services for sale at a plurality of retail locations.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the at least one result includes an actual result of the at least one price change.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein the at least one result includes a predicted result of the at least one price change.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the reporting engine uses at least one of formulae and historical data for generating the predictive result.

21. The system of claim 14, wherein the user interface is configured to receive input from a user to change at least one price in the price planning schedule.

22. The system of claim 14, wherein the reporting engine generates the at least one result based on the at least one price change.

23. A program product for generating a price planning schedule, comprising machine-readable program code for causing, when executed, one or more machines to perform the following method steps:

receiving price planning input from at least one of an automated pricing engine and a manual pricing engine, the price planning input including at least one price change;

determining at least one result that will occur based on the price planning input; and

generating a price planning schedule including the at least one result and the at least one price change.

24. The program product of claim 23, wherein the automated pricing engine is at least one of a slow seller management engine, a manual pricing engine and a promotion management engine.

25. The program product of claim 23, wherein the at least one result includes a predicted result of the at least one price change.

26. The program product of claim 23, wherein the predicted result is determined based on at least one of formulae and historical data.

27. The program product of claim 23, wherein the at least one result includes an actual result of the at least one price change.

28. The program product of claim 23, wherein the price planning schedule further includes a time period associated with the at least one price change.

29. The program product of claim 23, further including transmitting the price planning schedule to one or more retail locations to implement the at least one price change.

30. The program product of claim 23, wherein determining the at least one result includes determining whether a price planning budget is within a predefined tolerance based on the at least one price change.

31. The program product of claim 23, further including receiving input from a user to change one or more prices in the price planning schedule.

32. A system for reporting one or more results that occur based on a price change, comprising:

means for receiving price planning input from at least one of an automated pricing engine and a manual pricing engine, the price planning input including at least one price change;

means for generating at least one result that will occur based on the price planning input; and

means for reporting the at least one result along with the at least one price change.

33. The system of claim 32, wherein the automated pricing engine is at least one of a slow seller management engine, a manual pricing engine and a promotion management engine.

34. The system of claim 32, wherein the means for reporting generates a price planning schedule including the at least one result and the at least one price change.

35. The system of claim 34, wherein the at least one price change includes a price reduction for an article or a service for sale at a retail location.

36. The system of claim 34, wherein the price planning schedule includes a time period associated with the at least one price change.

37. The system of claim 34, wherein the means for reporting transmits the price planning schedule to one or more retail locations to implement the at least one price change.

38. The system of claim 32, wherein the means for generating determines whether a price planning budget is within a predefined tolerance based on the at least one price change.

39. The system of claim 32, wherein the at least one result includes an actual result of the at least one price change.

40. The system of claim 32, wherein the at least one result includes a predicted result of the at least one price change.

41. The system of claim 40, wherein the means for generating uses at least one of formulae and historical data for generating the predictive result.

42. The system of claim 32, further including a user input means for receiving input from a user to change one or more prices in the price planning schedule.

43. The system of claim 42, further including means for displaying the at least one result to the user in response to the input received from the user.