Inventory management method, system, and computer program
First Claim
1. A method for identifying on-shelf availability of inventory items, the method comprising:
- collecting sales information comprising a Stock Keeping Unit (SKU), a sale date, and a sale quantity, from one or more sources;
aggregating the sales information by calculating two or more measures comprising at least an expected sales quantity and an out-of-stock measure;
completing a plurality of sales records from the aggregated sales information, the plurality of sales records corresponding to each inventory item by SKU, sale date, and source-identification; and
storing the plurality of sales records.
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Abstract
A method for identifying on-shelf availability of inventory items is provided. The method can comprise: collecting sales information comprising a Stock Keeping Unit (SKU), a sale date, and a sale quantity, from one or more sources; aggregating the sales information by calculating two or more measures comprising at least an expected sales quantity and an out-of-stock measure; completing a plurality of sales records from the aggregated sales information, the plurality of sales records corresponding to each inventory item by SKU, sale date, and source-identification; and storing the plurality of sales records. The method can comprise reporting the one or more fields of at least one of the plurality of sales records. A system and computer program code implementing a method, are also provided.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for identifying on-shelf availability of inventory items, the method comprising:
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collecting sales information comprising a Stock Keeping Unit (SKU), a sale date, and a sale quantity, from one or more sources;
aggregating the sales information by calculating two or more measures comprising at least an expected sales quantity and an out-of-stock measure;
completing a plurality of sales records from the aggregated sales information, the plurality of sales records corresponding to each inventory item by SKU, sale date, and source-identification; and
storing the plurality of sales records. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for identifying on-shelf availability of inventory items, the method comprising:
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collecting sales information comprising a Stock Keeping Unit (SKU), a sale date, and a sale quantity, from at least one source;
aggregating the sales information by calculating two or more measures comprising at least an expected sales quantity and an out-of-stock measure;
completing a plurality of sales records from the aggregated sales information, the plurality of sales records corresponding to each inventory item by SKU, sale date, and source-identification, wherein each of the plurality of sales records comprises one or more fields; and
reporting at least one of the plurality of sales records.
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24. A system for identifying on-shelf availability of inventory items, the system comprising:
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at least one information source module adapted to collect sales information comprising a Stock Keeping Unit (SKU), a sale date, and a sale quantity, from at least one source;
a calculation module coupled to the at least one information source module and adapted to aggregate the sales information by calculating two or more measures comprising at least an expected sales quantity and an out-of-stock measure;
a record composing unit coupled to the calculation module and adapted to complete a plurality of sales records from the aggregated sales information, the plurality of data records corresponding to each inventory item by SKU, sale date, and source-identification; and
a data manager coupled to the record composing unit and adapted to store the plurality of sales records.
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25. A computer program product for identifying on-shelf availability of inventory items, the computer program product comprising:
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computer code for collecting sales information comprising a Stock Keeping Unit (SKU), a sale date, and a sale quantity, from at least one source;
computer code for aggregating the sales information by calculating two or more measures comprising at least an expected sales quantity and an out-of-stock measure;
computer code for completing a plurality of sales records from the aggregated sales information, the plurality of data records corresponding to each inventory item by SKU, sale date, and source-id; and
computer code for storing the plurality of sales records. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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