PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES FOR DETERMINING ALLOCATION OF INVENTORY FOR A VENDING MACHINE
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1. A method comprising:
- determining a plurality of product types that are available to be sold via a vending machine;
determining inventory management data for each of the product types, in which the inventory management data includes at least one of the following categories;
inventory data, slotting requirement data, profitability data, subscription account data, soft demand data, seasonality data, and product tenure data;
determining an inventory allocation based on the inventory management data for each of the product types, in which the inventory allocation specifies a set of product types which are each selected from the plurality of product types; and
outputting an indication of the determined inventory allocation.
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Abstract
According to some embodiments, an allocation of inventory for a vending machine (e.g., a mix or set of types of products and respective quantities of products to be loaded into a snack or beverage vending machine) is determined.
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1. A method comprising:
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determining a plurality of product types that are available to be sold via a vending machine;
determining inventory management data for each of the product types, in which the inventory management data includes at least one of the following categories;
inventory data, slotting requirement data, profitability data, subscription account data, soft demand data, seasonality data, and product tenure data;
determining an inventory allocation based on the inventory management data for each of the product types, in which the inventory allocation specifies a set of product types which are each selected from the plurality of product types; and
outputting an indication of the determined inventory allocation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method comprising:
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determining inventory management scores for each of a plurality of product types that are available to be sold via a vending machine, in which the inventory management scores are based on at least one of the following categories;
inventory data, slotting requirement data, profitability data, subscription account data, soft demand data, seasonality data, and product tenure data;
in which the determining of inventory management scores includes consideration of a weight metric for at least one of the categories;
ranking each of the plurality of product types based on the inventory management scores;
determining an inventory allocation based on the ranking; and
outputting an indication of the determined inventory allocation. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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