Planogram Generation for Peg and Shelf Items
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method for generating a product placement scenario, the method comprising:
- retrieving, from a layout database, layout data including a shelving arrangement in a product display area of a retail environment, wherein the shelving arrangement includes both shelf locations and peg locations;
retrieving, from an inventory database, inventory data indicating products to be displayed in the product display area;
retrieving, from a product database, product data indicating for each of the products at least a product size, a product shape, and a corresponding fixture type;
generating a first product placement scenario in which each of the products is placed at a particular shelf location or peg location within the shelving arrangement;
generating a second product placement scenario for the products wherein at least some of the products are placed at a different shelf locations or peg locations within the shelving arrangement, wherein the second product placement scenario is based at least in part on a deformation factor of at least some of the products;
determining an optimized product placement scenario; and
transmitting the optimized product placement scenario to the retail environment for display or reproduction in a tangible medium.
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Abstract
In one embodiment of a computer-implemented method, layout data and product data is collected and a planogram development module processes this data to create multiple test planograms for a display space. Multiple potential planograms may be created by placing merchandise in a planogram using one or more optional rules permitting deformation of non-rigid products such as bags of non-fragile items, permitting product impingement into an adjacent shelf or peg space, allowing for hanging products on a pegboard vertically adjacent to a shelf, allowing product placement a set distance from a shelf or pegboard boundary and allowing two adjacent instances of the same product where those instances are in vertical alignment. In this embodiment, an optimized planogram is selected based on the criteria of packing efficiency, sell-through index, the aggregate sell-through index of each item multiplied by the item'"'"'s profit margin, and/or overall planogram profitability.
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23 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method for generating a product placement scenario, the method comprising:
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retrieving, from a layout database, layout data including a shelving arrangement in a product display area of a retail environment, wherein the shelving arrangement includes both shelf locations and peg locations; retrieving, from an inventory database, inventory data indicating products to be displayed in the product display area; retrieving, from a product database, product data indicating for each of the products at least a product size, a product shape, and a corresponding fixture type; generating a first product placement scenario in which each of the products is placed at a particular shelf location or peg location within the shelving arrangement; generating a second product placement scenario for the products wherein at least some of the products are placed at a different shelf locations or peg locations within the shelving arrangement, wherein the second product placement scenario is based at least in part on a deformation factor of at least some of the products; determining an optimized product placement scenario; and transmitting the optimized product placement scenario to the retail environment for display or reproduction in a tangible medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for generating a planogram, the system comprising:
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a display space database containing display space data including a shelving arrangement in an item display area of a sales environment, wherein the shelving arrangement includes both shelf positions and hook positions; a merchandise database containing merchandise data indicating items to be displayed in the item display area; an item database containing item data indicating for each of the items at least an item size, an item shape, and at least one corresponding fixture type; a planogram generator to receive the display space data, the merchandise data, and the item data, to generate a first planogram in which each of the items is placed at a particular one of the shelf positions or hook positions within the shelving arrangement, and to generate a second planogram for the items wherein at least some of the items are placed at a different one of the shelf positions or hook positions within the shelving arrangement, wherein the second planogram is based at least in part on a shelf space adjustment factor that accounts for impingement of one of the items into an adjacent one of the shelf positions or hook positions. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A physical computer-readable medium, embodied in a device, on which medium is encoded program code configured for execution by a processor to perform a method for generating a merchandise display map, the method comprising:
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retrieving, from a shelf space database, shelf space data comprising a shelving arrangement in a retail item display area of a retail environment, wherein the shelving arrangement includes both shelf locations and peg locations; retrieving, from a catalog database, catalog data indicating retail items to be displayed in the retail item display area; retrieving, from a retail item database, retail item data indicating for each retail item at least a retail item size, a retail item shape, and at least one corresponding fixture type; generating a first merchandise display map in which each of the items are placed at a particular one of the shelf locations or peg locations within the shelving arrangement; generating a second merchandise display map for the retail items wherein at least some of the retail items are placed at different shelf locations or peg locations within the shelving arrangement, wherein the second merchandise display map is based at least in part on a vertical adjacency of one of the peg locations to one of the shelf locations. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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