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Method of managing layout of goods

  • US 4,947,322 A
  • Filed: 04/19/1988
  • Issued: 08/07/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/20/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of determining a goods layout on gondolas in a store, said method comprising the steps of:

  • (a) displaying on a display screen of a display device sales data for each of the goods on each gondola in the store based on information in a floor layout file having stored therein layout information about the gondolas in the store, a goods layout file having stored therein layout information about the goods on each gondola in the store, and a sales file having stored therein sales data for each of the goods on each gondola in the store, thereby permitting determination of whether there exists a gondola whose layout of goods should be modified;

    (b) designating a gondola determined as a result of step (a) as a gondola whose layout of goods should be modified, and displaying on the display screen a goods layout of the goods on the designated gondola, based on information stored in the goods layout file and sales data for each of the goods on the designated gondola, based on information stored in the sales file, thereby permitting determination of goods to be deleted from or added to the designated gondola;

    (c) designating goods determined in step (b) to be deleted from or added to the designated gondola; and

    (d) automatically determining a new goods layout for the designated gondola, based on information in the goods layout file and the sales file and knowledge in a knowledge base of rules for determining a goods layout based on characteristics of goods.

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