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Method for classifying sale amount characteristics, method for predicting sale volume, method for ordering for restocking, system for classifying sale amount characteristics and system for ordering for restocking

  • US 5,596,493 A
  • Filed: 12/17/1992
  • Issued: 01/21/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/19/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A sale amount prediction method comprising the steps of:

  • entering POS data into a point-of-sale terminal;

    calculating, within a computer and based upon the entered POS data, sale amount data of the individual goods for a predetermined time period;

    calculating, within the computer and based upon the calculated sale amount data, a plurality of basic statistic parameters of daily sale amounts of said individual goods;

    classifying, within the computer and based on said calculated basic statistic values, said individual goods by determining into which of a Poisson type, a normal type, a causal type, and another type not belonging to one of these types, the daily sale amount of the individual goods belongs; and

    predicting the sale amount of the individual goods based upon a characteristic value of the type into which the daily sale amount of the individual goods is classified.

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