Computer implemented system for estimating the demand dependent unit stockout cost of a consumer item at a location of a single peroid inventory system, stockout cost application therefor, and method therefor
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1. Computer implemented system for estimating the demand dependent unit stockout cost bij=b(λ
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ij) of an ith consumer item at a jth location of a single period inventory system, the system comprising;
(a) a database for storing historical sales data of sales information of at least the ith consumer item where i=1, 2, . . . , m at at least the jth location where j=1, 2, . . . , n of the single period inventory system;
(b) a forecast engine for forecasting the mean demand λ
ij of at least the ith consumer item at at least the jth location of the single period inventory system on the basis of the historical sales data;
(c) a unit cost file for storing the unit retail price pij, the unit production cost cij, and the unit return cost gij of at least the ith consumer item at at least the jth location of the single period inventory system; and
(d) a stockout cost application for estimating the demand dependent unit stockout cost bij=b(λ
ij) of the ith consumer item at the jth location of the single period inventory system as a function of its associated pij, cij, gij, and λ
ij wherein said stockout cost application minimizes |bijCEST(λ
ij,Dij)−
(cij−
gij)CER(λ
ij,Dij)| for determining the demand dependent unit stockout cost bij=b(λ
ij) of the ith consumer item at the jth location of the single period inventory system.
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Computer implemented system for estimating the demand dependent unit stockout cost bij=b(λij) of an ith consumer item at a jth location of a single period inventory system as a function of its unit retail price pij, its unit production cost cij, its unit return cost gij and its mean demand λij, stockout cost application therefor, and method therefor.
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1. Computer implemented system for estimating the demand dependent unit stockout cost bij=b(λ
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ij) of an ith consumer item at a jth location of a single period inventory system, the system comprising;
(a) a database for storing historical sales data of sales information of at least the ith consumer item where i=1, 2, . . . , m at at least the jth location where j=1, 2, . . . , n of the single period inventory system; (b) a forecast engine for forecasting the mean demand λ
ij of at least the ith consumer item at at least the jth location of the single period inventory system on the basis of the historical sales data;(c) a unit cost file for storing the unit retail price pij, the unit production cost cij, and the unit return cost gij of at least the ith consumer item at at least the jth location of the single period inventory system; and (d) a stockout cost application for estimating the demand dependent unit stockout cost bij=b(λ
ij) of the ith consumer item at the jth location of the single period inventory system as a function of its associated pij, cij, gij, and λ
ij wherein said stockout cost application minimizes |bijCEST(λ
ij,Dij)−
(cij−
gij)CER(λ
ij,Dij)| for determining the demand dependent unit stockout cost bij=b(λ
ij) of the ith consumer item at the jth location of the single period inventory system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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ij) of an ith consumer item at a jth location of a single period inventory system, the system comprising;
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4. A computer readable storage medium on which a stockout cost application is store, which is capable of operating on at least one computer, and which is capable of estimating the demand dependent unit stockout cost bij=b(λ
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ij) of an ith consumer item at a jth location of a single period inventory system wherein
the stockout cost application is operable to;
receive the unit retail price pij, the unit production cost cij, the unit return cost gij, and the mean demand λ
ij of the ith consumer item at the jth location of the single period inventory system; andestimate the demand dependent unit stockout cost bij=b(λ
ij) of the ith consumer item at the jth location of the single period inventory system as a function of its associated pij, cij, gij, and λ
ij wherein said stockout cost application minimizes |bijCEST(λ
ij,Dij)−
(cij−
gij)CER(λ
ij,Dij)| for determining the demand dependent unit stockout cost bij=b(λ
ij) of the ith consumer item at the jth location of the single period inventory system. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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ij) of an ith consumer item at a jth location of a single period inventory system wherein
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7. Computer implemented method for estimating the demand dependent unit stockout cost bij=b(λ
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ij) of an ith consumer item at a jth location of a single period inventory system, the method comprising the steps of;
(a) storing historical sales data of the sales information of at least the ith consumer item where i=1, 2, . . . , m at at least the jth location where j=1, 2, . . . , n of the single period inventory system; (b) forecasting the mean demand λ
ij of at least the ith consumer item at at least the jth location of the single period inventory system on the basis of the historical sales data;(c) receiving the unit retail price pij, the unit production cost cij, and the unit return cost gij, of at least the ith consumer item at at least the jth location of the single period inventory system; (d) estimating the demand dependent unit stockout cost bij=b(λ
ij) of the ith consumer item at the jth location of the single period inventory system as a function of its associated pij, cij, gij, and λ
ij wherein said stockout cost application minimizes |bijCEST(λ
ij,Dij)−
(cij−
gij)CER(λ
ij,Dij)| for determining the demand dependent unit stockout cost bij=b(λ
ij) of the ith consumer item at the jth location of the single period inventory system; and(e) communicating the demand dependent unit stockout cost bij=b(λ
ij) of the ith consumer item at the jth location of the single period inventory system. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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ij) of an ith consumer item at a jth location of a single period inventory system, the method comprising the steps of;
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