Balancing inventory by personalized transition planning
US10572890B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 30, 2015 |
| Grant date | Feb 25, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 22, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0631
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
System, method and computer program product for effective supply-side planning of inventories during product transitions. The system for a supply-side entity that generates recommendations that include personalized shaping actions to control each customer's rate of adoption of a new product to replace an older legacy product during a transition period, and optimize overall use of available supply. The method optimizes personalized shaping actions so that a customer is transitioned at a speed that suits their personal profile as well as the seller's production/inventory constraints for each product. Shaping actions are determined based on the trajectory of each product's lifecycle. Further, customer-level adoption patterns for transitioning products are predicted from past behavior.
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