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Method of managing layout of goods

US4947322A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 19, 1988
Grant dateAug 7, 1990
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Expiry dateApr 19, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S706/925
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A goods layout planning method for making a layout for a quantity of goods arranged on gondolas in a store by using a terminal device including a display and a processor. Rules regarding goods layouts are stored in a knowledge base. The effort to make layout plans for goods can be simplified and the efficiency thereof improved by using sales data for each of the goods, attributes of goods, attributes of gondolas, and the rules with respect to the goods layouts.

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