Overstock inventory management at retail sales facilities
US9858547B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 6, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jan 2, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 6, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K19/06028
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In some embodiments, methods and systems of sorting products at a retail sales facility include receiving identifying information associated with a product at the retail sales facility using an inventory management electronic device, obtaining a demand for the product from a time products identical to the product were delivered to the retail sales facility, calculating whether the demand for the product supports moving the product onto a sales floor of the retail sales facility or storing the product in a stock room of the retail sales facility, determining a characteristic for the product, and outputting, when the demand supports storing the product in the stock room, an indication to a worker at the retail sales facility that the product is to be stored in the stock room at a location selected based on the determined characteristic for the product.
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