System and method for retail planning with smart product attributes

A system for assortment planning using smart attributes, comprising:

• a computer comprising a processor and a memory, the computer configured to:
• generate one or more new products for a product class using one or more automatically generated templates comprising a graphical representation of a product using a first smart product attribute value;
• generate a user interface comprising a virtual canvas having a display area and render a product model for display on the display area of the virtual canvas, wherein attribute values of the product model correspond to product features of a modeled product;
• display a graphic representation of the product model that represents the attribute values of the product model;
• and
• cause items to be transported among one or more supply chain entities in a supply chain network to restock inventory of one or more items according to a current state of items in the supply chain network and one or more new products.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodied with software for assortment planning using smart attributes, the software when executed is configured to:

• generate one or more new products for a product class using one or more automatically generated templates comprising a graphical representation of a product using a first smart product attribute value;
• generate a user interface comprising a virtual canvas having a display area and render a product model for display on the display area of the virtual canvas, wherein attribute values of the product model correspond to product features of a modeled product;
• display a graphic representation of the product model that represents the attribute values of the product model;
• and
• cause items to be transported among the one or more supply chain entities in a supply chain network to restock inventory of one or more items according to a current state of items in the supply chain network and the one or more new products.