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US 2007/0260524 A1Published application
Methods and Systems for Collaborative Demand Planning and Replenishment
AssigneeWebConcepts, Inc.
InventorRaymond Young
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Abstract
The present invention provides systems and methods for generating replenishment orders for products sold to a multi-store retailer. Store trait data is mapped with planogram information and the mapped data is used to generate a fixture level safety stock for a particular product in a particular store. The fixture level safety stock triggers fixture level replenishment orders.
Claims20
A method for generating replenishment orders for first and second products at a retail store, comprising:
- a vendor managed inventory system receiving capacity information at a fixture level regarding first and second fixtures;
- the vendor managed inventory system electronically receiving sales performance information regarding sales of the first and second products from the first fixture;
- the vendor managed inventory system determining relative replenishment levels for the first and second products as a function of the capacity information and sales performance information;
- and
- a vendor providing the replenishment levels of the first and second products to the store.
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A vendor managed inventory system, comprising:
- a remote server in communication over a public packet switched network with a local retailer system storing planogram information and store trait data wherein the remote server is programmed to:
- receive store trait data and planogram information via the public packet switched network;
- map store trait data associated with a store with planogram information to derive a safety stock for a product for a fixture in the store;
- and
- use the safety stock to trigger replenishment orders.
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A method to manage an inventory by a provider comprising:
- an inventory managing system receiving a planogram information from a store;
- the inventory managing system receiving a store trait data from the store;
- the inventory managing system correlating the planogram information and the store trait data to determine a safety stock level for a product;
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- the inventory managing system generating a replenishment order when the product falls below the safety stock level.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.