Time critical inventory control systems and methods

An apparatus, comprising:

• a perishable product inventory control system configured to reduce product inventory with a product discounting action executed in response to a perishable product surplus predicted by the system, comprising:
• a processor;
• and,
• a memory that is not a transitory propagating signal, the memory operably coupled with the processor and encoding computer readable instructions, including processor executable program instructions, the computer readable instructions accessible to the processor, wherein the processor executable program instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
• receive an electronic message comprising a product inventory level, product location, and product consumption rate;
• receive an electronic message comprising a shopper product preference, including the shopper preferred product location;
• receive an electronic message comprising the shopper location;
• predict a perishable product surplus quantity at a location and time determined as a function of the product expiration time and product consumption rate;
• in response to receiving an electronic message comprising a price threshold, configure a discount price alert triggered as a function of comparing the discounted product surplus price to the price threshold;
• determine a perishable product surplus price discounted as a function of the perishable product surplus expiration time;
• associate the predicted product surplus location and time to the shopper having the product preference for the discounted price at the shopper location and time;
• send an electronic message comprising the discount price alert;
• and,
• automatically offer the shopper a portion of the product surplus at the discounted price.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a perishable product inventory control system configured to reduce product inventory with a product discounting action executed in response to a perishable product surplus predicted by the system, comprising:
• a processor;
• and,
• a memory that is not a transitory propagating signal, the memory operably coupled with the processor and encoding computer readable instructions, including processor executable program instructions, the computer readable instructions accessible to the processor, wherein the processor executable program instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
• receive an electronic message comprising a product inventory level, product location, and product consumption rate;
• receive an electronic message comprising a shopper product preference, including the shopper preferred product location;
• receive an electronic message comprising the shopper location;
• predict a perishable product surplus quantity at a location and time determined as a function of the product expiration time and product consumption rate;
• configure a product location alert triggered as a function of the product location and the radius from the shopper's preferred product location;
• determine a perishable product surplus price discounted as a function of the perishable product surplus expiration time;
• associate the predicted product surplus location and time to the shopper having the product preference for the discounted price at the shopper location and time;
• send an electronic message comprising the product location alert;
• and,
• automatically offer the shopper a portion of the product surplus at the discounted price.