Dynamic warehouse network management for time-bound campaigns, and associated system and methods

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions configured to cause one or more processors to perform a method for dynamically apportioning inventory units across a warehouse node network for a time-bound campaign, the method comprising:

• receiving a placement request for a set of inventory units from a merchant, the placement request including a start date, an end date, and a plurality of service level parameters for the time-bound campaign,
• wherein the placement request does not include any warehouse node locations, and
• wherein the service level parameters include two or more of:
• a delivery region, a shipping speed to the delivery region, a shipping cost, an anticipated shipping period, a customer segment, a desired customer experience, a demand coverage level, or a performance level;
• before the start date of the time-bound campaign:
• accessing a database storing a plurality of node data sets, each node data set being associated with a warehouse node;
• selecting, based on the node data sets and the service level parameters, a set of distributed warehouse nodes for storing the inventory units, wherein the selecting includes:
• for each distributed warehouse node, computing a weighted score for each distributed warehouse node representing a degree to which the distributed warehouse node meets the service level parameters by:
• computing a score for each service level parameter;
• and
• using a weight for each service level parameter to compute a weighted total score for the distributed warehouse node;
• and
• identifying one or more distributed warehouse nodes capable of fulfilling the service level parameters during the time-bound campaign based on the computed weighted scores for the distributed warehouse nodes;
• determining an apportionment of inventory units across the identified one or more distributed warehouse nodes;
• and
• providing instructions for transferring the inventory units from central warehouse node locations to the identified one or more distributed warehouse nodes according to the apportionment;
• and
• after the end date of the time-bound campaign:
• providing instructions for transferring remaining inventory units from the distributed warehouse nodes to one or more central warehouse nodes.