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US 2026/0044800 A1Published application
Optimal merchandise selection and merchandising design display methods and systems
AssigneeThe Hershey Company
InventorsGreg GRESSEL, Eric LAWRENCE
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Abstract
The novel invention provides methods and systems for automated production of merchandising displays. The displays can be assembled in whole, shipped in whole and filled with customer-selected products in customer-selected amounts, filled with criteria-selected products in criteria-selected amounts or both.
Claims21
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An automated method of assembling a customer-selected merchandising display for selling packaged goods, the automated method comprising:
- causing, by a computer via a display construction algorithm and in response to a re-fill order, a robotic assembly line to construct at least two customizable cartridges for the customer-selected merchandising display;
- digitally designing, by the computer via the display construction algorithm based on multiple factors related to the packaged goods and the at least two customizable cartridges, an optimal geometric configuration for said customer-selected merchandising display;
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- causing, by the computer via the display construction algorithm and in response to digitally designing the customer-selected merchandising display, the robotic assembly line to assemble the customer-selected merchandising display by placing the at least two customizable cartridges on a wrap which provides lateral and vertical support to the customizable cartridges.
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An automated method of assembling a customer-predicting merchandising display for selling goods, the automated method comprising:
- designing, by a computer via a display construction algorithm in response to a customized order, the customer-predicting merchandising display based upon multiple display construction factors;
- causing, by the computer via the display construction algorithm in response to designing the customer-predicting merchandising display, a robotic assembly line to construct at least two customizable cartridges for use in the customer-predicting merchandising display;
- assigning, by the computer using a product prediction algorithm that uses multiple product prediction factors, at least two types of packaged goods to each cartridge in the at least two cartridges;
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- causing, by the computer via the display construction algorithm and in response to assigning the at least two types of packaged goods, the robotic assembly line to assemble the customer-predicting merchandising display by placing the at least two customizable cartridges on a wrap which provides lateral and vertical support to the customizable cartridges.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.