Method for supporting merchandise management operation and system therefor
AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorsTadashi Temma, Kichizo Akashi, Tatsumi Nishimoto, Tetsuo Kusuzaki, Isao Tsushima
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Abstract
From a blank goods layout map of a gondola showing a goods layout on each gondola by contours, a user request is inputted for displaying information of the merchandise management, the information responding to the request is output for the corresponding goods layout map, a user request is inputted for a selected elemental operation, and the inputted request is transferred to the elemental operation for execution.
Claims39
A computer implemented method for retail store merchandise management for a merchandise management cycle comprising a plurality of elemental operations, including:
- displaying on a computer screen a blank goods layout map of a goods holding gondola showing different kinds of goods by contours as objects of management;
- receiving in memory a user entered information request for displaying on the computer screen information required for the merchandise management;
- displaying on the computer screen a plurality of choices of the elemental operations and the information responding to the information request in accordance with the goods layout map of the gondola;
- receiving in memory a user entered selection request of an elemental operation from among the plurality of displayed choices of elemental operations;
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- executing in the computer system the elemental operation of the selected request.
A computer implemented method for retail store merchandise management comprising a plurality of elemental operations, including:
- displaying on a computer screen a blank layout map having different kinds of contours as objects of management;
- receiving in memory entered information request for displaying on the computer screen information required for the merchandise management;
- displaying on the computer screen the information responding to the information request in accordance with the layout map;
- receiving in memory a user entered selection request of one of the elemental operations from among a plurality of displayed choices of the elemental operations;
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- executing in the computer system the elemental operation of the selection request.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.