Patent ID: 7848967
Filing Date: 2010-12-07
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A vendor managed inventory system, comprising: a remote server in communication over a public packet switched network with a local retailer system, the retailer system storing retail-level planogram information lacking store identification information, customer demographic information, and store trait data representing a configuration of an identified store in terms of the store's fixtures referenced by fixture identifiers wherein the remote server is programmed to: store historical planogram information previously received from the retailer system; receive the store trait data that includes the fixture identifiers, customer demographic information, a fixture-level perpetual quantity of a product in the identified store, and planogram information for a fixture in real-time via the public packet switched network; incorporate changes to the fixture's planogram in real-time as the changes occur based continuously monitoring the store trait data and the fixture's planogram information; map store trait data with retail-level planogram information to form store-level mapped data by matching fixture identifiers in the store trait data with fixture identifiers in the planogram information; use the customer demographic information and the store-level mapped data to derive a fixture-level safety stock for a product in the identified store; and trigger a planogram recommendation and a fixture-level replenishment order for an amount of the product, when the fixture-level perpetual quantity of the product falls below the determined fixture-level safety stock, the planogram recommendation and the amount are calculated based on the store trait data, the fixture-level perpetual quantity, demographic information, the historical planogram information, and the changed planogram of the fixture.