Patent ID: 8650100
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: identifying, by a computing system, an item at a retail store that is at risk of not being available for purchase by a customer at the retail store based at least in part on a sales volatility of the item in a past period of time and on a frequency of the item selling beyond a sales floor capacity for the item within a day in the past period of time; determining, by the computing system, a minimum number of facings for the item in the retail store for a specified period of time based at least in part on an average daily capacity of the item in the past period of time, an average number of facings for the item in the past period of time, and a specified amount of daily sales of the item; and reporting, by the computing system, the determined minimum number of facings for the item in the retail store.