Patent ID: 7657467
Filing Date: 2010-02-02
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for arranging items on a pallet comprising the steps of: (a) determining items to be replenished in a store using an inventory system, the inventory system communicating the items to be replenished to an order generating system comprising an order generating application running on an application server; (b) generating an order using the order generating system, the order including the items to be replenished determined in step (a); (c) identifying one or more items for inclusion on the pallet using the order generated in step (b); (d) retrieving the one or more items from a storage location; (e) retrieving store location information from a database for each of the items identified in step (c), the store location information included with the order where the store location information is different from the storage location and includes aisle position information for a store remote from the storage location, the aisle position information providing an indication of where the associated items are to be placed for consumer purchase upon arrival at the store after being removed from the storage location, the aisle position information indicating a position on an aisle the items are to be placed in addition to indicating the aisle itself; and (f) arranging the one or more items on the pallet according to a build strategy, where the build strategy includes the aisle position information within the store, wherein step (b) further comprises the step of making one or more adjustments to the order information to substitute one item for a different item after the order information is generated, wherein the order adjustment associates the aisle position information for the one item with the different item.