Patent ID: 8620722

Claim:
A nontransitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program product for defining an enterprise organization in an operative execution system, the program product comprising machine-readable program code for causing, when executed, one or more machines to perform the following method steps: receiving a designation of a store being a department store; receiving a designation of a first shop having a first business type, the first business type being based on products sold at the first shop and a first capacity; receiving a designation of a second shop having a second business type, the second business type being based on products sold at the first shop and a second capacity; generating a first shop assortment plan based on generating a link between a first node that belongs to a hierarchical assortment planning system and the first shop, the link is established to create a restriction on types of products that are assignable to the first shop, the first shop assortment plan being further based on a determination of products that are impermissible to assign to the first shop based on a lack of a link between the first shop and the impermissible products; generating a second shop assortment plan based on a second level type and the second capacity, the second shop assortment plan being further based on a determination of products that are impermissible to assign to the second shop; assigning the first shop assortment plan and the second shop assortment plan to a department store assortment plan; and assigning a group of articles to the department store assortment plan wherein the group of articles are assignable to the first shop and the second shop; wherein the first shop and the second shop belong to the department store within the same building.