Patent ID: 7092903

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for facilitating the planning and ordering by a user of a merchandising unit and associated products, the method comprising the steps of: presenting to the user, on a computer screen, a merchandising unit planning screen that displays a representation of a merchandising unit having holders for holding and displaying the products; providing, on the computer screen, a product menu for each holder to allow selection by the user of a product from a set of products for each respective holder; constraining available choices, by computer processing, in the product menu of at least one holder to a subset of the set of products based on predetermined criteria; determining, by computer processing, for each holder for which a product has been selected by the user, a product quantity based on a capacity of the respective holder; and generating, by computer processing, an order based on the selected products, wherein the available choices are constrained based on the selected product of at least one other holder.