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    • 5. 发明申请
    • PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES FOR DETERMINING ALLOCATION OF INVENTORY FOR A VENDING MACHINE
    • 用于确定出售机器存货分配的产品和流程
    • WO2006036935A3
    • 2009-04-02
    • PCT/US2005034528
    • 2005-09-27
    • WALKER DIGITAL LLCWALKER JAY STEDESCO DANIEL EBREITENBACH PAUL TTEDESCO ROBERT CLEE SIH YJORASCH JAMES A
    • WALKER JAY STEDESCO DANIEL EBREITENBACH PAUL TTEDESCO ROBERT CLEE SIH YJORASCH JAMES A
    • G06Q10/00
    • G07F11/002G06Q10/087G07F9/026
    • According to an embodiment, an allocation of inventory for a vending machine (e.g., a mix or set of types of products and respective quantities of products to be loaded into a snack or beverage vending machine) is determined. In an embodiment, a computer or other computing device may be configured to (i) identify one or more vending machine products (e.g., from a universe of available products), (ii) determine an inventory allocation based on inventory management data associated with the products (e.g., data regarding the profitability of one or more particular products), and (iii) output an inventory allocation recommendation indicating an inventory allocation (e.g., a chart instructing an agent how to stock a particular vending machine). In various embodiments, inventory management data may comprise such criteria as slotting requirements, sales rates (e.g., the number of units of a particular product type sold per day), profitability (e.g., the retail price of a unit of a particular product type minus the unit cost of the product; the profit margin of a product type multiplied by a sales rate), outstanding product "subscription" data, seasonality considerations, weather considerations, product "tenure," product mix (i.e., variety) considerations, expiration data, "soft demand" data (e.g., customers who have indicated a prospective willingness to purchase a product if stocked), and the like.
    • 根据实施例,确定自动售货机的库存分配(例如,混合物或一组产品类型和相应数量的要加载到小吃或饮料自动售货机中的产品)。 在一个实施例中,计算机或其他计算设备可以被配置为(i)识别一个或多个自动售货机产品(例如,从可用产品的一个宇宙),(ii)基于与该存储管理相关联的库存管理数据来确定库存分配 产品(例如,关于一个或多个特定产品的盈利能力的数据),以及(iii)输出指示库存分配的库存分配建议(例如,指示代理如何储存特定的售货机的图表)。 在各种实施例中,库存管理数据可以包括诸如开槽要求,销售率(例如,每天出售的特定产品类型的单位数量),盈利能力(例如,特定产品类型的单位的零售价格减去 产品的单位成本;产品类型的利润率乘以销售率),优秀产品“订阅”数据,季节性考虑因素,天气考虑因素,产品“任期”,产品组合(即品种)考虑因素,到期数据 ,“软需求”数据(例如,如果存储有表示愿意购买产品的客户)等。