Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Overstock inventory management system
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Application No.: US15096731Application Date: 2016-04-12
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Publication No.: US10657489B2Publication Date: 2020-05-19
- Inventor: Nicholaus Adam Jones , Marc Ashley Fletter , Matthew Allen Jones , Daniel R. Shields , Robert James Taylor
- Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC
- Applicant Address: US AR Bentonville
- Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
- Current Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US AR Bentonville
- Agency: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery, LLP
- Main IPC: G06Q10/08
- IPC: G06Q10/08 ; G06Q10/04

Abstract:
In some embodiments, methods and systems of managing overstock products at a retail sales facility include scanning a product at a stock room location of the retail sales facility using a hand-held electronic device including a processor. At least two of three functions are performed based on the scanning. First, the product may be audited by comparing data obtained by scanning the product to data contained in an inventory management database. Second, a determination of whether the scanned item is on a pick list may be made, which may include determining a demand for the scanned product to arrive at a decision whether to store the product in the stock room or place it on a shelf on the sales floor. Third, if the item is to be stored in the stock room, a determination of whether identical items are stored in bins in the stock room may be made.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160307149A1 OVERSTOCK INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2016-10-20
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