29-03-2017 дата публикации
Номер: GB0002542681A
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A method 400 for locating an out of stock item at a retail sales facility comprises receiving an indication 410 that at least one product at the facility is out of stock on a sales floor. An inventory management device determines that the product is not located on the sales floor 420 and is not located in a stock room of the facility 460. The inventory management device then predicts a location of the product based on at least one inventory management factor 1-10 associated with the retail sales facility and at least one worker task event 11-18 associated with the product. An indication of a perceived location of the least one product.is output to a worker at the retail sales facility. Inventory management factors can include, miss rings 1, shipping errors 2, and bin inaccuracies 5, for example. The indicated area may include a truck unloading area, an un-binned area, a claims area, a pick cart, an area near a shelf on the sales floor or the last known bin location.
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