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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2013
Wal-mart Stores, Inc., Bentonville, AR (US);
Matthew A. Jones, Bentonville, AR (US);
Robert Taylor, Rogers, AR (US);
Roger L. Snelgrove, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);
Abstract
Aspects and embodiments are directed to systems for determining counting accuracy of products, including retail products. The system for determining counting accuracy can interface with other inventory systems to access or receive information on inventory of the retail products. The inventory information can include, for example, numbers of units in inventory, shelf space accorded to respective products, package size (i.e., number of units available per package), retail value, margin value, among other options. The system can manage physical counts made on respective products. In some examples, the system can determine a value associated with physically counting inventory of respective product(s), for example, as a function of a number of units on-hand, time since the product has been counted, and a presentation value. Responsive to determining the value associated with physically counting the respective product, the system triggers a physical count or can prohibit a physical count of a product.