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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2018
Walmart Apollo, Llc, Bentonville, AR (US);
Cristy Crane Brooks, Cassville, MO (US);
David Blair Brightwell, Bentonville, AR (US);
Benjamin D. Enssle, Bella Vista, AR (US);
Jesse Lee Eaton, Springdale, AR (US);
Matthew Jones, Bentonville, AR (US);
Jeffrey Kerbs, Bella Vista, AR (US);
Greg Bryan, Bentonville, AR (US);
Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);
Abstract
Examples provide a perpetual inventory (PI) reconciliation system. A PI controller analyzes item data using a set of PI purge criteria and a set of weighted prioritization variables to select a highest priority seasonal inventory item having a positive PI value a per-item threshold time after an end-of-season (EOS) date for PI purge analysis. A PI controller determines if the selected item is a high confidence item or a low confidence item based on a set of confidence rules and item data. If the selected item is a high confidence item, a PI purge component sets an inventory value for the selected item to zero to eliminate the positive PI. If the selected item is a low confidence item, a verification component verifies the number of physical instances of the selected item. The inventory value is updated using the verified number of physical instances.