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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2023
Walmart Apollo, Llc, Bentonville, AR (US);
Jeremy L. Velten, Bella Vista, AR (US);
Leigh Ann Marie Scobey, Bentonville, AR (US);
William Mark Propes, Bentonville, AR (US);
WALMART APOLLO, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);
Abstract
There are provided systems and methods for use in arranging merchandise at shelving locations of retailer facilities. In one form, the system may include: a retailer facility with shelving locations for merchandise; a planogram or merchandise database indicating the correspondence of shelving locations to categories of merchandise items; and a pick database containing a first-time pick metric corresponding to each shelving location, the first-time pick metric indicating the frequency of locating the merchandise type at the shelving location. The system may also include a control circuit that determines a set of categories of merchandise items with low first-time pick metrics, determines a subset including certain core merchandise categories and including merchandise categories with the highest sales data, and transmits a notification regarding the subset of categories.