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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2005
Rainer Kerth, Carmel, NY (US);
Seshashayee Murthy, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Umeshchandra H. Patel, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Meenakshisundaram Venkatasubramaniam, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Rainer Kerth, Carmel, NY (US);
Seshashayee Murthy, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Umeshchandra H. Patel, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Meenakshisundaram Venkatasubramaniam, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems () for reducing losses related to perishables are disclosed. The perishables are grouped based on the use-by-date (UBD) and a quantity of at risk perishables are determined (). A financial impact of the at risk perishables is calculated for each group (). Pricing is dynamically determined for the perishables based on the financial impact and the UBD () and a price display is updated to indicate the pricing of the perishables ().