METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORECASTING DEMAND OF A DISTRIBUTION CENTER AND RELATED STORES

Patent №

US 8,103,538

Granted

2012-01-24

Filed 2002

Owner

WALGREEN CO.

Lab

AI components

2

planning · evo

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

10300228

A method and a system for forecasting demand of a distribution center and related stores are described herein. In particular, the system may identify a season and an item associated with the season. The system may generate initial forecasts of the item associated with the season for the plurality of stores. Based on the initial forecasts, the system may generate projected store sales. Accordingly, the system may generate projected store orders based on the projected store sales. Further, the system may generate an aggregate projected store order based on the projected store orders. Based on the aggregate projected store order, the system may generate a distribution center order of the item associated with the season.

PlanningEvolutionary computationG06Q 30/02G06Q 10/087G06Q 30/0202

AI classification

Planning1.00
Evolutionary computation0.91
Machine learning0.42
Knowledge representation0.18
AI hardware0.02
Natural language0.01
Vision0.00
Speech0.00

Ownership

WALGREEN CO.

assignment · 135130953

Assignors

BAMBERG, STEPHEN, TIEMEYER, JOSEPH P.

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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