COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTELLIGENT PREDICTION OF OUT OF STOCK ITEMS AND PROACTIVE REORDERING

    公开(公告)号:US20210174298A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-10

    申请号:US16888281

    申请日:2020-05-29

    Applicant: COUPANG CORP.

    Abstract: Methods and systems for determining a cause of out of stock condition by running a decision tree against historical information associated with the out of stock item and contacting a supplier of the out of stock item to request items based on the determined cause. The system receives information associated with an out of stock item from a system storing information associated with items in a fulfillment center, the information collected over an extended period, determines a cause of the out of stock condition by running a decision tree against the received information, the decision tree includes a plurality of conditions, and predicts an out of stock condition of the item based on the determined cause. Based on the prediction, the system contacts a supplier of the out of stock item to request more items.

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