Intelligently managing store inventory
A computer detects a user computing device when the user enters the store and receives the user's purchase history and preference information from a database. The computer receives a list and/or recipe that the user inputs into the application. This list and/or recipe is a list of items that the user plans to purchase. The computer identifies an item on the list, determines whether the item is in stock, and generates a route through the store so the user will reach each item on his list. The computer transmits the route to the user's computing device to be displayed.
1. A method for intelligently managing a store inventory stock, the method comprising:
detecting, by a computer, a user computing device when the user computing device enters a store;
receiving, by the computer, a user preference information from a user preference database, wherein the received user preference includes dietary restrictions;
receiving, by the computer, a list and/or a recipe inputted into an application by a user, the list and/or the recipe including a plurality of items that the user plans to purchase;
identifying using sensors, by the computer, each of the plurality of items included within the list and/or the recipe that the user plans to purchase, wherein the sensors are registering movement of the plurality of items off a shelf in the store inventory stock and connected to the computer;
based on determining, by the computer, at least one item of the plurality of items included within the list and/or the recipe that conflicts with the dietary restrictions from the received user preference;
notifying the user, by the computer, that the at least one item of the plurality of items included within the list and/or the recipe conflicts with the dietary restrictions from the received user preference;
generating, by the computer, at least one substitution item for the at least one item of the plurality of items included within the list and/or the recipe that conflicts with the dietary restrictions from the received user preference; and
replacing, by the computer, the at least one item of the plurality of items included within the list and/or the recipe that conflicts with the dietary restrictions from the received user preference with the generated at least one substitution item;
receiving, by the computer, the store inventory stock for each of the plurality of items included within the list and/or the recipe from an item database;
generating, by the computer, a route through the store based on a store layout map, an item placement map, and the generated at least one substitution item of the plurality of items included within the list and/or the recipe, wherein the item placement map is updated based on data from the sensors; and
transmitting, by the computer, the route to the user computing device to be displayed by a graphical user interface.