IP Library Patent Application 17665005
Patent Application
App. No. 17/665,005

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING AND MANAGING TIRE INVENTORY

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17/665,005
Abstract

Disclosed herein are system and methods for inventory management. The methods can comprise of receiving historical retail data relating to a first product, receiving market demand data relating to the first product, analyzing the historical retail data and the market demand data relating to the first product to determine: a projected number of sales of the first product for a specified time period and margin for each sale of the first product, determining a gross margin return on investment for the first product, determining an optimal stocking level for the first product, and outputting, for display, the optimal stocking level of the first product.

Claims (50)

1 . An inventory management method comprising:

receiving, at a computing device associated with a user, historical retail data relating to a first product;

receiving, at the computing device associated with the user, market demand data relating to the first product;

analyzing, by the computing device and using a stocking algorithm, the historical retail data and the market demand data relating to the first product to determine:

a projected number of sales of the first product for a specified time period; and

margin for each sale of the first product;

determining, by the computing device and based on (i) the projected number of sales of the first product for the specified time period and (ii) the margin for each sale of the first product; a gross margin return on investment for the first product;

determining, by the computing device and based on the gross margin return on investment for the first product, an optimal stocking level for the first product; and

outputting, for display at the computing device associated with the user, the optimal stocking level of the first product.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the market demand data is obtained by:

receiving, at the computing device, customer registration data, manufacturer data, and sales data relating to the first product;

analyzing, by a market demand algorithm, an estimated market demand for the first product.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the analyzing by the market demand algorithm comprises a regression-based optimization.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the historical retail data comprises a historical sales pattern, historical price data, and historical location data relating to the first product.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the optimal stocking level comprises determining that the gross margin return on investment for the first product is below a predetermined threshold, and the outputting comprises a recommendation to remove the first product from stock.

6 . The method of claim 1 , the determining the optimal stocking level comprises determining that the gross margin return on investment for the first product is above a predetermined threshold that the first product is not in stock, and the outputting comprises an optimal stocking level of the first product.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the optimal stocking level of the first product comprises a minimum stock level and a maximum stock level.

8 . An inventory optimization method comprising:

receiving, at a computing device associated with a user, dealer inventory data comprising sales margin data and reward program data relating to a plurality of products;

receiving, at the computing device associated with the user, from a manufacturer associated with each of the plurality of products, product reward data and program prerequisite data;

analyzing, by a profit algorithm, the sales margin data and the reward program data relating to the plurality of products to determine constraints comprising:

a brand from the dealer inventory data;

a style from the plurality of products;

analyzing, by the profit algorithm, the product reward data and program prerequisite data to determine constraints comprising:

a manufacturer reward program;

program requirements;

optimizing, based on the profit algorithm, a total profit for the plurality of products; and

outputting, for display at the computing device associated with the user, a recommended quantity for each product from the plurality of products and one or more recommended reward programs associated with each product from the plurality of products.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the product reward data comprises one or more of: an eligibility of the plurality of products, a required volume of the plurality of products, and a sales volume for each of the plurality of products.

10 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the optimizing based on the profit algorithm comprises a mixed-integer optimization.

11 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the product reward data comprises an object notation file comprising one or more parameters of a reward program associated with each of the plurality of products.

12 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising outputting, to the user, a level of progress attributed to the reward program associated with each of the plurality of products.

13 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising receiving, by the user at the computing device, a set of custom user preferences related to the manufacturer associated with each of the plurality of products, the custom user preferences comprising a volume adjustment and an equivalent product for each of the plurality of products.

14 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising, responsive to receiving the product reward data, converting the product reward data to a machine-readable medium.

15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the machine-readable medium comprises a JavaScript object notation (JSON) file.

16 . A stock management method comprising:

receiving, at a computing device associated with a user, historical retail data relating to a first product and a second product;

receiving, at the computing device associated with the user, market demand data relating to the third product;

analyzing, by a stocking algorithm, the historical retail data and the market demand data relating to the first product, the second product, and the third product;

optimizing, based on the stocking algorithm, a gross margin return on investment for each of the first product, the second product, and the third product;

determining that the gross margin return on investment for the first product and the second product is above a predetermined threshold;

determining that the gross margin return on investment for the third product is below the predetermined threshold;

outputting, to the user, an optimal stocking level of each of the first product and the second product; and

outputting, to the user, a recommendation to remove the third product from stock.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the market demand data is obtained by:

receiving, at the computing device, customer registration data, manufacturer data, and sales data relating to the first product;

analyzing, by a market demand algorithm, an estimated market demand for the first product.

18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the analyzing by the market demand algorithm comprises a regression-based optimization.

19 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the historical retail data comprises a historical sales pattern, historical price data, and historical location data relating to the first product.

20 . The method of claim 16 , further comprising outputting, to the user, a fourth product to replace the third product.

Assignments (5)
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 10, 2025
From: ASPHALT BUYER II, LLC; ASPHALT INTERMEDIATE HOLDCO, LLC
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 070466/0812 →
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 4, 2025
From: AMERICAN TIRE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.; ATD NEW HOLDINGS, INC.; ATD NEW HOLDINGS II, INC.; ATD NEW HOLDINGS III, INC.; ATD SOURCING SOLUTIONS, LLC; ATD TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INC.; FLX FWD LOGISTICS, LLC; HERCULES TIRE INTERNATIONAL INC.; TERRY’S TIRE TOWN HOLDINGS, LLC; THE HERCULES TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY; TIREBUYER.COM, LLC; TIRE PROS FRANCORP, LLC; TORQATA DATA AND ANALYTICS LLC; POLYATOM, LLC
To: ASPHALT BUYER II, LLC; ASPHALT ATD SOURCING SOLUTIONS, LLC; ASPHALT FLX FWD LOGISTICS, LLC; ASPHALT TERRY’S TIRE TOWN HOLDINGS, LLC; THE ASPHALT HERCULES TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, LLC; ASPHALT TIREBUYER.COM, LLC; ASPHALT TIRE PROS FRANCORP, LLC; ASPHALT TORQATA DATA AND ANALYTICS LLC; ASPHALT POLYATOM, LLC
Reel/Frame 070403/0522 →
TERMINATION AND RELEASE AGREEMENT [RECORDED ON NOVEMBER 11, 2024 AT REEL 069329, FRAME 0326] Recorded Mar 3, 2025
From: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB,
To: AMERICAN TIRE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
Reel/Frame 070378/0177 →
SHORT FORM PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 3, 2025
From: ASPHALT BUYER II, LLC
To: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB [COLLATERAL AGENT]
Reel/Frame 070380/0616 →
SHORT FORM PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 11, 2024
From: AMERICAN TIRE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
To: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB [COLLATERAL AGENT]
Reel/Frame 069329/0326 →