System and method for providing a multi-channel inventory allocation approach to retailers

摘要

Disclosed are systems, methods and other embodiments configured to maximize expected net revenue for retail products. In one embodiment, input data associated with a retail item is read. The total inventory for distributable retail goods is initially expressed across the sales channels in which the retail goods are sold to form a plurality of allocated stock quantities, as expressed in the inventory allocation data structure. Assigned. As expressed in the marginal revenue data structure, an attempt is made to equalize the marginal revenue values associated with the retail product across sales channels. The allocated inventory quantity is iteratively adjusted, and the marginal revenue value is iteratively updated based on the input data and the adjusted allocated inventory quantity for the sales channel. As the updated marginal revenue value approaches equalization across sales channels, the expected net revenue approaches maximization.