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

摘要

A method and system for determining a cause of an out-of-stock condition by executing a decision tree on historical information associated with the out-of-stock item, and contacting a supplier of the out-of-stock item to request the item based on the determined cause. The system receives information associated with the out of stock item from a system that stores information associated with the item in the fulfillment center, the information being collected over a long period of time, and causes the out of stock status by running a decision tree on the received information. and - the decision tree includes a plurality of states - and predicts the out-of-stock status of the item based on the determined cause. Based on the prediction, the system contacts the supplier of the out of stock item to request additional items.