Method and system for price planning

Details Method and system for price planning Method and system for price planning

2011-07-05

2011-07-05

Hayes, John W (Department: 3628)

Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co

Automated electrical financial or business practice or...

C705S007290, C705S007310, C705S400000, C707S999003

Reexamination Certificate

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07974851

ABSTRACT:
A price planning workbench includes an automated pricing engine, a manual pricing engine, and a user interface. The user interface is configured to receive price planning information from one of the automated pricing engine and the manual pricing engine to generate a price planning schedule. The automated pricing engine may comprise a slow seller engine, a promotion management engine, or some other automated engine capable of providing the price changes used to generate the price planning schedule.

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