| 摘要 |
In a retail store having a sales area and a back-store area including a storage area, a system for managing produce includes a sensor arrangement for reading distinct identifiers associated with containers passing along a produce transfer path from the back-store area to the sales area. A processing system maintains a database including a record for each container received to the back-store area, each container record including a produce type and freshness data. For each produce type, the system determines at least one container of the given produce type in the back-store area having a shortest salability period as derived from the freshness data, this being designated a priority container, The system monitors whether containers transferred along the produce transfer path correspond to the priority containers. If a container other than a priority container is transferred, at least one enforcement action is actuated. |
| 主权项 |
1. A system for managing produce in a retail store having a sales area for sale of produce and a back-store area including at least one storage area for pre-sale storage of produce, the produce being supplied in containers having distinct container identifiers, the system comprising:
(a) a sensor arrangement including at least one sensor configured to collect data sufficient to determine a container identifier, said sensor arrangement being deployed to read container identifiers for containers passing along a produce transfer path from the back-store area to the sales area; (b) a processing system including at least one processor, said processing system being in data communication with said sensor arrangement to receive said data; and (c) a user interface associated with said processing system,wherein said processing system is configured:
(i) to maintain a database including a record for each container of produce received to the back-store area, each container record including a produce type and freshness data, (ii) for each produce type, to determine at least one container identifier corresponding to at least one container of the given produce type in the back-store area having a shortest salability period as derived from said freshness data, said at least one container being designated a priority container, (iii) to monitor said data from said sensor arrangement to identify containers transferred along said produce transfer path from said back-store area to said sales area, and (iv) on transfer of a container other than a priority container from said back-store area to said sales area, actuating at least one enforcement action selected from the group consisting of: generating an audible or visual alert; forwarding a message to a communications device; and recording information sufficient to identify a person who transferred the container. |
