US Patent Issued to Walmart Apollo on April 8 for "System and method for management of perpetual inventory values associated with nil picks" (Arkansas, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,271,864, issued on April 8, was assigned to Walmart Apollo LLC (Bentonville, Ark.).

"System and method for management of perpetual inventory values associated with nil picks" was invented by Greg A. Bryan (Centerton, Ark.), Cristy C. Brooks (Cassville, Mo.), David Blair Brightwell (Bella Vista, Ark.), Benjamin D. Enssle (Bella Vista, Ark.), Matthew A. Jones (Bentonville, Ark.) and Jesse L. Eaton (Springdale, Ark.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic indication of a nil pick is received. Item information associated with the desired product, sales data concerning the desired product, supply chain information associated with the des...