Patents by Inventor Glenn George Schroeder

Glenn George Schroeder has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Business planner
    Patent number: 8108249
    Abstract: A method and system for predicting the profit attributable to a proposed sales promotion of a product, wherein the product has a wholesale price and a manufacturing cost per unit sales, including establishing a base volume for sales of the product in the absence of promotions; determining a sales lift for the plurality of single promotions; and correlating the sales lift with promotion information to provide a sales lift model. The method and system also include proposing a promotion having a cost per unit sales for a promotion time period and having a planned sale price for the product; applying the sales lift model to the proposed promotion to predict sales of the product for the promotion time period; and calculating manufacturer profit based upon the product's predicted sales, cost per unit sales for promotion, wholesale price, and manufacturing cost per unit sales during the promotion time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn George Schroeder, Angela Kay Klim, George Murray Heinz, Kelly Loren Phillips, William James Raynor, Jr., Brett David Sengbusch, Jeffrey Dean Lindsay
  • System for predicting sales lift and profit of a product based on historical sales information
    Patent number: 7689456
    Abstract: A method and system for predicting the profit attributable to a proposed sales promotion of a product, wherein the product has a wholesale price and a manufacturing cost per unit sales, including establishing a base volume for sales of the product in the absence of promotions; determining a sales lift for the plurality of single promotions; and correlating the sales lift with promotion information to provide a sales lift model. The method and system also include proposing a promotion having a cost per unit sales for a promotion time period and having a planned sale price for the product; applying the sales lift model to the proposed promotion to predict sales of the product for the promotion time period; and calculating manufacturer profit based upon the product's predicted sales, cost per unit sales for promotion, wholesale price, and manufacturing cost per unit sales during the promotion time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn George Schroeder, Angela Kay Klim, George Murray Heinz, Kelly Loren Phillips, William James Raynor, Jr., Brett David Sengbusch, Jeffrey Dean Lindsay
  • Business planner
    Publication number: 20030130883
    Abstract: A method and system for predicting the profit attributable to a proposed sales promotion of a product, wherein the product has a wholesale price and a manufacturing cost per unit sales, including establishing a base volume for sales of the product in the absence of promotions; determining a sales lift for the plurality of single promotions; and correlating the sales lift with promotion information to provide a sales lift model. The method and system also include proposing a promotion having a cost per unit sales for a promotion time period and having a planned sale price for the product; applying the sales lift model to the proposed promotion to predict sales of the product for the promotion time period; and calculating manufacturer profit based upon the product's predicted sales, cost per unit sales for promotion, wholesale price, and manufacturing cost per unit sales during the promotion time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventors: Glenn George Schroeder, Angela Kay Klim, George Murray Heinz, Kelly Loren Phillips, William James Raynor, Brett David Sengbusch, Jeffrey Dean Lindsay