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A product rationalization system and method for automatically and objectively determining products sold by an account that are candidates for deletion from the account's inventory includes a memory and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory. The processor has means for associating account

A product rationalization system and method for automatically and objectively determining products sold by an account that are candidates for deletion from the account's inventory includes a memory and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory. The processor has means for associating account data and the product attribute data, where the account data includes an account sort measure for each product of a plurality of account products. Each product identifier of the product attribute data identifies its respective product with a product group consisting of a cluster of products that are considered substitutes for each other. Upon sorting the associated data for the products by product identifier and by account sort measure, a product of each group of products that are considered substitutes is determined to be a candidate for deletion from the account's inventory.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A product rationalization system for automatically and objectively determining products sold by an account that are candidates for deletion from the account's inventory, comprising:a memory having product attribute data for a plurality of market products stored thereon, s

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A product rationalization system for automatically and objectively determining products sold by an account that are candidates for deletion from the account's inventory, comprising:a memory having product attribute data for a plurality of market products stored thereon, said product attribute data including a product identifier for each product, each product identifier identifying a product group to which its respective product belongs; anda processor communicatively coupled to said memory, said processor having means for associating account data and said product attribute data where said account data includes an account sort measure and market data for each product of a plurality of account products, said processor further having means for automatically sorting said associated data for said plurality of account products by product identifier and by account sort measure to determine whether each product of said plurality of accounts products has an account distribution measure equal to or below a minimum account distribution measure to determine whether each product is a candidate for deletion from its respective product group, and therefore, a candidate for deletion from said account's inventory.