OVERSTOCK INVENTORY SORTING AT RETAIL SALES FACILITIES

摘要

In some embodiments, methods and systems of locating overstock items at a retail sales facility include receiving data when a worker of the retail sales facility scans a product case containing a product using an inventory management electronic device including a processor; obtaining at least one inventory management factor associated with the product; estimating whether the product is to be picked by the worker from a storage bin at a stock room location while packed in the product case or after being removed from the product case; and outputting, based on the estimating step, an indication to the worker either that the product is to be picked from the storage bin without being removed from the product case, or that that the product is to be picked from the storage bin after being removed from the product case.

主权项

1. A method of sorting overstock items at a retail sales facility, the method comprising:
receiving data, via a worker of the retail sales facility scanning a product case containing at least one product using an inventory management electronic device including a processor; obtaining, using the inventory management electronic device, at least one inventory management factor associated with the at least one product; estimating, based on the at least one inventory management factor associated with the at least one product, whether the at least one product is to be picked by the worker from a storage bin at a stock room location of the retail sales facility while packed in the product case or after being removed from the product case; outputting, when the estimating step supports picking the at least one product from the storage bin while packed in the product case, an indication to the worker that the at least one product is to be picked from the storage bin without being removed from the product case; and outputting, when the estimating step supports picking the at least one product in the storage bin after being removed from the product case, an indication to the worker that the at least one product is to be picked from the storage bin after being removed from product case.