| 发明名称 | Method and system for order fulfillment in a distribution center | ||
| 摘要 | Order allocation techniques pertaining to stops that a container makes in the process of fulfilling a customer order is disclosed. In one embodiment, this is accomplished by first identifying a pod that stocks the largest number of different items in a customer order. Then, a second pod is identified that stocks the largest number of remaining items in the customer order. The collection of pods defines a container path through the distribution center. | ||
| 申请公布号 | US9305281(B2) | 申请公布日期 | 2016.04.05 |
| 申请号 | US201514866285 | 申请日期 | 2015.09.25 |
| 申请人 | June Ray Limited | 发明人 | Waddington William Henry;Grewell Patricia C.;Ham Peter;Klots Boris |
| 分类号 | G06F7/00;G06Q10/08;G06F17/30 | 主分类号 | G06F7/00 |
| 代理机构 | Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP | 代理人 | Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP |
| 主权项 | 1. A system, comprising: one or more processors configured to: receive a customer order including a plurality of items;identify, based at least in part on the customer order, a first site from a plurality of sites associated with a distribution center that includes a first number of items from the plurality of items;identify, based at least in part on the customer order, a second site from the plurality of sites associated with the distribution center that includes a second number of items from the plurality of items, wherein the second number of items is fewer than the first number of items; anddetermine a route associated with a carrier to fulfill the customer order through the distribution center based at least in part on the first site and the second site; and one or more memories coupled to the one or more processors and configured to provide instructions to the one or more processors. | ||
| 地址 | VG | ||