| 摘要 |
A warehousing system for storing and retrieving goods disposed in containers is provided. The system includes a multilevel storage array including an array of storage shelves for holding containers thereon, at least one substantially continuous lift for transporting containers to and from at least one level of the storage array, at least one transport vehicle located on the at least one level and configured to traverse a transport area transporting containers between the at least one continuous lift and container storage locations so that the at least one continuous lift communicates non-deterministically, via the transport vehicle, with storage locations of each of the storage shelves on the at least one level, an infeed transport system linked to the at least one continuous lift, and an order fulfillment station for generating order containers corresponding to customer orders where the order containers are entered onto the storage shelves of the storage array. |
| 主权项 |
1. An order fulfillment station arranged for filling, from stock goods, disposed in product containers, order containers corresponding to a customer order and holding order goods designated by a customer order, the fulfillment station comprising:
an operator station where an operator is resident for picking stock goods from product containers and placing into order containers; a product container station configured for positioning the product containers for picking stock goods therefrom by the operator at the operator station, the product container station being arranged to define more than one product container holding locations; and an order container station configured for positioning the order containers for placing order goods thereinto by the operator at the operator station, the order container station defining more than one order container holding locations, wherein the product container station and the order container station have predetermined characteristics that define handedness features for picking from product containers at the more than one product container holding locations, each product container holding location having a different handedness than an adjacent product container holding location. |
