PACKING STATION AND MULTI-MODAL INTERFACE

摘要

Exemplary embodiments of the present application provide a packing system for an order fulfillment process. The packing system may include a scanner for scanning a barcode to retrieve a product identifier that is used to look up an order in a package database. A packager may package the product and a scale may weigh the packaged product. Using the weight from the scale and the order information from the package database, postage information for the packaged product may be retrieved from a postage database. One or more labels for the product may be printed based on the postage information and the order information, and the labels may be affixed to the packaged product. A workstation may display an interface providing an overview of the process, a time required to perform the steps in the process, and any errors associated with steps in the process.

主权项

1. A packaging system comprising:
a conveyor for conveying a product through the packaging system; a packager for placing the product in packaging to create a packaged product; a package database storing information related to an order; a printer for printing shipping information on at least one of a label or the packaged product, the printing being performed based at least in part on information in the package database; a link to a postage database storing postage rates; a workstation comprising a display and one or more interfaces for linking the workstation to at least the sensor, the scale, the package database, and the postage database, wherein:
the workstation is configured to search the postage database based on the information related to the order stored in the package database, and returns postage information to be used to ship the product.