Systems and methods for replenishment in a freight tethering environment

US10679161B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Walmart Apollo, LLC · US

Inventors

• Courtland J. Halbrook · Centerton, US
• John L. Sokolsky · Rogers, US
• Lara N. Shock · Bentonville, US
• Jeremy Wales · Rogers, US
• Joseph Wayne Hendricks · Bentonville, US
• Terry Clear · Centerton, US
• Marv Hansen · Pleasant Valley, US
• Steve Ormon · Bentonville, US
• Cliff Parks · Pleasant Valley, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 15, 2019
• Grant date: Jun 9, 2020
• Expiry date: May 15, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/087
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems, methods, and machine readable medium are provided for replenishing product in a freight tethering environment. A pick list is generated at a hub store including one or more items that need to be replenished at a spoke store. It is determined whether the pick list can be fulfilled by the hub store. If the pick list cannot be fulfilled by the hub store, then the one or more items on the pick list is aggregated to a replenishment need of the hub store. The aggregated replenishment need of the hub store and the spoke store is communicated to a distribution center. Product is received from the distribution center based on the aggregated replenishment need, and the pick list for the spoke store is fulfilled from the received product.