Optimization of warehouse layout based on customizable goals
US10943210B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 27, 2019 |
| Grant date | Mar 9, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 27, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/0838
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Example methods and systems enable rearrangement of a warehouse to an optimal layout determined according to customizable goals. An example method includes receiving, at a warehouse management system (WMS), information of a warehouse and items of the warehouse, identifying an item shipment expectation including new items expected to be received at the warehouse at a future date and items present at the warehouse marked for delivery at the future date, determining an optimal layout of the items of the warehouse at a present date based on the item shipment expectation, determining an amount of time to rearrange the items, by one or more of robotic devices rearranging the items, to the optimal layout based on a time measurement for robotic devices to perform tasks, and determining to rearrange the items of the warehouse based on the amount of time to rearrange the items being less than a threshold amount of time.
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