Multi-line system and method for retrieving and fulfilling items in a customer order
US11113648B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 27, 2020 |
| Grant date | Sep 7, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 27, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/1296
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The customer order fulfillment system includes an order collection unit for collecting information associated with a plurality of customer orders having items and generating customer order data. Each of the plurality of customer order includes one or more items associated therewith. An order generating unit for receiving the customer order data and generating in response consolidated order fulfillment data, a pick tour generating subsystem for receiving the consolidated order fulfillment data and in response thereto generating pick tour instructions associated with a pick tour, and a bulk pick order fulfillment unit for grouping together similar ones of the items associated with the plurality of customer orders to form a plurality of bulk picks. An automated fulfillment system receives the consolidated order fulfillment data from the order generating unit and automatically selects one or more of the items from one or more carousels, employing the pick tour or the bulk pick.
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