Order fulfillment

US11126956B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• NIKE, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Vivek Farias · Newton, US
• Aryan Iden Khojandi · Cambridge, US
• Ritesh K. Madan · Berkeley, US
• Chad Yan · Boston, US
• Guang Yang · Chelsea, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 15, 2018
• Grant date: Sep 21, 2021
• Expiry date: May 15, 2038

Classification

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

Abstract

Systems and methods for the automated fulfillment of orders from a fulfillment network including consumer-facing retail locations. Orders are partitioned into suborders, which are in turn assigned to retail locations based on forecasted demand for the suborder items at the retail locations. The assignment process considers operational data for each retail location such as the number of employees, the inventory of suborder items, shipping rate cards, return policies, business hours, pick decline estimations, etc.