Order management system determining fulfillment plans based on item-cluster availability

US12367456B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TARGET BRANDS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Nicholas E. Kaiser · Minneapolis, US
• Kumaran Malli · Okabena, US
• Sultan Ahmed · Santa Clara, US
• Manish Hasija · Survanagiri, IN
• Vinay Patil · Santa Clara, US
• Venkatesh Sekar · Survanagiri, IN
• Pankaj Kumar Sinha · San Jose, US
• Nishant Vyas · Survanagiri, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 28, 2022
• Grant date: Jul 22, 2025
• Expiry date: Oct 29, 2043

Classification

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

Abstract

An order management tool, method, and system are disclosed. The order management tool can use clusters of two or more locations to generate fulfillment plans for orders. The order management tool can determine whether a cluster can fulfill an order and, if so, can determine, for each item of an order, a location within the cluster from which to send the item. The items may be consolidated at a sortation center. The locations can be stores and the clusters can cover a geographical area. The order management tool can also generate two fulfillment plans, one of which allocates the order within the cluster and one of which may use one or more locations outside of the cluster, and the order management tool can apply rules to compare the two fulfillment plans and select one of them.