System and methods for determining pick aisle arrangements
US12387172B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 13, 2023 |
| Grant date | Aug 12, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 8, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/08
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed are systems and methods for determining a pick area arrangement for a storage facility. A method can include retrieving, by a computer system, historic pallet information for pallet SKUs and pick area information, determining, based on the information, a number of bays to allocate for each pallet SKU, determining, based on the information, a number of dynamic bays to allocate in the pick area, which receive pallet SKUs in high demand during a particular time, determining, based on the information, quantities of aisles to allocate as pick aisles in the pick area by simulating aisle arrangements with pallet SKUs from the historic pallet information and determining average travel times to complete pick orders having the pallet SKUs in the aisle arrangements, selecting the quantity of aisles providing a lowest average travel time, and assigning each pallet SKU from the historic pallet information to bays in the quantity of aisles.
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