System and method for shipping items from a distribution facility

US6505094B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Dell Products L.P. · US

Inventors

• Mark Allen Pape · Austin, US
• Branden Clark Bickley · Austin, US
• Robert T. Mason, Jr. · Raleigh, US
• Robert Martin · Dunnellon, US
• William B. Muir · Round Rock, US
• Richard M. Williams · Austin, US
• Gustavo Blum · Austin, US
• Stefanie A. Vandorpe · Round Rock, US
• James E. Pike · Austin, US
• Sergio Botero · Austin, US
• Gregory V. Johnson · Round Rock, US
• Tracy Masson · Austin, US
• Michael Roy Rogers · Georgetown, US
• Timothy J. Boswell · Lago Vista, US
• Melissa S. Snyder · Austin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 5, 2001
• Grant date: Jan 7, 2003
• Expiry date: Mar 30, 2021

Classification

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

Abstract

A method for preparing items for shipment in a distribution facility with multiple pallet-build squares may include a step of identifying an available pallet-build square among the multiple pallet-build squares. An item may then be transported to an operator for the available pallet-build square. Item data from a scan of a barcode on the item may then be received, and in response, a display may be automatically updated to identify the available pallet for the operator.