Internal routing

US8131604B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Christ · Auburn Hills, US
• Stefan Peter Grabowski · Neuss, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 14, 2005
• Grant date: Mar 6, 2012
• Expiry date: Jan 5, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q40/00
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus provide for routing goods from a source location to a final destination through an intermediate location. An intermediate warehouse task or transfer order is generated with reference to the movement of the goods to the intermediate location rather than movement to the final destination. A routing table can provide information for generating the intermediate warehouse task. A routing path that indicates the intermediate location can correspond to a location determined by a layout-oriented routing path or a process-oriented routing path.