Consolidated pick and pack for outbound fulfillment

US9925998B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · US

Inventors

• Neil Scott Ackerman · Bellevue, US
• Bijal Mehta · San Francisco, US
• Balaji Nageswaran · Sammamish, US
• Rohit Kumar Nathany · Seattle, US
• Adrian Dsouza · Seattle, US
• Nihar Shashank Nabar · Seattle, US
• Mark Bosley · Johns Island, US
• Jayson Michael Jochim · Seattle, US
• Ingrid Rivera · Seattle, US
• Ashwin Philip Ollapally · Seattle, US
• Michael Canty · Bethesda, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 17, 2014
• Grant date: Mar 27, 2018
• Expiry date: Dec 17, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0639
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed are various embodiments for performing a consolidated pick and package process in a materials handling center. A computing environment may be employed to generate a batch of a plurality of items to be picked and packaged in fulfillment of a plurality of orders in the materials handling center. Shipping labels corresponding to items in the orders may be generated, wherein the shipping labels comprise pick information that aids a person in locating a corresponding one of the items in the materials handling center and packaging the corresponding one of the items in suitable packaging. A fulfillment cart may be employed by an operator in performing the consolidated pick and package process.