摘要
新闻编辑从发明者提供的背景信息中获得了以下引文：“对象的存储和检索是一个过程，它以多种方式为多种目的进行。存储和检索的具体用途，即订单履行，是虚拟所有供应链中执行的核心过程。”尤其是零售供应链。制造商通常在其分销范围内存储和检索装有箱装产品的托盘，以满足零售商下达的订单。零售商在自己的分销中心存储和检索箱装和单个产品项目，以满足他们的商店下达的箱装数量和小于箱装数量的订单。随着电子商务的兴起，零售商还面临着为个人消费者直接下订单的必要性。
Abstract
The following quote was obtained by the news editors from the background informa tion supplied by the inventors: “Storage and retrieval of objects is a process t hat is carried out in many ways for many purposes. A specific use of storage and retrieval, namely, order-fulfillment, is a core process performed within virtua lly all supply chains, especially retail supply chains. Manufacturers generally store and retrieve pallets containing cases of products within their distributio ns to fill orders for products placed by retailers. Retailers store and retrieve both the cases and the individual product items, or “eaches”, within their own distribution centers in order to fill orders placed by their stores for case-qua ntities and less-than-case quantities of products. Increasingly, with the rise o f e-commerce, retailers are also faced with the necessity of filling orders for eaches placed directly by individual consumers.
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