首页|Patent Issued for Order fulfillment system (USPTO 12151885)
Patent Issued for Order fulfillment system (USPTO 12151885)
扫码查看
点击上方二维码区域,可以放大扫码查看
原文链接
NETL
NSTL
From the background information supplied by the inventors, news correspondents o btained the followingquote: “2. BACKGROUND“An order-fulfillment system for use in supply chains, for example in retail sup ply chains, may fulfillorders for individual product units, referred to herein as “eaches” (also called “pieces”, “articles”, “items”or, generally, any articl es available for purchase in retail as a purchase unit, etc.), which are typical lypackaged and shipped by the manufacturer in containers known as “cases”. The “each” as used hereinfor convenience purposes, may be considered the most granu lar unit of handling in retail supply chains.Conventional operations to fulfill orders for eaches (usually referred to as “each-picking” or “piece-picking”)ar e generally labor-intensive because they generally apply man-to-goods processes that are not highlyautomated.
BusinessEmerging TechnologiesMachine LearningNanorobotRobotRoboticsWalmart Apollo LLC