Abstract
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.
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