CN110070312B

CN110070312B - Order processing method and device

Info

Publication number: CN110070312B
Application number: CN201810068886.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 肖鹏宇
Original assignee: Beijing Jingdong Qianshi Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Jingbangda Trade Co Ltd; Beijing Jingdong Qianshi Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-01-24
Filing date: 2018-01-24
Publication date: 2023-12-08
Anticipated expiration: 2038-01-24
Also published as: CN110070312A

Abstract

The application discloses an order processing method and an order processing device. One embodiment of the method comprises the following steps: acquiring an order and an aggregate list set to be combined; determining the volume of the items related to the order according to the names of the items in the order and the quantity of the items; for each of the collection of orders, determining the number of orders of the orders combined into the collection of orders, and determining the total volume of the items related to the collection of orders according to the volumes of the items related to the orders combined into the collection of orders; if the production type of the order is that the order is produced according to the aggregate list, and a target aggregate list exists in the aggregate list aggregate, the order is added into the target aggregate list, wherein the target aggregate list is the same as the order type of the order, the number of the order does not exceed a preset number threshold, and the sum of the total volume of the articles and the volume of the articles related to the order does not exceed a preset volume threshold. According to the embodiment, the order processing efficiency can be improved, and the transportation cost is reduced.

Description

Order processing method and device

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of storage, in particular to the technical field of logistics distribution, and particularly relates to an order processing method and an order processing device.

Background

The unmanned warehouse is an intelligent warehouse integrating more advanced automatic logistics equipment and participated by a small amount of maintenance personnel. A complete set of automated warehouse systems generally includes stackers, logistics management software, conveyor systems, shelf systems, and the like. The goods are automatically unloaded, automatically checked and accepted, automatically unpacked, stored in a robot code box, delivered out of the warehouse, picked by a robot, automatically packaged and automatically sorted, and finally loaded and delivered, and all the goods are automatically finished.

The prior art typically produces the received order from time-division wave times of the cut-off. And randomly assign orders to work stations for picking items. Each workbench is provided with at least one slot position for placing articles selected from the goods shelves according to orders by a manual or robotic arm.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides an order processing method and an order processing device.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an order processing method, including: acquiring an order to be combined and a collection list collection, wherein the order comprises the names of the articles, the quantity of the articles, the order type and the production type, the production type comprises production according to the collection list, and the collection list in the collection list collection is generated by combining at least one order; determining the volume of the items related to the order according to the names of the items in the order and the quantity of the items; for each of the collection of orders, determining the number of orders of the orders combined into the collection of orders, and determining the total volume of the items related to the collection of orders according to the volumes of the items related to the orders combined into the collection of orders; if the production type of the order is that the order is produced according to the aggregate list, and a target aggregate list exists in the aggregate list aggregate, the order is added into the target aggregate list, wherein the target aggregate list is the same as the order type of the order, the number of the order does not exceed a preset number threshold, and the sum of the total volume of the articles and the volume of the articles related to the order does not exceed a preset volume threshold.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises: acquiring slot information of at least one idle slot of a target workbench, wherein the slot information comprises an order type, a production type and a slot number supported by the slot; and in response to detecting that the quantity of orders in the collection list collection reaches a preset quantity threshold value or the total volume of the related articles reaches a preset volume threshold value, determining whether a target slot is present in at least one idle slot, and if the target slot is present, outputting the corresponding relation between the detected collection list and the slot number of the target slot, wherein the production type of the target slot is produced according to the collection list, and the type of the orders supported by the slot is the same as the type of the orders of the detected collection list.

In some embodiments, adding orders to the target collection includes: if the number of the target collection sheets is greater than or equal to 2, adding the order into the target collection sheet with the smallest total volume of the related articles.

In some embodiments, if the production type of the order is production by aggregate order and the target aggregate order does not exist in the aggregate order aggregate, the aggregate order is newly built for the order type of the order.

In some embodiments, the type of production includes production by order; the method further comprises: if the production type of the order is production according to the order, determining a first slot with the same order type as the order supported by the slot from at least one idle slot, and outputting the corresponding relation between the order and the slot number of the first slot.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises: if the target slot position does not exist, determining at least one candidate slot position with the production type being produced according to the order from at least one idle slot position; if the ratio of the number of the at least one candidate slot to the number of the at least one idle slot is greater than a predetermined ratio threshold, determining a second slot with the same order type supported by the slot and the detected aggregate order type from the at least one candidate slot, and outputting the corresponding relation between the order and the slot number of the second slot.

In some embodiments, after adding the order to the target collection, the method further comprises: recording the time of adding orders to the target collection list; and in response to detecting that the aggregate list in the aggregate list set has the aggregate list with the time difference between the time of adding the order and the current time exceeding the preset time difference threshold, determining a third slot with the same order type supported by the slot and the detected aggregate list from at least one idle slot, and outputting the corresponding relation between the detected aggregate list and the slot number of the third slot.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises: if the target slot position does not exist, slot position information of at least one idle slot position of a workbench adjacent to the target workbench is acquired; determining a fourth slot with the production type being produced according to the aggregate list and the order type supported by the slot being the same as the detected order type of the aggregate list from at least one idle slot of the adjacent workbench, and outputting the corresponding relation between the detected aggregate list and the slot number of the fourth slot.

In some embodiments, obtaining an order to be consolidated includes: acquiring shelf information of at least one shelf in the carrying process, wherein the shelf information comprises a shelf position, a destination and an allocated order to be combined; determining at least one candidate shelf of which the destination is the target workbench from the at least one shelf; determining a preset number of shelves from at least one candidate shelf as target shelves according to the sequence from the small shelf position to the large destination; and acquiring the allocated orders to be combined in the shelf information of the target shelf.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises: determining the weight of the items related to the order according to the names of the items in the order and the quantity of the items; for each of the collection of orders, determining the number of orders of the orders combined into the collection, and determining the total weight of the items related to the collection according to the weight of the items related to each order combined into the collection; if the production type of the order is produced according to the aggregate list and the target aggregate list exists in the aggregate list aggregate, adding the order into the target aggregate list, wherein the target aggregate list is the same as the order type of the order, the number of the orders does not exceed a preset number threshold, the sum of the total volume of the articles and the volume of the articles related to the order does not exceed a preset volume threshold, and the sum of the total weight of the articles and the weight of the articles related to the order does not exceed a preset weight threshold.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an order processing apparatus, including: the system comprises an acquisition unit, a processing unit and a processing unit, wherein the acquisition unit is configured to acquire an order to be combined and a collection list collection, the order comprises the names of articles, the number of the articles, the order types and the production types, the production types comprise production according to the collection list, and the collection list in the collection list collection is generated by combining at least one order; an order determining unit configured to determine a volume of an item related to the order according to a name of the item and a number of the items in the order; a collection list determining unit configured to determine, for each collection list in a collection list collection, the number of orders of the orders combined into the collection list, and determine the total volume of the items involved in the collection list according to the volumes of the items involved in the orders combined into the collection list; and the merging unit is configured to add the order to the target aggregate list if the production type of the order is per-aggregate-list production and the target aggregate list exists in the aggregate list aggregate, and output the added target aggregate list, wherein the target aggregate list is the same as the order type of the order, the number of the order does not exceed a preset number threshold, and the sum of the total volume of the articles and the volume of the articles related to the order does not exceed a preset volume threshold.

In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises: a slot information obtaining unit configured to obtain slot information of at least one idle slot of the target workbench, wherein the slot information includes an order type, a production type and a slot number supported by the slot; and the slot position determining unit is configured to determine whether a target slot position exists in at least one idle slot position or not in response to detecting that the aggregate list with the number of orders reaching a preset number threshold value or the total volume of the related articles reaching a preset volume threshold value exists in the aggregate list set, and if the target slot position exists, outputting the corresponding relation between the detected aggregate list and the slot position number of the target slot position, wherein the production type of the target slot position is produced according to the aggregate list, and the order type supported by the slot position is the same as the order type of the detected aggregate list.

In some embodiments, the merging unit is further configured to: if the number of the target collection sheets is greater than or equal to 2, adding the order into the target collection sheet with the smallest total volume of the related articles.

In some embodiments, the merging unit is further configured to: if the production type of the order is produced according to the aggregate list, and the target aggregate list does not exist in the aggregate list aggregate, the aggregate list is newly built according to the order type of the order.

In some embodiments, the type of production includes production by order; the slot position determination unit is further configured to: if the production type of the order is production according to the order, determining a first slot with the same order type as the order supported by the slot from at least one idle slot, and outputting the corresponding relation between the order and the slot number of the first slot.

In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises a reselection unit configured to: if the target slot position does not exist, determining at least one candidate slot position with the production type being produced according to the order from at least one idle slot position; if the ratio of the number of the at least one candidate slot to the number of the at least one idle slot is greater than a predetermined ratio threshold, determining a second slot with the same order type supported by the slot and the detected aggregate order type from the at least one candidate slot, and outputting the corresponding relation between the order and the slot number of the second slot.

In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises a sheet detection unit configured to: after adding the order to the target aggregate form, recording a time of adding the order to the target aggregate form; and in response to detecting that the aggregate list in the aggregate list set has the aggregate list with the time difference between the time of adding the order and the current time exceeding the preset time difference threshold, determining a third slot with the same order type supported by the slot and the detected aggregate list from at least one idle slot, and outputting the corresponding relation between the detected aggregate list and the slot number of the third slot.

In some embodiments, the slot determination unit is further configured to: if the target slot position does not exist, slot position information of at least one idle slot position of a workbench adjacent to the target workbench is acquired; determining a fourth slot with the production type being produced according to the aggregate list and the order type supported by the slot being the same as the detected order type of the aggregate list from at least one idle slot of the adjacent workbench, and outputting the corresponding relation between the detected aggregate list and the slot number of the fourth slot.

In some embodiments, the acquisition unit is further configured to: acquiring shelf information of at least one shelf in the carrying process, wherein the shelf information comprises a shelf position, a destination and an allocated order to be combined; determining at least one candidate shelf of which the destination is the target workbench from the at least one shelf; determining a preset number of shelves from at least one candidate shelf as target shelves according to the sequence from the small shelf position to the large destination; and acquiring the allocated orders to be combined in the shelf information of the target shelf.

In some embodiments, the order determination unit is further configured to: determining the weight of the items related to the order according to the names of the items in the order and the quantity of the items; the aggregate sheet determination unit is further configured to: for each of the collection of orders, determining the number of orders of the orders combined into the collection, and determining the total weight of the items related to the collection according to the weight of the items related to each order combined into the collection; and the unit is further configured to: if the production type of the order is produced according to the aggregate list and the target aggregate list exists in the aggregate list aggregate, adding the order into the target aggregate list, wherein the target aggregate list is the same as the order type of the order, the number of the orders does not exceed a preset number threshold, the sum of the total volume of the articles and the volume of the articles related to the order does not exceed a preset volume threshold, and the sum of the total weight of the articles and the weight of the articles related to the order does not exceed a preset weight threshold.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, including: one or more processors; and storage means for storing one or more programs which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to implement the method as in any of the first aspects.

In a fourth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a computer readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, wherein the program when executed by a processor implements a method as in any of the first aspects.

According to the order processing method and the order processing device, the orders are assembled according to the types of the orders, the volumes of the articles related to the orders and the quantity of the orders, so that the order processing efficiency is improved, and the transportation cost is reduced.

Drawings

Other features, objects and advantages of the present application will become more apparent upon reading of the detailed description of non-limiting embodiments, made with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is an exemplary system architecture diagram in which the present application may be applied;

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of one embodiment of an order processing method according to the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario of an order processing method according to the present application;

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of yet another embodiment of an order processing method according to the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of an order processing apparatus according to the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of a computer system suitable for use in implementing an embodiment of the application.

Detailed Description

The application is described in further detail below with reference to the drawings and examples. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the application and are not limiting of the application. It should be noted that, for convenience of description, only the portions related to the present application are shown in the drawings.

It should be noted that, without conflict, the embodiments of the present application and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other. The application will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings in connection with embodiments.

FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary system architecture 100 in which embodiments of order processing methods or order processing apparatus of the present application may be applied.

As shown in fig. 1, the system architecture 100 may include terminal devices 101, 102, a server 103, transport vehicles 104, 105, 106, shelves 107, 108, 109, a storage location 110, and workstations 111, 112, 113, 114. Between the terminal devices 101, 102 and the server 103, between the transport carriages 104, 105, 106 and the server 103, via a network connection, the network may comprise various connection types, such as wired, wireless communication links or optical fibre cables, etc.

The user may interact with the server 103 via a network using the terminal devices 101, 102 to receive or send messages or the like. Various communication client applications, such as a web browser application, a shopping class application, a search class application, an instant messaging tool, a mailbox client, social platform software, etc., may be installed on the terminal devices 101, 102, 103. For example, the user sends order information to the server 103 through the shopping class application of the terminal device 101, 102. The server 103 instructs the transporter to transport the shelves loaded with items to the workstation and instructs the staff or robot to pick orders from the shelves, place them in the slots of the workstation, and update the logistics status of the orders for the terminal devices 101, 102 to query after the picking is completed.

Wherein the square frames encircle an article storage area, wherein each grid represents a storage position, each storage position can be provided with a goods shelf, and one or more goods can be placed on the goods shelf. In the case of article storage, the transport vehicles 104, 105, 106 are used to transport the racks 107, 108, 109 containing articles to be stored to the storage site 110. When the articles are delivered, the transport vehicles 104, 105, 106 are used for transporting the goods shelves 107, 108, 109 filled with the articles to be delivered to the work tables 111, 112, 113, 114, and the corresponding types and the corresponding numbers of the articles are taken down from the goods shelves according to the types and the numbers of the articles in the order information through manual or mechanical arms and put into the slots of the work tables.

The server 103 may be a server providing various services, such as a management server providing support for the logistical information displayed on the terminal devices 101, 102. The management server can analyze and process the received data such as order requests, selects a goods shelf, a transport vehicle, a workbench and a slot to be carried according to the order information, and feeds back a processing result (such as a logistics state) to the terminal equipment after the transport vehicle carries the goods shelf to the workbench and sorts goods.

It should be noted that, the order processing method provided in the embodiment of the present application is generally executed by the server 103, and accordingly, the order processing device is generally disposed in the server 103.

It should be understood that the number of terminal devices, servers, vehicles, shelves, and workstations in fig. 1 are merely illustrative. Any number of terminal devices, servers, vehicles, shelves, workstations may be provided as desired for implementation.

With continued reference to FIG. 2, a flow 200 of one embodiment of an order processing method according to the present application is shown. The order processing method comprises the following steps:

in step 201, an order and a collection of collection orders to be combined are obtained.

In this embodiment, the electronic device (for example, the server shown in fig. 1) on which the order processing method operates may receive, through a wired connection manner or a wireless connection manner, an order sent by at least one user through a terminal, where the order includes a name of an article, a number of articles, an order type, and a production type, and the production type includes production by an aggregate order and production by an order, where production by an aggregate order refers to that after a plurality of orders form an aggregate order, a shelf where the related article is located is transported to a workbench. In order production, after receiving an order, the goods shelves where the related articles are located are directly transported to a workbench.

Aggregate orders are collections of orders of the same order type. Thus, the order type of an aggregate order refers to the order type of the orders that make up the aggregate order. A collection of collection orders that the server has previously assembled but not begun to produce is obtained, the collection orders being generated by at least one order merge. The order types may include single piece orders, multiple piece orders, special orders, and so forth. The server may also obtain multiple orders to be consolidated when grouping the orders. For the order of all the cut times before the cut time (for example, before the cut time is configured to be 30 minutes), the order of the current cut time can be mixed and considered, for the order of the cut time after the cut time, if no order of the cut time after the cut time can be considered. The term "production" as used herein refers to picking out items related to an order. The present application refers to "locating" a plurality of times, and refers to determining a correspondence between two entities, for example, locating an order to a shelf refers to determining the shelf on which the item to which the order relates is stored.

In some optional implementations of the present embodiment, acquiring an order to be consolidated includes: acquiring shelf information of at least one shelf in the carrying process, wherein the shelf information comprises a shelf position, a destination and an allocated order to be combined; determining at least one candidate shelf of which the destination is the target workbench from the at least one shelf; determining a preset number of shelves from at least one candidate shelf as target shelves according to the sequence from the small shelf position to the large destination; and acquiring the allocated orders to be combined in the shelf information of the target shelf. The server may determine from the order which pallet to pick up and which transporter to move the pallet to which table to minimize the cost of handling to locate the target pallet, target transporter, and target table for the order. The transport vehicle is operably coupled with a communication device for information interaction with the server. The server may send instructions to the transporter including the shelf identification to inform the target transporter of the shelf handling. The goods shelf is attached with a goods shelf identification, and the target transport vehicle finds a target goods shelf by scanning the goods shelf identification and carries the target goods shelf to the target workbench. The transporter may also return the current location of the transporter to the server. The server also sends instructions to the target workstation informing the target workstation to pick items from the shelves according to the order. The target workstation may also return the picking results to the server. The server stores information of the articles stored on the shelves in advance. The server can determine the position of the goods shelf according to the returned position of the transport vehicle, can determine the allocated order to be combined on the target goods shelf according to the positioned target goods shelf of the order, and can determine whether the goods shelf state of each goods shelf is being transported according to the command of the transport target goods shelf of the target transport vehicle and the position of the target transport vehicle.

Since the racks are being handled, the rack positions may be a storage position for uniformly storing the racks, a table for picking items, a position between the storage position and the table, and the like. If the pallet is positioned to a workstation, its destination is the workstation. If the item on the shelf is on the way back after it is picked, its destination is a storage location. There is no destination if the pallet is not positioned to the work station. Before order picking, the goods shelf to be carried needs to be confirmed, and in the process of carrying the goods shelf to the workbench, if a new order is received and positioned on the goods shelf, the goods shelf is a candidate goods shelf. Orders on several shelves closer to the table may be determined as orders available for consolidation.

Step 202, determining the volume of the items related to the order according to the names of the items and the quantity of the items in the order.

In this embodiment, a single volume of items involved in the order may be obtained from the names of items in the order, and the single volume multiplied by the number of items yields the volume of items. If the order relates to a plurality of items, the volumes may be calculated separately and then summed to obtain the volume of the item to which the order relates. The volume of items involved in an order herein refers to the total volume of all items involved in the order.

Step 203, for each of the collection of collection, determining the number of orders of the orders combined into the collection, and determining the total volume of the items related to the collection according to the volumes of the items related to the orders combined into the collection.

In this embodiment, the number of orders involved in each aggregate order, and the total volume of items involved in each order, are determined. For example, if a collection is made up of 5 orders, the number of orders for the collection is 5. The aggregate volume of items involved in the aggregate order is the sum of the aggregate volumes of items involved in each of the 5 orders.

In step 204, if the production type of the order is per-order production, and the target order exists in the order set, the order is added to the target order.

In this embodiment, the aggregate orders are an aggregate of orders of the same order type. Adding an order to a target aggregate order refers to adding orders in the aggregate of orders of the same order type. The target aggregate is the same as the order type of the order, the number of orders does not exceed a preset number threshold, and the sum of the total volume of the items and the volume of the items involved in the order does not exceed a preset volume threshold. The orders in the aggregate order are of the same type and there are limits on the number of orders and the total volume of the related items. And finishing the order group when the number of orders reaches a certain number, or finishing the order group when the total volume of the related articles reaches the upper volume limit, and marking the completion of the group of the aggregate orders.

In some optional implementations of the present embodiment, the method further includes: determining the weight of the items related to the order according to the names of the items in the order and the quantity of the items; for each of the collection of orders, determining the number of orders of the orders combined into the collection, and determining the total weight of the items related to the collection according to the weight of the items related to each order combined into the collection; if the production type of the order is produced according to the aggregate list and the target aggregate list exists in the aggregate list aggregate, adding the order into the target aggregate list, wherein the target aggregate list is the same as the order type of the order, the number of the orders does not exceed a preset number threshold, the sum of the total volume of the articles and the volume of the articles related to the order does not exceed a preset volume threshold, and the sum of the total weight of the articles and the weight of the articles related to the order does not exceed a preset weight threshold. The aggregate order group order completion condition requires that the sum of the total weight of the items and the weight of the items involved in the order does not exceed a preset weight threshold in addition to the number of orders not exceeding a preset number threshold, the sum of the total volume of the items and the volume of the items involved in the order not exceeding a preset volume threshold.

In some optional implementations of this embodiment, if the production type of the order is production by aggregate, and the target aggregate does not exist in the aggregate set, the aggregate is newly built for the order type of the order. If the orders of the same type are not selected before, or the aggregate list of the group reaches the upper limit of the quantity of orders or the residual volume can not be added to the order, a new aggregate list is built for the type, the production type of the new built aggregate list is the production type of the order, and the order type of the new built aggregate list is the order type of the order. The newly built aggregate order is a new aggregate of orders, temporarily including only orders that trigger the new build process. If a new order is received, it is further determined whether the new order can be added to the newly constructed aggregate list.

In some alternative implementations of the present embodiment, adding orders to the target collection sheet includes: if the number of the target collection sheets is greater than or equal to 2, adding the order into the target collection sheet with the smallest total volume of the related articles. If there are multiple orders that can be inserted, the target order that involves a small volume of items can be preferentially selected.

With continued reference to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario of the order processing method according to the present embodiment. In the application scenario of fig. 3, a user sends new orders 301, 302, 303 to a server through a terminal, the server searches for an aggregate list 304 of which the number of orders and the volume related to the object meet predetermined conditions after receiving the orders, and the original aggregate list 304 includes an order 4. Since the order types of orders 301 and 302 are the same as the order types of aggregate order 304, orders 301 and 302 are added to aggregate order 304.

The method provided by the embodiment of the application can improve the processing efficiency of the order and reduce the transportation cost by grouping the orders according to the types of the orders and the production types.

With further reference to FIG. 4, a flow 400 of yet another embodiment of an order processing method is shown. The flow 400 of the order processing method includes the steps of:

in step 401, an order and a collection of collection orders to be combined are obtained.

Step 402, determining the volume of the items related to the order according to the names of the items and the quantity of the items in the order.

Step 403, for each of the collection of collection, determining the number of orders of the orders combined into the collection, and determining the total volume of the items related to the collection according to the volumes of the items related to the orders combined into the collection.

If the production type of the order is per-order production and there is a target order in the order set, the order is added to the target order and the added target order is output 404.

Steps 401-404 are substantially identical to steps 201-204 and are therefore not described in detail.

Step 405, obtaining slot information of at least one idle slot of the target workbench.

In this embodiment, there are multiple stations in a warehouse for picking items. After receiving the order and positioning the object related to the order to the goods shelf, the server determines the target workbench with the lowest conveying cost from the multiple workbenches according to the position of the goods shelf. Each workbench is provided with at least one slot for placing articles, and each slot is provided with a number. The carrier vehicle may transport the racks to the workstation where the items are picked from the racks into slots manually by a worker or by a robotic arm. Each slot is preconfigured with an order type and a production type, and the items related to the order need to be placed in the slot matched with the order type and the production type of the order. The slot information includes the type of order supported by the slot (referring to the type of order to which the item placed in the slot belongs), the type of production (referring to the type of production to which the item placed in the slot belongs), and the slot number. The order type and the production type are corresponding to the order. Each workbench is provided with at least one slot position, and the unoccupied slot positions are idle slot positions. The pallet is typically moved to a work station that is closer to the original storage location where the pallet was located.

Step 406, in response to detecting that there is a collection sheet in the collection sheet collection that the number of orders reaches a preset number threshold or that the total volume of the related articles reaches a preset volume threshold, determining whether there is a target slot in at least one idle slot, and if there is a target slot, outputting a corresponding relation between the detected collection sheet and a slot number of the target slot.

In this embodiment, the production type of the target slot is produced by the aggregate sheet and the order type supported by the slot is the same as the order type of the detected aggregate sheet. If it is detected that there are collection orders in the collection list collection, the number of orders of which reaches a preset number threshold value or the total volume of the related objects reaches a preset volume threshold value, and the collection list with the completed collection list is indicated, an idle slot with the same type of orders as the detected collection list and the same type of orders supported by the slot can be selected for producing the collection list with the completed collection list. Binding the detected collection list with the target slot position, and outputting the corresponding relation between the collection list and the slot position number of the target slot position. The output may be a command to the transporter to transfer the rack on which the item of the collection sheet is located to the target slot. The correspondence may be output to a memory or a hard disk for subsequent flow Cheng Douqu. The outputting of the correspondence referred to hereinafter also includes sending an instruction to the transporter, or outputting the correspondence to a memory or a hard disk for subsequent flow Cheng Douqu.

In some optional implementations of the present embodiment, the method further includes: if the production type of the order is production according to the order, determining a first slot with the same order type as the order supported by the slot from at least one idle slot, and outputting the corresponding relation between the order and the slot number of the first slot. If the production type of the order is production according to the order, namely the order does not participate in the group order, the slot positions of the articles related to the order can be directly determined.

In some optional implementations of this embodiment, if the target slot is not present, determining at least one candidate slot of which the production type is to be produced according to the order from the at least one free slot; if the ratio of the number of the at least one candidate slot to the number of the at least one idle slot is greater than a predetermined ratio threshold, determining a second slot with the same order type supported by the slot and the detected aggregate order type from the at least one candidate slot, and outputting the corresponding relation between the order and the slot number of the second slot. If more slots of the order production type are free, a portion of the order production type slots may be used to produce an order on a collective basis as appropriate. For the slots supporting the bill types produced according to the order, the total number of all the slots of the workbench is recorded as N _t The number of idle slots is recorded as N _e If N _e ≥θ·N _t Wherein θ∈ (0, 1)]For a configuration value, or no group order beyond T time from the last group order (because the number of free slots does not reach the threshold), then all of these free slots are slots available for production by the aggregate order.

In some optional implementations of the present embodiment, the method further includes: if the target slot position does not exist, slot position information of at least one idle slot position of a workbench adjacent to the target workbench is acquired; determining a fourth slot with the production type being produced according to the aggregate list and the order type supported by the slot being the same as the detected order type of the aggregate list from at least one idle slot of the adjacent workbench, and outputting the corresponding relation between the detected aggregate list and the slot number of the fourth slot. For the storage in the warehouse, the storage is classified by considering the distance from the workbench, and the closer to the workbench, the higher the level is. Multiple work stations in a warehouse can be divided into groups, and work stations closer to each other are divided into groups. The following is illustrative:

the following is illustrative:

in the first scheme, each workbench with an available free slot position is considered one by one, the shelves which are currently in warehouse delivery and are destined for the workbench are checked, and the orders of unassigned workbench mounted on the shelves are recorded as a set O (ordered according to the belonging shelves):

1) Recording all the order types supported by the available idle slots of the workbench as a set Z;

2) Consider the orders in aggregate Z for the types in aggregate O one by one:

A. if it is produced according to the collection list:

a) If the same type of order is selected before and the aggregate list with groups does not reach the upper limit (volume and order quantity), adding the selected order to the previous volume minimum aggregate list;

b) If the orders of the same type are not selected before, or the aggregate list of the group reaches the upper limit of the amount of orders or the residual volume can not be added to the order, an aggregate list is newly group of the type, and an idle slot position of a corresponding type is occupied;

c) If the selected order cannot be added to the aggregate list of the type of order of the previous group of the workbench because of the volume and the new group of aggregate list cannot be formed, continuing to consider the following order;

B. if the production is according to the order:

a) And occupying an idle slot of a corresponding type according to the selected order type.

Scheme II, consider each workbench group one by one:

1) Counting the available slots of all the workbenches in the group, including the types and production modes of orders supported by the slots and the information of the distributed orders or assembled aggregate orders, and generating an available slot list L;

2) Considering the shelves of the unassigned workbench orders in the storage partition corresponding to the workbench group one by one according to the storage level from high to low:

A. consider one by one the order of the unassigned work stations mounted on the shelf:

a) If the order does not have the corresponding type of slot in the list L, continuing to consider other orders;

b) If there are other orders on the shelf where the order is located and slots have been allocated to a certain workstation, the order prioritizes the corresponding type of slots for that same workstation and if not, considers other workstations;

c) If the orders are selected according to the orders at the considered workbench, a corresponding type of slot is preempted, if the orders are produced according to the collection list, the orders are considered to be added into the collection list which is built before, if the orders are not added or can not be added, a collection list is newly built, and a corresponding slot is occupied;

d) If the order cannot join any of the previously built aggregate orders and no new slots can be allocated, then continuing to consider other orders;

3) For the slots produced according to order picking, marking the slots produced according to the order picking is completed after the orders are distributed, and the following processes are required to be considered continuously until the number of the orders in the aggregate order reaches the upper limit or the orders of the corresponding type are not available, or all the unallocated orders of the corresponding type cannot be added to mark the completion of the group order;

Scheme three, consider each (which may be in random order) also available free slots and stations with aggregation ticket untagged completion:

1) Consider the available empty slots and the aggregate single slots of the table one by one:

A. according to the type of the order supported by the slot, checking the shelf of the order of the type with unassigned work bench hanging in other groups according to the distance from the partition of the work bench;

B. priority is given to the shelves on which no orders have been placed that have been assigned to other grouping tables;

C. according to the priority, the orders of the corresponding types of unassigned work tables hung on the shelf are considered one by one:

a) If the type of order is selected according to the order at the currently considered workbench, an available free slot is occupied, and the order is distributed;

b) If the order is sorted by the aggregate list, the order is preferentially added to the previously built aggregate list of the type, if the order cannot be added (the upper limit of the order quantity or the volume is exceeded), the pre-occupation of one slot is considered to build a new aggregate list, and if no optional slot exists, other orders are continuously considered.

In some alternative implementations of the present embodiment, after adding the order to the target collection, the method further includes: recording the time of adding orders to the target collection list; and in response to detecting that the aggregate list in the aggregate list set has the aggregate list with the time difference between the time of adding the order and the current time exceeding the preset time difference threshold, determining a third slot with the same order type supported by the slot and the detected aggregate list from at least one idle slot, and outputting the corresponding relation between the detected aggregate list and the slot number of the third slot. The order may also be controlled by the length of time, and if an order is not completed within a predetermined time difference threshold (e.g., within 5 minutes) after an aggregate order begins to be ordered, the order of the aggregate order that has been ordered is not waiting for a new order to be added, and production begins. To prevent unlimited waiting, delaying the production of orders that have been added to the aggregate sheet. For this time if there is a group of collection sheets, if the binding relation between the slot position and the collection sheets is directly issued, if the volume upper limit (for example, 50% of the total volume) is reached, otherwise, checking whether there is a time mark on the order in the collection sheets and the distance exceeds a preset time difference threshold (for example, 5 minutes), if so, issuing, otherwise, canceling the collection sheets, marking the current time of the order in the collection sheets, returning to an unassigned workbench state, and releasing the previously occupied slot position.

As can be seen from fig. 4, compared with the embodiment corresponding to fig. 2, the flow 400 of the order processing method in this embodiment highlights the step of allocating orders to free slots. Therefore, the scheme described in the embodiment can improve the ex-warehouse efficiency, thereby reducing the carrying cost.

With further reference to fig. 5, as an implementation of the method shown in the foregoing figures, the present application provides an embodiment of an order processing apparatus, where the embodiment of the apparatus corresponds to the embodiment of the method shown in fig. 2, and the apparatus is particularly applicable to various electronic devices.

As shown in fig. 5, the order processing apparatus 500 of the present embodiment includes: an acquisition unit 501, an order determination unit 502, a collection sheet determination unit 503, and a merging unit 504. Wherein the obtaining unit 501 is configured to obtain an order to be combined and a collection list set, where the order includes a name of an item, a number of items, an order type, and a production type, and the production type includes production by the collection list, and the collection list in the collection list set is generated by combining at least one order; the order determining unit 502 is configured to determine the volume of the item related to the order according to the name of the item and the number of items in the order; the aggregate list determining unit 503 is configured to determine, for each aggregate list in the aggregate list set, the number of orders of the orders combined into the aggregate list, and determine the total volume of the items involved in the aggregate list according to the volumes of the items involved in the respective orders combined into the aggregate list; the merging unit 504 is configured to add the order to the target aggregate if the production type of the order is per-aggregate production and there is a target aggregate in the aggregate, where the target aggregate is the same as the order type of the order, the number of orders does not exceed a preset number threshold, and the sum of the total volume of the items and the volume of the items related to the order does not exceed a preset volume threshold.

In this embodiment, specific processes of the acquisition unit 501, the order determination unit 502, the aggregate order determination unit 503, and the merging unit 504 of the order processing apparatus 500 may refer to steps 201, 202, 203, 204 in the corresponding embodiment of fig. 2.

In some optional implementations of this embodiment, the apparatus 500 further includes: a slot information acquisition unit (not shown) configured to acquire slot information of at least one free slot of the target table, wherein the slot information includes an order type, a production type, and a slot number supported by the slot; a slot determining unit (not shown) configured to determine whether a target slot exists in at least one free slot in response to detecting that there is a collection sheet in the collection sheet set in which the number of orders reaches a preset number threshold or the total volume of the related articles reaches a preset volume threshold, and if the target slot exists, output a correspondence between the detected collection sheet and a slot number of the target slot, wherein the production type of the target slot is produced by the collection sheet and the order type supported by the slot is the same as the order type of the detected collection sheet.

In some optional implementations of the present embodiment, the merging unit 504 is further configured to: if the number of the target collection sheets is greater than or equal to 2, adding the order into the target collection sheet with the smallest total volume of the related articles.

In some optional implementations of the present embodiment, the merging unit 504 is further configured to: if the production type of the order is produced according to the aggregate list, and the target aggregate list does not exist in the aggregate list aggregate, the aggregate list is newly built according to the order type of the order.

In some alternative implementations of the present embodiment, the type of production includes production by order; the slot position determination unit is further configured to: if the production type of the order is production according to the order, determining a first slot with the same order type as the order supported by the slot from at least one idle slot, and outputting the corresponding relation between the order and the slot number of the first slot.

In some optional implementations of the present embodiment, the apparatus 500 further comprises a reselection unit (not shown) configured to: if the target slot position does not exist, determining at least one candidate slot position with the production type being produced according to the order from at least one idle slot position; if the ratio of the number of the at least one candidate slot to the number of the at least one idle slot is greater than a predetermined ratio threshold, determining a second slot with the same order type supported by the slot and the detected aggregate order type from the at least one candidate slot, and outputting the corresponding relation between the order and the slot number of the second slot.

In some optional implementations of the present embodiment, the apparatus 500 further includes a unit (not shown) configured to: after adding the order to the target aggregate form, recording a time of adding the order to the target aggregate form; and in response to detecting that the aggregate list in the aggregate list set has the aggregate list with the time difference between the time of adding the order and the current time exceeding the preset time difference threshold, determining a third slot with the same order type supported by the slot and the detected aggregate list from at least one idle slot, and outputting the corresponding relation between the detected aggregate list and the slot number of the third slot.

In some optional implementations of this embodiment, the slot determination unit is further configured to: if the target slot position does not exist, slot position information of at least one idle slot position of a workbench adjacent to the target workbench is acquired; determining a fourth slot with the production type being produced according to the aggregate list and the order type supported by the slot being the same as the detected order type of the aggregate list from at least one idle slot of the adjacent workbench, and outputting the corresponding relation between the detected aggregate list and the slot number of the fourth slot.

In some optional implementations of the present embodiment, the obtaining unit 501 is further configured to: acquiring shelf information of at least one shelf in the carrying process, wherein the shelf information comprises a shelf position, a destination and an allocated order to be combined; determining at least one candidate shelf of which the destination is the target workbench from the at least one shelf; determining a preset number of shelves from at least one candidate shelf as target shelves according to the sequence from the small shelf position to the large destination; and acquiring the allocated orders to be combined in the shelf information of the target shelf.

In some optional implementations of the present embodiment, the order determination unit 502 is further configured to: determining the weight of the items related to the order according to the names of the items in the order and the quantity of the items; and the aggregate sheet determination unit 503 is further configured to: for each of the collection of orders, determining the number of orders of the orders combined into the collection, and determining the total weight of the items related to the collection according to the weight of the items related to each order combined into the collection; and the closing unit 504 is further configured to: if the production type of the order is produced according to the aggregate list and the target aggregate list exists in the aggregate list aggregate, adding the order into the target aggregate list, wherein the target aggregate list is the same as the order type of the order, the number of the orders does not exceed a preset number threshold, the sum of the total volume of the articles and the volume of the articles related to the order does not exceed a preset volume threshold, and the sum of the total weight of the articles and the weight of the articles related to the order does not exceed a preset weight threshold.

Referring now to FIG. 6, there is illustrated a schematic diagram of a computer system 600 suitable for use in implementing an electronic device of an embodiment of the present application. The electronic device shown in fig. 6 is only an example and should not be construed as limiting the functionality and scope of use of the embodiments of the application.

As shown in fig. 6, the computer system 600 includes a Central Processing Unit (CPU) 601, which can perform various appropriate actions and processes according to a program stored in a Read Only Memory (ROM) 602 or a program loaded from a storage section 608 into a Random Access Memory (RAM) 603. In the RAM 603, various programs and data required for the operation of the system 600 are also stored. The CPU 601, ROM 602, and RAM 603 are connected to each other through a bus 604. An input/output (I/O) interface 605 is also connected to bus 604.

The following components are connected to the I/O interface 605: an input portion 606 including a keyboard, mouse, etc.; an output portion 607 including a Cathode Ray Tube (CRT), a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), and the like, a speaker, and the like; a storage section 608 including a hard disk and the like; and a communication section 609 including a network interface card such as a LAN card, a modem, or the like. The communication section 609 performs communication processing via a network such as the internet. The drive 610 is also connected to the I/O interface 605 as needed. Removable media 611 such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a semiconductor memory, or the like is installed as needed on drive 610 so that a computer program read therefrom is installed as needed into storage section 608.

In particular, according to embodiments of the present disclosure, the processes described above with reference to flowcharts may be implemented as computer software programs. For example, embodiments of the present disclosure include a computer program product comprising a computer program embodied on a computer readable medium, the computer program comprising program code for performing the method shown in the flowcharts. In such an embodiment, the computer program may be downloaded and installed from a network through the communication portion 609, and/or installed from the removable medium 611. The above-described functions defined in the method of the present application are performed when the computer program is executed by a Central Processing Unit (CPU) 601. The computer readable medium according to the present application may be a computer readable signal medium or a computer readable storage medium, or any combination of the two. The computer readable storage medium can be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or a combination of any of the foregoing. More specific examples of the computer-readable storage medium may include, but are not limited to: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. In the context of this document, a computer readable storage medium may be any tangible medium that can contain, or store a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. In the present application, however, the computer-readable signal medium may include a data signal propagated in baseband or as part of a carrier wave, with the computer-readable program code embodied therein. Such a propagated data signal may take any of a variety of forms, including, but not limited to, electro-magnetic, optical, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. A computer readable signal medium may also be any computer readable medium that is not a computer readable storage medium and that can communicate, propagate, or transport a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. Program code embodied on a computer readable medium may be transmitted using any appropriate medium, including but not limited to: wireless, wire, fiber optic cable, RF, etc., or any suitable combination of the foregoing.

Computer program code for carrying out operations of the present application may be written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including an object oriented programming language such as Java, smalltalk, C ++ and conventional procedural programming languages, such as the "C" programming language or similar programming languages. The program code may execute entirely on the user's computer, partly on the user's computer, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computer and partly on a remote computer or entirely on the remote computer or server. In the case of a remote computer, the remote computer may be connected to the user's computer through any kind of network, including a Local Area Network (LAN) or a Wide Area Network (WAN), or may be connected to an external computer (for example, through the Internet using an Internet service provider).

The flowcharts and block diagrams in the figures illustrate the architecture, functionality, and operation of possible implementations of systems, methods and computer program products according to various embodiments of the present application. In this regard, each block in the flowchart or block diagrams may represent a module, segment, or portion of code, which comprises one or more executable instructions for implementing the specified logical function(s). It should also be noted that, in some alternative implementations, the functions noted in the block may occur out of the order noted in the figures. For example, two blocks shown in succession may, in fact, be executed substantially concurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality involved. It will also be noted that each block of the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, can be implemented by special purpose hardware-based systems which perform the specified functions or acts, or combinations of special purpose hardware and computer instructions.

The units involved in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented in software or in hardware. The described units may also be provided in a processor, for example, described as: a processor includes an acquisition unit, an order determination unit, a collection sheet determination unit, and a merging unit. Where the names of these units do not constitute a limitation on the unit itself in some cases, for example, the acquisition unit may also be described as "a unit that acquires an order and a collection of collection orders to be combined".

As another aspect, the present application also provides a computer-readable medium that may be contained in the apparatus described in the above embodiments; or may be present alone without being fitted into the device. The computer readable medium carries one or more programs which, when executed by the apparatus, cause the apparatus to: determining the volume of the items related to the order according to the names of the items in the order and the quantity of the items; for each of the collection of orders, determining the number of orders of the orders combined into the collection of orders, and determining the total volume of the items related to the collection of orders according to the volumes of the items related to the orders combined into the collection of orders; if the production type of the order is that the order is produced according to the aggregate list, and a target aggregate list exists in the aggregate list aggregate, the order is added into the target aggregate list, wherein the target aggregate list is the same as the order type of the order, the number of the order does not exceed a preset number threshold, and the sum of the total volume of the articles and the volume of the articles related to the order does not exceed a preset volume threshold.

The above description is only illustrative of the preferred embodiments of the present application and of the principles of the technology employed. It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that the scope of the application referred to in the present application is not limited to the specific combinations of the technical features described above, but also covers other technical features formed by any combination of the technical features described above or their equivalents without departing from the inventive concept. Such as the above-mentioned features and the technical features disclosed in the present application (but not limited to) having similar functions are replaced with each other.

Claims

1. An order processing method, comprising:

acquiring an order to be combined and a collection list set, wherein the order comprises names of articles, the number of the articles, the order type and the production type, the production type comprises production according to the collection list and production according to the order, and the collection list in the collection list set is generated by combining at least one order, wherein the production according to the collection list means that after a plurality of orders form the collection list, a goods shelf where the related articles are located is transported to a workbench; according to the order production, after receiving the order, directly conveying the goods shelf where the related object is positioned to a workbench;

Determining the volume of the items related to the order according to the names of the items and the quantity of the items in the order;

for each of the collection of collection sheets, determining the number of orders of the orders combined into the collection sheet, and determining the total volume of the articles related to the collection sheet according to the volumes of the articles related to the orders combined into the collection sheet;

if the production type of the order is production according to an aggregate list, and a target aggregate list exists in the aggregate list aggregate, adding the order into the target aggregate list, wherein the target aggregate list is the same as the order type of the order, the number of the orders does not exceed a preset number threshold, and the sum of the total volume of the articles and the volume of the articles related to the order does not exceed a preset volume threshold;

acquiring slot information of at least one idle slot of a target workbench, wherein the slot information comprises an order type, a production type and a slot number supported by the slot;

in response to detecting that the quantity of orders in the collection list set reaches the preset quantity threshold value or the total volume of the related articles reaches the preset volume threshold value, determining whether a target slot is present in the at least one idle slot, and if the target slot is present, outputting a corresponding relation between the detected collection list and a slot number of the target slot, wherein the production type of the target slot is that the collection list is produced and the supported order type of the slot is the same as that of the detected collection list;

If the production type of the order is production according to the order, determining a first slot with the same order type as the order supported by the slot from the at least one idle slot, and outputting the corresponding relation between the order and the slot number of the first slot.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the adding the order to the target aggregate order comprises:

and if the number of the target collection lists is more than or equal to 2, adding the order into the target collection list with the smallest total volume of the related articles.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

and if the production type of the order is produced according to the aggregate list and the target aggregate list does not exist in the aggregate list aggregate, newly building the aggregate list aiming at the order type of the order.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

if the target slot position does not exist, determining at least one candidate slot position with the production type being produced according to the order from the at least one idle slot position;

if the ratio of the number of the at least one candidate slot to the number of the at least one idle slot is greater than a predetermined ratio threshold, determining a second slot with the same order type supported by the slot and the detected aggregate order from the at least one candidate slot, and outputting the corresponding relation between the order and the slot number of the second slot.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein after the adding the order to the target collection, the method further comprises:

recording the time of adding the order to the target collection list;

and in response to detecting that the aggregate list in the aggregate list set has the aggregate list with the time difference between the time for adding the order and the current time exceeding a preset time difference threshold, determining a third slot with the same order type supported by the slot and the detected aggregate list from the at least one idle slot, and outputting the corresponding relation between the detected aggregate list and the slot number of the third slot.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the method further comprises:

if the target slot position does not exist, slot position information of at least one idle slot position of a workbench adjacent to the target workbench is acquired;

determining a fourth slot with the production type being produced according to the aggregate list and the order type supported by the slot being the same as the detected order type of the aggregate list from at least one idle slot of the adjacent work tables, and outputting the corresponding relation between the detected aggregate list and the slot number of the fourth slot.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the acquiring the order to be consolidated comprises:

acquiring shelf information of at least one shelf, wherein the shelf information comprises a shelf position, a destination, an allocated order to be combined and a shelf state;

determining at least one candidate pallet from the at least one pallet, the pallet status of which is being handled and the destination of which is the target table;

determining a preset number of shelves from the at least one candidate shelf as target shelves according to the sequence from the shelf position to the destination from small to large;

and acquiring the allocated orders to be combined in the shelf information of the target shelf.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

determining the weight of the items related to the order according to the names of the items and the quantity of the items in the order;

for each of the collection of collection orders, determining the number of orders of the orders combined into the collection, and determining the total weight of the articles related to the collection according to the weight of the articles related to each order combined into the collection;

and if the production type of the order is that the order is produced according to a collection list, and a target collection list exists in the collection list collection, adding the order into the target collection list, wherein the target collection list is the same as the order type of the order, the number of the orders does not exceed a preset number threshold, the sum of the total volume of the articles and the volume of the articles related to the order does not exceed a preset volume threshold, and the sum of the total weight of the articles and the weight of the articles related to the order does not exceed a preset weight threshold.

9. An order processing apparatus, comprising:

the system comprises an acquisition unit, a processing unit and a processing unit, wherein the acquisition unit is configured to acquire an order to be combined and a collection list collection, the order comprises the names of articles, the number of the articles, the order types and the production types, the production types comprise production according to the collection list and production according to the order, the collection list in the collection list collection is generated by combining at least one order, and the production according to the collection list means that after a plurality of orders form the collection list, a goods shelf where the related articles are located is transported to a workbench; according to the order production, after receiving the order, directly conveying the goods shelf where the related object is positioned to a workbench;

an order determining unit configured to determine a volume of an item related to the order according to a name of the item and a number of the item in the order;

a collection list determining unit configured to determine, for each collection list in the collection list collection, the number of orders of the orders combined into the collection list, and determine the total volume of the items related to the collection list according to the volumes of the items related to the orders combined into the collection list;

a closing unit configured to add the order to the target collection list if the production type of the order is per-collection list production and there is a target collection list in the collection list collection, wherein the target collection list is the same as the order type of the order, the number of orders does not exceed a preset number threshold, and the sum of the total volume of the articles and the volume of the articles related to the order does not exceed a preset volume threshold;

A slot information obtaining unit configured to obtain slot information of at least one idle slot of the target workbench, wherein the slot information includes an order type, a production type and a slot number supported by the slot;

a slot position determining unit, configured to determine whether a target slot position exists in the at least one idle slot position in response to detecting that a collection list exists in the collection list collection, wherein the number of orders in the collection list reaches the preset number threshold value or the total volume of the related articles reaches the preset volume threshold value, and if the target slot position exists, output a corresponding relation between the detected collection list and a slot position number of the target slot position, wherein the production type of the target slot position is that the collection list is produced and the supported order type of the slot position is the same as the detected collection list;

the slot position determination unit is further configured to:

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the unit is further configured to:

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the unit is further configured to:

12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the apparatus further comprises a reselection unit configured to:

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the apparatus further comprises a closing detection unit configured to:

recording a time to add the order to the target aggregate form after the adding the order to the target aggregate form;

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the slot determination unit is further configured to:

15. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the acquisition unit is further configured to:

acquiring shelf information of at least one shelf in the carrying process, wherein the shelf information comprises a shelf position, a destination and an allocated order to be combined;

determining at least one candidate shelf of which the destination is a target workbench from the at least one shelf;

16. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the order determination unit is further configured to: determining the weight of the items related to the order according to the names of the items and the quantity of the items in the order; and

the aggregate sheet determination unit is further configured to: for each of the collection of collection orders, determining the number of orders of the orders combined into the collection, and determining the total weight of the articles related to the collection according to the weight of the articles related to each order combined into the collection; and

The unit is further configured to: and if the production type of the order is that the order is produced according to a collection list, and a target collection list exists in the collection list collection, adding the order into the target collection list, wherein the target collection list is the same as the order type of the order, the number of the orders does not exceed a preset number threshold, the sum of the total volume of the articles and the volume of the articles related to the order does not exceed a preset volume threshold, and the sum of the total weight of the articles and the weight of the articles related to the order does not exceed a preset weight threshold.

17. An electronic device, comprising:

one or more processors;

storage means for storing one or more programs,

when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to implement the method of any of claims 1-8.

18. A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program, wherein the program when executed by a processor implements the method of any of claims 1-8.