CN113283826B - Method and system for delivering articles out of warehouse - Google Patents

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CN113283826B
CN113283826B CN202110307549.5A CN202110307549A CN113283826B CN 113283826 B CN113283826 B CN 113283826B CN 202110307549 A CN202110307549 A CN 202110307549A CN 113283826 B CN113283826 B CN 113283826B
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Abstract

The application discloses a method and a system for delivering articles out of a warehouse. One embodiment of the method comprises the following steps: determining the equipment capacity required by the appointed time according to the order of the operation of the warehouse-out required by the appointed time; predicting the ending of the specified time, and completing the equipment capacity under different working modes, wherein the working modes are used for representing that the objects to be delivered on the delivery shelf are selected to the conveying device by a specified number of operators for delivery operation; and determining a working mode to be executed according to the required equipment capacity and the equipment capacity which can be completed under different working modes, and adopting the working mode to be executed to prompt an operator corresponding to the working mode to be executed to carry out a warehouse-out operation. The application provides a method for delivering articles to a warehouse, which improves the matching degree between a working mode and an actual scene.

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Method and system for delivering articles out of warehouse
Technical Field
The embodiment of the application relates to the technical field of computers, in particular to a method and a system for delivering articles.
Background
The delivery of articles is an important link in warehousing operations. Wherein, fresh cold chain articles are influenced by sales promotion and seasonal factors, and the quantity of the fresh cold chain articles to be delivered is greatly changed. In addition, in a real scene, a plurality of wave times (for example, one wave time is the operation of leaving a warehouse for completing the order before 11:00 before 12:00) can be set in daily production, so that in daily production, the number of orders of each wave time is greatly changed, and a reasonable number of operators cannot be arranged to assist machine equipment in carrying out the operation of leaving a warehouse, so that the production cannot be completed in time.
Disclosure of Invention
The embodiment of the application provides a method and a system for delivering articles.
In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for delivering articles, where each article is stored in a plurality of shelf groups in a storage area, each of the plurality of shelf groups is formed by annularly arranging a plurality of shelves, and each of the plurality of shelf groups can integrally rotate in a same direction under the drive of a driving device, so as to deliver a target shelf to a preset position as a delivery shelf, where the method includes: determining the equipment capacity required by the appointed time according to the order of the operation of the warehouse-out required by the appointed time; predicting the ending of the specified time, and completing the equipment capacity under different working modes, wherein the working modes are used for representing that the objects to be delivered on the delivery shelf are selected to the conveying device by a specified number of operators for delivery operation; and determining a working mode to be executed according to the required equipment capacity and the equipment capacity which can be finished in different working modes, so as to prompt an operator corresponding to the working mode to be executed to carry out a warehouse-out operation.
In some embodiments, determining the capacity of the equipment required by the specified time according to the order of the delivery operation required by the specified time, includes: combining orders which need to finish the ex-warehouse operation before the appointed time to obtain a plurality of ex-warehouse tasks; determining a storage position of the to-be-ex-warehouse object in each ex-warehouse task in the plurality of ex-warehouse tasks in the storage area; dividing the to-be-delivered objects of the same goods shelf, the storage positions of which belong to the same storage area, in each delivery task into the same picking task; and determining the equipment capacity required by the appointed time according to the determined multiple picking tasks and the quantity and the category quantity of the items in the order required to complete the ex-warehouse operation before the appointed time.
In some embodiments, each of the plurality of pick orders is divided into a plurality of sub-orders based on the type of item to be deposited in the pick order; and determining the equipment capacity required by the appointed time according to the determined multiple picking tasks and the quantity and the category quantity of the items in the order needed to complete the ex-warehouse operation before the appointed time, wherein the equipment capacity comprises the following steps: and determining the equipment capacity required by the appointed time according to the number of subtasks in the plurality of picking tasks and the number and the category number of the articles in the order needed to complete the ex-warehouse operation before the appointed time.
In some embodiments, the order required to complete the out-of-store operation before the specified time includes a people district relay order; and determining the equipment capacity required by the appointed time according to the subtask number in the plurality of picking tasks and the item number and the category number of the items in the order required to complete the ex-warehouse operation before the appointed time, wherein the equipment capacity required by the appointed time is determined by the method comprises the following steps: according to the number of subtasks in the plurality of picking tasks, the number of shelves related to the plurality of picking tasks, the number of articles and the number of types of articles in an order required to complete a warehouse-out operation before a specified time, the number of articles and the number of types of articles in a person-distinguished relay order, and the equipment capacity required by the specified time is determined.
In some embodiments, the predicting may be performed until a specified time, and the achievable device capacity may include: and determining the equipment capacity which can be finished in different working modes until the specified time is reached based on the preset weight for representing the capacity efficiency in different working modes.
In some embodiments, the modes of operation include a one-person picking mode, a two-person picking mode, and a four-person picking mode, with four shelf groups included in the storage area.
In some embodiments, determining the working mode to be executed according to the required equipment capacity and the equipment capacity achievable in different working modes, and adopting the working mode to be executed to prompt an operator corresponding to the working mode to perform a warehouse-out operation, including: in response to determining that the required equipment capacity is not greater than the equipment capacity achievable in the one-person pick mode, determining the one-person pick mode as the work mode to be performed; and displaying the articles to be delivered through the display screen corresponding to each shelf group by adopting a one-person picking mode, and prompting an operator corresponding to the one-person picking mode to deliver the articles to be delivered to a target placing position in the conveying device through a first label in the conveying device so as to carry out delivery operation.
In some embodiments, determining the working mode to be executed according to the required equipment capacity and the equipment capacity achievable in different working modes, and adopting the working mode to be executed to prompt an operator corresponding to the working mode to perform a warehouse-out operation, including: in response to determining that the required equipment capacity is greater than the equipment capacity achievable in the one-person picking mode and not greater than the equipment capacity achievable in the two-person picking mode, determining the two-person picking mode as the work mode to be performed; and the two-person picking mode is adopted, the articles to be delivered are displayed through the display screen corresponding to each shelf group, and two operators corresponding to the two-person picking mode are sequentially prompted through the first label and the second label in the conveying device to place the articles to be delivered in the target placement position in the conveying device so as to carry out delivery operation.
In some embodiments, determining the working mode to be executed according to the required equipment capacity and the equipment capacity achievable in different working modes, and adopting the working mode to be executed to prompt an operator corresponding to the working mode to perform a warehouse-out operation, including: in response to determining that the required equipment capacity is greater than the equipment capacity achievable in the two-person picking mode and not greater than the equipment capacity achievable in the four-person picking mode, determining the four-person picking mode as a work mode to be performed; and displaying the articles to be delivered through the display screen corresponding to each shelf group by adopting a four-person picking mode, and prompting four operators corresponding to the four-person picking mode to place the articles to be delivered in a target placement position in the conveying device so as to carry out delivery operation.
In some embodiments, the above method further comprises: in the process of executing the ex-warehouse operation, determining a working mode to be updated based on the real-time determined equipment capacity required by the appointed time and the equipment capacity which can be completed in different working modes; and executing the working mode to be updated in response to determining that the working mode to be updated is different from the working mode to be executed, so as to prompt an operator corresponding to the working mode to be updated to carry out the ex-warehouse operation.
In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a system for delivering an article out of a warehouse, including: the goods-to-person equipment comprises a plurality of shelf groups in a storage area, wherein each shelf group in the plurality of shelf groups is formed by annularly arranging a plurality of shelves, and each shelf group can integrally rotate in the same direction under the drive of a driving device so as to convey a target shelf to a preset position to be a delivery shelf; the warehouse management system is configured to determine an order for completing a warehouse-out operation before a specified time; the warehouse control system is configured to determine the equipment capacity required by the appointed time according to the order of the warehouse-out operation required to be completed before the appointed time; predicting the ending of the specified time, and completing the equipment capacity under different working modes, wherein the working modes are used for representing that the objects to be delivered on the delivery shelf are selected to the conveying device by a specified number of operators for delivery operation; and determining a working mode to be executed according to the required equipment capacity and the equipment capacity which can be completed under different working modes, and adopting the working mode to be executed to prompt an operator corresponding to the working mode to be executed to carry out a warehouse-out operation.
In some embodiments, the warehouse management system is further configured to: combining orders which need to finish the ex-warehouse operation before the appointed time to obtain a plurality of ex-warehouse tasks; a warehouse control system further configured to: determining a storage position of the to-be-ex-warehouse object in each ex-warehouse task in the plurality of ex-warehouse tasks in the storage area; dividing the to-be-delivered objects of the same goods shelf, the storage positions of which belong to the same storage area, in each delivery task into the same picking task; and determining the equipment capacity required by the appointed time according to the determined multiple picking tasks and the quantity and the category quantity of the items in the order required to complete the ex-warehouse operation before the appointed time.
In some embodiments, each of the plurality of pick orders is divided into a plurality of sub-orders based on the type of item to be deposited in the pick order; and a warehouse control system further configured to: and determining the equipment capacity required by the appointed time according to the number of subtasks in the plurality of picking tasks and the number and the category number of the articles in the order needed to complete the ex-warehouse operation before the appointed time.
In some embodiments, the order required to complete the out-of-store operation before the specified time includes a people district relay order; and a warehouse control system further configured to: according to the number of subtasks in the plurality of picking tasks, the number of shelves related to the plurality of picking tasks, the number of articles and the number of types of articles in an order required to complete a warehouse-out operation before a specified time, the number of articles and the number of types of articles in a person-distinguished relay order, and the equipment capacity required by the specified time is determined.
In some embodiments, the warehouse control system is further configured to: and determining the equipment capacity which can be finished in different working modes until the specified time is reached based on the preset weight for representing the capacity efficiency in different working modes.
In some embodiments, the modes of operation include a one-person picking mode, a two-person picking mode, and a four-person picking mode, with four shelf groups included in the storage area.
In some embodiments, the warehouse control system is further configured to: in response to determining that the required equipment capacity is not greater than the equipment capacity achievable in the one-person pick mode, determining the one-person pick mode as the work mode to be performed; and displaying the articles to be delivered through the display screen corresponding to each shelf group by adopting a one-person picking mode, and prompting an operator corresponding to the one-person picking mode to deliver the articles to be delivered to a target placing position in the conveying device through a first label in the conveying device so as to carry out delivery operation.
In some embodiments, the warehouse control system is further configured to: in response to determining that the required equipment capacity is greater than the equipment capacity achievable in the one-person picking mode and not greater than the equipment capacity achievable in the two-person picking mode, determining the two-person picking mode as the work mode to be performed; and the two-person picking mode is adopted, the articles to be delivered are displayed through the display screen corresponding to each shelf group, and two operators corresponding to the two-person picking mode are sequentially prompted through the first label and the second label in the conveying device to place the articles to be delivered in the target placement position in the conveying device so as to carry out delivery operation.
In some embodiments, the warehouse control system is further configured to: in response to determining that the required equipment capacity is greater than the equipment capacity achievable in the two-person picking mode and not greater than the equipment capacity achievable in the four-person picking mode, determining the four-person picking mode as a work mode to be performed; and displaying the articles to be delivered through the display screen corresponding to each shelf group by adopting a four-person picking mode, and prompting four operators corresponding to the four-person picking mode to place the articles to be delivered in a target placement position in the conveying device so as to carry out delivery operation.
In some embodiments, the warehouse control system is further configured to: in the process of executing the ex-warehouse operation, determining a working mode to be updated based on the real-time determined equipment capacity required by the appointed time and the equipment capacity which can be completed in different working modes; and executing the working mode to be updated in response to determining that the working mode to be updated is different from the working mode to be executed, so as to prompt an operator corresponding to the working mode to be updated to carry out the ex-warehouse operation.
In a third aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a computer readable medium having a computer program stored thereon, wherein the program when executed by a processor implements a method as described in any of the implementations of the first aspect.
In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, including: one or more processors; a storage device having one or more programs stored thereon, which when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to implement the method as described in any of the implementations of the first aspect.
According to the method and the system for delivering the articles, equipment capacity required by the appointed time is determined according to the order of the delivery operation required by the appointed time; predicting the ending of the specified time, and completing the equipment capacity under different working modes, wherein the working modes are used for representing that the objects to be delivered on the delivery shelf are selected to the conveying device by a specified number of operators for delivery operation; according to the required equipment capacity and the equipment capacity which can be finished in different working modes, the working mode to be executed is determined so as to prompt an operator corresponding to the working mode to be executed to carry out the ex-warehouse operation, so that the method for ex-warehouse of the articles is provided, and the matching degree between the working mode and an actual scene is improved.
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FIG. 1 is an exemplary system architecture diagram in which an embodiment of the present application may be applied;
FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of a warehousing system for articles according to the application;
FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of A-A of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a flow chart of one embodiment of a method of warehousing out of items according to the present application;
fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario of the method of delivering articles according to the present embodiment;
FIG. 6 is a flow chart of yet another embodiment of a method of warehousing out of items according to the present application;
FIG. 7 is a block diagram of one embodiment of a system for the shipment of items according to the present application;
FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a computer system suitable for use in implementing embodiments of the present application.
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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 architecture 100 of a method and apparatus for the delivery of items to which the present application may be applied.
As shown in fig. 1, a system architecture 100 may include terminal devices 101, 102, 103, a network 104, and a server 105. The communication connection between the terminal devices 101, 102, 103 constitutes a topology network, the network 104 being the medium for providing the communication link between the terminal devices 101, 102, 103 and the server 105. The network 104 may include various connection types, such as wired, wireless communication links, or fiber optic cables, among others.
The terminal devices 101, 102, 103 may be hardware devices or software supporting network connections for data interaction and data processing. When the terminal device 101, 102, 103 is hardware, it may be various electronic devices supporting network connection, information acquisition, interaction, display, processing, etc., including but not limited to smartphones, tablet computers, electronic book readers, laptop and desktop computers, etc. When the terminal devices 101, 102, 103 are software, they can be installed in the above-listed electronic devices. It may be implemented as a plurality of software or software modules, for example, for providing distributed services, or as a single software or software module. The present application is not particularly limited herein.
The server 105 may be a server providing various services, such as a background processing server that obtains order information sent by a user through the terminal devices 101, 102, 103, and determines an operation mode during the process of delivering an article according to an order for which a delivery operation is required before a specified time. As an example, the server 105 may be a cloud server.
The server may be hardware or software. When the server is hardware, the server may be implemented as a distributed server cluster formed by a plurality of servers, or may be implemented as a single server. When the server is software, it may be implemented as a plurality of software or software modules (e.g., software or software modules for providing distributed services), or as a single software or software module. The present invention is not particularly limited herein.
It should also be noted that, the method for delivering the articles provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure may be executed by a server.
It should be understood that the number of terminal devices, networks and servers in fig. 1 is merely illustrative. There may be any number of terminal devices, networks, and servers, as desired for implementation. When the electronic device on which the method for the shipment of the item operates does not need to perform data transmission with other electronic devices, the system architecture may include only the electronic device (e.g., a server or a terminal device) on which the method for the shipment of the item operates.
With continued reference to fig. 2, a warehousing system 200 according to one embodiment is shown that matches the method of delivering items of the present application. The warehouse system 200 is matched with the method for discharging articles according to the application to perform the operation of discharging articles.
As shown in fig. 2, the warehouse system 200 is provided with a plurality of storage areas 202 and an operation area 201 matched with the storage areas. The operation area 201 is used to provide a comfortable operation environment for an operator, and various items are stored in the storage area 202. As an example, various fresh products are stored frozen in the storage area. The operation area 201 and the storage area 202 can be isolated by a thermal insulation wall 205.
The operation area 201 and the storage area 202 may be multiple, and the operation areas 201 and the storage areas 202 may be arranged in different areas or different floors. The plurality of operation areas 201 may be arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of storage areas 202, or one operation area 201 may be arranged in correspondence with the plurality of storage areas 202.
A conveying device 203 that conveys articles to be delivered is provided in each operation area 201. The conveying device 203 conveys the turn-around box 2032 into the operation area 201 through a conveying line incoming line 2031, and conveys the turn-around box 2032 out of the operation area 201 through a conveying line outgoing line 2033 after receiving the article to be delivered. The conveyor line inlet 2031 and the conveyor line outlet 2032 form a conveyor line of the conveyor device. The transfer box is turned by lifting the transfer device 2034 on the transfer line incoming line 2032 or the transfer line outgoing line 2033, and is transferred between the transfer devices in the operation areas 201 on different floors by the elevator.
Based on convenience of operation, a plurality of buffer crossings 2035 for temporarily storing the turn-around boxes may be provided adjacent to the transfer line 2033. After entering the corresponding buffer crossing under the control of the jacking transfer device 2034, the operator takes out the articles to be delivered from the delivery shelf of the storage area 202, and then places the articles in the transfer box 2032 at the buffer crossing 2035, and then conveys the articles to be delivered out through the transfer box 2032.
In order to improve the conveying efficiency of the conveying device, in the conveying process of the turnover box, the turnover box identifier on the turnover box is scanned through the scanning device 206 arranged on the conveying line so as to bind the turnover box with the target cache crossing and the picking task in the plurality of cache crossings, and the turnover box can enter the target cache crossing under the driving of the jacking transfer device to execute the bound picking task binding. For example, the conveyor may be controlled to automatically convey empty totes; controlling a bar code scanner to scan bar codes outside passing through the turnover boxes so as to identify different turnover boxes to finish registration; binding the turnover box with the picking task and the cache crossing; the conveying device conveys the turnover box to the position of the bound target cache crossing; and feeds back information of arrival of the tote at the target cache crossing to the subject of execution of the method of the present application (e.g., server 105 in fig. 1).
Each cache crossing can be provided with a corresponding electronic tag and a control button, the information of the articles to be delivered of the picking task corresponding to the bound turnover box is displayed through the electronic tag, after the picking task corresponding to the turnover box is completed, an operator can confirm the information of the articles to be delivered through the control button, and when abnormal information (such as differences between the articles selected from the storage area and the picked articles corresponding to the picking task) occurs, abnormal information is fed back.
A plurality of shelf rotation systems 204 are provided in each storage area 202, each shelf rotation system 204 comprising a set of shelves 2041 and a drive means (comprising a power means 2043 and a transmission means 2044) for controlling the rotation of the set of shelves 2041 about a lane 2042. Wherein each shelf group 2041 includes a plurality of shelves 2045. Each shelf 2045 is provided with a plurality of layers, which divide the shelf into a plurality of storage layers, each storage layer being provided with a plurality of storage locations for storage of different kinds of articles.
As shown in fig. 3 (cross-sectional views of fig. 2B-B), a plurality of automatically openable and closable automatic doors 207 are provided on the thermal wall between the operation area 201 and the storage area 202, the plurality of automatic doors being in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of shelf groups 2041 in the storage area 202, based on convenience of operation. When the goods shelves corresponding to the picking tasks rotate to the automatic doors, the automatic doors are opened, operators pick the goods to be picked out, and the goods to be picked out are placed at the corresponding cache crossing.
A preset display screen 208 may be provided corresponding to each automatic door, through which the article information (article name, number of shelves, specification model, commodity code, etc.) of all the articles on the shelf, and corresponding shelf number, storage location information are displayed. Through the display information on the preset display screen, operators can conveniently know the article information of the warehouse-out goods shelf, and the operation efficiency is improved.
In this embodiment, an air curtain 209 may be provided corresponding to each automatic door to reduce temperature exchange between the operation area 201 and the storage area 202 when the automatic door is opened.
With continued reference to FIG. 4, a flow 400 of one embodiment of a method of shipping items is shown, comprising the steps of:
step 401, determining the equipment capacity required by the appointed time according to the order of the ex-warehouse operation required by the appointed time.
In this embodiment, the execution subject (e.g., the server in fig. 1) of the method for delivering the articles may determine the capacity of the apparatus required to reach the designated time according to the order for delivering the articles before the designated time.
The specified time may be a time set according to actual conditions. In the field of electronic commerce, a plurality of wave orders are preset for orders of users on a shopping platform, and then the orders are processed by taking the wave orders as processing units. For example, if one wave is to complete an order before 11:00 before 12:00, the designated time may be 12:00, and the order required to complete the ex-warehouse operation is an order before 11:00.
In this embodiment, the execution subject may determine the total number of items involved in the order for which the shipment operation is required to be completed before the specified time as the equipment capacity required until the specified time.
It will be appreciated that where the total number of items is constant, factors such as the type of item to which the item relates, the location distribution in the storage area, etc., may affect the capacity of the apparatus. As an example, in the case where the total number of articles is constant, the fewer the types of articles, the more convenient the article discharge operation, the higher the discharge efficiency, and thus the lower the required equipment capacity. At this time, in determining the required plant capacity, if only the total number of items involved in the order is considered, a problem may be caused in that the accuracy of the determined plant capacity is low.
In some alternative implementations of the present embodiment, in order to better adapt to the warehousing system shown in fig. 2 and 3 and improve the accuracy of the determined capacity of the equipment, the execution entity performs the step 401 by:
first, combine the order that needs to finish the operation of leaving warehouse before the appointed time, get a plurality of tasks of leaving warehouse.
In this implementation, the orders for which the out-of-stock operation needs to be completed before the specified time may be combined in any manner. As an example, a preset number of orders may be combined based on the similarity of items in the orders, resulting in multiple delivery tasks. As yet another example, a preset number of orders may be combined based on proximity in time between orders, resulting in multiple out-of-stock tasks. The preset number may be specifically set according to actual situations, and is not limited herein.
Second, a storage location for the item to be delivered in each of the plurality of delivery tasks is determined in the storage area.
In this implementation, when the articles enter the storage area, the storage position of each article is predetermined, and the storage position information of each article is stored. The execution body may determine a storage location of the article to be delivered in each delivery task according to the stored storage location of each article.
Thirdly, in each delivery task, the articles to be delivered of the same goods shelf, the storage positions of which belong to the same storage area, are divided into the same picking tasks.
In the warehouse system shown in fig. 2 and 3, each shelf group can integrally rotate in the same direction under the drive of the driving device, so as to convey the target shelf to a preset position to be a warehouse-out shelf. In order to increase the efficiency of the shipment, it is desirable in this implementation to sort out as many items to be shipped as possible on each determined shipment shelf. Therefore, in each delivery task, the articles to be delivered from the same shelf, the storage positions of which belong to the same storage area, are divided into the same picking tasks, so that one picking task is completed through one delivery shelf.
Fourth, the facility capacity required to expire at the specified time is determined based on the determined number of picking orders and the number of items and types of items in the order for which the out-of-stock operation is to be completed prior to the specified time.
In this implementation manner, the executing body may set a corresponding weight for the number of picking tasks, the number of articles, and the number of types, so as to perform weighted calculation on the number of picking tasks, the number of articles, and the number of types, and determine the capacity of the device required by the specified time. The weights corresponding to the number of picking tasks, the number of items and the number of types of items can be obtained through statistics according to data (such as the number of picking tasks, the number of items, the number of types of items and the capacity of equipment) generated in the conventional ex-warehouse process.
In some alternative implementations of the present embodiment, each of the plurality of pick orders is divided into a plurality of sub-orders based on the type of item to be delivered in the pick order, each sub-order corresponding to an item to which the pick order relates.
The execution body may determine the equipment capacity required until the specified time according to the number of subtasks in the plurality of picking tasks and the number and the type number of the items in the order required to complete the shipment operation before the specified time.
The execution main body can set corresponding weights for the number of subtasks, the number of articles and the number of types in the plurality of picking tasks, and further performs weighted calculation on the number of subtasks, the number of articles and the number of types of picking tasks, so as to determine the capacity of equipment required by the specified time.
It will be appreciated that the more subtasks, the lower the ex-warehouse efficiency, the higher the required plant capacity; when fewer subtasks are needed, the higher the ex-warehouse efficiency is, the lower the required plant capacity is. The accuracy of the determined facility capacity may be further improved compared to the number of subtasks in the reference pick order.
The execution body can determine the equipment capacity required by the appointed time according to the number of subtasks, the number of articles and the number of types of all orders required by the ex-warehouse operation before the appointed time and the number of subtasks, the number of articles and the number of types of the human-area relay orders.
In some cases, there may be a people-zone relay order in the order that is required to complete the out-of-stock operation before the specified time. The person-area relay order is an order in which picking tasks of the first stick are completed in the machine area, and then relay picking tasks of the second stick are performed in the person area. In the warehousing system shown in fig. 2, the machine equipment is mainly used for carrying out the warehouse-out operation, which can be regarded as a machine area. The personnel area is different from the machine area, and mainly uses an operator to carry out a warehouse-out operation.
The execution body can determine the equipment capacity required by the appointed time according to the number of subtasks in the plurality of picking tasks, the number of shelves related to the plurality of picking tasks, the number of articles and the number of types of articles in the order needed to finish the ex-warehouse operation before the appointed time, and the number of articles and the number of types of articles in the person-to-person relay order.
Specifically, the execution body may set a corresponding weight for the number of sub-tasks in the plurality of picking tasks, the number of shelves involved in the plurality of picking tasks, the number of items and the number of types of items in the order required to complete the shipment operation before the designated time, the number of items and the number of types of items in the person-in-person relay order, and further perform weighted calculation for the number of sub-tasks in the plurality of picking tasks, the number of shelves involved in the plurality of picking tasks, the number of items and the number of types of items in the order required to complete the shipment operation before the designated time, and the number of items and the number of types of items in the person-in-person relay order, so as to determine the capacity of the equipment required to cut off the designated time.
Step 402, predicting the ending of the specified time, and completing the production capacity of the equipment under different working modes.
In this embodiment, the execution body may predict the device capacity that is completed in different operation modes when the execution body is blocked by the specified time. The working mode is used for representing that the objects to be delivered on the delivery shelf are selected to the conveying device by a specified number of operators to carry out delivery operation.
In this embodiment, the working modes may be set for the storage area, and the number of operators in different working modes is different. In particular, the number of operators may be any one of the values represented by the number of shelf groups divisible from 1 to an integer between the values represented by the number of shelf groups included in the storage area.
As an example, 4 shelf groups are included in each storage area. Among the integers between 1 and 4, the integer capable of dividing by 4 includes 1, 2, 4, and the operation mode may include a one-person picking mode, a two-person picking mode, and a four-person picking mode. In one person picking mode, one operator is responsible for the warehouse-out operation of four pallet groups in the storage area. In the two-person picking mode, two operators are responsible for the out-of-stock operation of four shelf groups in the storage area, and each operator is responsible for the out-of-stock operation of two shelf groups in the storage area. In the four person picking mode, four operators are responsible for the out-of-stock operations of four shelf groups in the storage area, and each operator is responsible for the out-of-stock operations of one shelf group in the storage area.
It can be appreciated that the greater the number of operators in the operating mode, the greater the ex-warehouse efficiency and the greater the capacity of the equipment that can be completed; the fewer the number of operators in the operating mode, the lower the ex-warehouse efficiency and the lower the capacity of the equipment that can be completed.
In some optional implementations of this embodiment, the execution entity may determine that the device capacity is achievable in different operation modes up to the specified time based on a preset weight representing the capacity efficiency in the different operation modes. The preset weight can be obtained according to data statistics generated in the past ex-warehouse process.
In order to increase the accuracy of the predicted achievable plant capacity, the following constraints are set for preset weights characterizing the capacity efficiency in the different operating modes:
q 1 <q 2 <q 4
q 1 <q 2 <2q 1
q 2 <q 4 <2q 2
wherein q 1 、q 2 、q 4 The method comprises the steps of respectively representing a one-person picking mode, a two-person picking mode and preset weights representing productivity efficiency in four-person picking modes.
Step 403, determining a working mode to be executed according to the required equipment capacity and the equipment capacity which can be completed in different working modes, so as to prompt an operator corresponding to the working mode to be executed to carry out a warehouse-out operation.
In this embodiment, the execution body may determine the to-be-executed working mode according to the required equipment capacity and the equipment capacity that can be completed in different working modes, so as to prompt the operator corresponding to the to-be-executed working mode to perform the ex-warehouse operation.
As an example, the execution subject determines, as the operation mode to be executed, an operation mode which is closest to the required plant capacity and which is larger than the required plant capacity among the plant capacities achievable in the different operation modes.
Specifically, the determination process of the one person picking mode is as follows: in response to determining that the required equipment capacity is not greater than the equipment capacity achievable in the one-person pick mode, determining the one-person pick mode as the work mode to be performed; and displaying the articles to be delivered through the display screen corresponding to each shelf group by adopting a one-person picking mode, and prompting an operator corresponding to the one-person picking mode to deliver the articles to be delivered to a target placing position in the conveying device through a first label in the conveying device so as to carry out delivery operation.
The determination process of the two-person picking mode comprises the following steps: in response to determining that the required equipment capacity is greater than the equipment capacity achievable in the one-person picking mode and not greater than the equipment capacity achievable in the two-person picking mode, determining the two-person picking mode as the work mode to be performed; and the two-person picking mode is adopted, the articles to be delivered are displayed through the display screen corresponding to each shelf group, and two operators corresponding to the two-person picking mode are sequentially prompted through the first label and the second label in the conveying device to place the articles to be delivered in the target placement position in the conveying device so as to carry out delivery operation.
The determining process of the four-person picking mode comprises the following steps: in response to determining that the required equipment capacity is greater than the equipment capacity achievable in the two-person picking mode and not greater than the equipment capacity achievable in the four-person picking mode, determining the four-person picking mode as a work mode to be performed; and displaying the articles to be delivered through the display screen corresponding to each shelf group by adopting a four-person picking mode, and prompting four operators corresponding to the four-person picking mode to place the articles to be delivered in a target placement position in the conveying device so as to carry out delivery operation.
With continued reference to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a schematic diagram 500 of an application scenario of the method for delivering articles according to the present embodiment. In the application scenario of fig. 5, each item is stored in a plurality of shelf groups 502 in a storage area 501, each of the plurality of shelf groups 502 is formed by a plurality of shelf groups 503 in an annular arrangement, and each of the plurality of shelf groups can rotate in the same direction as a whole under the drive of a driving device, so as to convey a target shelf to a preset position as a delivery shelf. The server 504 first obtains an order for the delivery operation to be completed before the specified time and determines the equipment capacity required to expire at the specified time based on the order for the delivery operation to be completed before the specified time. Then, the prediction is cut off to the appointed time, and the equipment productivity can be completed under different working modes. The working mode is used for representing that the objects to be delivered on the delivery shelf are selected to the conveying device by a specified number of operators to carry out delivery operation. And finally, determining a to-be-executed working mode according to the required equipment capacity and the equipment capacity which can be completed under different working modes, wherein the to-be-executed working mode is a four-person mode, and further prompting an operator corresponding to the to-be-executed working mode to carry out a warehouse-out operation.
The method provided by the embodiment of the disclosure determines the equipment capacity required by the appointed time by completing the order of the ex-warehouse operation according to the appointed time; predicting the ending of the specified time, and completing the equipment capacity under different working modes, wherein the working modes are used for representing that the objects to be delivered on the delivery shelf are selected to the conveying device by a specified number of operators for delivery operation; according to the required equipment capacity and the equipment capacity which can be finished in different working modes, the working mode to be executed is determined so as to prompt an operator corresponding to the working mode to be executed to carry out the ex-warehouse operation, so that the method for ex-warehouse of the articles is provided, and the matching degree between the working mode and an actual scene is improved.
With continued reference to FIG. 6, there is shown a schematic flow chart 600 of one embodiment of a method of warehousing out of an item according to the present application, including the steps of:
step 601, determining the equipment capacity required by the appointed time according to the order of the ex-warehouse operation required by the appointed time.
Step 602, predicting the ending time to the appointed time, and completing the equipment productivity under different working modes.
The working mode is used for representing that the objects to be delivered on the delivery shelf are selected to the conveying device by a specified number of operators to carry out delivery operation.
Step 603, determining a working mode to be executed according to the required equipment capacity and the equipment capacity which can be completed in different working modes, so as to prompt an operator corresponding to the working mode to be executed to carry out a warehouse-out operation.
In this embodiment, the execution body may execute the steps 601-603 in a similar manner to the steps 401-403, which will not be described herein.
In step 604, during the process of performing the ex-warehouse operation, the working mode to be updated is determined based on the device productivity determined in real time and required for the expiration to the specified time and the device productivity achievable in different working modes.
In this embodiment, the determination of the capacity of the apparatus required by the specified time and the capacity of the apparatus achievable in the different operation modes may refer to the determination of the capacity of the apparatus required by the embodiment 400 and the capacity of the apparatus achievable in the different operation modes.
It will be appreciated that as time varies, the current time becomes closer to the specified time. The device productivity required by the specified time determined by the current time and the device productivity which can be completed in different working modes are more and more accurate. It should be noted that, the operation mode to be updated determined in this embodiment may be different from the operation mode to be executed.
In step 605, in response to determining that the working mode to be updated is different from the working model to be executed, the working mode to be updated is executed to prompt the operator corresponding to the working mode to be updated to perform the ex-warehouse operation.
In this embodiment, the executing body executes a more accurate working mode to be updated in response to determining that the working mode to be updated is different from the working mode to be executed, so as to prompt an operator corresponding to the working mode to be updated to perform a warehouse-out operation.
As can be seen from this embodiment, compared with the embodiment corresponding to fig. 4, the process 600 of the method for delivering articles in this embodiment specifically illustrates the update process of the working mode, so as to further improve the matching degree between the working mode and the actual scene.
With continued reference to fig. 7, as an implementation of the method illustrated in the above figures, the present disclosure provides one embodiment of a system for the delivery of items, which corresponds to the method embodiment illustrated in fig. 4.
As shown in fig. 7, the article delivery system includes: the goods-to-person equipment 701 comprises a plurality of shelf groups in a storage area, wherein each shelf group in the plurality of shelf groups is formed by a plurality of shelf groups in an annular arrangement, and each shelf group can integrally rotate in the same direction under the drive of a driving device so as to convey a target shelf to a preset position to be a delivery shelf; a warehouse management system 702 configured to determine an order for which a warehouse out operation is to be completed before a specified time; a warehouse control system 703 configured to determine equipment capacity required to expire at a specified time based on an order for a warehouse-out operation to be completed before the specified time; predicting the ending of the specified time, and completing the equipment capacity under different working modes, wherein the working modes are used for representing that the objects to be delivered on the delivery shelf are selected to the conveying device by a specified number of operators for delivery operation; and determining a working mode to be executed according to the required equipment capacity and the equipment capacity which can be finished in different working modes, so as to prompt an operator corresponding to the working mode to be executed to carry out a warehouse-out operation.
In some optional implementations of the present embodiment, the warehouse management system 702 is further configured to: combining orders which need to finish the ex-warehouse operation before the appointed time to obtain a plurality of ex-warehouse tasks; the warehouse control system 703 is further configured to: determining a storage position of the to-be-ex-warehouse object in each ex-warehouse task in the plurality of ex-warehouse tasks in the storage area; dividing the to-be-delivered objects of the same goods shelf, the storage positions of which belong to the same storage area, in each delivery task into the same picking task; and determining the equipment capacity required by the appointed time according to the determined multiple picking tasks and the quantity and the category quantity of the items in the order required to complete the ex-warehouse operation before the appointed time.
In some optional implementations of the present embodiment, each of the plurality of pick tasks is divided into a plurality of sub-tasks based on a type of item to be delivered in the pick task; and a warehouse control system 703, further configured to: and determining the equipment capacity required by the appointed time according to the number of subtasks in the plurality of picking tasks and the number and the category number of the articles in the order needed to complete the ex-warehouse operation before the appointed time.
In some optional implementations of this embodiment, the orders required to complete the out-of-stock operation before the specified time include a people-zone relay order; and a warehouse control system 703, further configured to: according to the number of subtasks in the plurality of picking tasks, the number of shelves related to the plurality of picking tasks, the number of articles and the number of types of articles in an order required to complete a warehouse-out operation before a specified time, the number of articles and the number of types of articles in a person-distinguished relay order, and the equipment capacity required by the specified time is determined.
In some optional implementations of the present embodiment, the warehouse control system 703 is further configured to: and determining the equipment capacity which can be finished in different working modes until the specified time is reached based on the preset weight for representing the capacity efficiency in different working modes.
In some alternative implementations of the present embodiment, the modes of operation include a one-person picking mode, a two-person picking mode, and a four-person picking mode, with four shelf groups included in the storage area.
In some optional implementations of the present embodiment, the warehouse control system 703 is further configured to: in response to determining that the required equipment capacity is not greater than the equipment capacity achievable in the one-person pick mode, determining the one-person pick mode as the work mode to be performed; and displaying the articles to be delivered through the display screen corresponding to each shelf group by adopting a one-person picking mode, and prompting an operator corresponding to the one-person picking mode to deliver the articles to be delivered to a target placing position in the conveying device through a first label in the conveying device so as to carry out delivery operation.
In some optional implementations of the present embodiment, the warehouse control system 703 is further configured to: in response to determining that the required equipment capacity is greater than the equipment capacity achievable in the one-person picking mode and not greater than the equipment capacity achievable in the two-person picking mode, determining the two-person picking mode as the work mode to be performed; and the two-person picking mode is adopted, the articles to be delivered are displayed through the display screen corresponding to each shelf group, and two operators corresponding to the two-person picking mode are sequentially prompted through the first label and the second label in the conveying device to place the articles to be delivered in the target placement position in the conveying device so as to carry out delivery operation.
In some optional implementations of the present embodiment, the warehouse control system 703 is further configured to: in response to determining that the required equipment capacity is greater than the equipment capacity achievable in the two-person picking mode and not greater than the equipment capacity achievable in the four-person picking mode, determining the four-person picking mode as a work mode to be performed; and displaying the articles to be delivered through the display screen corresponding to each shelf group by adopting a four-person picking mode, and prompting four operators corresponding to the four-person picking mode to place the articles to be delivered in a target placement position in the conveying device so as to carry out delivery operation.
In some optional implementations of the present embodiment, the warehouse control system 703 is further configured to: in the process of executing the ex-warehouse operation, determining a working mode to be updated based on the real-time determined equipment capacity required by the appointed time and the equipment capacity which can be completed in different working modes; and executing the working mode to be updated in response to determining that the working mode to be updated is different from the working mode to be executed, so as to prompt an operator corresponding to the working mode to be updated to carry out the ex-warehouse operation.
In this embodiment, the warehouse control system in the warehouse-out system of the article determines the equipment capacity required by the appointed time according to the order of the warehouse-out operation required by the appointed time; predicting the ending of the specified time, and completing the equipment capacity under different working modes, wherein the working modes are used for representing that the objects to be delivered on the delivery shelf are selected to the conveying device by a specified number of operators for delivery operation; according to the required equipment capacity and the equipment capacity which can be finished under different working modes, the working mode to be executed is determined so as to prompt an operator corresponding to the working mode to be executed to carry out the ex-warehouse operation, so that an article ex-warehouse system is provided, and the matching degree between the working mode and an actual scene is improved.
Referring now to FIG. 8, there is illustrated a schematic diagram of a computer system 800 suitable for use with devices (e.g., devices 101, 102, 103, 105 shown in FIG. 1) implementing embodiments of the present application. The apparatus shown in fig. 8 is merely an example, and should not be construed as limiting the functionality and scope of use of embodiments of the present application.
As shown in fig. 8, the computer system 800 includes a processor (e.g., CPU, central processing unit) 801 that can perform various appropriate actions and processes according to a program stored in a Read Only Memory (ROM) 802 or a program loaded from a storage section 808 into a Random Access Memory (RAM) 803. In the RAM803, various programs and data required for the operation of the system 800 are also stored. The processor 801, the ROM802, and the RAM803 are connected to each other by a bus 804. An input/output (I/O) interface 805 is also connected to the bus 804.
The following components are connected to the I/O interface 805: an input portion 806 including a keyboard, mouse, etc.; an output portion 807 including a display such as a Cathode Ray Tube (CRT), a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), and a speaker; a storage section 808 including a hard disk or the like; and a communication section 809 including a network interface card such as a LAN card, a modem, or the like. The communication section 809 performs communication processing via a network such as the internet. The drive 810 is also connected to the I/O interface 805 as needed. A removable medium 811 such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a semiconductor memory, or the like is mounted on the drive 810 as needed so that a computer program read out therefrom is mounted into the storage section 808 as needed.
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 via the communication section 809, and/or installed from the removable media 811. The above-described functions defined in the method of the present application are performed when the computer program is executed by the processor 801.
The computer readable medium of 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 client computer, partly on the client computer, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the client 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 client 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 apparatus, 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.
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 computer device to: determining the equipment capacity required by the appointed time according to the order of the operation of the warehouse-out required by the appointed time; predicting the ending of the specified time, and completing the equipment capacity under different working modes, wherein the working modes are used for representing that the objects to be delivered on the delivery shelf are selected to the conveying device by a specified number of operators for delivery operation; and determining a working mode to be executed according to the required equipment capacity and the equipment capacity which can be finished in different working modes, so as to prompt an operator corresponding to the working mode to be executed to carry out a warehouse-out operation.
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 described above. 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.

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1. A method for delivering articles, wherein each article is stored in a plurality of shelf groups in a storage area, each of the plurality of shelf groups is formed by a plurality of shelf groups in an annular arrangement, and each of the plurality of shelf groups can integrally rotate in the same direction under the drive of a driving device so as to convey a target shelf to a preset position as a delivery shelf, the method comprising:
determining the equipment capacity required by the appointed time according to the total quantity of the articles involved in the order required to complete the ex-warehouse operation before the appointed time;
predicting the achievable equipment capacity under different working modes until the specified time is reached, wherein the method comprises the following steps: determining the equipment capacity which can be completed in different working modes up to the appointed time based on preset weights for representing the capacity efficiency in different working modes, wherein the working modes are used for representing that the objects to be delivered on the delivery shelf are selected to a conveying device by an appointed number of operators for delivery operation;
determining a working mode to be executed according to the required equipment capacity and the equipment capacity which can be completed under different working modes, and adopting the working mode to be executed to prompt an operator corresponding to the working mode to be executed to carry out a warehouse-out operation.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining equipment capacity required to expire at a specified time based on an order for a required completion of a out-of-stock operation prior to the specified time comprises:
combining orders required to complete the ex-warehouse operation before the appointed time to obtain a plurality of ex-warehouse tasks;
determining a storage location of an item to be delivered in each delivery task of the plurality of delivery tasks in the storage area;
dividing the to-be-delivered objects of the same goods shelf, the storage positions of which belong to the same storage area, in each delivery task into the same picking task;
and determining the equipment capacity required by the appointed time according to the determined multiple picking tasks and the quantity and the category quantity of the items in the order required to complete the ex-warehouse operation before the appointed time.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein each of the plurality of pick orders is divided into a plurality of sub-orders based on a type of item to be delivered in the pick order; and
the determining the equipment capacity required by the appointed time according to the determined multiple picking tasks and the quantity and the category quantity of the items in the order needed to complete the ex-warehouse operation before the appointed time comprises the following steps:
And determining the equipment capacity required by the appointed time according to the number of subtasks in the plurality of picking tasks and the number of items and the number of types of the items in the order needed to complete the ex-warehouse operation before the appointed time.
4. A method according to claim 3, wherein the order for which the out-of-stock operation is to be completed by the specified time includes a people district relay order; and
the determining the equipment capacity required by the appointed time according to the subtask number in the plurality of picking tasks and the item number and the category number of the items in the order needed to complete the ex-warehouse operation before the appointed time comprises the following steps:
according to the number of sub-tasks in the plurality of picking tasks, the number of shelves related to the plurality of picking tasks, the number of items and the number of types of items in an order required to finish a warehouse-out operation before the appointed time, and the number of items and the number of types of items in a person-to-person relay order, the equipment capacity required by the appointed time is determined.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the modes of operation include a one-person picking mode, a two-person picking mode, and a four-person picking mode, the storage area including four shelf groups therein.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein determining a to-be-performed working mode according to the required equipment capacity and the achievable equipment capacity in different working modes, and adopting the to-be-performed working mode to prompt an operator corresponding to the to-be-performed working mode to perform a warehouse-out operation, comprises:
in response to determining that the required equipment capacity is not greater than the equipment capacity achievable in the one-person pick mode, determining the one-person pick mode as the work mode to be performed;
and displaying the articles to be delivered through the display screen corresponding to each shelf group by adopting the one-person picking mode, and prompting an operator corresponding to the one-person picking mode to deliver the articles to be delivered to a target placement position in the conveying device through a first label in the conveying device so as to carry out delivery operation.
7. The method of claim 5, wherein determining a to-be-performed working mode according to the required equipment capacity and the achievable equipment capacity in different working modes, and adopting the to-be-performed working mode to prompt an operator corresponding to the to-be-performed working mode to perform a warehouse-out operation, comprises:
In response to determining that the required equipment capacity is greater than the equipment capacity achievable in the one-person picking mode and not greater than the equipment capacity achievable in the two-person picking mode, determining the two-person picking mode as the work mode to be performed;
and displaying the articles to be delivered through the display screen corresponding to each shelf group by adopting the two-person picking mode, and sequentially prompting two operators corresponding to the two-person picking mode to place the articles to be delivered in the target placement position in the conveying device through a first label and a second label in the conveying device so as to carry out delivery operation.
8. The method of claim 5, wherein determining a to-be-performed working mode according to the required equipment capacity and the achievable equipment capacity in different working modes, and adopting the to-be-performed working mode to prompt an operator corresponding to the to-be-performed working mode to perform a warehouse-out operation, comprises:
in response to determining that the required equipment capacity is greater than the equipment capacity achievable in the two-person picking mode and not greater than the equipment capacity achievable in the four-person picking mode, determining the four-person picking mode as the to-be-executed work mode;
And displaying the articles to be delivered through a display screen corresponding to each shelf group by adopting the four-person picking mode, and prompting four operators corresponding to the four-person picking mode to place the articles to be delivered in a target placement position in the conveying device so as to carry out delivery operation.
9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
in the process of executing the ex-warehouse operation, determining a working mode to be updated based on the real-time determined equipment capacity required by the appointed time and the equipment capacity which can be completed in different working modes;
and executing the working mode to be updated in response to determining that the working mode to be updated is different from the working mode to be executed, so as to prompt an operator corresponding to the working mode to be updated to carry out a warehouse-out operation.
10. A system for the delivery of an item, comprising:
the goods-to-person equipment comprises a plurality of shelf groups in a storage area, wherein each shelf group in the plurality of shelf groups is formed by annularly arranging a plurality of shelves, and each shelf group can integrally rotate in the same direction under the drive of a driving device so as to convey a target shelf to a preset position to be a delivery shelf;
The warehouse management system is configured to determine an order for completing a warehouse-out operation before a specified time;
a warehouse control system configured to determine equipment capacity required to expire at the specified time based on a total number of items involved in an order for which a shipment operation is required to be completed prior to the specified time; predicting the achievable equipment capacity under different working modes until the specified time is reached, wherein the method comprises the following steps: determining the equipment capacity which can be completed in different working modes up to the appointed time based on preset weights for representing the capacity efficiency in different working modes, wherein the working modes are used for representing that the objects to be delivered on the delivery shelf are selected to a conveying device by an appointed number of operators for delivery operation; determining a working mode to be executed according to the required equipment capacity and the equipment capacity which can be completed under different working modes, and adopting the working mode to be executed to prompt an operator corresponding to the working mode to be executed to carry out a warehouse-out operation.
11. The system of claim 10, wherein the warehouse management system is further configured to:
Combining orders required to complete the ex-warehouse operation before the appointed time to obtain a plurality of ex-warehouse tasks;
the warehouse control system is further configured to: determining a storage location of an item to be delivered in each delivery task of the plurality of delivery tasks in the storage area; dividing the to-be-delivered objects of the same goods shelf, the storage positions of which belong to the same storage area, in each delivery task into the same picking task; and determining the equipment capacity required by the appointed time according to the determined multiple picking tasks and the quantity and the category quantity of the items in the order required to complete the ex-warehouse operation before the appointed time.
12. The system of claim 11, wherein each of the plurality of pick orders is divided into a plurality of sub-orders based on a type of item to be delivered in the pick order; and
the warehouse control system is further configured to:
and determining the equipment capacity required by the appointed time according to the number of subtasks in the plurality of picking tasks and the number of items and the number of types of the items in the order needed to complete the ex-warehouse operation before the appointed time.
13. The system of claim 12, wherein the order for which the out-of-stock operation is to be completed by the specified time includes a people district relay order; and
the warehouse control system is further configured to:
according to the number of sub-tasks in the plurality of picking tasks, the number of shelves related to the plurality of picking tasks, the number of items and the number of types of items in an order required to finish a warehouse-out operation before the appointed time, and the number of items and the number of types of items in a person-to-person relay order, the equipment capacity required by the appointed time is determined.
14. The system of claim 10, wherein the modes of operation include a one-person picking mode, a two-person picking mode, and a four-person picking mode, the storage area including four shelf groups therein.
15. The system of claim 14, wherein the warehouse control system is further configured to:
in response to determining that the required equipment capacity is not greater than the equipment capacity achievable in the one-person pick mode, determining the one-person pick mode as the work mode to be performed; and displaying the articles to be delivered through the display screen corresponding to each shelf group by adopting the one-person picking mode, and prompting an operator corresponding to the one-person picking mode to deliver the articles to be delivered to a target placement position in the conveying device through a first label in the conveying device so as to carry out delivery operation.
16. The system of claim 14, wherein the warehouse control system is further configured to:
in response to determining that the required equipment capacity is greater than the equipment capacity achievable in the one-person picking mode and not greater than the equipment capacity achievable in the two-person picking mode, determining the two-person picking mode as the work mode to be performed; and displaying the articles to be delivered through the display screen corresponding to each shelf group by adopting the two-person picking mode, and sequentially prompting two operators corresponding to the two-person picking mode to place the articles to be delivered in the target placement position in the conveying device through a first label and a second label in the conveying device so as to carry out delivery operation.
17. The system of claim 14, wherein the warehouse control system is further configured to:
in response to determining that the required equipment capacity is greater than the equipment capacity achievable in the two-person picking mode and not greater than the equipment capacity achievable in the four-person picking mode, determining the four-person picking mode as the to-be-executed work mode; and displaying the articles to be delivered through a display screen corresponding to each shelf group by adopting the four-person picking mode, and prompting four operators corresponding to the four-person picking mode to place the articles to be delivered in a target placement position in the conveying device so as to carry out delivery operation.
18. The system of claim 10, wherein the warehouse control system is configured to:
in the process of executing the ex-warehouse operation, determining a working mode to be updated based on the real-time determined equipment capacity required by the appointed time and the equipment capacity which can be completed in different working modes; and executing the working mode to be updated in response to determining that the working mode to be updated is different from the working mode to be executed, so as to prompt an operator corresponding to the working mode to be updated to carry out a warehouse-out operation.
19. A computer readable medium having stored thereon a computer program, wherein the program when executed by a processor implements the method of any of claims 1-9.
20. An electronic device, comprising:
one or more processors;
a storage device having one or more programs stored thereon,
when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to implement the method of any of claims 1-9.
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