Disclosure of Invention
The present application aims to provide an improved inventory generation method and apparatus to solve the technical problems mentioned in the background section above.
In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an inventory list generation method, where the method includes: in response to receiving the order generation instruction, determining a trigger mode of the order generation instruction; in response to determining that the triggering mode is timing triggering, selecting an identification information group as a target identification information group from a preset identification information group set, wherein for each identification information group in the preset identification information group set, each piece of identification information in the identification information group comprises a storage space identification and an article identification; and for each piece of identification information in the target identification information group, determining whether an inventory order which is in a finished state and is specific to the storage position identification and the article identification included in the identification information is generated in a preset time period, and if not, generating the inventory order specific to the storage position identification and the article identification.
In some embodiments, the triggering manner further includes at least one of the following: triggering when article loading is finished, triggering when article unloading is finished, and manually triggering by an inventory person, wherein if the inventory list generation instruction is triggered when article loading is finished, the inventory list generation instruction comprises an upper information list, and each piece of upper information in the upper information list comprises a storage position identifier and an article identifier; if the order generation instruction is triggered when the article is placed on the shelf, the order generation instruction comprises a placement information list, and each piece of placement information in the placement information list comprises a storage position identifier and an article identifier; if the order generation instruction is triggered manually by the ordering personnel, the order generation instruction comprises an identification information list submitted by the ordering personnel, and each piece of identification information in the identification information list comprises a storage position identification and an article identification.
In some embodiments, the above method further comprises: and in response to determining that the triggering mode is triggering when article shelving is completed, determining whether a stock location identifier and an article identifier included in the shelving information are generated and placed in a completed state in the predetermined time period for each piece of shelving information in a shelving information list included in the inventory list generation instruction, and if not, generating an inventory list for the stock location identifier and the article identifier.
In some embodiments, the above method further comprises: in response to determining that the triggering mode is triggering when article dropping is completed, for each piece of dropping information in a dropping information list included in the inventory list generating instruction, determining whether an inventory list which is in a completed state and is for a storage space identifier and an article identifier included in the dropping information has been generated within the predetermined time period, if not, further determining whether an inventory of the article indicated by the article identifier on the storage space indicated by the storage space identifier is lower than an inventory threshold, and if the inventory is lower than the inventory threshold, generating the inventory list for the storage space identifier and the article identifier.
In some embodiments, the above method further comprises: and in response to determining that the triggering mode is manual triggering of the inventory person, determining whether an inventory list which is set to be in a finished state and is specific to the storage identifier and the article identifier included in the identification information has been generated for each piece of identification information in an identification information list included in the inventory list generation instruction within the preset time period, and if not, generating an inventory list which is specific to the storage identifier and the article identifier.
In some embodiments, the above method further comprises: after the generation of the checking list is finished, outputting prompt information for checking whether to carry out checking so as to be confirmed by checking personnel; and in response to receiving an instruction for giving up the inventory input by the inventory person, setting the generated inventory list to be in a closed state.
In some embodiments, the above method further comprises: and in response to receiving the inventory completion information for the generated inventory list input by the inventory personnel, setting the generated inventory list to be in a completed state.
In a second aspect, the present application provides an inventory form generation apparatus, including: the determining unit is configured to determine a trigger mode of the order generation instruction in response to receiving the order generation instruction; a selecting unit configured to select an identification information group as a target identification information group in a preset identification information group set in response to determining that the triggering mode is timing triggering, wherein for each identification information group in the preset identification information group set, each piece of identification information in the identification information group includes a storage space identification and an article identification; and the generating unit is configured to determine, for each piece of identification information in the target identification information group, whether an inventory list which is set to a completed state and is specific to the storage identifier and the article identifier included in the identification information has been generated within a predetermined time period, and if not, generate an inventory list which is specific to the storage identifier and the article identifier.
In some embodiments, the triggering manner further includes at least one of the following: triggering when article loading is finished, triggering when article unloading is finished, and manually triggering by an inventory person, wherein if the inventory list generation instruction is triggered when article loading is finished, the inventory list generation instruction comprises an upper information list, and each piece of upper information in the upper information list comprises a storage position identifier and an article identifier; if the order generation instruction is triggered when the article is placed on the shelf, the order generation instruction comprises a placement information list, and each piece of placement information in the placement information list comprises a storage position identifier and an article identifier; if the order generation instruction is triggered manually by the ordering personnel, the order generation instruction comprises an identification information list submitted by the ordering personnel, and each piece of identification information in the identification information list comprises a storage position identification and an article identification.
In some embodiments, the above apparatus further comprises: and a first generating unit, configured to, in response to determining that the triggering manner is triggered when article listing is completed, determine, for each piece of listing information in a listing information list included in the listing information generation instruction, whether a listing sheet that is in a completed state and is for a stock location identifier and an article identifier included in the listing information has been generated within the predetermined time period, and if not, generate a listing sheet for the stock location identifier and the article identifier.
In some embodiments, the above apparatus further comprises: and a second generating unit, configured to, in response to determining that the triggering manner is a trigger when an article is placed on a shelf and is completed, determine, for each piece of drop information in a drop information list included in the inventory list generation instruction, whether an inventory list that is in a completed state and is for a storage location identifier and an article identifier included in the drop information has been generated within the predetermined time period, if not, further determine whether an inventory amount of the article indicated by the article identifier on the storage location indicated by the storage location identifier is lower than an inventory amount threshold, and if the inventory amount is lower than the inventory amount threshold, generate the inventory list for the storage location identifier and the article identifier.
In some embodiments, the above apparatus further comprises: and a third generating unit, configured to, in response to determining that the trigger mode is manual trigger of an inventory person, determine, for each piece of identification information in an identification information list included in the inventory list generation instruction, whether an inventory list that is in a completed state and is for a storage location identifier and an item identifier included in the identification information has been generated within the predetermined time period, and if not, generate an inventory list for the storage location identifier and the item identifier.
In some embodiments, the above apparatus further comprises: the output unit is configured to output prompt information for checking whether to perform checking after the checking list is generated so as to be confirmed by checking personnel; the first setting unit is used for setting the generated inventory list to be in a closed state in response to receiving an instruction of abandoning the inventory input by the inventory person.
In some embodiments, the above apparatus further comprises: and the second setting unit is used for setting the generated inventory list to be in a finished state in response to receiving inventory completion information which is input by the inventory personnel and aims at the generated inventory list.
In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, including: one or more processors; storage means for storing one or more programs; when the one or more programs are executed by the one or more processors, the one or more processors are caused to implement the method as described in any implementation manner of the first aspect.
In a fourth aspect, the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, where the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the method as described in any implementation manner of the first aspect.
According to the method and the device for generating the inventory list, when the inventory list generation instruction is received, the trigger mode of the inventory list generation instruction is determined, so that when the trigger mode is determined to be timing trigger, the identification information group is selected from the preset identification information group set to serve as the target identification information group. Then, for each piece of identification information in the target identification information group, whether an inventory list aiming at the storage space identification and the article identification included in the identification information is generated or not is determined in a preset time period, and if not, the inventory list aiming at the storage space identification and the article identification is generated. Therefore, the determination of the target identification information group and the determination of whether the inventory list aiming at the storage position identification and the article identification and set to the finished state is generated in the preset time period are effectively utilized, the generation times of the inventory list aiming at the same storage position identification and the article identification in the preset time period are reduced, and the generation of the inventory list rich in pertinence is realized. In addition, by taking the inventory list generated by the inventory list generation method and device provided by the embodiment of the application, the inventory list generation method and device can reduce the inventory times in a preset time period, so that the working efficiency can be improved. And labor cost and time cost can be saved when inventory of the warehouse is checked.
Detailed Description
The present application will be described in further detail with reference to the following drawings and examples. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the relevant invention and not restrictive of the invention. It should be noted that, for convenience of description, only the portions related to the related invention are shown in the drawings.
It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments in the present application may be combined with each other without conflict. The present application will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiments with reference to the attached drawings.
Fig. 1 illustrates an exemplary system architecture 100 to which embodiments of the inventory order generation method or the inventory order generation apparatus of the present application may be applied.
As shown in fig. 1, the system architecture 100 may include terminal devices 101, 102, 103, a network 104, and a server 105. The network 104 serves as a medium for providing communication links between the terminal devices 101, 102, 103 and the server 105. Network 104 may include various connection types, such as wired, wireless communication links, or fiber optic cables, to name a few.
A user may use the terminal devices 101, 102, 103 to interact with the server 105 via the network 104 to receive or transmit information or the like. The terminal devices 101, 102, 103 may have various communication client applications installed thereon, such as a web browser application, a shopping application, a warehouse management application, and the like.
The terminal devices 101, 102, 103 may be various electronic devices having a display screen, including but not limited to smart phones, tablet computers, laptop portable computers, desktop computers, and the like.
The server 105 may be a server that provides various services, for example, a server for generating an inventory that supports the inventory acquired by the terminal apparatuses 101, 102, and 103. When receiving the order generation command, the order generation server may analyze the command and perform other processing.
It should be noted that the inventory form generation method provided in the embodiment of the present application is generally executed by the server 105, and accordingly, the inventory form generation device is generally disposed in the server 105.
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.
With continued reference to FIG. 2, a flow 200 of one embodiment of an inventory generation method according to the present application is shown. The inventory list generation method comprises the following steps:
step 201, in response to receiving the order generation instruction, determining a trigger mode of the order generation instruction.
In this embodiment, the electronic device (for example, the server 105 shown in fig. 1) on which the inventory item generation method operates may receive the inventory item generation instruction locally, or may receive the inventory item generation instruction in a wired connection manner or a wireless connection manner. When the electronic device receives the order generation instruction, the triggering mode of the order generation instruction can be determined. The triggering mode may include a timing trigger, for example, an order generation instruction is automatically triggered when a preset time point arrives. It should be noted that the inventory list generation instruction may include a trigger mode identifier, and the electronic device may determine the trigger mode of the inventory list generation instruction through the trigger mode identifier.
It should be noted that, for the inventory of the warehouse, an inventory period (for example, one month is a period, etc.) may be preset, and the inventory list generation instruction may be triggered periodically multiple times in each inventory period. Assuming a one-month cycle, it may be set that a certain time of day (e.g., 10:00 a.m.) triggers the inventory generation command. The duration of the inventory cycle and the time for triggering the inventory generation instruction may be set manually or automatically by the electronic device, and this embodiment does not limit this aspect.
In some optional implementations of this embodiment, the triggering manner may further include at least one of: triggering when the article is put on the shelf, triggering when the article is put off the shelf, and manually triggering by the checking personnel. If the order generation instruction is triggered when the article is put on shelf, the order generation instruction may include an information list, each piece of putting information in the information list may include a storage location identifier and an article identifier, the article indicated by the article identifier is the article put on shelf when the article is put on shelf, and the storage location indicated by the storage location identifier is the storage location where the article is located. If the order generation instruction is triggered when the article is completely placed on the shelf, the order generation instruction may include a placement information list, each piece of placement information in the placement information list may include a storage location identifier and an article identifier, the article indicated by the article identifier is the article completely placed on the shelf when the article is completely placed on the shelf, and the storage location indicated by the storage location identifier is the storage location where the article is located. If the order generation instruction is triggered manually by the order staff, the order generation instruction may include an identification information list submitted by the order staff, and each piece of identification information in the identification information list may include a storage space identifier and an article identifier.
It should be noted that triggering when the article is placed on the shelf is completed may mean that the article placing system automatically triggers an inventory generation instruction when receiving information (e.g., a placing amount) for representing that the placing is completed, which is input by a person placing the shelf. The triggering when the article is completely placed on the shelf may mean that the article placing system automatically triggers an order generation instruction when receiving information (for example, a placing amount and the like) input by a person placing the shelf and used for representing the completion of placing the shelf. The upper rack system and the lower rack system may be systems deployed locally on the electronic device, and this embodiment does not limit this aspect at all. Here, the item shelving generally does not include shelving of items to be picked up (which may refer to items purchased by the user). The manual trigger of the inventory person may refer to that the inventory person manually creates an inventory list to trigger an inventory list generation instruction, that is, the inventory person submits an identification information list to the electronic device through a client (for example, the terminal devices 101, 102, 103 shown in fig. 1), so that the electronic device generates an inventory list for the stock identifications and the item identifications included in the identification information list. When the inventory personnel need to perform dynamic inventory, static inventory or difference confirmation between the account inventory and the actual inventory, the inventory personnel can manually create an inventory list. Static inventory may refer to the fact that no operation is allowed on the items in the storage location that need to be inventoried during the inventory process, and may be referred to as static inventory. Dynamic inventory may refer to the operation of an item on a storage location that needs to be inventoried, which may be referred to as a dynamic disk for short, during inventory.
Step 202, in response to determining that the triggering mode is timing triggering, selecting an identification information group from a preset identification information group set as a target identification information group.
In this embodiment, in response to determining that the trigger mode of the order generation instruction is a timing trigger in step 201, the electronic device may select an identification information group from a preset identification information group set as a target identification information group. Wherein, for each identification information group in the preset identification information group set, each piece of identification information in the identification information group may include a storage space identification and an article identification. The reserve position indicated by the reserve position identification is a reserve position in a warehouse managed by the electronic equipment. The item indicated by the item identifier is the item currently stored on the storage location. The bin identification may be a bin number of the bin. The item identification may be an item number for the item. It should be noted that items with the same attribute may have the same item number. In general, a piece of identification information may include a bin identifier and an item identifier. Here, the electronic device may randomly select an identification information group as a target identification information group from the preset identification information group set. It should be noted that, in the current inventory cycle, the target identification information groups determined each time are usually different from each other. In addition, the preset identification information group set may be generated by the electronic device at a predetermined time, for example, at the beginning of the current inventory cycle. The number of the identification information groups included in the preset identification information group set when the generation is completed may be the same as the number of times of the timed trigger inventory generation instruction set in the current inventory cycle.
In some optional implementation manners of this embodiment, the electronic device may set a priority for each identification information group in the preset identification information group set in advance. When the electronic device receives a timing-triggered inventory list generation instruction, the electronic device may determine a total number of times of receiving the timing-triggered inventory list generation instruction within a predetermined time period (which may refer to a current inventory cycle), and the electronic device may select, as a target identification information group, an identification information group having a priority matching (e.g., the same as) the total number of times from the preset identification information group set. For example, the total number of times is 2, and the electronic device may use an identification information group at the second priority in the preset identification information group set as a target identification information group.
Step 203, for each piece of identification information in the target identification information group, determining whether an inventory list which is set to a completed state and is specific to the storage space identification and the article identification included in the identification information has been generated within a predetermined time period, and if not, generating the inventory list which is specific to the storage space identification and the article identification.
In this embodiment, after determining the target identification information group, for each piece of identification information in the target identification information group, the electronic device may determine whether an inventory order that is set to a completed state and is directed to the stock identifier and the article identifier included in the identification information has been generated within a predetermined time period (which may refer to a current inventory cycle), and if not, the electronic device may generate an inventory order that is directed to the stock identifier and the article identifier. The inventory may typically include, among other things, a stock location identification and an item identification. The inventory may also be associated with status information, which may include, for example, a completed status, a closed status, etc. For an inventory, if the inventory is set to be in a completed state, it is generally characterized that the inventory personnel has already performed inventory on the articles on the storage position indicated by the inventory; if the inventory is placed in the closed position, it is generally indicated that the inventory person has abandoned the inventory of the items in the storage indicated by the inventory. Note that the generated inventory is usually stored in a designated storage location. For each piece of identification information in the target identification information group set, the electronic device may read information related to the generated inventory list from the storage location to determine whether an inventory list set in a completed state for the storage location identification and the item identification included in the identification information has been generated within the predetermined time period. In addition, the electronic device may locally store an inventory form template, which may include, for example, a field name set that may include, for example, but is not limited to, field names of fields such as stock space identifiers, item identifiers, actual stock quantity, and the like. The electronic device may set the stock space identifier and the article identifier included in the identification information to field values of the stock space identifier field and the article identifier field in the inventory template, respectively, to generate an inventory for the stock space identifier and the article identifier included in the identification information.
In some optional implementations of this embodiment, in response to determining that the triggering manner of the order generation instruction is triggered when the article is placed on a shelf, for each piece of shelving information in a listing information list included in the order generation instruction, the electronic device may determine whether an order for a storage identifier and an article identifier included in the listing information and set to a completed state has been generated within the predetermined time period, and if not, the electronic device may generate an order for the storage identifier and the article identifier. Here, the electronic device may output prompt information for confirming whether to perform the inventory after the inventory is completed. If the electronic equipment receives an instruction for giving up the checking input by the checking personnel, the electronic equipment can set the generated checking list to be in a closed state, so that other checking personnel are prevented from getting the checking list. As an example, it is assumed that the listing information list includes 10 pieces of listing information, wherein an inventory list that is set to a completed state and includes a storage location identifier and an article identifier respectively included for 2 pieces of listing information among the 10 pieces of listing information has been generated within the above-mentioned predetermined period of time. The electronic device may output prompt information for checking whether to perform checking for confirmation by a checking person after generating the checking list (8 checking lists in total) for the storage identifiers and the article identifiers respectively included in the remaining 8 pieces of shelving information. If the electronic device receives an instruction for giving up the inventory input by the inventory person, the electronic device may set the generated 8 inventory items to the off state.
In some optional implementations of this embodiment, in response to determining that the trigger mode of the order generation instruction is manually triggered by an order person, for each piece of identification information in an identification information list included in the order generation instruction, the electronic device may determine whether an order that is in a completed state and is for a stock identifier and an item identifier included in the identification information has been generated within the predetermined time period, and if not, the electronic device may generate an order for the stock identifier and the item identifier.
In some optional implementations of this embodiment, for the inventory order generated by the electronic device, if the electronic device receives inventory completion information (for example, an actual inventory amount) for the inventory order input by an inventory person, the electronic device may set the inventory order to be in a completed state.
With continued reference to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario of the inventory item generation method according to the present embodiment. In the application scenario of fig. 3, a month may be manually preset as an inventory period, and an automatic trigger inventory generation instruction of 10:00 a morning of each month is set, and a trigger mode flag "0001" is set for the timing trigger mode. Assuming that the current time is 5 months, No. 1 morning, 10:00, the inventory generation instruction 301 is triggered regularly, wherein the inventory generation instruction 301 includes a trigger mode flag "0001". The electronic device 302 may receive the order generation instruction 301 and determine that the trigger mode of the order generation instruction 301 is a timed trigger based on the trigger mode identifier "0001". The electronic device 302 may randomly select one identification information group from a preset identification information group set as the target identification information group 303, where the target identification information group 303 may include identification information 3031, 3032, 3033. For each piece of identification information in the target identification information group 303, the electronic device 302 may determine whether an inventory that is in a completed state and is for the stock identifier and the item identifier included in the identification information has been generated in the present month by reading the relevant information of the existing inventory at the specified storage location for storing the inventory, and if it is determined that the inventory has not been generated, the electronic device 302 may generate the inventory for the stock identifier and the item identifier. For example, assuming that an inventory order for the stock location identification and the article identification included in the identification information 3031 and set to the completed state has been generated in this month, an inventory order for the stock location identification and the article identification included in the identification information 3032 and 3033, respectively, and set to the completed state has not been generated, the electronic device 302 may generate an inventory order 304 for the stock location identification and the article identification included in the identification information 3032, and generate an inventory order 305 for the stock location identification and the article identification included in the identification information 3033.
The method provided by the above embodiment of the application effectively utilizes the determination of the target identification information group and the determination of whether the inventory list which is in the completed state and is aimed at the storage position identification and the article identification included in the identification information in the target identification information group is generated in the predetermined time period, reduces the generation times of the inventory list which is aimed at the same storage position identification and the article identification in the predetermined time period, and realizes the generation of the inventory list which is rich in pertinence.
With further reference to fig. 4, a flow 400 of yet another embodiment of an inventory generation method is shown. The process 400 of the inventory generation method includes the following steps:
step 401, in response to receiving the order generation instruction, determining a trigger mode of the order generation instruction.
In this embodiment, the electronic device (for example, the server 105 shown in fig. 1) on which the inventory item generation method operates may receive the inventory item generation instruction locally, or may receive the inventory item generation instruction in a wired connection manner or a wireless connection manner. When the electronic device receives the order generation instruction, the triggering mode of the order generation instruction can be determined. The triggering mode can for example comprise triggering when the goods are completely put off the shelf and the like. The order generation instruction may include a trigger mode identifier, and the electronic device may determine the trigger mode of the order generation instruction through the trigger mode identifier. If the order generation instruction is triggered when the article is placed on the shelf, the order generation instruction may include a placement information list, and each piece of placement information in the placement information list may include a storage space identifier and an article identifier. It should be noted that, for the inventory of the warehouse, an inventory period (for example, one month is a period, etc.) may be preset, and the inventory list generation instruction may be triggered periodically multiple times in each inventory period. Assuming a one-month cycle, it may be set that a certain time of day (e.g., 10:00 a.m.) triggers the inventory generation command. The duration of the inventory cycle and the time for triggering the inventory generation instruction may be set manually or automatically by the electronic device, and this embodiment does not limit this aspect.
Step 402, in response to determining that the triggering mode is triggering when the article is placed on the shelf and completed, determining whether an inventory list which is set in a completed state and is for the storage identifier and the article identifier included in the inventory list generation instruction has been generated within a predetermined time period for each piece of the down-shelf information in the down-shelf information list included in the inventory list generation instruction.
In this embodiment, in response to determining that the triggering manner of the order generation instruction is triggered when the article is placed on the shelf and completed in step 401, for each piece of the placement information in the placement information list included in the order generation instruction, the electronic device may determine whether an order that is in a completed state and is for the storage identifier and the article identifier included in the placement information has been generated within a preset time period (which may refer to a current order cycle). Here, for the method for determining the inventory set to the completed state, the electronic device may adopt the description in step 203, and details are not described here.
Step 403, for each piece of shelving information in the shelving information list, if it is determined that the inventory list which is in the completed state and is specific to the storage space identifier and the article identifier included in the shelving information is not generated within the predetermined time period, further determining whether the stock quantity of the article indicated by the article identifier on the storage space indicated by the storage space identifier is lower than a stock quantity threshold value, and if the stock quantity is lower than the stock quantity threshold value, generating the inventory list which is specific to the storage space identifier and the article identifier.
In this embodiment, for each piece of shelving information in the listing of shelving information, if the electronic device determines that an inventory list that is in a completed state and is for the storage identifier and the item identifier included in the shelving information is not generated within the predetermined time period, the electronic device may further determine whether the stock amount of the item indicated by the item identifier on the storage indicated by the storage identifier is lower than a stock amount threshold, and if the stock amount is lower than the stock amount threshold, the electronic device may generate the inventory list for the storage identifier and the item identifier. For the generation method of the inventory list, reference may be made to the related description in step 203, which is not described herein again. Here, the electronic device may obtain the stock quantity of the article on the storage location stored in advance locally, or obtain the stock quantity from a server connected to the electronic device in a remote communication manner, which is not limited in this respect. It should be noted that the stock quantity threshold may be set in advance manually or automatically by the electronic device, and the stock quantity threshold may be modified according to actual needs, and this embodiment does not limit this aspect at all.
In some optional implementations of this embodiment, for the storage position identifier and the article identifier included in each piece of the lower rack information in the lower rack information list, the electronic device may further determine whether an inventory amount of the article indicated by the article identifier on the storage position indicated by the storage position identifier is lower than the inventory amount threshold, if the inventory amount is lower than the inventory amount threshold, the electronic device may further determine whether an inventory order for the storage position identifier and the article identifier and in a completed state has been generated within the predetermined time period, and if it is determined that the inventory order has not been generated, the electronic device may generate the inventory order for the storage position identifier and the article identifier.
And step 404, outputting prompt information for checking whether to perform checking after the checking list is generated so as to confirm by checking personnel.
In this embodiment, after completing the generation of the inventory list in step 403, the electronic device may output prompt information for checking whether to perform inventory for the checking personnel to confirm. For example, the prompt information is output to a display screen of a client (e.g., the terminal devices 101, 102, 103 shown in fig. 1) used by the inventory person and supporting reception of the prompt information. As an example, the prompt may be accompanied by a confirmation option and a cancellation option, and the person taking the inventory may confirm taking the inventory by selecting the confirmation option. The checking personnel can also send an instruction for abandoning checking to the electronic equipment by selecting the cancel option. The checking personnel can select to carry out or not carry out the checking related to the checking list according to the idle busy condition of work of the personnel.
Step 405, in response to receiving an instruction for giving up the inventory input by the inventory person, setting the generated inventory list to a closed state.
In this embodiment, in response to the electronic device receiving an instruction for giving up performing inventory input by an inventory person, the electronic device may set each inventory generated in step 403 to be in a closed state to prevent other inventory persons from getting the inventory.
As can be seen from fig. 4, compared with the embodiment corresponding to fig. 2, the flow 400 of the inventory list generation method in the present embodiment highlights the processing steps of the inventory list generation instruction triggered when the article is completely dropped off. Therefore, the scheme described in the embodiment can realize the comprehensiveness of the generation of the inventory list. Moreover, for a certain article on a certain storage position, when the stock quantity of the article on the storage position is lower than the stock quantity threshold value and the inventory list which is set to be in a finished state for the article on the storage position is not generated in the preset time period, the inventory list for the article on the storage position is generated, so that the inventory quantity of the article on the storage position can be quickly counted by the inventory personnel who receive the inventory list, and the overstock of work can be effectively avoided. By letting the inventorying staff confirm whether to perform the inventorying, it is possible to avoid that the inventorying staff undertakes a lot of work in the case of not much time.
With further reference to fig. 5, as an implementation of the methods shown in the above-mentioned figures, the present application provides an embodiment of an inventory generation apparatus, which corresponds to the method embodiment shown in fig. 2, and which is specifically applicable to various electronic devices.
As shown in fig. 5, the inventory list generation apparatus 500 shown in the present embodiment includes: a determining unit 501, a selecting unit 502 and a generating unit 503. The determining unit 501 is configured to determine, in response to receiving an order generation instruction, a trigger mode of the order generation instruction; the selecting unit 502 is configured to, in response to determining that the triggering manner is a timing trigger, select an identification information group as a target identification information group from a preset identification information group set, where, for each identification information group in the preset identification information group set, each piece of identification information in the identification information group includes a storage space identification and an article identification; and the generating unit 503 is configured to determine, for each piece of identification information in the target identification information group, whether an inventory has been generated in a predetermined time period for the stock location identification and the article identification included in the identification information and is in a completed state, and if not, generate an inventory for the stock location identification and the article identification.
In the present embodiment, in the inventory list generation apparatus 500: the specific processing of the determining unit 501, the selecting unit 502, and the generating unit 503 and the technical effects thereof can refer to the related descriptions of step 201, step 202, and step 203 in the corresponding embodiment of fig. 2, which are not repeated herein.
In some optional implementations of this embodiment, the triggering manner may further include at least one of: triggering when article loading is finished, triggering when article unloading is finished, and manually triggering by an inventory person, wherein if the inventory list generation instruction is triggered when article loading is finished, the inventory list generation instruction can comprise a loading information list, and each piece of loading information in the loading information list can comprise a storage position identifier and an article identifier; if the order generation instruction is triggered when the article is placed on the shelf, the order generation instruction may include a placement information list, and each piece of placement information in the placement information list may include a storage space identifier and an article identifier; if the order generation instruction is triggered manually by the order staff, the order generation instruction may include an identification information list submitted by the order staff, and each piece of identification information in the identification information list may include a storage space identifier and an article identifier.
In some optional implementations of this embodiment, the apparatus 500 may further include: a first generating unit (not shown in the figure), configured to, in response to determining that the triggering manner is triggering when article listing is completed, determine, for each piece of listing information in a listing information list included in the listing information generation instruction, whether a listing sheet that is in a completed state and is for a storage identifier and an article identifier included in the listing information has been generated within the predetermined time period, and if not, generate a listing sheet for the storage identifier and the article identifier.
In some optional implementations of this embodiment, the apparatus 500 may further include: a second generating unit (not shown in the figure), configured to, in response to determining that the triggering manner is triggering when an article is dropped, determine, for each piece of dropped information in a dropped information list included in the inventory list generating instruction, whether an inventory list that is in a completed state and is for a storage location identifier and an article identifier included in the dropped information has been generated within the predetermined time period, if not, further determine whether a stock amount of the article indicated by the article identifier on the storage location indicated by the storage location identifier is lower than a stock amount threshold, and if the stock amount is lower than the stock amount threshold, generate an inventory list for the storage location identifier and the article identifier.
In some optional implementations of this embodiment, the apparatus 500 may further include: and a third generating unit (not shown in the figures), configured to, in response to determining that the triggering manner is manually triggered by the order taker, determine, for each piece of identification information in the identification information list included in the order taking generation instruction, whether an order taking which is in a completed state and is for the stock location identification and the item identification included in the identification information has been generated within the predetermined time period, and if not, generate an order taking for the stock location identification and the item identification.
In some optional implementations of this embodiment, the apparatus 500 may further include: an output unit (not shown in the figure) configured to output prompt information for checking whether to perform checking after the checking list is generated, so that the checking personnel can confirm the prompt information; and a first setting unit (not shown in the figure) configured to set the generated inventory unit to a closed state in response to receiving an instruction to abort the inventory input by the inventory person.
In some optional implementations of this embodiment, the apparatus 500 may further include: and a second setting unit (not shown in the figure) configured to set the generated inventory to a completed state in response to receiving the inventory completion information for the generated inventory input by the inventory person.
The device provided by the above embodiment of the present application effectively utilizes the determination of the target identification information group and the determination of whether the inventory list which is set to the completed state and is directed to the storage identifier and the article identifier included in the identification information in the target identification information group has been generated within the predetermined time period, reduces the generation times of the inventory list which is directed to the same storage identifier and article identifier within the predetermined time period, and realizes the generation of the inventory list which is rich in pertinence.
Referring now to FIG. 6, shown is a block diagram of a computer system 600 suitable for use in implementing the electronic device of an embodiment of the present application. The electronic device shown in fig. 6 is only an example, and should not bring any limitation to the functions and the scope of use of the embodiments of the present application.
As shown in fig. 6, the computer system 600 includes a Central Processing Unit (CPU)601 that 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 necessary for the operation of the system 600 are also stored. The CPU 601, ROM 602, and RAM 603 are connected to each other via 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, a mouse, and the like; an output portion 607 including a display such as a Cathode Ray Tube (CRT), a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), and the like, and a speaker; 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 driver 610 is also connected to the I/O interface 605 as needed. A removable medium 611 such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a semiconductor memory, or the like is mounted on the drive 610 as necessary, so that a computer program read out therefrom is mounted in the storage section 608 as necessary.
In particular, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the processes described above with reference to the 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 illustrated in the flow chart. In such an embodiment, the computer program may be downloaded and installed from a network through the communication section 609, and/or installed from the removable medium 611. The above-described functions defined in the system of the present application are executed when the computer program is executed by the Central Processing Unit (CPU) 601.
It should be noted that the computer readable medium shown in the present application may be a computer readable signal medium or a computer readable storage medium or any combination of the two. A computer readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any combination 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 present application, 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 this application, however, a computer readable signal medium may include a propagated data signal with computer readable program code embodied therein, for example, in baseband or as part of a carrier wave. Such a propagated data signal may take many forms, including, but not limited to, electro-magnetic, optical, or any suitable combination thereof. 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.
The flowchart 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 or flowchart illustration, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams 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 described in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented by software or hardware. The described units may also be provided in a processor, and may be described as: a processor includes a determination unit, a selection unit, and a generation unit. Where the names of these units do not in some cases constitute a limitation on the unit itself, for example, the determination unit may also be described as a "unit that determines the manner of triggering of the order generation instruction".
As another aspect, the present application also provides a computer-readable medium, which may be contained in the electronic device described in the above embodiments; or may exist separately without being assembled into the electronic device. The computer readable medium carries one or more programs which, when executed by an electronic device, cause the electronic device to include: in response to receiving the order generation instruction, determining a trigger mode of the order generation instruction; in response to determining that the triggering mode is timing triggering, selecting an identification information group as a target identification information group from a preset identification information group set, wherein for each identification information group in the preset identification information group set, each piece of identification information in the identification information group comprises a storage space identification and an article identification; and for each piece of identification information in the target identification information group, determining whether an inventory order which is in a finished state and is specific to the storage position identification and the article identification included in the identification information is generated in a preset time period, and if not, generating the inventory order specific to the storage position identification and the article identification.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the application and is illustrative of the principles of the technology employed. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the scope of the invention herein disclosed is not limited to the particular combination of features described above, but also encompasses other arrangements formed by any combination of the above features or their equivalents without departing from the spirit of the invention. For example, the above features may be replaced with (but not limited to) features having similar functions disclosed in the present application.