CN110837986A

CN110837986A - Warehouse management system and method thereof

Info

Publication number: CN110837986A
Application number: CN201810934175.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张志陆
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Suzhou Dafengdie Intelligent Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2018-08-16
Filing date: 2018-08-16
Publication date: 2020-02-25

Abstract

When the warehouse management system carries out the warehouse management method, firstly, the warehouse management system receives production data, receives material data from an ERP system and/or receives work order data from an MES system; then, matching with a mechanical arm, a feeding assembly line, a storage position and a logistics box of a box transferring machine box transferring, and performing warehousing/inventory management action according to basic rules and intelligent rules of warehousing/inventory management; further, matching with a manipulator, an AGV (automatic guided vehicle), RFID (radio frequency identification) overhead logistics, a material preparation area and a production line, performing material discharging/discharging actions according to a discharging rule, wherein the first in and the first out are performed according to the D/C (digital/computer) size, the first in and the first out, and the same layer of the warehouse is discharged preferentially according to the sequence of the material calling; then, the production line receives the material and performs the production operation; and finally, performing excess material warehouse returning/warehousing actions by using the RFID aerial logistics and stock preparation measurement system.

Description

Warehouse management system and method thereof

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a warehouse management system and method thereof, and more particularly, to a warehouse management system and method thereof applied in the material warehouse management/production environment of products, wherein the warehouse management system can be connected with an ERP system and/or an MES system and/or an automatic device; during the warehousing management method, production data can be received; then, matching with a mechanical arm, a feeding assembly line, a storage position and a logistics box of a box transferring machine box transferring, and performing warehousing/inventory management; further, the manipulator, the AGV carrier, the RFID overhead logistics, the material preparation area and the production line are matched to perform material discharging/discharging, and material matching/shortage calling is performed so that the production line can receive materials and perform production conveniently; and finally, performing excess material warehouse returning/warehousing by using the RFID aerial logistics and stock preparation measurement system.

Background

In terms of current warehousing management, in the aspect of warehousing/inventory management of production material pieces, manual scanning manufacturer volume labels, manual printing and sticking RID labels, and manual warehousing and shelf loading are still used; in the aspect of discharging/delivering the materials required by production, manual operation is still used, the materials are delivered to a material preparation area on a side bin of a work order material line manually, and the remaining work order material trailer is pulled to a production line manually so as to facilitate the production of the production line; excess materials are off-line and manually dispensed after being judged by a material preparation measurement system; however, manual operation easily causes the problems of wrong material piece scanning, wrong material piece pasting, wrong material placement, wrong material taking and wrong material sending, and cannot ensure the first-in first-out of the material pieces.

Taiwan publication/announcement No. M529680 "electronic components storage silo" discloses an electronic components storage silo, and it includes multistage segmentation base and control module, all is provided with segmentation feed bin frame on every section segmentation base, the multistage segmentation base encloses into an inclosed bin with segmentation feed bin frame, both sides in the bin are provided with a plurality of storage check that are used for depositing the electronic components charging tray respectively, the middle part in the bin is provided with the access material motion that is used for taking to wait to store the material piece, control module and access material motion electric connection, one side or both sides in the bin are provided with and are used for with the discharge material assembly line that the material piece dish in the bin transported to the discharge gate. The electronic components storage silo of this creation can concentrate and deposit a large amount of electronic components material spare, can provide the storage silo of different specifications according to the place size moreover, satisfies different customers' needs.

Taiwan publication/announcement 200519690 discloses a verification, control and management system and method using a minimum management list on an SMT machine, which combines link information of a warehousing system, a quality control system and a dispatching system in an electronic platform of an enterprise to generate minimum management unit information capable of providing the SMT machine for verification, control and management, so as to solve the problem that the SMT machine cannot perform online material verification and real-time material use control and management during production and processing.

Taiwan publication/announcement No. 201536648, "intelligent shelf, intelligent warehousing system and control method of intelligent warehousing system", discloses an intelligent shelf, an intelligent warehousing system and a control method thereof, including: the material storage rack comprises at least one rack body, wherein each rack body comprises a plurality of material positions for placing material parts, each material position is provided with an indicator light for indicating the position of the material position, and an identification bar code for recording the information of the material parts is attached to the surface of each material part; the processor scans the identification bar code of the material piece through a scanning device to obtain material piece information, when the material piece is placed at the material level, the processor associates the material piece information with the material level position, when the material piece is discharged, the processor disassociates the material piece information of the output material piece from the corresponding material level position, and the processor calculates the material piece information of the output material piece according to the work order information and identifies the material level position of the output material piece through the indicating lamp.

Taiwan publication/announcement 508516, "warehousing system with optimized management process", discloses a site production management warehousing system, which provides a warehousing system for controlling and managing point-to-point operation, simulated material issuing/detecting operation, and material conversion operation for combining multiple documents and virtual in and virtual out in a warehousing center, and integrates the information of the material by using an automatic data acquisition method to achieve the purpose of optimizing the management process, and the invention at least comprises the following steps: a storage management system generates a work order and a material receiving order; determining a material picking mode according to the work order and the material picking order; and issuing the material through a control mechanism provided by the warehousing management system.

Taiwan publication/announcement 510998 "site production management warehouse system" discloses a site production management warehouse system, which controls and manages site material pieces in a warehouse center to prevent the material pieces from being stocked for too long and distribute the material pieces to proper storage positions, so as to simplify the production process, and at least comprises the following steps: setting up a stock area, a material picking area and a production line management area; transferring the material in the stock area to the material picking area through a work order and picking the material; transferring the material in the material picking area to the production line management area through a material picking sheet and producing; and finally, returning the unused material in the production line management area to the material picking area.

Taiwan publication/publication No. 201240882 discloses a method for automatically counting parts on a SMT tape and an automatic dispenser, which can be implemented in the automatic dispenser. The method for automatically counting the parts on the SMT material belt comprises the following steps: generating a high-frequency magnetic field by using a metal detector, and rolling an SMT (surface mount technology) material belt with a plurality of parts, so that the SMT material belt continuously passes through the high-frequency magnetic field, wherein the parts comprise metal substances; when the metal detector detects that part of the SMT splice tape in the high-frequency magnetic field contains metal substances, outputting a part existence signal; and starting a counting program according to the part existence signal to calculate the number of the parts of the SMT splice tape.

The prior art and published/announced patent documents do not teach how to solve the problem, in terms of warehousing/inventory management of the produced parts, without using manual warehousing and loading on shelves; in the aspect of discharging/delivering the materials required by production, manual operation is not used, the materials are not delivered to a material preparation area on a side bin of a work order material line for manual delivery, and the remaining work order material trailer is not pulled to a production line by manual operation; and after the excess materials are off-line and are judged by a material preparation measurement system, the materials are not manually ordered.

In other words, how to solve the problems of the wrong placement, the wrong taking and the wrong sending of the material parts easily caused by manual operation, how to ensure the first-in first-out of the material parts, and in addition, when the quantity of the material parts after production is stored, the situation of inconsistency caused by manual storage of the material accounts is avoided, and the problems of high risk, low efficiency and high cost of manual operation are not solved.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention mainly aims to provide a warehouse management system and a method thereof, which are applied to the Material warehouse management/production environment of products, the warehouse management system can be butted with an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, the data of a Bill of Material (BOM) of a Material in the ERP system is captured in a VIEW mode, and if a customer work order is set up in the ERP system, the ERP system is butted to capture the work order/issue order data; and/or, the warehouse management System of the invention can be butted with a Manufacturing Execution System (MES for short) System of a Manufacturing enterprise, and if the customer work order data is in the MES System, the MES System is linked to capture the MES work order/material table data/standard capacity data; in addition, the warehouse management system can be in butt joint with automatic equipment to drive related automatic equipment of manipulator/(Automated Guided Vehicle, AGV for short) transport Vehicle/(radio frequency Identification, RFID for short) air logistics. When the warehouse management system carries out the warehouse management method, firstly, the production data receiving action is carried out, the material and part data are received from the ERP system, and/or the work order data are received from the MES system; then, matching with a mechanical arm, a feeding assembly line, a storage position and a logistics box of a box transferring machine box transferring, and performing warehousing/inventory management action; further, the manipulator, the AGV carrier, the RFID overhead logistics, the material preparation area and the production line are matched to perform material discharging/discharging actions, wherein the material discharging/discharging actions are performed, first in first out, according to the size of D/C, first in first out and according to the sequence of material calling, the material is discharged preferentially from the same layer of the warehouse; then, the production line receives the material and performs the production operation; and finally, performing excess material warehouse returning/warehousing actions by using the RFID aerial logistics and stock preparation measurement system.

The invention also aims to provide a warehouse management system and a method thereof, which are applied to the material warehouse management/production environment of electronic products, and are used for feeding and warehousing material parts after receiving production data; then, discharging/delivering the material parts out of the warehouse, and calling the material for material matching/shortage so that the production line can receive the material parts and carry out production; and finally, utilizing an aerial logistics and stock preparation measuring system to perform excess material offline counting and warehousing.

Another objective of the present invention is to provide a warehouse management system and method thereof, which is applied in the material warehouse management/production environment of electronic products, and does not use manual warehouse loading on shelves in the warehouse/inventory management aspect of producing material pieces; in the aspect of discharging/delivering the materials required by production, manual operation is not used, the materials are not delivered to a material preparation area on a side bin of a work order material line for manual delivery, and the remaining work order material trailer is not pulled to a production line by manual operation; the excess materials are off-line and are not manually counted after being judged by a material preparation measuring system; in other words, the problems that manual operation easily causes wrong placement, wrong taking and wrong sending of the parts can be solved, first-in first-out of the parts can be ensured, in addition, when the quantity of the parts after inventory production is stored, inconsistent situations caused by manual inventory storage can be avoided, and the problems of high risk, low efficiency and high cost of manual operation are avoided.

In accordance with the above-mentioned objectives, the present invention provides a warehouse management system, which at least comprises a processing module, a control module and a database.

The processing module is used for receiving production data, receiving material data from an ERP system and/or receiving work order data from an MES system; the processing module can be in butt joint with the ERP system to capture BOM data of the material in the ERP system in a VIEW mode, and if a customer work order is set up in the ERP system, the processing module is in butt joint with the ERP system to capture work order/material distribution order data; and/or the processing module can interface with the MES system, and link the MES system to capture the MES work order/material sheet data/standard capacity data if the customer work order data is in the MES system.

A control module that can interface with the automation to drive the robot/AGV cart/RFID related automation of the aerial logistics.

And the database stores production data, basic rules for warehouse entry/inventory management, intelligent rules, warehouse exit rules and data for warehouse exit management.

The basic rule here is the principle of space utilization, e.g. trays or trays tray of uniform or similar size are placed as far as possible on the same floor to maximize the space utilization, e.g. 7 inches and 8mm on the same floor.

The intelligent rules are the principles for improving the efficiency, such as (1) storing the work order first set and the material supplement in a partitioned mode, (2) storing the work order first set and the material supplement in the same layer according to customers or the same products, (3) numbering from small to large from the storage positions, (4) storing the validity period/forbidden management and other settings according to the material number rules: a. setting a humidity sensitivity grade; b. setting a valid period; c. forbidding material setting; and, d, bonded non-bonded settings.

The ex-warehouse rule is as follows: 1. a first set/feeding material partition management mode, wherein a first set grabs a work order and a first set material layer, and feeding material grabs a feeding material layer database to improve the delivery efficiency; 2. automatic mode/manual mode: the MES standard man-hour system and the real-time information of work order production are butted, the first set of work order delivery and material supplementing time points of each line are pre-calculated, the calculation period can be set, and the calculation is generally carried out once every 20 minutes; 3. operation priority order principle: production line feeding → head sleeve feeding → intelligent inventory purpose: the production line cannot be stopped, the balance degree of the first set of prepared materials is improved as much as possible, and the condition that the prior concentrated prepared materials are left unused in a material preparation area is changed; the manpower for preparing materials can be saved; and, 4. basic discharge rules: (a) first in first out according to the size of D/C, (b) first in first out according to the sequence of calling materials, and (C) prior discharging of the same layer of the library.

The warehouse returning management comprises the following steps: 1. the limit is removed when the user does not leave the library without the library-leaving measurement; 2. each warehouse returning automatically generates a work order account deduction record; and 3, the work order is finished to confirm that the returned material is finished, and a work order loss order can be generated.

The processing module can manage the material table according to the received production data; the processing module receives the data uploaded by the material receiving table so as to achieve automatic calling/program error prevention of management purposes, appoints the sequence of material preparation stations, saves the time for finding materials at the stations and reduces the feeding errors, so that the batch discharging (first set of materials) of the same work order is basically in the same layer or two layers, and the materials are put into a box according to the station sequence numbers of the material receiving table.

When the warehousing/inventory management action is carried out, the processing module carries out the warehousing/inventory management action according to the basic rules and the intelligent rules of the warehousing/inventory management stored in the database and in cooperation with the control module; the processing module processes the warehousing/inventory management action of the materials and the software windows/data required by the receiving and production actions of the materials and the production of the production line, and transmits the generated information to the control module, so that the control module can cooperate with the material feeding assembly line, the warehousing storage position, the logistics box of the box transferring machine and the manipulator to operate together.

The storage position can be a standard component, the precision is high, the assembly is rapid and quick, and the storage position unit can be adjusted at will according to various specifications; the logistics box of the box transferring machine is provided with materials and comprises box number type RFID (radio frequency identification) settings, and the box number type RFID settings are obtained according to manufacturer and material relation data and a part standard database; in other words, the logistics box is provided for the manipulator to stably grab, and the RFID is embedded on the logistics box, so that the card readers can identify materials.

When the warehousing/inventory management action is carried out, the processing module (according to basic rules and intelligent rules of warehousing/inventory management stored in the database) and the control module cooperate with the mechanical arm, the feeding assembly line, the warehousing storage position and the logistics box of the box transferring machine box transferring, the logistics box and/or the material tray with materials enter the feeding assembly line (such as a belt line), the information of the logistics box and/or the material tray is scanned/read, the warehousing storage position is automatically distributed according to the type of the materials, and the mechanical arm cooperating with the warehousing module grabs the logistics box and/or the material tray with the materials into the warehousing storage position for automatic warehousing.

Here, for example, the robot may be an intelligent robot, and the repeated positioning accuracy is high; the rigidity is high, and all bearing parts of the robot body are made of cast steel; the robots are provided with an electronic stable path function, so that the robots can be ensured to follow the preset running paths while the conditions such as acceleration, gravity, resistance, inertia and the like are considered; the robot is the only robot product which can really realize the maintenance-free body; the system is compatible with various technical system concepts, high safety, high reliability, uniform appearance and texture, consistent operating devices and uniform maintenance and updating schemes; in addition, the robot adopts a modularized structure, can be simply and rapidly modified to meet the requirements of other tasks, and all the robots work through a high-efficiency and reliable microcomputer control platform.

When the material discharging/discharging action is carried out, the processing module (according to the discharging rule stored in the database) and the control module are matched with the mechanical arm, the AGV carrier, the RFID overhead logistics, the material preparation area and the production line to carry out the material discharging/discharging action, wherein the first-in first-out according to the size of D/C and the first-in first-out material first-.

Then, the production line receives the materials and performs production actions; after the material discharging/ex-warehouse action is carried out, when the production line receives the material and carries out the production action, the production line receives the material and carries out the production action.

Here, the part discharge/delivery movement is as a batch discharge (initial batch)/delivery:

1. the manipulator puts the materials into a box, and the fastest planning sequence is to grab all the materials of the work order on the layer; however, because the material trucks cannot be arranged in the standing position sequence like manual operation due to automatic feeding of the boxes, the sequence numbers are disordered and only can be regular in size, namely, 7 inches and 8mm boxes.

2. Therefore, in order to realize the same prompt function, a system billboard is added to prompt the station corresponding to the material to be received, the system displays a box schematic diagram corresponding to the material of the box when the scanning tray receives the material, the corresponding storage position of the material of the box changes color when scanning, and the serial number of the station are taken out.

3. And a feeding ratio comparison system of the MES is added, and the material feeding area can be quickly and accurately fed by scanning and alarming in a wrong way.

When the material part discharging/discharging operation is used as batch discharging (first set material)/discharging, the processing module and the control module will set the storage location area of the upper material preparation area (customer or product sharing material number) and the material supplementing storage location area (all material numbers covered by the storage/fixed plate number are placed in a non-sequence manner) before the upper material preparation area (each station plate); the material sending work order containing the station serial number is converged into the processing module and generates a material sending order; after the material issuing list is generated, the materials are automatically discharged out of the line according to the station position sequence of the material meter; manipulator cooperation AGV carrier is the ejection of compact in batches, packs into the thing flow box of static with the charging tray, and the position discharges with material table station number, and the cylinder line is sent the thing flow box and is gone up the shelf in the district of prepareeing material, and empty thing flow box flows back to electron storehouse upper track, sends corresponding production line and transports back empty thing flow box automatically through the AGV carrier.

When the material discharging/discharging action is material supplementing (manual or automatic material supplementing)/single-disc material calling automatic discharging, a material shortage (material supplementing) system is used by a production line matched with the storage management system to call material shortage, and after the material shortage information is received by the processing module, the processing module and the control module are matched with a manipulator, an AGV (automatic guided vehicle), RFID (radio frequency identification) overhead logistics, a material preparation area and a production line to automatically discharge materials from a storage position, and the materials are placed into a material loading logistics box and scanned by an RFID; the material flow box with the on-line feeding flow line is taken out of a storage position, the upper layer is fed in and discharged from the material, and the lower layer is returned to the empty material flow box; RFID aerial logistics on the elevator automatically send the intelligent storage materials to a corresponding production line through an aerial logistics channel, wherein the RFID aerial logistics can be a speed-doubling logistics line and is silent and stable; the material carrying logistics boxes are scanned in a station-crossing mode, RFID cards are used for identifying materials, and the materials are accurately lowered to a corresponding production line through a lifter; in addition, the empty material flow box is refluxed; in other words, when the material discharging/discharging operation is material supplementing (manual or automatic material supplementing)/single-tray material calling automatic discharging, the production line material calling/automatic discharging/production line scanning discharging/backflow empty material flow box will be performed.

Then, after the production line receives the materials and performs production actions, the RFID aerial logistics and stock preparation measurement system is utilized to perform excess material warehouse returning/warehousing actions; when the excess material is off-line, the processing module (according to the data of the warehouse-returning management stored in the database) and the control module cooperate with the material preparation measuring system, the AGV and the RFID overhead logistics to off-line the excess material of the production line.

When the warehousing management system is used for the warehousing management method, firstly, the production data receiving action is carried out, and the material and part data are received from the ERP system and/or the work order data are received from the MES system.

Then, performing warehousing/inventory management action; when the warehousing/inventory management action is carried out, the processing module (according to basic rules and intelligent rules of warehousing/inventory management stored in the database) and the control module cooperate with the mechanical arm, the feeding assembly line, the warehousing storage position and the logistics box of the box transfer machine to carry out the warehousing/inventory management action.

Further, the material and the part are discharged/taken out of the warehouse; when the material discharging/discharging action is carried out, the processing module (according to the discharging rule stored in the database) and the control module are matched with the mechanical arm, the AGV carrier, the RFID overhead logistics, the material preparation area and the production line to carry out the material discharging/discharging action, wherein the first-in first-out according to the size of D/C and the first-in first-out material first-.

Then, the production line receives the materials and performs production actions; after the warehousing management system performs the material discharging/ex-warehousing action, when the production line receives the materials and performs the production action, the production line receives the materials and performs the production action.

Finally, performing excess material warehouse returning/warehousing action; after the production line receives materials and performs production actions, an RFID aerial logistics and stock preparation measuring system is utilized to perform excess material warehouse returning/warehousing actions; when the excess material is off-line, the processing module (according to the data of the warehouse-returning management stored in the database) and the control module cooperate with the material preparation measuring system, the AGV and the RFID overhead logistics to off-line the excess material of the production line.

To enable those skilled in the art to understand the objects, features and effects of the present invention, the present invention is described in detail by the following embodiments, which are taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings:

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FIG. 1 is a system diagram illustrating the system architecture and operation of the warehouse management system according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating steps of a warehouse management method using the warehouse management system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a more detailed flow of the part ejection/retrieval operation step of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a warehouse management system and operation thereof according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process step of performing the warehouse management method using the embodiment of the warehouse management system of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a more detailed process for describing the part ejection/retrieval operation of FIG. 5.

Description of reference numerals:

1-warehouse management system, 2-processing module, 3-control module, 4-database, 5-ERP system, 6-MES system, 7-production line, 8-automatic equipment, 41-production data, 42-basic rule, 43-intelligent rule, 44-ex-warehouse rule, 45-ex-warehouse management, 51-material data and 61-work order data.

Detailed Description

Fig. 1 is a system diagram for illustrating the system architecture and operation of the warehouse management system according to the present invention. As shown in fig. 1, the warehouse management system 1 at least includes a processing module 2, a control module 3 and a database 4.

A processing module 2, wherein the processing module 2 receives production data 41, receives material data from an ERP system and/or receives work order data from an MES system; the processing module 2 can be in butt joint with the ERP system to capture BOM data of the material in the ERP system in a VIEW mode, and if a customer work order is set up in the ERP system, the processing module is in butt joint with the ERP system to capture work order/issue order data; and/or, the processing module 2 can interface with the MES system and link the MES system to capture the MES job order/material sheet data/standard capacity data if the customer job order data is in the MES system.

A control module 3, the control module 3 being capable of interfacing with an automation device to drive a robot/AGV cart/RFID related automation device for airborne logistics.

The database 4, the database 4 stores production data 41, basic rules 42 for warehousing/stock management, intelligent rules 43, ex-warehouse rules 44, and data for ex-warehouse management 45.

The basic rule 42 is here a space utilization principle, e.g. trays or trays tray of uniform or similar size are placed as far as possible on the same floor to maximize the space utilization, e.g. 7 inches and 8mm on the same floor.

The intelligent rules 43 are efficiency-improving principles, such as (1) storage of work order initial set and feeding material partition, (2) storage in the same layer as customer or the same product, (3) storage in descending order of storage location number, (4) storage of validity/prohibition management and other settings as per material number rules (raw material plant): a. setting a humidity sensitivity grade; b. setting a valid period; c. forbidding material setting; and, d, bonded non-bonded settings.

The ex-warehouse rules 44 are: 1. first set/feeding partition management mode: the first set of material layers of the work order are grabbed, and the material supplementing layer data base is grabbed by material supplementing, so that the ex-warehouse efficiency is improved; 2. automatic mode/manual mode: the MES standard man-hour system and the real-time information of work order production are butted, the first set of work order delivery and material supplementing time points of each line are pre-calculated, the calculation period can be set, and the calculation is generally carried out once every 20 minutes; 3. operation priority order principle: production line feeding → head sleeve feeding → intelligent inventory purpose: the production line cannot be stopped, the balance degree of the first set of prepared materials is improved as much as possible, and the condition that the prior concentrated prepared materials are left unused in a material preparation area is changed; the manpower for preparing materials can be saved; and, 4. basic discharge rules: (a) first in first out according to the size of D/C, (b) first in first out according to the sequence of calling materials, and (C) prior discharging of the same layer of the library.

The warehouse exit management 45 is: 1. the limit is removed when the user does not leave the library without the library-leaving measurement; 2. each warehouse returning automatically generates a work order account deduction record; and 3, the work order is finished to confirm that the returned material is finished, and a work order loss order can be generated.

The processing module 2 can perform the material table management according to the received production data 41; the processing module 2 receives the data uploaded by the material table, so that automatic calling/program error prevention of management purposes can be achieved, the material preparation station position sequence is appointed, the material searching time of the station position is saved, the material loading error is reduced, the batch discharging (first batch) of the same work order is basically in the same layer or two layers, and the materials are put into a box according to the station position sequence number of the material table.

When the warehousing/inventory management action is carried out, the processing module 2 carries out the warehousing/inventory management action according to the basic rules 42 and the intelligent rules 43 of the warehousing/inventory management stored in the database 4 and in cooperation with the control module 3; the processing module 2 processes the warehousing/inventory management action of the materials and the software windows/data required by the receiving and production actions of the materials on the production line and transmits the generated information to the control module 3, so that the control module 3 can cooperate with the material feeding assembly line, the warehousing storage position, the material flow box of the box transferring machine and the mechanical arm to operate together.

When the warehousing/inventory management action is performed, the processing module 2 (according to the basic rules 42 and the intelligent rules 43 of warehousing/inventory management stored in the database) and the control module 3 cooperate with the mechanical arm, the feeding assembly line, the warehousing storage positions and the logistics boxes of the box transfer machine, the logistics boxes and/or the material trays with materials enter the feeding assembly line (for example, a belt line), the information of the logistics boxes and/or the material trays is scanned/read, the warehousing storage positions are automatically distributed according to the types of the materials, and the mechanical arm cooperating with the warehousing module grabs the logistics boxes and/or the material trays with the materials into the warehousing storage positions for automatic warehousing.

When the material discharging/discharging action is carried out, the processing module 2 (according to the discharging rule 44 stored in the database 4) and the control module 3 cooperate with the manipulator, the AGV carrier, the RFID overhead logistics, the material preparation area and the production line to carry out the material discharging/discharging action, wherein the material is discharged from the same warehouse layer in a first-in first-out mode according to the size of D/C, the first-in first-out mode and the material calling sequence.

1. the manipulator puts the materials into a box, and the fastest planning sequence is to grab all the materials of the work order on the layer; however, because the boxes are automatically fed, the material trolley cannot be manually placed on the material trolley according to the standing position sequence, so that the sequence numbers are disordered and can only be regulated according to the size; i.e. 7 inches and 8mm boxes.

3. And the feeding comparison system of the MES is used for carrying out wrong scanning and alarming, so that the feeding can be fast and accurate.

When the material part discharging/discharging operation is batch discharging (first set material)/discharging, the processing module 2 and the control module 3 will perform the setting of the storage location area of the upper material preparation area (customer or product sharing material number) and the setting of the material supplement storage location area (all material numbers under the storage coverage/the number of the fixed plate are placed in a non-sequence manner) before the upper material preparation area (each station plate); the material sending work order containing the station serial number is converged into the processing module 2 and generates a material sending order; after the material issuing list is generated, the materials are automatically discharged out of the line according to the station position sequence of the material meter; manipulator cooperation AGV carrier is the ejection of compact in batches, packs into the thing flow box of static with the charging tray, and the position discharges with material table station number, and the cylinder line is sent the thing flow box and is gone up the shelf in the district of prepareeing material, and empty thing flow box flows back to electron storehouse upper track, sends corresponding production line and transports back empty thing flow box automatically through the AGV carrier.

When the material discharging/warehouse-out action is material supplementing (manual or automatic material supplementing)/single-disc material calling automatic discharging, a material shortage (material supplementing) is called by a material calling system on a production line matched with the warehouse management system 1, and after the material shortage information is received by the processing module 2, the processing module 2 and the control module 3 are matched with a manipulator, an AGV (automatic guided vehicle), RFID (radio frequency identification) overhead logistics, a material preparation area and the production line to automatically discharge materials from a warehouse storage position, put the materials into a material loading logistics box and scan the RFID; the material flow box with the on-line feeding flow line is taken out of a storage position, the upper layer is fed in and discharged from the material, and the lower layer is returned to the empty material flow box; RFID aerial logistics on the elevator automatically send the intelligent storage materials to a corresponding production line through an aerial logistics channel, wherein the RFID aerial logistics can be a speed-doubling logistics line and is silent and stable; the material carrying logistics boxes are scanned in a station-crossing mode, RFID cards are used for identifying materials, and the materials are accurately lowered to a corresponding production line through a lifter; in addition, the empty material flow box is refluxed; in other words, when the material discharging/discharging operation is material supplementing (manual or automatic material supplementing)/single-tray material calling automatic discharging, the production line material calling/automatic discharging/production line scanning discharging/backflow empty material flow box will be performed.

Then, after the production line receives the materials and performs production actions, the RFID aerial logistics and stock preparation measurement system is utilized to perform excess material warehouse returning/warehousing actions; when the excess material is off-line, the processing module 2 (according to the data of the warehouse-returning management 45 stored in the database 4) and the control module cooperate with the stock preparation measuring system, the AGV and the RFID overhead logistics to off-line the excess material of the production line.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating steps of a warehouse management method using the warehouse management system of the present invention shown in FIG. 1. As shown in FIG. 2, first, at step 101, receive production data 41 action, receive material data from an ERP system, and/or receive work order data from an MES system; processing module 2 will perform the act of receiving production data, receiving material data from the ERP system and/or receiving work order data from the MES system and proceed to step 102.

In step 102, a warehousing/inventory management action is performed; when performing warehousing/inventory management actions, the processing module 2 (according to the basic rules 42 and the intelligent rules 43 of warehousing/inventory management stored in the database 4) and the control module 3 cooperate with the manipulator, the feeding assembly line, the warehousing storage location and the logistics boxes of the box transfer machine to perform warehousing/inventory management actions, and then the process goes to step 103.

In step 103, performing a discharging/ex-warehouse operation of the material part; when the discharging/discharging operation of the material is performed, the processing module 2 (according to the discharging rule 44 stored in the database 4) and the control module 3 cooperate with the manipulator, the AGV carrier, the RFID aerial logistics, the material preparation area, and the production line to perform the discharging/discharging operation of the material, wherein the discharging/discharging operation of the material is performed in a first-in first-out mode, the discharging operation of the material is performed on the same layer of the warehouse according to the size of D/C, the first-in first-out mode, the material-calling sequence and the like, and the step 104.

In step 104, receiving materials and performing production actions on a production line; after the warehouse management system 1 performs the material discharging/discharging operation, when the production line receives the material and performs the production operation, the production line receives the material from the warehouse management system 1 and performs the production operation, and the process proceeds to step 105.

In step 105, performing a remainder warehouse-returning/warehousing action; after the production line receives materials and performs production actions, an RFID aerial logistics and stock preparation measuring system is utilized to perform excess material warehouse returning/warehousing actions; when the excess material is returned/put into storage, the processing module 2 (according to the data of the returned management 45 stored in the database 4) and the control module 3 cooperate with the stock measurement system, the AGV and the RFID aerial logistics to carry out the production line excess material unloading.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a more detailed flow of the part ejection/retrieval operation step illustrated in FIG. 2. In step 103, as shown in fig. 3, when the material part discharging/discharging operation is batch discharging (first set material)/discharging in step 1031, before the upper material preparation area (each station tray), the processing module 2 and the control module 3 will perform the storage location area setting (customer or product sharing material number) of the upper material preparation area and the material supplementing storage location area setting (all material numbers under the storage coverage/setting the number of fixed trays to be placed in a non-order manner); and the work order containing the station serial number is merged into the processing module 2 and generates a work order, and the process proceeds to step 1032.

In step 1032, after the material distribution list is generated, discharging materials out of the line automatically according to the station position sequence of the material meter; the manipulator cooperates the AGV carrier, and the batch ejection of compact is packed into the thing flow box of static with the charging tray, and the position discharges with material table station position number, and the cylinder line is sent the thing flow box to the shelf in the district of prepareeing material, and empty thing flow box flows back to electron storehouse upper track, and automatic the sending is to corresponding production line and is transported back empty thing flow box through the AGV carrier to reach step 104.

In step 103, as shown in fig. 3, in step 1033, when the material discharging/ex-warehouse action is material supplementing (manual or automatic material supplementing)/single-tray material-calling automatic discharging, the material-calling system is used by the production line cooperating with the warehouse management system 1 to call material shortage (material supplementing), and after the processing module 2 receives the material shortage information, the processing module 2 and the control module 3 cooperate with the manipulator, the AGV carrier, the RFID aerial logistics, the material preparation area, and the production line to automatically discharge from the warehouse storage location, and the process proceeds to step 1034.

In step 1034, the material flow box with the material flow line is taken out of the storage position, the upper layer is fed in and out of the material flow box, and the lower layer is returned to the empty material flow box; RFID aerial logistics on the elevator automatically send the intelligent storage materials to a corresponding production line through an aerial logistics channel, wherein the RFID aerial logistics can be a speed-doubling logistics line and is silent and stable; the material carrying logistics boxes are scanned in a station-crossing mode, RFID cards are used for identifying materials, and the materials are accurately lowered to a corresponding production line through a lifter; in addition, the empty material flow box is refluxed; in other words, when the material discharging/discharging operation is material replenishing (manual or automatic material replenishing)/single-tray material calling automatic discharging, the empty material flow box will be subjected to line calling/automatic discharging/line scanning discharging/returning, and the process goes to step 104.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a warehouse management system and operation thereof according to the present invention. As shown in fig. 4, the warehouse management system 1 at least comprises a processing module 2, a control module 3 and a database 4, wherein the product is SMT, and the production line 7 is SMT production line 7.

A processing module 2, wherein the processing module 2 receives the production data 41, receives the material data 51 from the ERP system 5 and/or receives the work order data 61 from the MES system 6, in other words, the production data 41 can be the object data 51 and/or the work order data 61; here, the processing module 2 can interface/receive the material data 51 with the ERP system 5, capture the data of the BOM of the material in the ERP system 5 in VIEW mode, and capture the work order/issue order data with the ERP system 5 if the customer work order is set up in the ERP system 5; and/or the processing module 2 can interface with/receive work order data 61 from the MES system 6 and link the MES system 6 to capture MES work order/material sheet data/standard capacity data if the customer work order data is at the MES system 6.

A control module 3, the control module 3 being capable of interfacing with a robot 8 to drive the robot 8 in relation to the manipulator/AGV cart/RFID over the air logistics.

The basic rule 42 is a space utilization rule, for example, trays or trays with uniform or similar specifications are placed in the same layer as much as possible to maximize the utilization of space, for example: 7 inches and 8mm in the same layer.

When the warehousing/inventory management action is carried out, the processing module 2 carries out the warehousing/inventory management action according to the basic rules 42 and the intelligent rules 43 of the warehousing/inventory management stored in the database 4 and in cooperation with the control module 3; the processing module 2 processes the software window/data required by the warehousing/inventory management action of the materials and the receiving and production actions of the SMT production line 7 and transmits the generated information to the control module 3, so that the control module 3 can cooperate with a material feeding assembly line, a storage position, a material flow box of a box rotating machine and a mechanical arm to operate together.

When the material discharging/discharging action is carried out, the processing module 2 (according to the discharging rule 44 stored in the database 4) and the control module 3 cooperate with the manipulator, the AGV carrier, the RFID overhead logistics, the material preparation area and the SMT production line 7 to carry out the material discharging/discharging action, wherein the material discharging/discharging action is carried out in a first-in first-out mode, and the material is discharged preferentially from the same layer of the warehouse according to the size of D/C, the first-in first-out mode and the called material sequence.

Then, the production line receives the materials and performs production actions; after the material discharging/ex-warehouse operation, when the SMT production line 7 receives the material and performs the production operation, the SMT production line 7 receives the material and performs the production operation.

When the material part discharging/discharging operation is batch discharging (first set material)/discharging, the processing module 2 and the control module 3 will perform the setting of the storage location area of the upper material preparation area (customer or product sharing material number) and the setting of the material supplement storage location area (all material numbers under the storage coverage/the number of the fixed plate are placed in a non-sequence manner) before the upper material preparation area (each station plate); the material sending work order containing the SMT station serial number is merged into the processing module 2 and generates a material sending order; after the material distribution list is generated, automatically discharging materials out of the line according to the SMT station position sequence of the material meter; manipulator cooperation AGV carrier is the ejection of compact in batches, packs into the thing flow box of static with the charging tray, and the position discharges with material table SMT station number, and the cylinder line is sent the thing flow box to the shelf in material loading district, and the upper track of electronic storehouse is flowed back to empty thing flow box, sends corresponding SMT production line 7 and transports back empty thing flow box through the AGV carrier is automatic.

When the material discharging/warehouse-out action is material supplementing (manual or automatic material supplementing)/single-disc material calling automatic discharging, the SMT production line 7 matched with the warehouse management system 1 uses the material calling system to call material shortage (material supplementing), and after the processing module 2 receives the material shortage information, the processing module 2 and the control module 3 are matched with the mechanical arm, the AGV carrier, the RFID air logistics, the material preparation area and the SMT production line 7 to automatically discharge materials from the warehouse storage position, put the materials into the material-carrying logistics boxes and scan the RFID; the material flow box with the on-line feeding flow line is taken out of a storage position, the upper layer is fed in and discharged from the material, and the lower layer is returned to the empty material flow box; RFID aerial logistics on the elevator automatically send the intelligent storage materials to the corresponding SMT production line 7 through an aerial logistics channel, wherein the RFID aerial logistics can be a double-speed logistics line and is silent and stable; the material-carrying logistics boxes are scanned in a station-crossing mode, RFID cards are used for identifying materials, and the materials are accurately lowered to the corresponding SMT production line 7 through the lifter; in addition, the empty material flow box is refluxed; in other words, when the material discharging/discharging operation is material replenishing (manual or automatic material replenishing)/single-tray material calling automatic discharging, the SMT production line 7 material calling/automatic discharging/line scanning discharging/backflow empty flow box will be performed.

Then, after the SMT production line 7 receives the materials and performs production actions, an RFID aerial logistics and stock preparation measurement system is utilized to perform excess material warehouse returning/warehousing actions; when the excess material is off-line, the processing module 2 (according to the data of the warehouse-returning management 45 stored in the database 4) and the control module cooperate with the stock preparation measuring system, the AGV and the RFID overhead logistics to perform the excess material off-line of the SMT production line 7.

In the present embodiment, although the product is produced by the surface mount technology SMT, the production line 7 is an SMT production line 7; however, for other products, such as solar products, the same and similar principles are described in this embodiment, and therefore, the description thereof is omitted here.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of performing a warehouse management method using the embodiment of the warehouse management system shown in FIG. 4. As shown in FIG. 5, first, at step 201, receive production data 41, receive material data 51 from ERP system 5, and/or receive work order data 61 from MES system 6; processing module 2 will perform the act of receiving production data 41, receiving material data 51 from ERP system 5 and/or work order data 61 from MES system 6 and proceed to step 202.

In step 202, a warehousing/inventory management action is performed; when the warehousing/inventory management action is carried out, the processing module 2 (according to basic rules 42 and intelligent rules 43 of warehousing/inventory management stored in a database) and the control module 3 are matched with a mechanical arm, a feeding assembly line, a warehousing storage position and a material distribution box of a box transfer machine box transfer, the material distribution box and/or a material tray with materials enter the feeding assembly line (such as a belt line), information of the material distribution box and/or the material tray is scanned/read, the warehousing storage position is automatically distributed according to the type of the materials, and the mechanical arm matched with the warehousing module grabs the material distribution box and/or the material tray with the materials into the warehousing storage position for automatic warehousing; the processing module 2 processes the software window/data required by the warehousing/inventory management action of the material and the receiving and production actions of the material by the SMT production line 7, and transmits the generated information to the control module 3, so that the control module 3 can cooperate with the material feeding assembly line, the warehousing storage position, the logistics box of the box rotating machine and the manipulator to operate, and the process proceeds to step 203.

In step 203, performing a discharging/ex-warehouse operation of the material part; when the material discharging/discharging action is performed, the processing module 2 (according to the discharging rule 44 stored in the database 4) and the control module 3 cooperate with the manipulator, the AGV carrier, the RFID overhead logistics, the material preparation area and the SMT production line 7 to perform the material discharging/discharging action, wherein the material discharging/discharging action is performed in a first-in first-out mode, the material is discharged preferentially from the same layer of the warehouse according to the size of D/C, the first-in first-out mode and the material calling sequence, and the step 204 is further performed.

In step 204, receiving materials and performing production actions on the SMT production line 7; after the warehouse management system 1 performs the material discharging/ex-warehouse operation, when the SMT production line 7 receives the material and performs the production operation, the SMT production line 7 receives the material from the warehouse management system 1 and performs the production operation, and the process proceeds to step 205.

In step 205, performing a remainder warehouse-returning/warehousing action; after the SMT production line 7 receives materials and performs production actions, an RFID aerial logistics and stock preparation measurement system is utilized to perform excess material warehouse returning/warehousing actions; when the excess material is returned/put into storage, the processing module 2 (according to the data of the returned management 45 stored in the database 4) and the control module 3 cooperate with the stock measurement system, the AGV and the RFID overhead logistics to perform the excess material unloading of the SMT production line 7.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a more detailed flow of the part ejection/retrieval operation step illustrated in FIG. 5. In step 203, as shown in fig. 6, in step 2031, when the material part discharging/discharging operation is a batch charging (first set of material)/discharging, before the upper material preparation area (each station tray), the processing module 2 and the control module 3 will perform the setting of the storage location area of the upper material preparation area (customer or product sharing material number) and the setting of the material supplement storage location area (all material numbers under the storage coverage/the number of fixed trays are placed in a non-sequential manner); and the issue work order containing the SMT station serial number is merged into the processing module 2 and generates an issue order, and the process proceeds to step 2032.

In step 2032, after the issue list is generated, automatically discharging to the outside of the line according to the SMT station position sequence of the material meter; manipulator cooperation AGV carrier is the ejection of compact in batches, packs into the thing flow box of static with the charging tray, and the position discharges with material table SMT station number, and the cylinder line is sent the thing flow box to the shelf in the district of prepareeing material, and empty thing flow box flows back the upper track in electron storehouse, and automatic the sending is to corresponding SMT production line 7 and transport back empty thing flow box through the AGV carrier to step 204.

In step 203, as shown in fig. 6, in step 2033, when the material discharging/ex-warehouse operation is material supplementing (manual or automatic material supplementing)/single-tray material-calling automatic discharging, the SMT production line 7 cooperating with the warehouse management system 1 uses the material-calling system to call material shortage (material supplementing), and after the processing module 2 receives the material shortage information, the processing module 2 and the control module 3 cooperate with the robot, the AGV cart, the RFID overhead logistics, the material preparation area, and the SMT production line 7 to automatically discharge materials from the warehouse storage location, and the process proceeds to step 2034.

In step 2034, the material flow box with the on-line feeding flow goes out of the storage position, the upper layer goes in and out of the material, and the lower layer returns to the empty material flow box; RFID aerial logistics on the elevator automatically send the intelligent storage materials to the corresponding SMT production line 7 through an aerial logistics channel, wherein the RFID aerial logistics can be a double-speed logistics line and is silent and stable; the material-carrying logistics boxes are scanned in a station-crossing mode, RFID cards are used for identifying materials, and the materials are accurately lowered to the corresponding SMT production line 7 through the lifter; in addition, the empty material flow box is refluxed; in other words, when the material discharging/ex-warehouse action is material supplementing (manual or automatic material supplementing)/single-tray material-calling automatic discharging, the SMT production line 7 material-calling/automatic discharging/line-scanning discharging/backflow empty material flow box is performed, and the process proceeds to step 204.

By integrating the above embodiments, we can obtain the warehouse management system and the method thereof of the present invention, which are applied to the material warehouse management/production environment of electronic products, the warehouse management system of the present invention can be connected with an ERP system, and capture the BOM data of the material in the ERP system in VIEW mode, and if the customer work order is set up in the ERP system, the ERP system is connected to capture the work order/issue order data; and/or, the warehouse management system of the invention can be connected with the MES system, and if the customer work order data is in the MES system, the MES system is linked to capture the MES work order/material table data/standard productivity data; in addition, the warehouse management system of the present invention may interface with automation devices to drive robots/AGV carts/RFID related automation devices for the air logistics. When the warehouse management system carries out the warehouse management method, firstly, the production data receiving action is carried out, the material and part data are received from the ERP system, and/or the work order data are received from the MES system; then, matching with a mechanical arm, a feeding assembly line, a storage position and a logistics box of a box transferring machine box transferring, and performing warehousing/inventory management action; further, the manipulator, the AGV carrier, the RFID overhead logistics, the material preparation area and the production line are matched to perform material discharging/discharging actions, wherein the material discharging/discharging actions are performed, first in first out, according to the size of D/C, first in first out and according to the sequence of material calling, the material is discharged preferentially from the same layer of the warehouse; then, the production line receives the material and performs the production operation; and finally, performing excess material warehouse returning/warehousing actions by using the RFID aerial logistics and stock preparation measurement system. The warehousing management and the method thereof of the invention have the following advantages:

1. the system can be butted with an ERP system to capture BOM data of the material in the ERP system in a VIEW mode, and if a customer work order is set up in the ERP system, the system is butted with the ERP system to capture work order/material distribution order data; and/or, the warehouse management system of the invention can be connected with the MES system, and if the customer work order data is in the MES system, the MES system is linked to capture the MES work order/material table data/standard productivity data; in addition, the warehouse management system of the present invention may interface with automation devices to drive robots/AGV carts/RFID related automation devices for the air logistics.

2. Receiving material data from an ERP system and/or receiving work order data from an MES system; then, matching with a mechanical arm, a feeding assembly line, a storage position and a logistics box of a box transferring machine box transferring, and performing warehousing/inventory management action; further, the manipulator, the AGV carrier, the RFID overhead logistics, the material preparation area and the production line are matched to perform material discharging/discharging actions, wherein the material discharging/discharging actions are performed, first in first out, according to the size of D/C, first in first out and according to the sequence of material calling, the material is discharged preferentially from the same layer of the warehouse; then, the production line receives the material and performs the production operation; and finally, performing excess material warehouse returning/warehousing actions by using the RFID aerial logistics and stock preparation measurement system.

3. After receiving production data, feeding the material parts and warehousing the material parts; then, discharging/delivering the material parts out of the warehouse, and carrying out material matching/material shortage calling so that the production line can receive the material parts and carry out production; and finally, utilizing an aerial logistics and stock preparation measuring system to perform excess material offline counting and warehousing.

4. In the aspect of warehousing/inventory management of production material parts, manual warehousing and shelf loading are not used; in the aspect of discharging/delivering the materials required by production, manual operation is not used, the materials are not delivered to a material preparation area on a side bin of a work order material line for manual delivery, and the remaining work order material trailer is not pulled to a production line by manual operation; the excess materials are off-line and are not manually counted after being judged by a material preparation measuring system; in other words, the problems that manual operation easily causes wrong placement, wrong taking and wrong sending of the parts can be solved, first-in first-out of the parts can be ensured, in addition, when the quantity of the parts after inventory production is stored, inconsistent situations caused by manual inventory storage can be avoided, and the problems of high risk, low efficiency and high cost of manual operation are avoided.

The above description is only for the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention; it is intended that all such equivalent changes and modifications be included within the scope of the present invention without departing from the spirit thereof.

Claims

1. A warehouse management method is applied to the environment of material warehouse management/production of products, and comprises the following procedures:

receiving a production data action; receiving material data from an ERP system and/or receiving work order data from an MES system;

performing warehousing/inventory management action, and performing the warehousing/inventory management action by matching with a feeding assembly line, a warehousing storage position, a logistics box and a mechanical arm;

performing material discharging/warehouse-out action, and performing the material discharging/warehouse-out action by matching with the manipulator, the AGV carrier, the RFID overhead logistics, the material preparation area and the production line, wherein the material discharging/warehouse-out action is performed in a first-in first-out mode, and the material is discharged preferentially from the same layer of the warehouse according to the size of D/C, the first-in first-out mode and the material calling sequence;

carrying out the actions of receiving materials and producing on the production line; and the number of the first and second groups,

performing excess material warehouse returning/warehousing action, and performing the excess material warehouse returning/warehousing action of the production line by using the RFID aerial logistics and stock preparation measurement system;

when the warehousing/inventory management action is carried out, the basic rule and the intelligent rule of warehousing/inventory management are adopted; and the number of the first and second groups,

wherein, when the material part is discharged/taken out, the material part is taken out according to the delivery rule.

2. The warehouse management method according to claim 1, wherein the parts discharging/discharging operation is a batch discharging/discharging operation.

3. The warehouse management method according to claim 1, wherein the parts discharging/discharging operation is automatically discharged as a feeding/single-tray call.

4. The warehouse management method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the material discharging/discharging operation is performed as the batch discharging/discharging operation by first performing the upper stock area setting and the replenishment stock area setting; gathering a material sending work order containing the serial number of the production station; and after the material issuing list is generated, automatically discharging the materials out of the line according to the station position sequence of the material meter.

5. The warehouse management method according to claim 3, wherein when the parts discharging/discharging operation is the automatic discharging of the material supplementing/single-tray material calling, the production line uses a material calling system to call the material shortage, and after receiving the information of the material shortage, the production line automatically discharges the materials from the warehouse storage location; and placing the material lacking the material into the material loading logistics box and scanning the RFID; and the material flow box of the feeding flow line is discharged from the storage position, the upper layer enters and exits materials, and the lower layer returns to the empty material flow box.

6. A warehouse management system for use in a material warehouse management/production environment for products, comprising:

the processing module is used for receiving production data, receiving material data from an ERP system and/or receiving work order data from an MES system;

a control module, which is in butt joint with the automatic equipment; and

a database for storing at least the production data, basic rules for warehousing/stock management, and intelligent rules;

the processing module is matched with the automatic equipment to perform warehousing/inventory management actions according to the basic rules and the intelligent rules of warehousing/inventory management stored in the database and the control module.

7. The warehouse management system of claim 6, wherein the automated equipment is a robot, a feed line, a warehouse storage location, and a logistics bin.

8. The warehouse management system of claim 6, wherein the database further stores warehouse exit rules, the processing module performs material discharging/warehouse exit according to the warehouse exit rules stored in the database and the control module in cooperation with a robot, an AGV, RFID air logistics, a stock preparation area, and a production line, and the discharging/warehouse exit is performed with first in first out, first in first out according to the D/C size, first in first out, and first in order of material calling sequence, and the discharging is performed preferentially on the same layer as the warehouse.

9. The warehouse management system as claimed in claim 8, wherein after the material discharging/ex-warehouse operation, the production line receives material and performs the production operation when the production line receives material and performs the production operation.

10. The warehouse management system of claim 9, wherein the database further stores ex-warehouse management; after the receiving and production actions of the production line are carried out, the processing module carries out the excess material warehouse returning/warehousing action of the production line according to the warehouse returning management data stored in the database and the control module matched with the stock preparation measuring system, the AGV carrier and the RFID overhead logistics, so that the excess material of the production line is off-line.