CN111517055A - Inventory system - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides an inventory system, wherein the inventory system comprises: the system comprises a multi-layer shuttle library, a plurality of goods-to-people inventory supports positioned at the bottom layer of the multi-layer shuttle library, a plurality of shuttle cars and a plurality of handling equipment; the multi-layer shuttle library comprises a plurality of storage layers, each storage layer comprises a plurality of storage positions, and at least one stock container used for containing stock goods is placed on each storage position; the goods-to-person inventory support comprises a plurality of storage layers, each storage layer comprises a plurality of storage positions, and at least one inventory container used for containing inventory goods is placed on each storage position; the shuttle car runs in the multilayer shuttle warehouse and is used for picking and placing the inventory container on the storage position; the handling apparatus is configured to handle the inventory receptacles or the goods-to-human inventory holders between the multi-level shuttle library and a workstation.
Description
Technical Field
The disclosure relates to the technical field of logistics storage, in particular to a storage system.
Background
In the field of logistics warehousing, different areas may be set as stock areas and picking areas, respectively. However, since the area of the warehouse is fixed, if the types and storage amounts of the articles to be stored in the warehouse increase, the stock area needs to be enlarged to improve the storage efficiency of the warehouse; accordingly, the picking area is reduced, and the reduction of the picking area reduces the number of workstations and picking racks in the picking area, thereby reducing the picking efficiency. Conversely, the stock area is relatively compressed once the picking area is enlarged, and although the picking efficiency of the picking area is improved, the storage efficiency is also affected by the reduction of the stock area. Storage efficiency and picking efficiency are not effectively balanced.
Disclosure of Invention
The embodiment of the disclosure at least provides an inventory system.
In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an inventory system, including: the system comprises a multi-layer shuttle library, a plurality of goods-to-people inventory supports positioned at the bottom layer of the multi-layer shuttle library, a plurality of shuttle cars and a plurality of handling equipment; the multi-layer shuttle library comprises a plurality of storage layers, each storage layer comprises a plurality of storage positions, and at least one stock container used for containing stock goods is placed on each storage position; the goods-to-person inventory support comprises a plurality of storage layers, each storage layer comprises a plurality of storage positions, and at least one inventory container used for containing inventory goods is placed on each storage position;
the shuttle car runs in the multilayer shuttle warehouse and is used for picking and placing the inventory container on the storage position;
the handling apparatus is configured to handle the inventory receptacles or the goods-to-human inventory holders between the multi-level shuttle library and a workstation.
In an alternative embodiment, the shuttle is a four-way shuttle.
In an alternative embodiment, the multi-level shuttle garage further includes at least one elevator for handling the inventory receptacles retrieved by the shuttle cars between different storage levels of the multi-level shuttle garage.
In an alternative embodiment, the inventory receptacles include at least one of trays and bins.
In an alternative embodiment, the multi-layer shuttle library further comprises a plurality of docking conveyor lines positioned at the bottom layer of the multi-layer shuttle library for docking and transporting the inventory containers between the multi-layer shuttle library and the handling device.
In an alternative embodiment, the inventory receptacles in the multi-level shuttle library are pallets and the inventory receptacles on the goods-to-people inventory holder are bins.
In an alternative embodiment, if the inventory containers are bins, the handling apparatus is a self-propelled robot with a bin unpacking mechanism.
In an alternative embodiment, if the inventory receptacles are trays, the handling device is at least one of: self-driven robot with bearing tray mechanism, self-driven robot with bearing tray frame mechanism, and forklift.
In an alternative embodiment, at least one of the inventory receptacle, the person-to-person inventory holder, or both is provided with an identification code.
In an alternative embodiment, the inventory system further comprises: and the identification code recognition device is used for recognizing the identification code and acquiring information corresponding to the identification code.
In an alternative embodiment, the inventory system further includes an inventory management server in communication with at least one of the handling apparatus, the shuttle car, and the elevator; wherein,
the inventory management server is used for determining the storage position of the goods to be operated from the multi-layer shuttle library and the goods to the human inventory support according to the information of the goods to be operated and the current inventory goods information in the multi-layer shuttle library and the goods to human inventory support; and scheduling at least one of the carrying equipment, the shuttle car and the hoister to carry the stock container containing the goods to be operated or a goods-to-human stock support according to the determined storage position, so that the goods to be operated can be carried out at least one of the operation of putting on the shelves and the operation of taking off the shelves.
In an optional embodiment, the inventory management server, in racking the item to be handled to an inventory receptacle in the multi-level shuttle library, is further configured to:
scheduling the handling equipment to handle the inventory containers containing the goods to be handled from a workstation to a first end of a docking conveyor line at the bottom of the multi-layer shuttle library, and transferring the inventory containers containing the goods to be handled by the docking conveyor line from the first end to a second end of the docking conveyor line; dispatching the shuttle or the elevator to be positioned at the second end of the butt joint conveying line, and butting the stock container containing the goods to be operated from the second end; and dispatching the shuttle car to convey the stock container containing the goods to be operated to the corresponding storage position on the multilayer shuttle library, or dispatching the hoister and the shuttle car to cooperate to convey the stock container containing the goods to be operated to the corresponding storage position on the multilayer shuttle library.
In an alternative embodiment, the inventory management server, in racking the item to be handled to the item-to-person inventory holder, is further configured to:
scheduling the handling device to handle the inventory container containing the goods to be handled from the workstation to the area of the goods-to-person inventory stand and scheduling the handling device or other automated devices to place the inventory container containing the goods to be handled in a corresponding storage location; or scheduling the carrying equipment to carry the goods-to-human stock support comprising the goods to be operated to the corresponding position from the workstation.
In an alternative embodiment, the inventory management server, in unloading the item to be handled from an inventory receptacle in the multi-level shuttle library, is further configured to:
dispatching the shuttle or transporting the inventory container containing the goods to be operated from the corresponding storage position to a second end of a butt joint conveying line by the shuttle and the lifting machine, and transporting the inventory container containing the goods to be operated from the second end to a first end of the butt joint conveying line by the butt joint conveying line; and scheduling the carrying equipment to move to the first end of the butt joint conveying line, butt-jointing the stock container containing the goods to be operated from the first end, and carrying the stock container containing the goods to be operated to a workstation from the first end of the butt joint conveying line.
In an alternative embodiment, the inventory management server, in unloading the item to be handled from the good to a human inventory holder, is further configured to:
dispatching the carrying equipment to take out the stock container containing the goods to be operated from the corresponding goods-to-person stock support and carrying the stock container to a workstation; or scheduling the carrying equipment to carry the goods-to-person inventory support comprising the goods to be operated to a workstation.
In an optional embodiment, when the racking operation is warehousing, the goods to be operated are goods to be warehoused; the inventory management server is further used for selecting a storage position for the goods to be warehoused from the goods-to-human inventory support if the fact that the remaining storage amount corresponding to the goods type in the goods-to-human inventory support is lower than a set quantity threshold value or the fact that the storage position corresponding to the goods type in the goods-to-human inventory support is not full is determined according to the goods type corresponding to the goods information to be warehoused, and selecting a storage position for the goods to be warehoused from the multi-layer shuttle warehouse if the remaining goods to be operated exist.
In an optional embodiment, when the operation is replenishment, the article to be operated is a replenishment article; the inventory management server is further used for determining that the residual storage amount corresponding to any goods in the goods-to-person inventory support is lower than a set quantity threshold value after determining that the residual storage amount corresponding to any goods in the goods-to-person inventory support is lower than the set quantity threshold value or after the current preset replenishment period is reached, or replenishing the goods to be replenished after determining that the demand of the current order for any goods exceeds the residual storage amount on the goods-to-person inventory support.
In an alternative embodiment, restocking the item to be restocked includes:
and replenishing the goods to be replenished from the multilayer shuttle warehouse.
The present disclosure provides an inventory system comprising a multi-level shuttle library, a plurality of goods-to-people inventory racks located at a bottom level of the multi-level shuttle library, a plurality of shuttle cars, and a plurality of handling devices; through reforming transform multilayer shuttle storehouse, demolish the bottom guide rail in multilayer shuttle storehouse, arrange the bottom in multilayer shuttle storehouse with goods to people's stock support, realize the combination with multilayer shuttle storehouse and goods to people's stock support, form the inventory area of integration, promoted the space utilization in warehouse, and then can realize on the whole that selects the balance of efficiency and storage efficiency, realized the balance of selecting efficiency and storage efficiency of inventory system promptly.
In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present disclosure more comprehensible, preferred embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.
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Fig. 1 shows a block diagram of an inventory system provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;
fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a multi-level shuttle library and a plurality of goods-to-person inventory racks in an inventory system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
fig. 3 shows a schematic structural diagram of an inventory system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
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In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present disclosure more clear, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure will be described clearly and completely with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, not all of the embodiments. The components of the embodiments of the present disclosure, generally described and illustrated in the figures herein, can be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations. Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present disclosure, presented in the figures, is not intended to limit the scope of the claimed disclosure, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the disclosure. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments of the disclosure without making creative efforts, shall fall within the protection scope of the disclosure.
Generally, in the field of logistics storage, only a stock area may be provided, and in order to store more goods, the stock area may include an overhead rack, a multi-layer shuttle warehouse (three-dimensional warehouse), or the like, and the goods may be stored in the stock area. In the shipment business, goods in the stock area can be transported to a workstation, so that the goods can be delivered out of the warehouse; however, the items in the stocking area may be stored in an upper storage level of the stocking area, and the efficiency of taking the items from the upper storage level is low, so that the efficiency of shipment is low.
Alternatively, only the picking area may be provided, and for convenience of shipment, the picking shelves provided in the picking area may be ordinary shelves, tray shelves, or the like, and the items are stored in the picking area. In the shipment business, the picking goods shelves in the picking area or the storage containers such as trays and bins on the goods shelves can be transported to the workstation to realize the shipment of goods; the transportation process of the storage containers or the shelves in the picking area is simple and rapid, so that the efficiency of goods delivery, warehousing and the like is higher, but the space utilization rate of the picking area is lower, and the goods stored in the picking area are less under the same storage area.
Or, in order to take the delivery efficiency and the quantity of the stored goods into consideration, different areas can be set as a stock area and a picking area respectively, the stock area is used for storing the goods and replenishing the goods in the picking area when the goods in the picking area are insufficient, and the picking area is used for storing the goods to be delivered. However, since the area of the warehouse is fixed, if the types and storage amounts of the articles to be stored in the warehouse increase, the stock area needs to be enlarged to improve the storage efficiency of the warehouse; accordingly, the picking area is reduced, and the reduction of the picking area reduces the number of workstations and picking racks in the picking area, thereby reducing the picking efficiency. Conversely, the stock area is relatively compressed once the picking area is enlarged, and although the picking efficiency of the picking area is improved, the storage efficiency is also affected by the reduction of the stock area.
Therefore, in order to solve the above problems, the present disclosure provides a novel inventory system, which includes a multi-layer shuttle warehouse and a goods-to-person inventory rack, and improves the storage efficiency of the inventory system while ensuring the rate of goods entering and exiting the warehouse.
The above-mentioned drawbacks are the results of the inventor after practical and careful study, and therefore, the discovery process of the above-mentioned problems and the solutions proposed by the present disclosure to the above-mentioned problems should be the contribution of the inventor in the process of the present disclosure.
It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, it need not be further defined and explained in subsequent figures.
For the convenience of understanding the embodiments of the present disclosure, a detailed description will be given to an inventory area disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure.
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Referring to fig. 1, a block diagram of an inventory system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown, where the inventory system includes: the system comprises a multi-layer shuttle library 11, a plurality of goods-to-people inventory supports 12 positioned at the bottom layer of the multi-layer shuttle library, a plurality of shuttle cars 13 and a plurality of handling equipment 14; the multi-level shuttle magazine 11 comprises a plurality of storage levels, each storage level comprising a plurality of storage locations, each storage location having disposed thereon at least one inventory receptacle 15 for receiving inventory items; the goods-to-person inventory holder 12 includes a plurality of storage levels, each storage level including a plurality of storage locations, each storage location having disposed thereon at least one inventory receptacle 15 for holding inventory items. The shuttle 13 runs in the multi-layer shuttle library 11 and is used for taking and placing the stock container 15 on the storage position; a handling device 14 for handling stock containers or goods to human stock racks between the multi-level shuttle store 11 and the workstation.
Referring to fig. 2, a schematic structural view of a multi-layer shuttle warehouse and a plurality of goods-to-human stock supports in an inventory system is shown, wherein fig. 2 includes a multi-layer shuttle warehouse 11 and a goods-to-human stock support 12, the goods-to-human stock support 12 is arranged at the bottom layer of the multi-layer shuttle warehouse 11, the multi-layer shuttle warehouse 11 includes a plurality of storage layers, each storage layer includes a plurality of storage positions, and each storage position is provided with at least one stock container 15 (not shown in fig. 2) for containing stock goods; the goods-to-person inventory holder may include a plurality of storage levels, each storage level including a plurality of storage locations, each storage location having disposed thereon at least one inventory receptacle 15 for holding inventory items. Wherein the elevator 101 and shuttle 13 may run within the multi-level shuttle magazine 11.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, the inventory system comprises a multi-layer shuttle library, a plurality of goods-to-people inventory supports positioned at the bottom layer of the multi-layer shuttle library, a plurality of shuttle cars and a plurality of handling equipment; through reforming transform multilayer shuttle storehouse, demolish the one deck guide rail in multilayer shuttle storehouse, arrange the bottom in multilayer shuttle storehouse with goods to people's stock support, realize the combination with multilayer shuttle storehouse and goods to people's stock support, form the inventory area of integration, promoted the space utilization in warehouse, and then can realize on the whole that selects the balance of efficiency and storage efficiency, realized the balance of selecting efficiency and storage efficiency of inventory system promptly.
The multi-layer shuttle library comprises a plurality of storage layers, and each storage layer can be provided with a guide rail, so that the shuttle can move on the guide rail, and the storage of the inventory containers stored in the storage positions is realized. The number of layers of the storage layer and the number of storage bits in the multilayer shuttle library can be set according to the actual situation of a warehouse field. Meanwhile, the heights of different storage layers in the multi-layer shuttle library can be the same or different.
Wherein, the lower floor of multilayer shuttle storehouse does not set up the guide rail, (can demolish the guide rail of the bottom in multilayer shuttle storehouse promptly), and has placed a plurality of goods at the bottom and to people's stock support, realizes the stack on the physical space of multilayer shuttle storehouse and goods to people's stock support. The goods-to-person inventory holder may be any type of holder capable of holding goods or inventory containers, such as in the form of a shelf or the like.
In a specific implementation, the shuttle 13 may be a four-way shuttle, or the shuttle 13 may also be a six-way shuttle. In an alternative embodiment, when the shuttle 13 is a four-way shuttle, the multi-level shuttle magazine 11 may further include at least one elevator 101, where the elevator 101 is used to transport the inventory receptacles 15 retrieved by the shuttle 13 between different storage levels of the multi-level shuttle magazine 11, or the elevator 101 may be used to transport the shuttle 13 between different storage levels of the multi-level shuttle magazine 11, and the elevator 101 may be used to transport the inventory receptacles 15 retrieved by the shuttle 13 and the shuttle 13 between different storage levels of the multi-level shuttle magazine 11. In another alternative embodiment, where the shuttle 13 is a six-way shuttle, no elevator is provided in the multi-level shuttle library to access inventory receptacles containing inventory items on storage locations of different storage levels by controlling the movement of the six-way shuttle.
In an alternative embodiment, the inventory system may further include a plurality of docking conveyor lines 16 on the bottom floor of the multi-level shuttle library for docking and transporting inventory receptacles 15 between the multi-level shuttle library 11 and the handling device 14. The number of the butt-joint conveying lines 16 can be set according to the actual condition of the warehouse field and/or the frequency of the inventory goods entering and exiting the multi-layer shuttle warehouse.
In one embodiment, when the shuttle vehicle is a four-way shuttle vehicle, the inventory receptacles may be placed on a hoist by the four-way shuttle vehicle, the hoist transfers the inventory receptacles to a layer of docking conveyor lines, and the docking conveyor lines are used to transfer the inventory receptacles to a handling device. For example, when the inventory container is a tray, the tray can be transferred and butted onto a tray rack borne by a bearing robot, or the tray can be directly transferred and butted onto the bearing robot; when the warehousing container is a work bin, the butt joint conveying line can convey the work bin and butt joint the work bin to a robot with a belt or roller type bearing mechanism, or can convey the work bin and butt joint the work bin to a robot with a clamping type material taking box mechanism and the like. Conversely, the inventory container can be placed on the butt joint conveying line through the carrying equipment, the inventory container is conveyed to the elevator through the butt joint conveying line, the elevator carries the inventory container to the corresponding storage layer, and finally the inventory container is carried to the corresponding storage position through the four-way shuttle on the storage layer. In another embodiment, the shuttle vehicle may be a six-way shuttle vehicle, that is, the stock containers may be transferred across layers by the six-way shuttle vehicle onto the docking conveyor line, which transfers the stock containers onto the transfer apparatus; and reversely, the stock containers can be placed on the butt joint conveying line through the conveying equipment, the stock goods are conveyed to the warehousing positions of the multi-layer shuttle warehouse through the butt joint conveying line, and the stock containers at the warehousing positions are conveyed to the corresponding storage positions of the corresponding storage layers through the six-direction shuttle cars.
The goods-to-person inventory holders 12 may be shelves for easy handling or may be shelves for easy access to inventory items. For example, the goods-to-people inventory holder may be a conventional shelf, a pallet shelf, or the like. The structure of the goods-to-people stock support can be set according to actual needs, and is not particularly limited herein.
In an alternative embodiment, the inventory receptacles 15 include at least one of trays and bins. For example, the storage locations of the multi-level shuttle magazine 11 may have trays placed therein that hold inventory items, and/or bins may be placed therein that hold inventory items. Trays for holding stock items may be placed in storage locations of the goods-to-person inventory stand, and/or bins for holding stock items may be placed. Meanwhile, only the tray can be placed in one goods-to-person inventory support, or only the bin can be placed, or both the tray and the bin can be placed. Wherein the plurality of layers of shuttles and the inventory receptacles disposed in the human-to-human inventory holder are selectable according to the type of inventory items.
In an alternative embodiment, the inventory receptacles 15 in the multi-level shuttle library are trays and the inventory receptacles 15 on the load-to-person inventory holder are bins.
In an alternative embodiment, if the inventory receptacles 15 are bins, the handling device 14 is a self-propelled robot with a bin picking mechanism. If the inventory receptacles 15 are pallets, the handling device 14 is at least one of: self-driven robot with bearing tray framework, self-driven robot with bearing tray framework mechanism and forklift.
The handling apparatus may handle the inventory receptacles on the shuttle to the workstation. When the stock container on the shuttle is a pallet, the handling device may be a self-propelled robot, forklift, carrying the pallet or pallet rack mechanism. For example, the tray can be directly placed on the self-driven robot bearing the tray through the butt-joint conveying line, or the tray on the butt-joint conveying line can be placed on the self-driven robot bearing the tray through a forklift, so that the self-driven robot bearing the tray can carry the tray on the shuttle car to the workstation. For another example, the tray can be directly placed on the self-driven robot bearing the tray frame mechanism through the butt joint conveying line, or the tray on the butt joint conveying line can be placed on the self-driven robot bearing the tray frame mechanism through a forklift, the self-driven robot bearing the tray frame mechanism can carry the tray frame on the shuttle car, the received tray on the shuttle car is placed on the tray frame, and the tray frame with the tray is placed is conveyed to the workstation. When the stock containers on the shuttle are bins, the handling device may be a self-driven robot with a bin taking mechanism, for example, the self-driven robot with a bin taking mechanism may take the bins on the docking conveyor line and carry the bins to the workstation.
The handling device 14 may also handle inventory containers on to-person inventory racks to workstations or may also handle to-person inventory racks to workstations. The process of the transporting device transporting the goods to the inventory container on the human inventory support can refer to the process of the transporting device transporting the inventory container on the butt joint conveying line, and is not described herein again.
In an alternative embodiment, at least one of the inventory receptacles 15, the good-to-person inventory holders 12, is provided with an identification code. The identification code may be a two-dimensional code, a bar code, or the like.
In an alternative embodiment, the inventory system further comprises: and the identification code recognition device 17 is used for recognizing the identification code and obtaining the information corresponding to the identification code.
In an alternative embodiment, the identification code may be provided at a specific position of the inventory container (for example, the identification code may be provided at a side of the inventory container facing the handling device), and the identification code recognition device may be provided at a specific position (for example, the identification code recognition device may be provided near the docking conveying line, or the identification code recognition device may be provided at the handling device), so that the handling device recognizes the identification code on the inventory container by the identification code recognition device before docking the inventory container (tray or bin) in the shuttle library, determines information of the inventory container, and transmits the information of the determined inventory container to the system, so that the system can associate the inventory container with the corresponding handling device.
In another alternative embodiment, an identification code may be provided at the bottom of the good-to-human inventory holder, the identification code being used for alignment of the handling device with the good-to-human inventory holder and enabling the handling device to handle the good-to-human inventory holder after alignment to avoid rollover of the good-to-human inventory holder when the goods are handled to the human inventory holder after misalignment. In another alternative embodiment, an identification code can be arranged on the bin, so that the box taking mechanism of the self-driven robot with the box taking mechanism can be aligned with the bin, and the bin can be accurately obtained.
In an alternative embodiment, the inventory system may further include an inventory management server 18 in communication with at least one of the handling device 14, the shuttle 13, and the elevator 101.
Referring to fig. 3, a schematic diagram of an inventory system includes an inventory management server 18, a multi-level shuttle library 11, a plurality of goods-to-human inventory racks 12, a plurality of shuttle cars 13, a plurality of handling devices 14, a hoist 101, a docking conveyor line 16, and an identification code recognition device 17, wherein the multi-level shuttle library 11 includes a plurality of inventory receptacles 15, and each goods-to-human inventory rack 12 includes at least one inventory receptacle 15.
In an alternative embodiment, the inventory system may further include a workstation, which may be a different workstation when performing different operations on inventory items, for example, the workstation may be a picking workstation, a replenishment workstation, a warehousing workstation, etc., that is, the workstation may be a picking workstation when performing a picking operation on inventory items; the workstation can be used as a replenishment workstation when replenishment operation is carried out on inventory goods.
For example, the inventory system may further include a charging pile, and when the inventory management server 18 detects that the power of the transportation device 14 is lower than the set first power threshold (i.e., the transportation device is low in power), the transportation device 14 with low power may be controlled to move to the vicinity of the charging pile for charging until the power of the transportation device 14 is greater than or equal to the set second power threshold.
In an alternative embodiment, the inventory management server 18 is configured to determine a storage location of an item to be handled from the multi-level shuttle library and the plurality of good-to-human inventory racks based on the information of the item to be handled and current inventory item information in the multi-level shuttle library and the plurality of good-to-human inventory racks; and scheduling at least one of a conveying device, a shuttle car and a lifter to convey the stock container or the goods containing the goods to be operated to the human stock support according to the determined storage position so as to carry out at least one of the operation of putting the goods on the shelf and the operation of putting the goods off the shelf.
In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the to-be-operated item information may include information such as Stock Keeping Unit (SKU), quantity, and item type of the to-be-operated item. And determining the storage position of the goods to be operated in the multi-layer shuttle library and/or determining the storage position of the goods to be operated in the goods-to-person inventory supports according to the information of the goods to be operated. And then at least one of a handling device, a shuttle and a lifter is dispatched to carry the inventory container or the goods containing the goods to be operated to the human inventory support according to the determined storage position, so that the goods to be operated can carry out at least one of the operation of putting the goods on the shelf and putting the goods off the shelf.
The following detailed description will be given of the process of putting the article to be handled on the shelf. Wherein the shelving process of the to-be-operated goods comprises a process of shelving the to-be-operated goods to inventory containers in the multi-layer shuttle library and a process of shelving the to-be-operated goods to inventory containers in a goods-to-people inventory area.
In an alternative embodiment, the inventory management server 18, in shelving items to be handled into inventory containers in a multi-level shuttle library, is further configured to: dispatching the carrying equipment to carry the inventory container containing the goods to be operated from the workstation to a first end of a butt joint conveying line at the bottom layer of the multi-layer shuttle library, and conveying the inventory container containing the goods to be operated from the first end to a second end of the butt joint conveying line by the butt joint conveying line; the dispatching shuttle car or the elevator is positioned at the second end of the butt joint conveying line, and a stock container containing goods to be operated is in butt joint from the second end; and the dispatching shuttle vehicle conveys the stock container containing the goods to be operated to the corresponding storage position on the multi-layer shuttle library, or the dispatching hoister and the shuttle vehicle are matched to convey the stock container containing the goods to be operated to the corresponding storage position on the multi-layer shuttle library.
Here, the inventory management server may directly schedule the handling equipment, the shuttle cars, and the elevators, that is, the inventory management device and the equipment management device may be both disposed on the inventory management server, wherein the inventory management device may be used to manage inventory items stored in the multi-layer shuttle library and the plurality of goods-to-person inventory racks and manage received order information, and the equipment management device may be used to manage the handling equipment, the shuttle cars, the elevators, and the like. Or the inventory management server can send the storage position of the goods to be operated to the equipment management server, so that the equipment management server schedules the carrying equipment, the shuttle cars and the elevators, namely, the inventory management device can be arranged on the inventory management server, and the equipment bureau management device can be arranged on the equipment management server.
For example, when the inventory system includes a shuttle car, the shuttle car may be scheduled to move to the second end of the docking conveyor line after the docking conveyor line transfers the inventory containers containing the items to be handled from the first end to the second end of the docking conveyor line, dock the inventory containers containing the items to be handled, and schedule the shuttle car to transfer the inventory containers containing the items to be handled to corresponding storage locations on the multi-level shuttle library.
Or when the inventory system comprises the shuttle car and the elevator, after the butt joint conveying line transmits the inventory container containing the goods to be operated to the second end of the butt joint conveying line from the first end, the elevator is dispatched to butt joint the inventory container containing the goods to be operated, the elevator is used for lifting the inventory container containing the goods to be operated to the storage layer corresponding to the lifting value, and the shuttle car is dispatched to convey the inventory container containing the goods to be operated to the corresponding storage position on the storage layer. And then or after the inventory container containing the goods to be operated is transmitted to the second end of the butt joint transmission line from the first end by the butt joint transmission line, the shuttle car and the elevator are dispatched to move to the second end of the butt joint transmission line, the shuttle car is dispatched to butt joint the inventory container containing the goods to be operated, the shuttle car is dispatched to move to the elevator, the elevator lifts the inventory container containing the goods to be operated and the corresponding shuttle car to the corresponding storage layer, and then the shuttle car is dispatched to carry the inventory container containing the goods to be operated to the corresponding storage position on the storage layer. The process of transferring the stock container containing the goods to be handled to the corresponding storage location on the multi-level shuttle library is only exemplary and not limited in any way.
In an alternative embodiment, the inventory management server 18, in shelving items to be handled into the goods-to-person inventory racks, is further configured to: dispatching the carrying equipment to carry the stock container containing the goods to be operated from the workstation to the region of the goods-to-human stock support, and dispatching the carrying equipment or other automatic equipment to place the stock container containing the goods to be operated in the corresponding storage position; alternatively, the scheduling handling device handles the goods-to-human inventory holder including the goods to be handled from the workstation to the corresponding location.
For example, if the stock container is a tray, the tray containing the goods to be handled can be directly placed on the carrying device, and the tray is carried to the area of the goods to the human stock support by scheduling the carrying device; alternatively, the trays for accommodating goods to be handled may be placed on the tray rack, and the tray rack may be transported to the area where the goods are delivered to the human stock shelf by the scheduling transporting apparatus. And can schedule a forklift (automated equipment) to place the stock container containing the goods to be handled in the corresponding storage location after the handling device has carried the stock container containing the goods to be handled from the workstation to the area of the human stock shelf.
For example, stock containers (trays and/or bins) containing items to be handled may be placed on the goods-to-human stock support, and the goods-to-human stock support including the items to be handled may be transported from the workstation to a corresponding location (which may be a location in the goods-to-human stock support area) by the scheduling transport apparatus.
The following detailed description will be given of the process of putting the article to be handled. Wherein, the shelf falling process of the goods to be operated comprises the following steps: a process of racking the to-be-handled goods from inventory containers in the multi-level shuttle store and a process of racking the to-be-handled goods from multiple stocks to inventory containers in the human inventory area.
In an alternative embodiment, the inventory management server 18, in unloading the items to be handled from inventory containers in the multi-level shuttle library, is further configured to: dispatching the shuttle or transporting the inventory container containing the goods to be operated to the second end of the butt joint conveying line from the corresponding storage position by the shuttle and the elevator, and transporting the inventory container containing the goods to be operated to the first end of the butt joint conveying line from the second end by the butt joint conveying line; and scheduling the carrying equipment to move to the first end of the butt joint conveying line, butt joint the stock container containing the goods to be operated from the first end, and carrying the stock container containing the goods to be operated to the workstation from the first end of the butt joint conveying line.
For example, when the inventory system includes a shuttle, the shuttle may be scheduled to transport the storage containers containing the goods to be handled at the storage locations to the second end of the docking conveyor line, the docking conveyor line may transport the inventory containers containing the goods to be handled from the second end to the first end of the docking conveyor line, and the transfer device may be scheduled to transfer the storage containers containing the goods to be handled from the first end to the workstation.
Or when the inventory system comprises the shuttle car and the elevator, the shuttle car can be dispatched to convey the storage container containing the goods to be operated on the storage position to the elevator, the storage container containing the goods to be operated is conveyed to the butt joint conveying line through the elevator, the inventory container containing the goods to be operated is conveyed to the first end of the butt joint conveying line from the second end by the butt joint conveying line, and the storage container containing the goods to be operated is conveyed to the workstation from the first end by the dispatching and conveying equipment. The process of racking the stock container containing the goods to be handled from the multi-level shuttle library is only exemplary and the embodiment of the present disclosure is not particularly limited thereto.
In an alternative embodiment, the inventory management server 18, in unloading the items to be handled from the good to the human inventory holder, is further configured to: dispatching and carrying equipment takes out the inventory container containing the goods to be operated from the corresponding goods-to-person inventory support and carries the inventory container to a workstation; alternatively, the scheduling transfer device transfers the goods-to-human inventory holder including the goods to be handled to the workstation.
For example, if the inventory container is a pallet, the pallet can be taken out from the goods-to-human inventory support through a forklift, and then placed on a self-driven robot bearing the pallet, and the self-driven robot is scheduled to move to a workstation; or the pallet can be taken out from the goods-to-people inventory support through a forklift, then placed on the pallet rack, and the self-driven robot bearing the pallet rack mechanism is dispatched to carry the pallet rack and then carries the pallet rack to the workstation. Alternatively, the transfer device may also be scheduled to transfer goods including the goods to be handled to the human inventory holder to the workstation.
In an optional embodiment, when the racking operation is warehousing, the goods to be operated are goods to be warehoused; the inventory management server 18 is further configured to, according to the type of the goods corresponding to the information of the goods to be warehoused, if it is determined that the remaining storage amount corresponding to the type of the goods in the goods-to-human inventory support is lower than a set quantity threshold value, or the storage position corresponding to the type of the goods in the goods-to-human inventory support is in a not-full state, select a storage position for the goods to be warehoused from the goods-to-human inventory support first, and if the remaining goods to be warehoused still exist, select a storage position for the goods to be warehoused from the multi-layer shuttle warehouse.
Before the goods to be warehoused are warehoused, whether the goods need to be replenished to the human inventory support or not can be judged according to the goods type corresponding to the information of the goods to be warehoused, if the goods need to be replenished to the human inventory support, a storage position can be selected for the goods to be warehoused from the goods to the human inventory support, and the goods to be warehoused are replenished to the goods to the human inventory support; and if the residual goods to be warehoused exist, selecting storage positions for the goods to be warehoused from the multi-layer shuttle warehouse, and warehousing the residual goods to be warehoused into the multi-layer shuttle warehouse. If the goods to the human stock support does not need to be restocked, the goods to be warehoused can be directly warehoused into the multi-layer shuttle warehouse.
The method for judging whether the goods to be warehoused need to be warehoused into the goods-to-person inventory support or not can comprise the following steps: determining the residual storage amount corresponding to the goods type of the goods to be warehoused in the goods-to-person inventory support, and if the residual storage amount is lower than a set quantity threshold value, determining that the goods to be warehoused need to be warehoused in the goods-to-person inventory support; if the residual storage capacity is higher than or equal to the set quantity threshold value, determining that goods to be warehoused do not need to be warehoused into the goods warehousing bracket; the set quantity threshold value can be determined according to historical warehousing and ex-warehousing data of goods to be warehoused. And secondly, determining whether the storage position corresponding to the goods type of the goods to be warehoused in the goods-to-human inventory support is in an unfilled state, if so, warehousing the goods to be warehoused in the goods-to-human inventory support, and if not, warehousing the goods to be warehoused in the goods-to-human inventory support.
Here, when the goods corresponding to a certain goods type (the goods type corresponding to the goods to be warehoused) in the goods-to-person inventory is insufficient, the goods to be warehoused can be restocked into the goods-to-person inventory support, the number of restocking times for restocking from the multi-layer shuttle warehouse to the goods-to-person inventory support is reduced, and the delivery efficiency of the inventory goods can be improved.
In specific implementation, when the racking operation is warehousing, the goods to be operated can be the goods to be warehoused; the inventory management server 18 is further operable to: and selecting a storage position for the inventory container containing the goods to be warehoused from the goods-to-person inventory support and/or the multilayer shuttle warehouse according to the information of the goods to be warehoused. If the selected storage position comprises at least one storage position on the multilayer shuttle library, the stock container containing the goods to be warehoused can be shelved to the multilayer shuttle library through the shelving process described above; secondly, if the selected storage position comprises at least one storage position on the goods-to-person stock support, the stock container containing the goods to be warehoused can be shelved on the goods-to-person stock support through the shelving process; or, goods including goods to be warehoused are put on the human stock support.
In an alternative embodiment, when the operation is restocking, the article to be operated may be a restocking article; the inventory management server 18 is further configured to, after determining that the remaining storage amount corresponding to any item in the goods-to-person inventory holder is lower than the set quantity threshold, or after the preset replenishment period is currently reached, determine that the remaining storage amount corresponding to any item in the goods-to-person inventory holder is lower than the set quantity threshold, or, after determining that the demand of the current order for any item exceeds the remaining storage amount on the goods-to-person inventory holder, replenish the goods to be replenished. Here, the workstation for restocking may be a restocking workstation.
Here, when the remaining storage amount corresponding to any one of the items in the goods-to-person inventory holder is lower than a set number threshold (the set number threshold may be a safe inventory amount), the daily replenishment request may be triggered, so that the inventory system may perform daily replenishment on the item to be replenished. Or, after the preset replenishment period is reached currently, replenishment can be carried out on the goods to be replenished initiating the daily replenishment request. Or after the fact that the demand of the current order for any goods exceeds the residual storage amount of the goods on the goods-to-person inventory support is determined, the emergency replenishment request can be triggered, and therefore the storage system can conduct emergency replenishment on the goods to be replenished.
For example, the preset replenishment period may be two days, five days, and the like, and the replenishment periods corresponding to different types of goods may be different, where the replenishment period may be determined according to the historical replenishment data corresponding to each type of goods. If the preset replenishment period of the inventory item a is two days, after the preset replenishment period is reached, whether the remaining storage amount corresponding to the inventory item a in the human inventory support is lower than a set quantity threshold (i.e., whether the remaining storage amount is lower than the set safety inventory) or not can be judged, and if so, replenishment of the inventory item a is triggered.
For example, if 5 boxes of keyboards are needed in the current order a and the remaining storage amount of the keyboards in the goods-to-person inventory support is 3 boxes of keyboards, at this time, the required amount of the keyboards in the current order a exceeds the remaining storage amount on the goods-to-person inventory support, and then the keyboards are subjected to emergency replenishment.
In an alternative embodiment, restocking the item to be restocked may include: and replenishing goods to be replenished from the multi-layer shuttle warehouse.
In specific implementation, after determining that the residual storage amount corresponding to any goods in the goods-to-human stock support is lower than the set quantity threshold value and no goods to be shelved exist in the stock system, or after the current preset replenishment period is reached, determining that the residual storage amount corresponding to any goods in the goods-to-human stock support is lower than the set quantity threshold value and no goods to be shelved exist in the stock system, or after determining that the demand of the current order for any goods exceeds the residual storage amount on the goods-to-human stock support and no goods to be shelved exist in the stock system, the goods to be shelved can be shelved in the multi-layer shuttle library.
In specific implementation, after determining that the residual storage amount corresponding to any goods in the goods-to-human inventory support is lower than the set quantity threshold value, goods to be placed in the inventory system exist, or after the current preset replenishment period is reached, determining that the residual storage amount corresponding to any goods in the goods-to-human inventory support is lower than the set quantity threshold value, and goods to be placed in the inventory system exist, or after determining that the demand amount of any goods in the current order exceeds the residual storage amount on the goods-to-human inventory support, and goods to be placed in the inventory system exist, the goods to be replenished can be replenished from the goods to be placed in the inventory system.
In an alternative embodiment, the inventory management server 18 is further configured to determine, according to the information of the goods to be replenished, a storage location where the inventory container accommodating the goods to be replenished is located in the multi-layer shuttle library, and a storage location where the inventory container to be replenished corresponding to the goods to be replenished is located in the goods-to-person inventory holder.
The stock container containing goods to be replenished can be placed on the shelves from the multi-layer shuttle library, and the goods corresponding to the goods to be replenished can be placed on the shelves from the plurality of goods to the human stock supports; and replenishing goods to be replenished at the workstation, after the replenishment is completed, putting the replenished stock container containing the goods to be replenished on the multi-layer shuttle warehouse, and putting the goods corresponding to the replenished goods on the human stock support.
Or, the stock container containing goods to be replenished can be put down from the multi-layer shuttle library, and the stock container to be replenished can be put down from a plurality of goods to the human stock support; and replenishing goods to be replenished at the workstation, after replenishing is completed, putting the replenished stock container containing the goods to be replenished on the multi-layer shuttle warehouse, and putting the replenished stock container to be replenished on the goods-to-person stock support. The above description of the upper shelf and the lower shelf can be referred to for the processing of the upper shelf and the lower shelf of the goods to be restocked, and the description is omitted here.
Here, when the storage location of the stock container accommodating the goods to be replenished included in the multi-layered shuttle library is plural, the storage location of the stock container accommodating the goods to be replenished in the multi-layered shuttle library may be determined according to the number of the goods stored in the stock container accommodating the goods to be replenished at each storage location in the multi-layered shuttle library and the required amount of the goods to be replenished corresponding to the goods-to-person stock shelf.
For example, the goods to be replenished may be mice, in the multi-layer shuttle library, the storage positions of the mice are 3, the number of the mice at the first storage position is 1 torr, the number of the mice at the second storage position is 0.6 torr, the capacity of the mouse at the third storage position is 0.4 torr, and the demand of the mouse on the goods-to-human stock support is 0.5 torr, then the third storage position may be determined as the storage position corresponding to the mouse to be replenished, that is, the storage position where the number of the goods to be replenished is less than the demand of the goods-to-human stock support, and/or the storage position where the number of the goods to be replenished is closest to the demand of the goods-to-human stock support may be selected.
In an alternative embodiment, when the replenishment is the full-support replenishment or the box-in-box replenishment, the inventory management server 18 is further configured to determine, according to the information of the goods to be replenished, a storage location where the inventory container accommodating the goods to be replenished is located in the multi-layer shuttle library, and a storage location where the inventory container to be replenished corresponding to the goods to be replenished is located in the goods-to-person inventory holder. And further, from the multi-layer shuttle library, unloading the inventory container containing goods to be replenished and scheduling and carrying equipment to move to the first end of the butt joint conveying line, butting the inventory container containing the goods to be replenished from the first end, and loading the inventory container containing the goods to be replenished to a storage position of the inventory container to be replenished in a goods-to-person inventory support, so that the whole-support replenishment or the whole-box replenishment of the goods to be replenished is completed.
In an alternative embodiment, the item to be handled may be an item to be picked when the operation is picking; the inventory management server 18 is further operable to determine storage locations for inventory receptacles containing items to be picked in the multi-tiered shuttle stores and/or storage locations for inventory receptacles containing items to be picked in the goods-to-human inventory racks based on the multi-tiered shuttle stores, current remaining inventory item information in the plurality of goods-to-human inventory racks, and current order information. Here, the station for picking may be a picking station.
Further, when the storage position of the stock container accommodating the goods to be picked includes a storage position in the multi-level shuttle warehouse, the stock container accommodating the goods to be picked positioned on the storage position is shelved from the multi-level shuttle warehouse; picking the goods to be picked at the workstation; and after picking is completed, shelving the picked inventory receptacles to a multi-level shuttle warehouse.
When the storage position of the storage container for containing the goods to be picked comprises the storage position of the goods to human stock support, putting the storage container for containing the goods to be picked on the storage position into the human stock support from a plurality of goods to human stock supports, and picking the goods to be picked on the workstation; after the picking is finished, putting the picked inventory containers on shelves to a goods-to-human inventory support, or putting the goods which correspond to the storage positions and comprise the goods to be picked on shelves to the human inventory support, and picking the goods to be picked on a workstation; and after picking is completed, putting the picked goods on a human stock support.
For example, if the goods to be picked required in the current order information are whole bin goods or whole support goods, the goods to be picked can be off-shelved from the multi-layer shuttle library; if the goods corresponding to the goods type required in the order information are the zero-removed goods, the goods to be picked can be off-shelved from the goods-to-person inventory support; if the items to be picked required in the order information include both whole stock items or whole box stock items and also disassembled stock items, the items to be picked may be shelved from the multi-level shuttle and goods-to-person stock racks. Here, the goods to be picked may be preferentially determined from the goods-to-person stock shelf when the goods-to-person stock shelf can satisfy the demand of the order information, and the goods to be picked may be determined from the multi-layered shuttle library when the goods-to-person stock shelf cannot satisfy the demand of the order information.
For example, if the current order information includes a 5-box keyboard and the current remaining stock item information in the multiple goods-to-person stock supports includes a 10-box keyboard, stock items corresponding to the current order information may be selected from the goods-to-person stock supports; if the current order information comprises 1 box of instant noodles, the current remaining stock goods information in the multiple goods-to-person stock support comprises 10 bags of instant noodles, the multilayer shuttle library comprises 2 torr of instant noodles, and each torr of instant noodles comprises 5 boxes of instant noodles, stock goods corresponding to the current order information can be selected from the multilayer shuttle library; if the current order information comprises 1 box of instant noodles and 5 bags of instant noodles, stock goods corresponding to the current order information can be selected from the multilayer shuttle library and the goods-to-person stock support.
In an alternative embodiment, the inventory management server 18, when operating as an inventory, is further configured to: putting the inventory containers in the multi-layer shuttle library on a shelf, and checking the inventory containers in a workstation; after the inventory is finished, the inventory containers are put on a multi-layer shuttle warehouse; and/or, racking inventory receptacles located in the delivery to human inventory rack, and inventorying the inventory receptacles at the workstation; after the inventory is checked, putting the inventory container on a goods-to-person inventory support, or putting the goods-to-person inventory support off, and checking the goods-to-person inventory support at a workstation; and after the inventory is completed, the goods are put on the shelf in the human inventory support. Here, the workstation for judgment may be an inventory workstation. The replenishment workstation, the picking workstation and the checking workstation can be different workstations or the same workstation.
It is clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the system and the apparatus described above may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not described herein again. In the several embodiments provided in the present disclosure, it should be understood that the disclosed system, apparatus, and method may be implemented in other ways. The above-described embodiments of the apparatus are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the units is only one logical division, and there may be other divisions when actually implemented, and for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection of devices or units through some communication interfaces, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.
The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.
In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit.
The functions, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium executable by a processor. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present disclosure may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a service system, or a network device) to execute all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present disclosure. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media capable of storing program codes, such as a usb disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.
Finally, it should be noted that: the above-mentioned embodiments are merely specific embodiments of the present disclosure, which are used for illustrating the technical solutions of the present disclosure and not for limiting the same, and the scope of the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and although the present disclosure is described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that: any person skilled in the art can modify or easily conceive of the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments or equivalent technical features thereof within the technical scope of the present disclosure; such modifications, changes or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the embodiments of the present disclosure, and should be construed as being included therein. Therefore, the protection scope of the present disclosure shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.
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1. An inventory system, comprising: the system comprises a multi-layer shuttle library, a plurality of goods-to-people inventory supports, a plurality of shuttle cars and a plurality of handling equipment, wherein the goods-to-people inventory supports are positioned at the bottom layer of the multi-layer shuttle library; the multi-layer shuttle library comprises a plurality of storage layers, each storage layer comprises a plurality of storage positions, and at least one stock container used for containing stock goods is placed on each storage position; the goods-to-person inventory support comprises a plurality of storage layers, each storage layer comprises a plurality of storage positions, and at least one inventory container used for containing inventory goods is placed on each storage position;
the shuttle car runs in the multilayer shuttle warehouse and is used for picking and placing the inventory container on the storage position;
the handling apparatus is configured to handle the inventory receptacles or the goods-to-human inventory holders between the multi-level shuttle library and a workstation.
2. The inventory system of claim 1, wherein the shuttle is a four-way shuttle.
3. The inventory system of claim 2, wherein the multi-level shuttle magazine further includes at least one elevator for handling the inventory receptacles retrieved by the shuttle cars between different storage levels of the multi-level shuttle magazine.
4. The inventory system of any of claims 1-3, wherein the inventory receptacles include at least one of trays and bins.
5. The inventory system of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of docking transfer lines on a bottom floor of the multi-level shuttle library for docking and transferring the inventory receptacles between the multi-level shuttle library and the handling device.
6. The inventory system of claim 4, wherein the inventory receptacles in the multi-level shuttle library are trays and the inventory receptacles on the ship to man inventory holder are bins.
7. The inventory system of claim 4, wherein if the inventory containers are bins, the handling apparatus is a self-powered robot having a case-picking mechanism.
8. The inventory system of claim 4, wherein if the inventory receptacles are trays, the handling device is at least one of: self-driven robot with bearing tray mechanism, self-driven robot with bearing tray frame mechanism, and forklift.
9. The inventory system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the inventory receptacle, the ship-to-person inventory holder, is provided with an identification code.
10. The inventory system of claim 9, further comprising: and the identification code recognition device is used for recognizing the identification code and acquiring information corresponding to the identification code.
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