Disclosure of Invention
In view of this, embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for positioning a warehouse out of a multi-depth warehouse, which can effectively improve the storage capacity and the warehouse out efficiency of the warehouse, and meanwhile, the warehouse on the storage location does not need to be moved frequently, thereby reducing the transportation cost.
To achieve the above object, according to an aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, a method for multi-depth warehouse ex-warehouse location is provided.
A method of ex-warehouse location, comprising: acquiring an inventory result set capable of being delivered according to the delivery request, wherein the inventory result comprises position information and inventory quantity of the articles to be delivered, and the position information comprises a channel and a storage position to which the articles to be delivered belong; for each channel, determining a storage position meeting the positioning requirement according to the inventory result corresponding to the channel, and adding the determined storage position into a positioning result set; and screening the positioning result set according to a set screening rule to obtain an ex-warehouse positioning result.
Optionally, the obtaining of the inventory result set capable of being ex-warehoused according to the ex-warehouse request includes: acquiring the identifier of the article to be delivered according to the delivery request; acquiring an inventory set of the goods to be delivered according to the identification of the goods to be delivered; filtering the inventory set and deleting the currently locked inventory to obtain an ex-warehouse inventory result set.
Optionally, determining the storage location meeting the positioning requirement according to the inventory result corresponding to the channel includes: according to the principle of outside-in, acquiring the stock of a first storage position of the channel and judging whether the positioning requirement is met, wherein if the positioning requirement is met, the first storage position is a determined storage position; and performing transverse and longitudinal stock accumulation on the first storage position and the designated storage position, and using a storage position combination corresponding to an accumulation result meeting the positioning requirement as a determined storage position, wherein the transverse stock accumulation is performed by accumulating the stock of the first storage position and the stock of the next one or more continuous storage positions of the channel according to an outside-in sequence, and the longitudinal stock accumulation is performed by accumulating the stock of the first storage position and the stock of the first storage position of the other one or more channels in the stock result set.
Optionally, the method further comprises: and if the accumulation results of the transverse and longitudinal stock accumulation of the first storage position and the appointed storage position do not meet the positioning requirement, ending the warehouse-out positioning of the channel.
Optionally, before the step of screening the positioning result set according to a set screening rule to obtain the ex-warehouse positioning result, the method further includes: and carrying out deduplication processing on the positioning result set.
According to another aspect of the embodiment of the invention, a device for multi-depth warehouse ex-warehouse positioning is provided.
An apparatus for ex-warehouse location, comprising: the result acquisition module is used for acquiring an inventory result set capable of being delivered according to the delivery request, wherein the inventory result comprises position information and inventory quantity of the articles to be delivered, and the position information comprises a channel and a storage position to which the articles to be delivered belong; the storage position determining module is used for determining a storage position meeting the positioning requirement according to the inventory result corresponding to each channel and adding the determined storage position into the positioning result set; and the positioning screening module is used for screening the positioning result set according to a set screening rule to obtain an ex-warehouse positioning result.
Optionally, the result obtaining module is further configured to: acquiring the identifier of the article to be delivered according to the delivery request; acquiring an inventory set of the goods to be delivered according to the identification of the goods to be delivered; filtering the inventory set and deleting the currently locked inventory to obtain an ex-warehouse inventory result set.
Optionally, the bin determining module is further configured to: according to the principle of outside-in, acquiring the stock of a first storage position of the channel and judging whether the positioning requirement is met, wherein if the positioning requirement is met, the first storage position is a determined storage position; and performing transverse and longitudinal stock accumulation on the first storage position and the designated storage position, and using a storage position combination corresponding to an accumulation result meeting the positioning requirement as a determined storage position, wherein the transverse stock accumulation is performed by accumulating the stock of the first storage position and the stock of the next one or more continuous storage positions of the channel according to an outside-in sequence, and the longitudinal stock accumulation is performed by accumulating the stock of the first storage position and the stock of the first storage position of the other one or more channels in the stock result set.
Optionally, the method further comprises a positioning ending module, configured to: and if the accumulation results of the transverse and longitudinal stock accumulation of the first storage position and the appointed storage position do not meet the positioning requirement, ending the warehouse-out positioning of the channel.
Optionally, the system further comprises a deduplication module, configured to: and before the positioning result set is screened according to a set screening rule to obtain an ex-warehouse positioning result, carrying out duplicate removal processing on the positioning result set.
According to another aspect of the embodiment of the invention, an electronic device for multi-depth warehouse ex-warehouse positioning is provided.
An electronic device for multi-depth warehouse ex-warehouse location, comprising: one or more processors; the storage device is used for storing one or more programs, and when the one or more programs are executed by the one or more processors, the one or more processors implement the method for multi-depth warehouse ex-warehouse location provided by the embodiment of the invention.
According to yet another aspect of embodiments of the present invention, a computer-readable medium is provided.
A computer readable medium, on which a computer program is stored, when the program is executed by a processor, the method for multi-depth warehouse ex-warehouse location provided by the embodiment of the invention is realized.
One embodiment of the above invention has the following advantages or benefits: acquiring an inventory result set capable of being delivered according to the delivery request; then according to the channels and the stock information included in the stock result set, determining a storage position meeting the positioning requirement according to the stock result corresponding to each channel, and adding the determined storage position into the positioning result set; and the positioning result set is screened according to the set screening rule to obtain the ex-warehouse positioning result, so that ordered ex-warehouse of the multi-depth warehouse is realized, the storage capacity and the ex-warehouse efficiency of the warehouse can be effectively improved, and meanwhile, the warehouse on the storage position does not need to be frequently moved, thereby reducing the carrying cost.
Further effects of the above-mentioned non-conventional alternatives will be described below in connection with the embodiments.
Detailed Description
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which various details of embodiments of the invention are included to assist understanding, and which are to be considered as merely exemplary. Accordingly, those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that various changes and modifications of the embodiments described herein can be made without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. Also, descriptions of well-known functions and constructions are omitted in the following description for clarity and conciseness.
In order to solve the problems in the prior art, the invention provides a method and a device for multi-depth warehouse ex-warehouse positioning, which are suitable for the ex-warehouse positioning of the multi-depth warehouse, and can effectively solve the technical problems that in the prior art, the shuttle warehouse has low energy storage capacity and low ex-warehouse efficiency, trays need to be frequently moved, and more applied equipment causes high carrying cost.
Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of main steps of a method for multi-depth warehouse ex-warehouse location according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1, the method for warehouse-out positioning of multiple deep warehouses in the embodiment of the invention mainly includes the following steps S101 to S103.
Step S101: acquiring an inventory result set capable of being delivered according to the delivery request, wherein the inventory result comprises position information and inventory quantity of the articles to be delivered, and the position information comprises a channel and a storage position to which the articles to be delivered belong;
step S102: for each channel, determining a storage position meeting the positioning requirement according to the inventory result corresponding to the channel, and adding the determined storage position into a positioning result set;
step S103: and screening the positioning result set according to a set screening rule to obtain an ex-warehouse positioning result.
In order to facilitate the management of the articles and the warehousing and delivery operations, the articles are generally required to be placed in trays, one article is placed in each tray, each tray is correspondingly placed on one storage position, and the same article is placed in the trays of a plurality of storage positions of each channel.
Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a deployment structure of a warehouse depot, according to an embodiment of the invention. Fig. 2 shows a deployment structure of a channel and storage locations in one floor of a warehouse, where the channel is a fixed area in the warehouse and corresponds to a row of storage locations arranged from outside to inside, the storage locations are unit storage spaces, and each storage location is provided with a tray for carrying articles. As shown in fig. 2, each channel may include a plurality of bins, and each channel and bin may have a corresponding identifier, such as a code, for convenience of management. For example: channel 1-1, reservoir 1-1-1, etc. in the figure.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, step S101, when executed specifically, includes:
step S1011: acquiring the identifier of the article to be delivered according to the delivery request;
step S1012: acquiring an inventory set of the articles to be delivered according to the identifiers of the articles to be delivered;
step S1013: the inventory set is filtered and the currently locked inventory is deleted to obtain an ex-warehouse inventory result set.
According to the embodiment of the present invention, the warehouse-out request generally includes the identifier of the object to be warehouse-out, the number to be warehouse-out, the warehouse-out time, and other information, and the warehouse-out request may further include a positioning requirement, for example: the stock quantity of the warehouse-out location is equal to the quantity of the warehouses to be warehoused, or the stock quantity of the warehouse-out location can be less than the quantity of the warehouses to be warehoused, or the stock quantity of the warehouse-out location can exceed the quantity of the warehouses to be warehoused, and the like.
The obtained inventory set of the articles to be delivered from the warehouse comprises all positions and inventory quantities of the articles to be delivered from the warehouse, which form the inventory set of the articles to be delivered from the warehouse, wherein the positions can comprise information such as storage layers, channels, depths of the channels, storage positions and the like of the articles to be delivered from the warehouse. The channel number generally contains the information of the storage layer, for example, channel 1-1 refers to channel 1 of layer 1, and channel 3-2 refers to channel 2 of layer 3; similarly, the storage bit number also includes information of the channel and storage layer, such as: reservoir 1-1-1 refers to the 1 st reservoir of layer 1 channel 1 and reservoir 2-5-3 refers to the 3 rd reservoir of layer 2 channel 5.
In the warehouse-out positioning process of the warehouse-out request, other warehouse-out or warehouse-in operations may be performed in the warehouse at the same time, and the channels and all storage positions thereof performing the warehouse-out or warehouse-in operations are locked, so that the acquired inventory set of the articles to be warehoused needs to be filtered, the currently locked inventory is deleted to obtain an inventory result set capable of being warehoused out, and the warehouse-out positioning is performed from the inventory result set capable of being warehoused out.
After the inventory result set capable of being exported is obtained, the channels are used as traversal dimensions, and for each channel, the storage positions meeting the positioning requirements are determined respectively and added into the positioning result set. Specifically, determining the storage location meeting the location requirement according to the inventory result corresponding to the channel may specifically include:
step S1021: according to the principle of outside-in, acquiring the stock of a first storage position of the channel and judging whether the positioning requirement is met, wherein if the positioning requirement is met, the first storage position is a determined storage position;
step S1022: and accumulating the transverse stock quantity and the longitudinal stock quantity of the first storage position and the stock quantity of the next one or more continuous storage positions of the channel according to the sequence from outside to inside, wherein the longitudinal stock quantity accumulation is that the stock quantity of the first storage position and the stock quantity of the first storage position of other one or more channels in the stock result set are accumulated.
When the warehouse is taken out, if articles are stored in a plurality of storage positions included in one channel, the storage positions on the outermost side of the warehouse channel are firstly taken out according to the principle of from outside to inside, and then the warehouse is taken out from the warehouse inwards in sequence. Therefore, when the storage position meeting the positioning requirement is determined, the stock quantity of the first storage position of the channel needs to be obtained first, whether the positioning requirement is met is judged, and if the positioning requirement is met, the first storage position is added into the positioning result set; meanwhile, the transverse and longitudinal stock quantity accumulation of the first storage position is needed, so that all storage positions meeting the positioning requirement are determined. In addition, according to the technical scheme of the invention, if the accumulation result of the transverse and longitudinal stock accumulation of the first storage position and the designated storage position does not meet the positioning requirement, the warehouse-out positioning of the channel is finished, and the warehouse-out positioning of the next channel is carried out.
The accumulation of the lateral and longitudinal stock levels of the bins will be described with reference to fig. 3.
Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of an algorithm implementation process of the multi-depth warehouse ex-warehouse location according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 3, for convenience of description, a single-layer warehouse is taken as an example, and thus the number of each storage bit does not need to include storage layer information, for example: bit 1-1 represents the 1 st bit of lane 1 and bit 2-1 represents the 1 st bit of lane 2. Taking bin 1-1 as the first bin, the selection is based on the bin of channel 1. The first storage position refers to a storage position in which articles are stored in the first storage position in a channel in the sequence from outside to inside, and is not limited to the storage position with the number 1.
Accumulating the transverse stock of the storage location 1-1 refers to accumulating the stock of the storage location 1-1 and the stock of the next one or more continuous storage locations of the channel 1 in the sequence from outside to inside. Wherein, the next storage position of the channel 1 is a storage position 1-2 (generally, the principle of first inside and then outside is followed when warehousing is carried out, so if the storage position 1-1 has inventory, it means that the storage positions at the inner side of the storage position 1-1 also have inventory), the inventory of the storage position 1-1 and the inventory of the storage position 1-2 are accumulated, whether the accumulation result meets the positioning requirement is judged, if yes, the combination of the storage position 1-1 and the storage position 1-2 is used as a determined storage position and added into the positioning result set; the next plurality of consecutive storage slots of channel 1 refers to storage slot 1-2, storage slots 1-3, … …, up to the innermost storage slot of channel 1, wherein the next 2 consecutive storage slots refer to storage slot 1-2 and storage slot 1-3, the next 3 consecutive storage slots refer to storage slot 1-2, storage slot 1-3 and storage slot 1-4, and so on.
The vertical stock accumulation of the bin 1-1 refers to accumulating the stock of the bin 1-1 with the stock of the first bin of the other one or more lanes included in the stock result set. The first storage position of another channel (for example, the channel 2) in the stock result set is, for example, the storage position 2-1, the stock quantity of the storage position 1-1 and the stock quantity of the storage position 2-1 are accumulated, whether the accumulation result meets the positioning requirement is judged, and if the accumulation result meets the positioning requirement, the combination of the storage position 1-1 and the storage position 2-1 is used as a determined storage position and added into the positioning result set; the first bin of the other plurality of channels included in the inventory result set is, for example, bin 2-1, bin 3-2 (indicating that no inventory is in bin 3-1), and bins 4-1, … …, up to the first bin of all channels. In doing so, the bin 1-1 and any one or more of the first bins of these other multiple channels may be combined and accumulated.
In the execution process of the specific algorithm, in order to prevent the confusion of repeated calculation or missing calculation, the inventory result sets which can be taken out of the warehouse can be sorted according to the channel number, and then are combined and accumulated according to the preset number sequence.
Finally, after obtaining the positioning result set, step S103 is executed: and screening the positioning result set according to a set screening rule to obtain an ex-warehouse positioning result. Before step S103 is executed, the positioning result set may be subjected to deduplication processing. Because the channel is taken as the traversal dimension when the positioning result set is determined, repeated storage bit combinations may occur in the process of longitudinal accumulation, and at the moment, the calculation amount of final screening can be reduced through repeated processing, so that the calculation efficiency is improved.
When the positioning result set is screened, the principle of the least number of ex-warehouse storage bits is generally followed, but since other special requirements may exist in the implementation process, a screening rule needs to be set, and then the final ex-warehouse positioning result is determined. The set screening rules are, for example: if the ex-warehouse time is close to when the ex-warehouse request is received, the ex-warehouse is required to be taken out as soon as possible, and at the moment, the combination with the largest number of layers can be selected preferentially according to the storage layer information of the storage positions included in the positioning result set, so that the ex-warehouse operation can be carried out on multiple layers simultaneously, the carrying equipment is utilized more fully, and the ex-warehouse efficiency is improved; if the bin filling level (which refers to the ratio of the number of the bins containing the articles in the warehouse to the total number of the bins) of the current warehouse system is lower than a set threshold (for example, 70%, which can be set as required), a clear channel strategy is preferably selected, so that scattered stocks are discharged first, and are changed into whole, the operation of moving and arranging the warehouses is reduced, the storage capacity of the warehouse is improved, and the subsequent discharging efficiency is improved.
In addition, after the final ex-warehouse positioning result is determined, ex-warehouse operation can be performed according to the ex-warehouse positioning result.
Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of main modules of the device for multi-depth warehouse ex-warehouse location according to the embodiment of the invention. As shown in fig. 4, the apparatus 400 for warehouse-out location of a multi-depth warehouse according to the embodiment of the present invention mainly includes a result obtaining module 401, a storage location determining module 402, and a location screening module 403.
The result obtaining module 401 is configured to obtain an inventory result set capable of being taken out of the warehouse according to the warehouse-out request, where the inventory result includes location information and inventory amount of the to-be-taken-out item, and the location information includes a channel and a storage location to which the to-be-taken-out item belongs;
a storage location determining module 402, configured to determine, for each channel, a storage location meeting the positioning requirement according to the inventory result corresponding to the channel, and add the determined storage location to the positioning result set;
and a positioning screening module 403, configured to screen the positioning result set according to a set screening rule to obtain an ex-warehouse positioning result.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the result obtaining module 401 may further be configured to:
acquiring the identifier of the article to be delivered according to the delivery request;
acquiring an inventory set of the goods to be delivered according to the identification of the goods to be delivered;
filtering the inventory set and deleting the currently locked inventory to obtain an ex-warehouse inventory result set.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, the bin determination module 402 may be further configured to:
according to the principle of outside-in, acquiring the stock of a first storage position of the channel and judging whether the positioning requirement is met, wherein if the positioning requirement is met, the first storage position is a determined storage position;
and performing transverse and longitudinal stock accumulation on the first storage position and the designated storage position, and using a storage position combination corresponding to an accumulation result meeting the positioning requirement as a determined storage position, wherein the transverse stock accumulation is performed by accumulating the stock of the first storage position and the stock of the next one or more continuous storage positions of the channel according to an outside-in sequence, and the longitudinal stock accumulation is performed by accumulating the stock of the first storage position and the stock of the first storage position of the other one or more channels in the stock result set.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus 400 for multi-depth warehouse ex-warehouse location may further include a location ending module (not shown in the figure) for:
and if the accumulation results of the transverse and longitudinal stock accumulation of the first storage position and the appointed storage position do not meet the positioning requirement, ending the warehouse-out positioning of the channel.
According to yet another embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus 400 for multi-depth warehouse ex-warehouse location may further include a deduplication module (not shown in the figures) for:
and before the positioning result set is screened according to a set screening rule to obtain an ex-warehouse positioning result, carrying out duplicate removal processing on the positioning result set.
According to the technical scheme of the embodiment of the invention, the inventory result set capable of being delivered is obtained according to the delivery request; then according to the channels and the stock information included in the stock result set, determining a storage position meeting the positioning requirement according to the stock result corresponding to each channel, and adding the determined storage position into the positioning result set; and the positioning result set is screened according to the set screening rule to obtain the ex-warehouse positioning result, so that ordered ex-warehouse of the multi-depth warehouse is realized, the storage capacity and the ex-warehouse efficiency of the warehouse can be effectively improved, and meanwhile, the warehouse on the storage position does not need to be frequently moved, thereby reducing the carrying cost.
Fig. 5 illustrates an exemplary system architecture 500 of a method of multi-depth warehouse-out location or an apparatus of multi-depth warehouse-out location to which embodiments of the present invention may be applied.
As shown in fig. 5, the system architecture 500 may include terminal devices 501, 502, 503, a network 504, and a server 505. The network 504 serves to provide a medium for communication links between the terminal devices 501, 502, 503 and the server 505. Network 504 may include various connection types, such as wired, wireless communication links, or fiber optic cables, to name a few.
The user may use the terminal devices 501, 502, 503 to interact with a server 505 over a network 504 to receive or send messages or the like. The terminal devices 501, 502, 503 may have installed thereon various communication client applications, such as shopping-like applications, web browser applications, search-like applications, instant messaging tools, mailbox clients, social platform software, etc. (by way of example only).
The terminal devices 501, 502, 503 may be various electronic devices having a display screen and supporting web browsing, including but not limited to smart phones, tablet computers, laptop portable computers, desktop computers, and the like.
The server 505 may be a server providing various services, such as a background management server (for example only) providing support for shopping websites browsed by users using the terminal devices 501, 502, 503. The backend management server may analyze and perform other processing on the received data such as the product information query request, and feed back a processing result (for example, target push information, product information — just an example) to the terminal device.
It should be noted that the method for multi-depth warehouse ex-warehouse location provided by the embodiment of the present invention is generally executed by the server 505, and accordingly, the apparatus for multi-depth warehouse ex-warehouse location is generally disposed in the server 505.
It should be understood that the number of terminal devices, networks, and servers in fig. 5 is merely illustrative. There may be any number of terminal devices, networks, and servers, as desired for implementation.
Referring now to FIG. 6, a block diagram of a computer system 600 suitable for use with a terminal device or server implementing an embodiment of the invention is shown. The terminal device or the server shown in fig. 6 is only an example, and should not bring any limitation to the functions and the scope of use of the embodiments of the present invention.
As shown in fig. 6, the computer system 600 includes a Central Processing Unit (CPU)601 that can perform various appropriate actions and processes according to a program stored in a Read Only Memory (ROM)602 or a program loaded from a storage section 608 into a Random Access Memory (RAM) 603. In the RAM 603, various programs and data necessary for the operation of the system 600 are also stored. The CPU 601, ROM 602, and RAM 603 are connected to each other via a bus 604. An input/output (I/O) interface 605 is also connected to bus 604.
The following components are connected to the I/O interface 605: an input portion 606 including a keyboard, a mouse, and the like; an output portion 607 including a display such as a Cathode Ray Tube (CRT), a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), and the like, and a speaker; a storage section 608 including a hard disk and the like; and a communication section 609 including a network interface card such as a LAN card, a modem, or the like. The communication section 609 performs communication processing via a network such as the internet. The driver 610 is also connected to the I/O interface 605 as needed. A removable medium 611 such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a semiconductor memory, or the like is mounted on the drive 610 as necessary, so that a computer program read out therefrom is mounted in the storage section 608 as necessary.
In particular, according to the embodiments of the present disclosure, the processes described above with reference to the flowcharts may be implemented as computer software programs. For example, embodiments of the present disclosure include a computer program product comprising a computer program embodied on a computer readable medium, the computer program comprising program code for performing the method illustrated in the flow chart. In such an embodiment, the computer program may be downloaded and installed from a network through the communication section 609, and/or installed from the removable medium 611. The computer program performs the above-described functions defined in the system of the present invention when executed by the Central Processing Unit (CPU) 601.
It should be noted that the computer readable medium shown in the present invention can be a computer readable signal medium or a computer readable storage medium or any combination of the two. A computer readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any combination of the foregoing. More specific examples of the computer readable storage medium may include, but are not limited to: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. In the present invention, a computer readable storage medium may be any tangible medium that can contain, or store a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. In the present invention, however, a computer readable signal medium may include a propagated data signal with computer readable program code embodied therein, for example, in baseband or as part of a carrier wave. Such a propagated data signal may take many forms, including, but not limited to, electro-magnetic, optical, or any suitable combination thereof. A computer readable signal medium may also be any computer readable medium that is not a computer readable storage medium and that can communicate, propagate, or transport a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. Program code embodied on a computer readable medium may be transmitted using any appropriate medium, including but not limited to: wireless, wire, fiber optic cable, RF, etc., or any suitable combination of the foregoing.
The flowchart and block diagrams in the figures illustrate the architecture, functionality, and operation of possible implementations of systems, methods and computer program products according to various embodiments of the present invention. In this regard, each block in the flowchart or block diagrams may represent a module, segment, or portion of code, which comprises one or more executable instructions for implementing the specified logical function(s). It should also be noted that, in some alternative implementations, the functions noted in the block may occur out of the order noted in the figures. For example, two blocks shown in succession may, in fact, be executed substantially concurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality involved. It will also be noted that each block of the block diagrams or flowchart illustration, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams or flowchart illustration, can be implemented by special purpose hardware-based systems which perform the specified functions or acts, or combinations of special purpose hardware and computer instructions.
The units or modules described in the embodiments of the present invention may be implemented by software, or may be implemented by hardware. The described units or modules may also be provided in a processor, and may be described as: a processor includes a result acquisition module, a bin determination module, and a location screening module. Where the names of these units or modules do not in some cases constitute a limitation of the unit or module itself, for example, the result obtaining module may also be described as a "module for obtaining a set of inventory results that can be ex-warehouse from an ex-warehouse request".
As another aspect, the present invention also provides a computer-readable medium that may be contained in the apparatus described in the above embodiments; or may be separate and not incorporated into the device. The computer readable medium carries one or more programs which, when executed by a device, cause the device to comprise: acquiring an inventory result set capable of being delivered according to the delivery request, wherein the inventory result comprises position information and inventory quantity of the articles to be delivered, and the position information comprises a channel and a storage position to which the articles to be delivered belong; for each channel, determining a storage position meeting the positioning requirement according to the inventory result corresponding to the channel, and adding the determined storage position into a positioning result set; and screening the positioning result set according to a set screening rule to obtain an ex-warehouse positioning result.
According to the technical scheme of the embodiment of the invention, the inventory result set capable of being delivered is obtained according to the delivery request; then according to the channels and the stock information included in the stock result set, determining a storage position meeting the positioning requirement according to the stock result corresponding to each channel, and adding the determined storage position into the positioning result set; and the positioning result set is screened according to the set screening rule to obtain the ex-warehouse positioning result, so that ordered ex-warehouse of the multi-depth warehouse is realized, the storage capacity and the ex-warehouse efficiency of the warehouse can be effectively improved, and meanwhile, the warehouse on the storage position does not need to be frequently moved, thereby reducing the carrying cost.
The above-described embodiments should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, combinations, sub-combinations, and substitutions can occur, depending on design requirements and other factors. Any modification, equivalent replacement, and improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.