CN113450044B

CN113450044B - Order processing method and order processing device for workstation

Info

Publication number: CN113450044B
Application number: CN202010223225.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 徐文杰
Original assignee: Beijing Jingdong Qianshi Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Jingdong Qianshi Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-03-26
Filing date: 2020-03-26
Publication date: 2024-06-18
Anticipated expiration: 2040-03-26
Also published as: CN113450044A

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an order processing method for a workstation, the workstation including a plurality of slots and a plurality of access bits, the method comprising: selecting a first shipment order from the shipment order set for the one or more empty slots in response to the plurality of slots including the one or more empty slots; sending the first ex-warehouse order to one or more empty slots; responsive to the plurality of access bits including one or more free access bits, selecting a first article container from the set of article containers to be placed on the one or more free access bits using a first preset rule based at least in part on the first shipment order; and transporting the first item container to one or more free access locations for pickers to pick corresponding items for shipment orders into the workstation. The present disclosure also provides an order processing apparatus for a workstation, an electronic device, and a non-transitory computer readable medium.

Description

Order processing method and order processing device for workstation

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of warehouse logistics, and more particularly to an order processing method for a workstation, an order processing apparatus for a workstation, an electronic device, and a computer readable storage medium.

Background

In the last twenty years, the explosive development of electronic commerce drives the development and transformation of logistics industry, in particular to a storage picking link. Warehouse picking refers to picking, packing and delivering stored goods according to requirements within a specified time under the premise of ensuring that order requirements are met, wherein the warehouse picking is represented by a goods-to-person picking system (Parts-to-Picker Sorting System) and a person-to-goods picking system (Picker-to-Parts Sorting System). Goods-to-person picking systems are widely used in conjunction with automated vertical warehouse storage systems (Automated Storage AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, abbreviated as ASRS) to complete picking operations, specifically, in the picking link, the pickers are stationary, and the goods are automatically, orderly, and orderly transported to the picking workstation as required and the pickers complete the picking operations.

The goods-to-person picking system has the following advantages over the person-to-goods picking system: the picking efficiency is high, the picking accuracy is high, and the labor intensity requirement is low, so that the method is widely applied to picking links of large-scale e-commerce distribution centers and the like.

Currently, the formulation of ex-warehouse picking schemes for goods-to-person picking systems relies heavily on human experience. Specifically, by manually developing a warehouse-out picking scheme (e.g., picking operations in order of order submissions) from the standpoint of maximizing order performance efficiency, the manual approach ignores the average picking efficiency of the picking operations, thus resulting in overall inefficiency of picking.

Disclosure of Invention

To this end, according to a first aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an order processing method for a workstation, the workstation may comprise a plurality of slots and a plurality of access bits, the method may comprise: selecting a first shipment order from a shipment order set for one or more empty slots in response to the plurality of slots including the one or more empty slots; sending the first ex-warehouse order to one or more empty slots; responsive to the plurality of access bits including one or more free access bits, selecting a first article container from the set of article containers to be placed on the one or more free access bits using a first preset rule based at least in part on the first shipment order; and transporting the first goods containers to one or more idle access positions for the pickers to pick corresponding goods for the delivery orders entering the workstation, wherein the first goods containers are selected by utilizing a first preset rule so that the goods provided by all the current goods containers on the access positions enable the order quantity of the delivery orders on the slot positions to be larger than or equal to the preset order quantity.

Optionally, in response to failing to select the first article container using the first preset rule, selecting a second article container from the collection of article containers to be placed on the one or more free access bits using the second preset rule based at least in part on the first shipment order; and transporting the second goods containers to one or more idle access positions for the pickers to pick corresponding goods for the delivery orders entering the workstation, wherein the second goods containers are selected by utilizing a second preset rule so that the intersection of the goods provided by all the current goods containers positioned on the access positions and the goods required by the delivery orders on the slot positions is the largest.

Optionally, after selecting the first article container to be placed on the one or more idle access bits from the set of article containers using the first preset rule based on the first shipment order, the method may further include the following operations: determining whether one or more of the idle access bits can be filled with the first article container selected using the first preset rule; in response to one or more of the free access bits failing to be filled with the first article container selected using the first preset rule, continuing to select a third article container from the collection of article containers to be placed on the remaining free access bits using the second preset rule based at least in part on the first shipment order and the first article container; and transporting the third goods containers to the rest of the idle access positions for the pickers to pick corresponding goods for the outgoing orders entering the work station, wherein the third goods containers are selected by utilizing a second preset rule so that the intersection of the goods provided by all the current goods containers positioned on a plurality of access positions in the work station and the goods required by the outgoing orders positioned on a plurality of slots in the work station is the largest.

Optionally, selecting a first delivery order for one or more empty slots from the set of delivery orders may include: determining whether a delivery order needing emergency treatment exists in the delivery order set; and in response to the presence of a shipment order requiring urgent processing, preferentially selecting a shipment order requiring urgent processing for one or more empty slots.

Optionally, the method may further include: in response to the absence of a delivery order requiring urgent processing, selecting a second delivery order from the delivery order set for one or more empty slots using a third preset rule; and selecting the second delivery order by utilizing a third preset rule so that the intersection of the goods provided by all the current goods containers positioned on the plurality of access positions in the workstation and the goods required by the delivery orders on the plurality of slots in the workstation is maximum.

Optionally, after selecting the second shipment order for the one or more empty slots from the shipment order set using the third preset rule, the method may further comprise: determining whether one or more empty slots can be filled by the selected second shipment order; and responding to the fact that one or more empty slots are not occupied by the second ex-warehouse order, and continuing to select a third ex-warehouse order from the ex-warehouse order set aiming at the rest empty slots by utilizing a fourth preset rule, wherein the third ex-warehouse order selected by utilizing the fourth preset rule is an order meeting preset conditions in the order placing time.

Optionally, after choosing the outgoing order requiring urgent processing preferentially for one or more empty slots, the method may further include: determining whether one or more empty slots can be filled with the selected outgoing order requiring urgent processing; and in response to one or more empty slots not being filled by the selected shipment order requiring urgent processing, continuing to select a fourth shipment order from the collection of shipment orders for the remaining empty slots using a third preset rule, wherein the fourth shipment order is selected using the third preset rule such that an intersection of items provided by all of the current item containers located at the plurality of access locations in the workstation with items required for the shipment order at the plurality of slots in the workstation is maximized.

Optionally, after continuing to select the fourth ex-warehouse order from the set of ex-warehouse orders for the remaining empty slots using the third preset rule, the method may further include: determining whether the remaining empty slots can be filled by the selected fourth shipment order; and responding to the fact that the fourth ex-warehouse order with the remaining empty slots not selected is full, continuing to select a fifth ex-warehouse order from the ex-warehouse order set for the remaining empty slots for the second time by using a fourth preset rule, wherein the fifth ex-warehouse order selected by using the fourth preset rule is an order meeting preset conditions in the order placing time.

According to a second aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an order processing apparatus for a workstation, the workstation may include a plurality of slots and a plurality of access bits, the order processing apparatus may include: a first selection module for selecting a first outgoing order from the outgoing order set for one or more empty slots in response to the plurality of slots in the workstation including the one or more empty slots; the sending module is used for sending the first ex-warehouse order to one or more empty slots; a second selection module for selecting a first item container to be placed on one or more free access bits from the collection of item containers using a first preset rule based on the first shipment order in response to the plurality of access bits in the workstation including the one or more free access bits; and the control module is used for controlling the transmission device to transport the first goods containers to one or more idle access positions so as to enable the pickers to pick corresponding goods for the delivery orders entering the workstation, wherein the first goods containers are selected by utilizing a first preset rule, so that the goods provided by all the current goods containers positioned on a plurality of access positions in the workstation can enable the statement quantity of the delivery orders positioned on a plurality of slot positions in the workstation to meet the preset statement quantity.

According to a third aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an electronic device, which may include: one or more processors; and a memory for storing one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs, when executed by the one or more processors, enable the one or more processors to implement methods in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure.

According to a fourth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, enable the processor to implement a method according to embodiments of the present disclosure.

According to the aspects provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure, the order to be checked in the order pool can be locked to the slot position of the workstation generally according to the principle of the first order of the performance efficiency, the second order of the picking efficiency and the third order of the order aging, and the goods containers in the warehouse are sequentially locked to the access position of the workstation generally according to the principle of the first order of the performance efficiency and the second order of the picking efficiency, so as to meet the picking requirements of all orders, and further obtain an ex-warehouse picking scheme capable of generally improving the picking efficiency.

The aspects provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can be particularly used for real-time picking scenes with higher time efficiency requirements and continuously updated order pool states, and can also be used for picking scenes with general time efficiency requirements and periodically updated order pools.

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The above and other embodiments and features of the present disclosure will become more apparent by describing in detail embodiments thereof with reference to the attached drawings in which:

FIG. 1 schematically illustrates a system architecture of an order processing method for a workstation according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 schematically illustrates a flow chart of an order processing method for a workstation according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 schematically illustrates a flow chart of determining an item container to be placed on a control access location in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 schematically illustrates a flow chart of determining a first shipment order in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 schematically illustrates a flow chart of an update operation after picking of goods with a determined item container in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 schematically illustrates a block diagram of an order processing apparatus for a workstation according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; and

Fig. 7 schematically illustrates a block diagram of an electronic device adapted to implement an order processing method for a workstation, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the description is only exemplary and is not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure. In the following detailed description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the embodiments of the present disclosure. It may be evident, however, that one or more embodiments may be practiced without these specific details. In addition, in the following description, descriptions of well-known structures and techniques are omitted so as not to unnecessarily obscure the concepts of the present disclosure.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the disclosure. The terms "comprises," "comprising," and/or the like, as used herein, specify the presence of stated features, steps, operations, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, steps, operations, or components.

All terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art unless otherwise defined. It should be noted that the terms used herein should be construed to have meanings consistent with the context of the present specification and should not be construed in an idealized or overly formal manner.

Where a convention analogous to "at least one of A, B and C, etc." is used, in general such a convention should be interpreted in accordance with the meaning of one of skill in the art having generally understood the convention (e.g., "a system having at least one of A, B and C" would include, but not be limited to, systems having a alone, B alone, C alone, a and B together, a and C together, B and C together, and/or A, B, C together, etc.). Where a formulation similar to at least one of "A, B or C, etc." is used, in general such a formulation should be interpreted in accordance with the ordinary understanding of one skilled in the art (e.g. "a system with at least one of A, B or C" would include but not be limited to systems with a alone, B alone, C alone, a and B together, a and C together, B and C together, and/or A, B, C together, etc.).

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an order processing method for a workstation and an apparatus to which the method can be applied, which can maximize picking efficiency as a whole, wherein the workstation includes a plurality of slots and a plurality of access bits. The method comprises the following steps: selecting a first shipment order from the shipment order set for the one or more empty slots in response to the plurality of slots including the one or more empty slots; sending the first ex-warehouse order to one or more empty slots; selecting a first article container to be placed on one or more free access bits from the set of article containers using a first preset rule based on the first shipment order in response to the one or more free access bits being included in the plurality of access bits; and transporting the first goods containers to one or more idle access positions for the pickers to pick corresponding goods for the delivery orders entering the workstation, wherein the first goods containers are selected by utilizing a first preset rule so that the goods provided by all the current goods containers on the access positions enable the order quantity of the delivery orders on the slot positions to be larger than or equal to the preset order quantity.

It should be noted that the pick-and-pick system workstation has a plurality of parallel order slots (hereinafter slots) and a plurality of serial container access slots (hereinafter access slots), each slot being filled by only one order at a time, each access slot being capable of parking only one container carried by an automated guided vehicle (Automated Guided Vehicle, AGV) or other automated equipment. Wherein the pick requirements of the order at the current slot may be satisfied using the goods stored in the container at the access location. When the order requirements on certain slots are fully satisfied, the order on the slot needs to be removed, a new order is used for filling the idle slot, and when the goods stored in the container positioned at the first position on the access position cannot meet the requirements of any order on the current slots, the container positioned at the first position is replaced by the container positioned immediately behind the container. The first container is used first for picking only as an example, and it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the first container may be a container at other locations in the array of article containers and the first container may be a plurality of containers. The goods-to-person picking system essentially achieves unification of both physical space (workstation) and goods dimensions for orders and containers, and is critical in formulating a reasonable out-of-stock picking scheme, i.e., determining, for a given pool of orders, in what order the orders enter slots in the workstation and selecting which containers enter access locations in the workstation in what order to meet the needs of the goods required on the order.

The disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the attached drawings in conjunction with specific embodiments.

Fig. 1 schematically illustrates a system architecture of an order processing method for a workstation according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The system architecture 100 may include an information management system 101, a central control unit 102, workstations 103, and a network 104 that are capable of communicating with each other.

The information management system 101 may be configured to store all orders submitted by customers online. Information management system 101 may be any suitable electronic device such as a desktop computer, tablet computer, laptop computer, smart phone, etc. with shopping software installed. Alternatively, the information management system 101 may also be just a non-transitory storage device that stores orders obtained from another device.

The central control unit 102 may be configured to read orders to be processed from the information management system 101 to form a set of outgoing orders, and to determine outgoing orders in the set of outgoing orders to be placed on slots in the workstation 103 described below.

The central control unit 102 may also be configured to determine, based on the shipment order on the slot, an item container for satisfying the demand for the goods in the shipment order.

The relevant operations of the central control unit 102 in determining a shipment order to be placed on an empty slot and in determining a container of goods will be described in detail below.

In an alternative embodiment, the central control unit 102 may also be configured to construct a set of stock goods based on the demand for goods in each order in the set of stock orders.

In another alternative embodiment, the central control unit 102 may also be configured to construct a collection of ex-warehouse item containers. Specifically, the central control unit 102 may compare (e.g., intersection) each of the article containers in the article container library with the constructed shipment set to determine whether at least one of the shipment sets is present in the article container, add the article container to the shipment memory set if at least one of the shipment sets is present in the article container (i.e., the intersection is not empty), skip the article container and compare the next article container with the shipment set if at least one of the shipment sets is not present in a certain article container (i.e., the intersection is empty). And repeating the steps until all the goods containers are compared.

In yet another alternative embodiment, the central control unit 102 may be further configured to clear the remaining unwanted orders on slots in the workstation upon initial execution of the operation.

In yet another alternative embodiment, the central control unit 102 may be further configured to clear the remaining, unusable article containers on the access bits in the workstation upon initial execution of the operation.

In yet another alternative embodiment, the central control unit 102 may be further configured to establish an empty order production order list and an empty item container access list so as to sequentially record the determined order in the order production order list and sequentially record the determined item containers to be accessed in the order production order list.

The central control unit 102 may include a processor (not shown), a memory (not shown), a communication module (not shown), and the like.

The processor of the central control unit 102 may be configured to: reading order information from the information management system 101, and determining an order to be processed and an item container for satisfying the determined order, which are involved in the order information read from the information management system 101, based on the read order information and information about the item container stored in the memory; and notifying the workstation 103 of the determined order to be processed and the item container for satisfying the order via the network 104.

The memory of the central control unit 102 may store information related to the container of goods for storing goods, information related to the set of outgoing orders, data and instructions for the central control unit 102 to operate, and the like. For example, the information related to the goods container may include the kind of goods stored in the goods container, the amount of each of the stored goods, the model number of the goods, the place of production, the size, and the like. For example, information related to the set of outgoing orders may include the time of placement for each order, the type and quantity of goods that need to be picked, and so on. For example, the data used by the central control unit 102 to perform the operations may include the type and number of items that have been picked among the items required for the order on the workstation slot, the type and number of items that all need to be picked, the number of total slots in the workstation, various preset values, and the like. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the memory of the central control unit 102 may optionally store various suitable information, which is not described in detail herein.

The communication module in the central control unit 102 may support establishing a direct (e.g., wired) communication channel or a wireless communication channel between the central control unit 102 and external electronic devices (e.g., access bits and/or slots in the workstation 103) and communicating via the established communication channel. For example, the communication module sends a pick-up order to slots 1 through m in workstation 103 via network 104 and sends information for the good containers for the goods needed to satisfy the order on slots 1 through m to access slots 1 through s in workstation 103 via network 104 for causing access slots 1 through s to carry the good containers for the goods needed to satisfy the order on slots 1 through m.

In the exemplary embodiment, s and m are positive integers, s and m may be arbitrarily selected according to the requirement, and the size relationship between s and m is not particularly limited.

In an example, s may be the same as or different from m.

In one example, s may be greater than or equal to m.

In another example, s may be less than or equal to m.

The communication module may include one or more communication processors capable of operating independently of a processor (e.g., an Application Processor (AP)) and supporting wired and/or wireless communication. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the communication module may include a wireless communication module (e.g., a cellular communication module, a short-range wireless communication module, or a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) communication module) or a wired communication module (e.g., a Local Area Network (LAN) communication module or a Power Line Communication (PLC) module). A respective one of these communication modules may communicate with external electronic devices via a first network (e.g., a short-range communication network such as bluetooth, wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) direct, or infrared data association (IrDA)) or a second network (e.g., a long-range communication network such as a cellular network, the internet, or a computer network (e.g., a LAN or Wide Area Network (WAN)). These various types of communication modules may be implemented as a single component (e.g., a single chip), or may be implemented as multiple components (e.g., multiple chips) separate from each other. The wireless communication module may identify and authenticate an electronic device in a communication network, such as a first network or a second network, using user information (e.g., an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI)) stored in the user identification module.

In addition, the central control unit 102 may also include a display, microphone, etc. for displaying or broadcasting information about the outgoing order currently being processed (e.g., which orders on the slot have unsatisfied and the number of unsatisfied goods).

In an alternative embodiment, the processor in the central control unit 102 may also construct a delivery order production order list and an item container access order list, wherein the delivery order production order list may be configured to store the order of the delivery orders and the item container access order list may be configured to be a list of item containers for satisfying the cargo requirements of the delivery orders in the delivery order production order list.

The workstation 103 may include a library of article containers, a plurality of access bits, and a plurality of slots. The article container library may include a plurality of article containers 1 to n, wherein the kinds and amounts of the goods stored in each of the plurality of article containers 1 to n may be the same or different at the beginning.

At some point, one or more of the product containers may be placed on one or more of access bits 1 through s, and at most one shipment order can be placed on each slot.

In an exemplary embodiment, n and s are both positive integers, and n may be an integer much greater than s.

In an exemplary embodiment, where there are multiple item containers on access bits 1 through s, the pickers may, for example, first pick the item container at the first position in the access bit queue (e.g., access bit 1 at the first position in left-to-right order, or access bit s at the first position in right-to-left order). In the case that the goods in the first goods container cannot satisfy any order placed on the slot, the goods container currently placed on the first is removed, and the following goods containers are sequentially advanced in order so that the goods container immediately following the goods container is placed at the first for the pickers to pick the goods from the goods container.

Each slot in the workstation 103 may be provided with a corresponding printer (not shown) for receiving via the network 104 a shipment order to be placed on its corresponding slot from the central control unit 102 after the central control unit 102 determines the shipment order to be placed on an empty workstation slot, and then printing the shipment order accordingly for placement on the associated workstation slot.

A transfer device (not shown) may also be included in the workstation 103 for transferring the article containers from the article container store to the corresponding access locations.

Fig. 2 schematically illustrates a flow chart of an order processing method for a workstation according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 2, the method may include, for example, the following operations.

In operation S201, for example, the central control unit 102 may select a first shipment order from the shipment order set for one or more empty slots in response to the one or more empty slots being included in the plurality of slots in the workstation.

In an exemplary embodiment, the first outgoing order represents all outgoing orders that are currently to be placed on the empty slots.

In an exemplary embodiment, the first order may include one or more orders.

For example, assume that 8 slots are included in workstation 103, 4 of which are empty slots, at which time the first outgoing order represents an outgoing order to be placed on the 4 empty slots.

The specific operation of selecting a first pick order for one or more empty slots from a collection of pick orders is set forth below.

In operation S203, the determined first shipment order is sent to one or more empty slots.

In an exemplary embodiment, where the first outgoing order includes a plurality of outgoing orders, the plurality of outgoing orders may be randomly placed on the empty slots.

In an exemplary embodiment, each of the first outgoing orders may be placed in chronological order in which slots are empty in the determined chronological order.

For example, assume that the outgoing order 1, outgoing order 2, outgoing order 3 in the first outgoing order are determined sequentially in time, slot 1, slot 3, and slot 5 in the workstation are empty sequentially in time, at which point outgoing order 1 is placed on slot 1, outgoing order 2 is placed on slot 3, and outgoing order 3 is placed on slot 5.

In another exemplary embodiment, each of the first outgoing orders may be arranged in chronological order of the slot in terms of the number of items in the order.

For example, assume that in the first shipment order, shipment order 1 requires 10 kg of rice (1 piece per 1 kg of rice), toilet paper 3 rolls (1 piece per 1 roll of toilet paper) (13 pieces per 1 roll of toilet paper are required in total), shipment order 2 requires 1 keyboard, 1 mouse, 1 display (3 pieces per total), shipment order 3 requires 5 kg of rice, 1 keyboard (6 pieces per total), and slot 1, slot 3, and slot 5 in the workstation are empty in time. At this point, the outgoing order 1 is placed on slot 1, the outgoing order 3 is placed on slot 3, and the outgoing order 2 is placed on slot 5.

The above example of the determined first outgoing order being sent to one or more empty slots is for illustration purposes only and is not intended to be limiting, and outgoing orders in the first outgoing order may be placed on empty slots according to different rules as desired.

In an exemplary embodiment, each of the first shipment orders may be electronically displayed on an empty slot.

In an exemplary embodiment, the outgoing orders in the first outgoing order may be displayed on the empty slots according to the rules described in the various exemplary embodiments above.

In another exemplary embodiment, each of the first outgoing orders may be printed as a paper order and placed on an empty slot.

In an exemplary embodiment, each empty slot is provided with a corresponding printer. When the first shipment orders are determined, each shipment order in the first shipment orders may be sent to a corresponding one of the printers according to the above-described rule, and then the corresponding printer prints the shipment order onto the corresponding empty slot.

In another exemplary embodiment, the workstation may be provided with one printer and a plurality of transfer devices. At this time, the order is printed by the printer, and the printed order is placed on the empty slot by the transmission device.

In response to the one or more free access bits included in the plurality of access bits, a first item container to be placed on the one or more free access bits is selected from the collection of item containers using a first preset rule based at least in part on the first outgoing order in operation S205.

In an exemplary embodiment, a first article container is selected using a first preset rule such that articles provided by all of the present article containers on the plurality of access locations cause a pick order placed on the plurality of slots to have a pick order amount greater than or equal to a preset pick order amount.

In an exemplary embodiment, a first article container to be placed on one or more free access bits from a collection of article containers may be selected based on an existing shipment order on a slot, a determined first shipment order, and an existing article container on an access bit.

In one embodiment, the preset amount of the statement may be a fixed number.

In an exemplary embodiment, the first preset rule may be a performance efficiency rule.

Specifically, the performance efficiency rule is: the goods provided by all of the current goods containers at the plurality of access locations maximize the inventory of the outgoing orders located at the plurality of slots.

For example, assuming that there are 4 article containers in the article container set (i.e., n=4), if article container 1 is selected such that the amount of the inventory order placed on the plurality of slots is 1, article container 2 is selected such that the amount of the inventory order placed on the plurality of slots is 2, article container 3 is selected such that the amount of the inventory order placed on the plurality of slots is 3, and article container 4 is selected such that the amount of the inventory order placed on the plurality of slots is 4, article container 4 is selected as the first article container. This example is a case where only one article container is selected, and it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the principle is the same for selecting a plurality of article containers, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In an exemplary embodiment, the determined item container may be placed at the tail in the access bit queue.

In an exemplary embodiment, in the event that a plurality of article containers are determined, the plurality of article containers are entered from the tail of the access bit queue.

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that placing or entering the determined article containers at or from the end of the access bit queue is merely exemplary and that the determined article containers may be placed differently as desired.

In an exemplary embodiment, a plurality of article containers may be entered from the tail of the access bit queue in the determined chronological order.

For example, assuming that the article container 1, the article container 2 and the article container 3 are successively determined in time, there are 4 access bits in the access bit queue, at this time, all three other access bits except the access bit located at the first position are idle, at this time, the article container 1 is put into the tail of the access bit queue first, then the article container 1 is moved forward in the direction from the tail of the access bit queue to the first position until the first access bit located at the first position, then the article container 2 is similarly input from the tail of the access bit queue, and the article container 2 is moved to the second access bit located at the first position, and finally the article container 3 is put into the tail of the access bit queue.

In an exemplary embodiment, the item containers may be placed sequentially in order of size that can satisfy the capabilities of the desired items in the order.

For example, it is assumed that the determined article container 1 can satisfy 5 articles, the article container 2 can satisfy 8 articles, and the article container 3 can satisfy 3 articles, at which time the article container 2 is input from the tail of the access bit queue, then the article container 1 is input, and finally the article container 3 is input.

In operation S207, the first item container is transported to one or more free access locations for a picker to pick a corresponding item for an outgoing order into the workstation.

Fig. 3 schematically illustrates a flow chart of a method of a central control unit determining an item container to be placed on a control access location according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 3, the method may include, for example, the following operations.

The operation in operation S301 corresponds to the operation in operation S205, and will not be described in detail here.

In operation S303, it is determined whether the first article container can be selected using the first preset rule.

In the case that the first article container can be selected using the first preset rule, the process proceeds to operation S305.

In the case that the first article container cannot be selected using the first preset rule, the process proceeds to operation S309.

In an exemplary embodiment, taking the example of the first preset rule being a performance efficiency rule (the performance efficiency rule being that the goods provided by all the current goods containers on the plurality of access positions maximize the amount of the orders for the outgoing orders located on the plurality of slots), when the goods containers capable of ordering the outgoing orders cannot be selected based on the first preset rule, the process proceeds to operation S305.

In another exemplary embodiment, taking the first preset rule as a performance efficiency rule as an example, when each of the collection of goods containers enables 1 order to be ordered, there is no goods container that maximizes the order amount of the outgoing order located on the plurality of slots. In this case, it is regarded that the first article container cannot be selected using the first preset rule, and the process also proceeds to operation S309.

In the exemplary embodiment, assuming that 8 slots (one outgoing order placed on each slot) and 4 access bits are included in the workstation, 3 of the access bits are free, the article container 1 can place 5 orders for 6 orders for article container 2, 3 orders for 3 articles for 4 articles for 2 orders for 7 articles for 4 orders for 4 articles for 4. At this time, the article container 5, the article container 2, and the article container 1 are selected as the article containers to be placed on the empty access bits.

In operation S305, the first article container is transported to an empty access location in the workstation.

In operation S307, it is determined that the first article container can occupy all the free access bits in the workstation.

In the case where all the idle access bits are occupied by the first article container, the process proceeds to operation S313.

In operation S313, the determination of the article container is ended. In operation S309, a second article container to be placed in the free access location is selected from the set of article containers using a second preset rule based at least in part on the first shipment order.

In an exemplary embodiment, the second preset rule may be a picking efficiency rule.

Specifically, the picking efficiency rule is: the intersection of the goods provided by all of the current goods containers at the plurality of access locations in the workstation with the goods required for the outgoing order at the plurality of slots in the workstation is maximized.

In an exemplary embodiment, the intersection of the items being maximum means that the number of items is the largest.

In an exemplary embodiment, a second item container to be placed in the free access location may be selected from the collection of item containers using a second preset rule based on a first outgoing order to be placed in the free slot, items required for an existing outgoing order in the slot, items in an existing item container in the access location.

In operation S311, the determined second article container is transported to the free access location.

After that, the process advances to operation S307.

Further, when it is determined in operation S305 that the first article container cannot occupy all the idle access bits, the process also performs operations of operations S309 to S311. At this time, the free access bits are the remaining free access bits except for the access bits occupied by the first article container.

Upon entering operation S309 from operation S305, a third article container to be placed in the free access position is selected from the set of article containers using the second preset rule based at least in part on the first outgoing order and the first article container.

In an exemplary embodiment, a second item container to be placed in the free access location may be selected from the collection of item containers using a second preset rule based on a first outgoing order to be placed in the free slot, items required for an existing outgoing order in the slot, items in an existing item container in the access location, and items in the determined first item container.

In the proceeding from operation S307 to operation S311, the determined third article container is transported to the idle access location through operation S309.

As is apparent from the above description, performing operations S309 to S311 in the case where the first article container is not determined using the first preset rule differs from performing operations S309 to S311 in the case where the first article container fails to occupy all the idle access bits in that: determining a second article container using a second preset rule based at least in part on the first shipment order if the first article container fails to be determined using the first preset rule; in the event that the first article container is determined using the first preset rule, a second article container is determined using the second preset rule based at least in part on the first shipment order and the first article container.

In the event that the first article container is not determined using the first preset rule, a second article container is determined using the second preset rule, based on the previously existing shipment order at the slot, the determined first shipment order, and the previously existing article container at the access slot.

Illustratively, in the event that a first article container is determined using a first predetermined rule, a second article container is determined using a second predetermined rule based on the existing shipment order on the previous slot, the determined first shipment order, the existing article container on the previous access slot, and the determined first article container.

For example, assuming that all the items required for the order on the slot of the workstation are 10 kg of rice, 8 rolls of toilet paper, 3 mice, and one free access position is left after the first item container is determined, if item container 1 is selected so that 8 kg of rice and 1 mouse (9 pieces in total) can be satisfied, item container 2 is selected so that 4 kg of rice, 2 rolls of toilet paper, and 2 mice (8 pieces in total) can be satisfied, item container 3 is selected so that 1 kg of rice, 6 rolls of toilet paper, and 3 mice (10 pieces in total) can be satisfied, item container 3 is selected as the second item container.

Similarly, if there are 2 empty access bits after the first article container is determined, the article container 3 and the article container 1 are selected as the second article container.

FIG. 4 schematically illustrates a flow chart of determining a first shipment order in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

In an exemplary embodiment, the first order may refer to all of the orders to be placed on the empty slots.

As shown in fig. 4, the method may include, for example, the following operations.

In operation S401, it is determined whether there is a shipment order in the shipment order set that requires urgent processing.

In the case where it is determined that there is an order requiring urgent processing, the process proceeds to operation S403.

In an exemplary embodiment, the order requiring urgent processing may be, for example, an order labeled "jingzhida" identification.

In operation S403, a shipment order requiring urgent processing is preferentially selected for one or more empty slots, and the selected urgent order is transmitted to the empty slots.

In operation S405, it is determined whether the emergency order can occupy all of the empty slots.

In the case where it is determined that the emergency order can occupy all the empty slots, the process proceeds to operation S407.

In operation S407, it is determined that the processing of the first shipment order ends.

In the case where it is determined that there is no order requiring urgent processing, the process proceeds to operation S409.

In operation S409, a second shipment order is selected for one or more empty slots from the shipment order set using a third preset rule.

In an exemplary embodiment, the second order may be part of the first order.

In an exemplary embodiment, the third preset rule may be a picking efficiency rule.

The principle of the picking efficiency rule for determining the order is the same as that of the picking efficiency rule for determining the goods containers, and the principle is that the intersection of goods provided by all the current goods containers located on a plurality of access positions and goods required by the order on a plurality of slots is maximized.

In operation S411, it is determined whether the second outgoing order can occupy all of the empty slots.

In the case where it is determined that the second outgoing order can occupy all the empty slots, the process proceeds to operation S413.

When it is determined in operation S411 that the second shipment order cannot occupy all of the empty slots, the process proceeds to operation S415.

In the exemplary embodiment, assume that there are 3 empty slots in the workstation and that the determined second order includes only 2 orders, at which time 1 more order is unoccupied. In this case, the process proceeds to operation S415.

In operation S413, the second shipment order is sent to the empty slot.

Thereafter, the process proceeds to operation S407. In operation S415, the third shipment order continues to be selected for the remaining empty slots using the fourth preset rule.

In an exemplary embodiment, the third order may be part of the first order.

In an exemplary embodiment, the fourth preset rule may be an order aging rule.

The order aging rules may be: and selecting the order from the warehouse to the late according to the order placing time.

In operation S417, a third shipment order is sent to the empty slot. Thereafter, the process proceeds to operation S407.

When it is determined in operation S405 that the emergency order cannot occupy all the empty slots, the process also performs operations S409 to S417.

When proceeding from operation S405 to operation S409, a fourth outgoing order is selected for the remaining empty slots from the collection of outgoing orders using the third preset rule, as a part of the empty slots are already occupied by the emergency order.

In an exemplary embodiment, the fourth order may be part of the first order.

When proceeding from operation S405 through operation S409 to operation S411, it is determined whether the selected fourth shipment order can fill the remaining empty slots.

When it is determined in operation S411 that the fourth outgoing order can occupy the remaining empty slots, the process proceeds to operation S413.

When proceeding from operation S405 to operations S409 and S411, operation S413 is entered, the selected fourth shipment order is sent to the empty slot. Thereafter, the process proceeds to operation S407.

When it is determined in operation S411 that the fourth shipment order cannot occupy the remaining empty slots, the process proceeds to operation S415.

When proceeding from operation S405 through operations S409, S411 to operation S415, a fifth shipment order is selected for the remaining empty slots using a fourth preset rule.

In an exemplary embodiment, the fifth order may be part of the first order.

When proceeding from operation S405 through operations S409, S411, and S415 to operation S417, the fifth shipment order is sent to all of the remaining empty slots. Thereafter, the process advances to operation S407.

To this end, the operation of determining the first shipment order ends.

Based on the above description, a shipment order for placement on the empty slot and a container of goods for placement on the empty access slot may be determined.

The access bits and slots described above may be physical access bits and slots, or virtual access bits and slots for computation.

Correspondingly, the transporting the goods container to the access location may be transporting the virtual goods container to the virtual access location, and the sending the outgoing order to the slot may be sending the virtual outgoing order to the virtual slot.

On this basis, all the outgoing orders to be processed may be first determined and sequentially recorded in the outgoing order production order list, and all the article containers to be accessed may be determined and sequentially recorded in the article container access list. When the order needs to be processed, the outgoing orders in the outgoing order production sequence list are sequentially arranged on the empty slots, and the goods containers in the goods container access list are sequentially arranged on the idle access positions, so that a pickman does not need to wait for the processor to determine the next outgoing order to be processed and the goods containers to be accessed, time can be saved, and picking efficiency can be improved.

Fig. 5 schematically illustrates a flow chart of an update operation after picking of goods with a determined item container, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 5, the update operation may include, for example, the following operations.

In operation S501, it is determined whether an item container located at a head position in an item container queue is capable of satisfying a demand for at least one item in an order located on a plurality of slots.

In a case where it is determined that the article container at the top can satisfy the requirement of at least one article, the process proceeds to operation S503.

In operation S503, the item container currently located at the top is accessed to satisfy the item demand in the order.

In the case where it is determined that the article container at the top cannot meet the demand of at least one article, the process proceeds to operation S505.

In operation S505, the article containers after the first place are sequentially advanced to replace the article container currently located at the first place for picking.

In operation S507, after picking with the replaced item container, the kind and number of items required in the shipment order on the slot are updated, and the kind and number of items remaining in the item container are updated.

In operation S509, it is determined whether the item requirements in one or more orders are all satisfied after the item has been picked in the item container.

In the case where it is determined that the demand for the goods in one or more orders is all satisfied, the process proceeds to operation S511.

In operation S511, the order on the slot is updated. Specifically, the order in which the demand for goods is all satisfied is emptied, so that an empty slot appears in the workstation. If there are orders that have not been processed, an order is selected for the empty slots, and the method of selecting an order is as described above.

In operation S513, it is determined whether all orders are satisfied?

In the case where all orders are satisfied, the process ends.

In the case where there is still an order not satisfied, the process returns to operation S501.

When it is determined in operation S509 that none of the demand for the goods in the one or more orders is satisfied, the process proceeds to operation S501 to continue with determining the goods container.

In the respective flowcharts, the respective operations are sequentially shown and individually described. It will be appreciated by those of skill in the art that the various operations described above may be performed concurrently or in parallel, in an inverted order, or in any order other than that shown.

In order to avoid obscuring the present technical solution, redundant descriptions are not repeated here.

Fig. 6 schematically illustrates a block diagram of an order processing apparatus for a workstation according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 6, the order processing apparatus 600 for a workstation may include a first selection module 601, a transmission module 602, a second selection module 603, and a control module 604.

The first selection module 601 may be configured to select a first outgoing order from the set of outgoing orders for one or more empty slots in response to one or more empty slots being included in the plurality of slots in the workstation.

The sending module 602 may be configured to send the first shipment order onto one or more empty slots.

The second selection module 603 may be configured to select, based on the first shipment order, a first item container from the set of item containers to be placed on the one or more free access bits using a first preset rule in response to the plurality of access bits in the workstation including the one or more free access bits.

The control module 604 may be configured to control the transfer device to transport the first item container to one or more free access locations for a picker to pick a corresponding item for an outgoing order into the workstation.

The first goods container is selected by utilizing a first preset rule, so that goods provided by all the current goods containers positioned on a plurality of access positions in the workstation can enable the statement amount of the outgoing order positioned on a plurality of slots in the workstation to meet the preset statement amount.

In addition to the above first selection module 601, the sending module 602, the second selection module 603, and the control module 604, the order processing apparatus for a workstation may further include other modules for correspondingly performing the above various operations.

For the sake of clarity and brevity, the respective modules and corresponding operations performed therein are not described in detail herein.

Any number of the modules, or at least some of the functionality of any number, according to embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented in one module. Any one or more of the modules according to embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented as split into multiple modules. Any one or more of the modules according to embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented at least in part as a hardware circuit, such as a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), a Programmable Logic Array (PLA), a system-on-chip, a system-on-a-substrate, a system-on-a-package, an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), or in hardware or firmware in any other reasonable manner of integrating or packaging the circuits, or in any one of or in any suitable combination of three of software, hardware, and firmware. Or one or more of the modules according to embodiments of the present disclosure may be at least partially implemented as computer program modules that, when executed, perform the corresponding functions.

For example, any of the first selection module 601, the transmission module 602, the second selection module 603, and the control module 604 may be combined in one module/unit/sub-unit, or any of the modules/units/sub-units may be split into a plurality of modules/units/sub-units. Or at least some of the functionality of one or more of these modules/units/sub-units may be combined with at least some of the functionality of other modules/units/sub-units and implemented in one module/unit/sub-unit. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, at least one of the first selection module 601, the transmission module 602, the second selection module 603, and the control module 604 may be implemented at least in part as hardware circuitry, such as a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), a Programmable Logic Array (PLA), a system on a chip, a system on a substrate, a system on a package, an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), or may be implemented in hardware or firmware in any other reasonable way of integrating or packaging the circuitry, or in any one of or a suitable combination of three of software, hardware, and firmware. Or at least one of the first selection module 601, the sending module 602, the second selection module 603 and the control module 604 may be at least partly implemented as computer program modules which, when run, may perform the respective functions.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, a device portion implementation manner is the same as or similar to a method portion implementation manner in the embodiment of the present disclosure, and the description of the device portion implementation manner is specifically referred to the description of the method portion implementation manner, which is not repeated herein.

Fig. 7 schematically illustrates a block diagram of an electronic device adapted to implement the order processing method for a workstation described above, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The electronic device shown in fig. 7 is merely an example and should not be construed to limit the functionality and scope of use of the disclosed embodiments.

As shown in fig. 7, an electronic device 700 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a processor 701 that can perform various appropriate actions and processes according to a program stored in a Read Only Memory (ROM) 702 or a program loaded from a storage section 708 into a Random Access Memory (RAM) 703. The processor 701 may include, for example, a general purpose microprocessor (e.g., a CPU), an instruction set processor and/or an associated chipset and/or a special purpose microprocessor (e.g., an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)), or the like. The processor 701 may also include on-board memory for caching purposes. The processor 701 may comprise a single processing unit or a plurality of processing units for performing different actions of the method flows according to embodiments of the disclosure.

In the RAM703, various programs and data necessary for the operation of the electronic apparatus 700 are stored. The processor 701, the ROM702, and the RAM703 are connected to each other through a bus 704. The processor 701 performs various operations of the method flow according to the embodiments of the present disclosure by executing programs in the ROM702 and/or the RAM 703. Note that the program may be stored in one or more memories other than the ROM702 and the RAM 703. The processor 701 may also perform various operations of the method flow according to embodiments of the present disclosure by executing programs stored in the one or more memories.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the electronic device 700 may further include an input/output (I/O) interface 705, the input/output (I/O) interface 705 also being connected to the bus 704. The electronic device 700 may also include one or more of the following components connected to the I/O interface 705: an input section 706 including a keyboard, a mouse, and the like; an output portion 707 including a Cathode Ray Tube (CRT), a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), and the like, a speaker, and the like; a storage section 708 including a hard disk or the like; and a communication section 709 including a network interface card such as a LAN card, a modem, or the like. The communication section 709 performs communication processing via a network such as the internet. The drive 810 is also connected to the I/O interface 705 as needed. A removable medium 811 such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a semiconductor memory, or the like is installed as needed on the drive 810, so that a computer program read out therefrom is installed into the storage portion 708 as needed.

According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the method flow according to embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented as a computer software program. For example, embodiments of the present disclosure include a computer program product comprising a computer program embodied on a computer readable storage medium, the computer program comprising program code for performing the method shown in the flowcharts. In such an embodiment, the computer program may be downloaded and installed from a network via the communication section 709 and/or installed from the removable medium 811. The above-described functions defined in the system of the embodiments of the present disclosure are performed when the computer program is executed by the processor 701. The systems, devices, apparatus, modules, units, etc. described above may be implemented by computer program modules according to embodiments of the disclosure.

The present disclosure also provides a computer-readable storage medium that may be embodied in the apparatus/device/system described in the above embodiments; or may exist alone without being assembled into the apparatus/device/system. The computer-readable storage medium carries one or more programs which, when executed, implement methods in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure.

According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the computer-readable storage medium may be a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium, which may include, for example, but is not limited to: 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), a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. In the context of this disclosure, 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. For example, according to embodiments of the present disclosure, the computer-readable storage medium may include ROM702 and/or RAM703 and/or one or more memories other than ROM702 and RAM703 described above.

The flowcharts 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 disclosure. 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.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the features recited in the various embodiments of the disclosure and/or in the claims may be combined in various combinations and/or combinations, even if such combinations or combinations are not explicitly recited in the disclosure. In particular, the features recited in the various embodiments of the present disclosure and/or the claims may be variously combined and/or combined without departing from the spirit and teachings of the present disclosure. All such combinations and/or combinations fall within the scope of the present disclosure.

The embodiments of the present disclosure are described above. These examples are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure. Although the embodiments are described above separately, this does not mean that the measures in the embodiments cannot be used advantageously in combination. The scope of the disclosure is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof. Various alternatives and modifications can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the disclosure, and such alternatives and modifications are intended to fall within the scope of the disclosure.

Claims

1. An order processing method for a workstation, the workstation comprising a plurality of slots and a plurality of access bits, the method comprising:

Selecting a first shipment order from a shipment order set for one or more empty slots in response to the plurality of slots including the one or more empty slots;

Sending the first shipment order to the one or more empty slots;

responsive to the plurality of access bits including one or more free access bits, selecting a first article container from a collection of article containers to be placed on the one or more free access bits using a first preset rule based at least in part on the first outgoing order; and

Transporting the first item container to the one or more free access locations for pickers to pick corresponding items for shipment orders into the workstation,

The first goods containers are selected by utilizing the first preset rule, so that goods provided by all the current goods containers on the plurality of access positions enable the order quantity of the delivery orders on the plurality of slots to be larger than or equal to the preset order quantity, and the first goods containers are arranged on the one or the plurality of idle access positions from more to less according to the order quantity;

After picking the goods, in the case that the goods container located at the first position of the goods container cannot meet the requirement of at least one of the goods in the orders located at the plurality of slots, the goods container located at the first position is sequentially moved forward to replace the goods container located at the first position at present.

2. The order processing method according to claim 1, wherein,

Responsive to failing to pick the first article container with the first preset rule, selecting a second article container from the collection of article containers to be placed on the one or more free access bits with a second preset rule based at least in part on the first shipment order; and

Transporting the second item container to the one or more free access locations for pickers to pick corresponding items for shipment orders into the workstation,

And selecting the second goods container by utilizing the second preset rule so that the intersection between the goods provided by all the current goods containers positioned on the plurality of access positions and the goods required by the delivery orders on the plurality of slots is the largest.

3. The order processing method of claim 1, wherein the selecting, based on the first outgoing order, a first item container from a collection of item containers to be placed on the one or more free access bits using a first preset rule further comprises:

Determining whether the one or more free access bits can be filled by the first article container selected using the first preset rule;

In response to the one or more free access bits failing to be filled by the first article container selected using the first preset rule, continuing to select a third article container from the set of article containers to be placed on the remaining free access bits using a second preset rule based at least in part on the first outgoing order and the first article container; and

Transporting the third item container to the remaining free access location for pickers to pick corresponding items for shipment orders entering the workstation,

And selecting the third goods container by utilizing the second preset rule so that the intersection of the goods provided by all the current goods containers positioned on the plurality of access positions in the workstation and the goods required by the delivery orders positioned on the plurality of slots in the workstation is maximum.

4. The order processing method of claim 1, wherein the selecting a first outgoing order from the set of outgoing orders for the one or more empty slots comprises:

determining whether a warehouse-out order needing emergency treatment exists in the warehouse-out order set; and

In response to there being a shipment order requiring urgent processing, a shipment order requiring urgent processing is preferentially selected for the one or more empty slots.

5. The order processing method as set forth in claim 4, further comprising:

In response to the absence of a shipment order requiring urgent processing, selecting a second shipment order for the one or more empty slots from the shipment order set using a third preset rule;

And selecting the second ex-warehouse order by utilizing the third preset rule so that the intersection of the goods provided by all the current goods containers positioned on the plurality of access positions in the workstation and the goods required by the ex-warehouse order on the plurality of slots in the workstation is maximum.

6. The order processing method of claim 5, wherein after the selecting a second outgoing order from the outgoing order set for the one or more empty slots using a third preset rule, the method further comprises:

determining whether the one or more empty slots can be filled by the selected second shipment order; and

In response to the second shipment order not being full of the one or more empty slots being selected, continuing to select a third shipment order for the remaining empty slots from the collection of shipment orders using a fourth preset rule,

And the third ex-warehouse order selected by using the fourth preset rule is an order with the order placing time meeting preset conditions.

7. The order processing method of claim 4, wherein after the prioritizing the outgoing order for the one or more empty slots for emergency treatment, the method further comprises:

Determining whether the one or more empty slots can be filled with the selected outgoing order requiring urgent processing; and

In response to the one or more empty slots not being filled with the selected outgoing order requiring urgent processing, continuing to select a fourth outgoing order from the outgoing order set for the remaining empty slots using a third preset rule,

And selecting the fourth delivery order by utilizing the third preset rule so that the intersection of the goods provided by all the current goods containers positioned on the plurality of access positions in the workstation and the goods required by the delivery orders on the plurality of slots in the workstation is maximum.

8. The order processing method of claim 7, wherein after continuing to select a fourth outgoing order from the outgoing order set for the remaining empty slots using a third preset rule, the method further comprises:

determining whether the remaining empty slots can be filled by the selected fourth shipment order; and

In response to the remaining empty slots not being filled by the fourth shipment order, continuing to select a fifth shipment order from the collection of shipment orders for the second remaining empty slots using a fourth preset rule,

And the fifth ex-warehouse order selected by using the fourth preset rule is an order with the order placing time meeting preset conditions.

9. An order processing apparatus for a workstation, the workstation comprising a plurality of slots and a plurality of access bits, the order processing apparatus comprising:

A first selection module for selecting a first shipment order from a shipment order set for one or more empty slots in the workstation in response to the plurality of slots including the one or more empty slots;

the sending module is used for sending the first ex-warehouse order to the one or more empty slots;

A second selection module for selecting, based on the first delivery order, a first item container from a collection of item containers using a first preset rule to be placed on one or more free access bits in response to the plurality of access bits in the workstation including the one or more free access bits; and

A control module for controlling the transfer device to transport the first item container to the one or more free access locations for pickers to pick corresponding items for outgoing orders into the workstation,

The first goods containers are selected by utilizing the first preset rule, so that goods provided by all current goods containers located on the plurality of access positions in the workstation can enable the amount of orders of the delivery orders located on the plurality of slots in the workstation to meet the preset amount of orders, and the first goods containers are arranged on the one or the plurality of idle access positions from more to less according to the amount of orders;

and the replacement module is used for sequentially advancing the goods containers after the first position to replace the goods containers currently positioned at the first position when the goods containers positioned at the first position of the goods containers can not meet the requirement of at least one goods in the orders positioned on the plurality of slots after the goods are picked.

10. An electronic device, comprising:

One or more processors; and

A memory for storing one or more programs,

Wherein the one or more programs, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to implement the method of any of claims 1 to 8.

11. A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon executable instructions which when executed by a processor cause the processor to implement the method of any of claims 1 to 8.