CN113762828A

CN113762828A - Replenishment method, replenishment device, electronic equipment and storage medium

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Publication number: CN113762828A
Application number: CN202010767446.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈泽强; 刘航
Original assignee: Beijing Jingdong Zhenshi Information Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Jingdong Zhenshi Information Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-08-03
Filing date: 2020-08-03
Publication date: 2021-12-07
Anticipated expiration: 2040-08-03
Also published as: CN113762828B

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a replenishment method, a replenishment device, electronic equipment and a storage medium, wherein the replenishment method comprises the following steps: the method comprises the steps of responding to the triggering of a replenishment demand, obtaining replenishment parameters based on a preset replenishment strategy, determining replenishment information according to the replenishment strategy and the replenishment parameters, executing replenishment operation according to the replenishment information, obtaining the replenishment parameters corresponding to the replenishment strategy, and determining the replenishment information according to the replenishment strategy and the replenishment parameters, so that the defect of single replenishment mode caused by simply comparing the current quantity of commodities (such as the quantity of the commodities in a picking area) with a preset threshold (such as the minimum safety stock in the picking area) in the related technology can be avoided, the flexibility and diversity of the replenishment modes are improved, the replenishment information is determined according to the replenishment strategy and the replenishment parameters corresponding to the replenishment strategy, and the technical effect of the accuracy of replenishment can be improved.

Description

Replenishment method, replenishment device, electronic equipment and storage medium

Technical Field

The embodiment of the application relates to the technical field of computers and warehouse logistics, in particular to a replenishment method, a replenishment device, electronic equipment and a storage medium.

Background

The replenishment is a process of moving goods from a storage area to a picking area in the warehouse production process, and is used for meeting the requirement of the picking production of the warehouse.

In the prior art, a replenishment method by sampling includes: the method comprises the steps that a Warehouse Management System (WMS) is arranged on a terminal device, the quantity of commodities in a goods picking area is determined through the Warehouse Management System, the quantity of goods to be replenished is determined according to the quantity of the commodities and preset minimum safety stock of the commodities, and replenishing operation is executed according to the quantity of the goods to be replenished.

In the process of implementing the present application, the inventor finds that at least the following problems exist in the prior art: performing replenishment operations based on minimum safety stock may result in problems of poor flexibility and poor accuracy of replenishment.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a replenishment method, a replenishment device, electronic equipment and a storage medium, which are used for solving the problems of low flexibility and low accuracy of replenishment.

In one aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a replenishment method, including:

responding to the triggering of the replenishment demand, and acquiring replenishment parameters based on a preset replenishment strategy;

determining replenishment information according to the replenishment strategy and the replenishment parameters;

and executing replenishment operation according to the replenishment information.

In the embodiment of the application, the replenishment parameters corresponding to the replenishment strategies are acquired, and the replenishment information is determined according to the replenishment strategies and the replenishment parameters, so that the defect of single replenishment mode caused by simply comparing the current quantity of the commodities (namely the quantity of the commodities in the picking area) with the preset threshold value (namely the minimum safety stock in the picking area) in the related art can be avoided, the flexibility and diversity of the replenishment modes are improved, the replenishment information is determined according to the replenishment strategies and the replenishment parameters corresponding to the replenishment strategies, and the technical effect of accuracy of replenishment can be improved.

In some embodiments, if the replenishment strategy is a strategy for replenishing goods to the safety stock before meeting the gap number, the obtaining replenishment parameters based on a preset replenishment strategy includes: and acquiring the safety stock and the actual stock of the goods to be restocked in the picking area.

In some embodiments, if the replenishment strategy is a strategy for replenishing goods to the safety stock after the gap number is satisfied, the obtaining replenishment parameters based on a preset replenishment strategy includes:

the method comprises the steps of obtaining the safety stock of goods to be replenished in a goods picking area, the available stock of the goods to be replenished in the goods picking area and an order to be positioned of the goods to be replenished;

determining the quantity to be positioned of the goods to be replenished according to the order to be positioned;

wherein the replenishment parameters include the safety stock, the available stock and the quantity to be located.

In some embodiments, if the replenishment strategy is a strategy that satisfies the number of gaps, the obtaining replenishment parameters based on a preset replenishment strategy includes:

acquiring available inventory of goods to be replenished in a picking area and an order to be positioned of the goods to be replenished;

wherein the replenishment parameters include the available inventory and the quantity to be located.

As can be seen from the above description, in the embodiment of the present application, the obtained replenishment parameters are different for different replenishment strategies, and for different replenishment strategies, different replenishment parameters are adopted to determine corresponding replenishment information, so that flexibility and diversity of replenishment information can be determined, thereby achieving flexible replenishment and improving the technical effect of reliability of replenishment.

In some embodiments, the restocking parameter comprises a restocking coefficient; the method further comprises the following steps:

acquiring attribute information of the goods to be restocked;

and determining the replenishment coefficient of the goods to be replenished according to the attribute information.

In the embodiment of the application, the replenishment coefficient is determined through the attribute information, so that the replenishment information can be determined by fully combining the characteristics of the goods to be replenished (for example, the attribute information can reflect the sales characteristics of the goods to be replenished, such as seasonal sales characteristics) and the technical effects of flexibility, accuracy and reliability of the determined replenishment information can be improved.

In some embodiments, the performing restocking operations according to the restocking information comprises:

splitting the replenishment information into a plurality of replenishment tasks according to preset splitting granularity, wherein the splitting granularity comprises at least one of the following: the method comprises the steps of presetting a maximum replenishment quantity for a replenishment task, presetting replenishment details for the replenishment task, the quantity of machines for executing replenishment operation and the quantity of workers for executing the replenishment operation;

and executing replenishment operation according to the replenishment task.

In the embodiment of the application, the splitting of the replenishment information into the plurality of replenishment tasks is provided, and the replenishment information can be specifically split based on the splitting granularity, so that the flexibility and convenience of performing replenishment operation are improved, and the reliability and the efficiency of replenishment are improved.

In some embodiments, performing a restocking operation according to the restocking task comprises:

and if the fact that the replenishment task identical to the replenishment task exists is determined, preferentially executing replenishment operation according to the identical replenishment task.

In the embodiment of the application, by judging whether the replenishment task identical to the replenishment task exists or not, and when the judgment result is yes, preferentially executing the replenishment operation according to the identical replenishment task, namely preferentially executing the replenishment operation on the previous replenishment task, or preferentially executing the replenishment operation on the previous replenishment task and the replenishment task identical to the previous replenishment task in the current replenishment task, the technical effect of executing the replenishment operation can be improved, so that the goods in the sorting area can meet the sorting requirement.

In some embodiments, the replenishment need is triggered including at least one of:

the replenishment demand is triggered based on a preset replenishment frequency;

the replenishment demand is triggered based on a replenishment request input by a user;

the replenishment demand is triggered based on the acquired order to be positioned of the commodity to be replenished.

In this application embodiment, provide the multiple implementation of replenishment demand triggered to the improvement triggers variety, flexibility and the reliability of replenishment demand, and then realizes timely replenishment, improves the technological effect of replenishment efficiency, and when adopting multiple triggering mode to combine together, can improve the reliability when adopting a certain triggering mode alone, forms the triggering that mutual complementary mode realized the replenishment demand, improves the reliability of replenishment, ensures the technological effect of the reliability of the stock of choosing the goods district.

In another aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a replenishment device, where the replenishment device includes:

the acquisition module is used for responding to the triggering of the replenishment demand and acquiring replenishment parameters based on a preset replenishment strategy;

the determining module is used for determining replenishment information according to the replenishment strategy and the replenishment parameters;

and the replenishment module is used for executing replenishment operation according to the replenishment information.

In some embodiments, the obtaining module is used for obtaining the replenishment parameters based on a preset replenishment strategy in response to the replenishment requirement being triggered;

In some embodiments, if the replenishment strategy is a strategy of replenishing goods to a safety stock after meeting the number of gaps, the obtaining module is configured to obtain the safety stock of the goods to be replenished in the picking area, the available stock of the goods to be replenished in the picking area, and the to-be-positioned order of the goods to be replenished, and determine the to-be-positioned number of the goods to be replenished according to the to-be-positioned order, wherein the replenishment parameters include the safety stock, the available stock, and the to-be-positioned number.

In some embodiments, if the replenishment strategy is a strategy that satisfies the gap number, the obtaining module is configured to obtain an available inventory of the goods to be replenished in the picking area and an order to be positioned of the goods to be replenished, and determine the quantity to be positioned of the goods to be replenished according to the order to be positioned, where the replenishment parameters include the available inventory and the quantity to be positioned.

In some embodiments, the replenishment parameter includes a replenishment coefficient, and the obtaining module is configured to obtain attribute information of the item to be replenished, and determine the replenishment coefficient of the item to be replenished according to the attribute information.

In some embodiments, the restocking module is configured to split the restocking information into a plurality of restocking tasks according to a preset splitting granularity, where the splitting granularity includes at least one of: and executing replenishment operation according to the replenishment task, wherein the replenishment operation is performed according to the maximum replenishment quantity preset by the replenishment task, the replenishment detail preset by the replenishment task, the quantity of machines for executing replenishment operation and the quantity of workers for executing the replenishment operation.

In some embodiments, the restocking module is configured to, if it is determined that a restocking task identical to the restocking task already exists, preferentially perform a restocking operation according to the identical restocking task.

In another aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, including: a memory, a processor;

a memory; a memory for storing the processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to perform the method of any of the embodiments above.

In another aspect, the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium, in which computer-executable instructions are stored, and when executed by a processor, the computer-executable instructions are used to implement the method according to any one of the above embodiments.

The replenishment method, the replenishment device, the electronic device and the storage medium provided by the embodiment of the application comprise: the method comprises the steps of responding to the triggering of a replenishment demand, obtaining replenishment parameters based on a preset replenishment strategy, determining replenishment information according to the replenishment strategy and the replenishment parameters, executing replenishment operation according to the replenishment information, obtaining the replenishment parameters corresponding to the replenishment strategy, and determining the replenishment information according to the replenishment strategy and the replenishment parameters, so that the defect of single replenishment mode caused by simply comparing the current quantity of commodities (such as the quantity of the commodities in a picking area) with a preset threshold (such as the minimum safety stock in the picking area) in the related technology can be avoided, the flexibility and diversity of the replenishment modes are improved, the replenishment information is determined according to the replenishment strategy and the replenishment parameters corresponding to the replenishment strategy, and the technical effect of the accuracy of replenishment can be improved.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present disclosure and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a replenishment method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic flow chart illustrating a replenishment method according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic flow chart illustrating a replenishment method according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic flow chart illustrating a replenishment method according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic flow chart illustrating a replenishment method according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a replenishment device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application.

With the foregoing drawings in mind, certain embodiments of the disclosure have been shown and described in more detail below. These drawings and written description are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosed concepts in any way, but rather to illustrate the concepts of the disclosure to those skilled in the art by reference to specific embodiments.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the exemplary embodiments below are not intended to represent all implementations consistent with the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the present disclosure, as detailed in the appended claims.

The replenishment method in the embodiment of the application can be applied to the application scenario shown in fig. 1.

As shown in fig. 1, the application scenario includes a terminal device (the terminal device is exemplarily shown in fig. 1 by taking a desktop computer as an example), a storage area, a picking area and a transportation device.

The terminal equipment can be provided with a warehouse management system, and the warehouse management system is a management system which comprehensively utilizes the functions of batch management, material correspondence, inventory checking, quality inspection management, virtual warehouse management, instant inventory management and the like through the functions of warehousing service, ex-warehouse service, warehouse allocation, inventory allocation, virtual warehouse management and the like.

The storage area may be used to characterize the area of the warehouse that stores supplies.

The pick area may be used to characterize the area of the warehouse where order picking is performed.

The transport device may be used to characterize the devices that transport items from the storage area to the picking area, including but not limited to: conveyer, stacker, shuttle, robot and automated guided vehicle.

In some embodiments, the terminal device may execute the replenishment method according to the embodiment of the present application based on data provided by the warehouse management system (e.g., the storage amount of the goods in the storage area and/or the storage amount of the goods in the picking area, etc.).

In other embodiments, a control module may be disposed in the warehouse management system, and the control module may acquire the quantity of stored commodities in the storage area and/or the quantity of stored commodities in the picking area, for example, and execute the replenishment method according to the embodiment of the present application.

Now, an exemplary description will be made when the replenishment method according to the embodiment of the present application is applied to the application scenario shown in fig. 1:

the terminal device may determine restocking information (the restocking information may include an article to be restocked and the number of the article), such as 5 articles a, based on data provided by the warehouse management system, such as the article storage number in the storage area and/or the article storage number in the picking area, and the like.

The terminal device controls the transportation device to transport, for example, 5 articles a from the storage area to the picking area based on the replenishment information (for example, 5 articles a).

It should be noted that the above examples are only used for exemplarily illustrating application scenarios of possible application of the replenishment method, and elements (such as a terminal device, a storage area, a picking area, and a transportation device) that may be included in the application scenarios are not to be understood as limitations of the application scenarios of the replenishment method, nor as limitations of the elements of the application scenarios of the replenishment method.

For example, the terminal equipment may be mobile terminals such as mobile telephones (or so-called "cellular" telephones) and computers with mobile terminals, e.g., mobile devices which may be portable, pocket, hand-held, computer-included, or vehicle-mounted, that exchange language and/or data with a radio access network; the terminal device may also be a Personal Communication Service (PCS) phone, a cordless phone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) station, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a tablet computer, a Wireless modem (modem), a handheld device (handset), a laptop computer (laptop computer), a Machine Type Communication (MTC) terminal, or the like; the Terminal Device may also be referred to as a system, a Subscriber Unit (Subscriber Unit), a Subscriber Station (Subscriber Station), a Mobile Station (Mobile), a Remote Station (Remote Station), a Remote Terminal (Remote Terminal), an Access Terminal (Access Terminal), a User Terminal (User Terminal), a User Agent (User Agent), a User Device or User Equipment, etc., and is not limited herein.

As another example, the number of elements in the application scenario may be reduced accordingly, such as reducing the number of transportation devices, or reducing one of the transportation devices.

For another example, elements may be added correspondingly in the application scenario, for example, a worker may be added, the terminal device may send a replenishment prompt message to a user device (e.g., a mobile phone) of the worker, the replenishment prompt message may include the replenishment information described in the above example, and the worker may trigger the transportation device to perform the replenishment operation through the terminal device.

In the related art, in order to avoid the problems of high cost caused by manual replenishment, the following methods are generally adopted: the terminal device can store the minimum safety stock of the picking area preset on the terminal device by a worker, determine the quantity of commodities in the picking area, determine whether to supplement the commodities according to the minimum safety stock of the picking area and the quantity of the commodities in the picking area, and if so, send the prompt information of supplementing the commodities to the worker by the terminal device, and the worker performs the supplementing operation.

However, the replenishment method provided by the related art may cause problems of too single replenishment mode, lack of flexibility, and untimely replenishment and low supply reliability.

The inventor of the present application has obtained the inventive concept of the present application through creative efforts: the terminal equipment can provide various replenishment strategies, replenishment parameters corresponding to different replenishment strategies are different, and when the replenishment requirement is triggered (can be triggered actively or passively), the terminal equipment can determine the replenishment parameters corresponding to the replenishment strategies and determine corresponding replenishment information so as to execute corresponding replenishment operation.

The following describes the technical solutions of the present application and how to solve the above technical problems with specific embodiments. The following several specific embodiments may be combined with each other, and details of the same or similar concepts or processes may not be repeated in some embodiments. Embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

According to an aspect of an embodiment of the present application, an embodiment of the present application provides a replenishment method, which may be applied to an application scenario as shown in fig. 1.

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart illustrating a replenishment method according to an embodiment of the present application.

As shown in fig. 2, the method includes:

s101: and acquiring replenishment parameters based on a preset replenishment strategy in response to the replenishment demand being triggered.

The execution main body in the embodiment of the present application may be a replenishment device, and the replenishment device may be the terminal device (for example, the terminal device may be a desktop computer as shown in fig. 1) as described in the above example, which is not described herein again; the replenishment device may also be a chip, in which a computer program of the replenishment method according to the embodiment of the present application may be configured, and the like, and the embodiment of the present application is not limited.

In the embodiment of the present application, for convenience of understanding of the reader and avoiding tedious redundancy, the replenishment device is exemplarily described as an example of a computer.

In this step, the triggering mode of the replenishment requirement is not limited, for example, the replenishment requirement automatically triggered by a computer can be used; or when a computer receives a replenishment request triggered by a user, the replenishment requirement is triggered passively; or the computer can be connected with the external equipment, and the computer receives a replenishment request and the like sent by the external equipment to trigger the replenishment requirement passively.

In the embodiment of the application, a concept of a replenishment strategy is introduced, the replenishment strategy can be used for representing the determination of replenishment information and replenishment based on different modes, namely, the replenishment strategy is equivalent to providing a computer with various choices for determining the replenishment information and replenishment, and the computer can select different methods for determining the replenishment information and replenishment, so that the flexibility and diversity of replenishment can be improved.

The computer can randomly select a certain replenishment strategy as a replenishment strategy during replenishment; the computer can also change the replenishment strategy once every preset time; the computer can also select a corresponding replenishment strategy based on history related information triggered by the replenishment requirement, and if the computer adopts a certain replenishment strategy and the time interval triggered by the replenishment requirement is relatively long, the replenishment strategy can be selected for saving the replenishment cost, and the like; the computer may also display the replenishment strategy through the display, and determine the replenishment strategy selected by the user (specifically, the staff member) as the replenishment strategy in replenishment, and the like, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

In the embodiment of the application, the computer can obtain the replenishment parameters corresponding to the replenishment strategies based on the replenishment strategies, that is, the replenishment parameters corresponding to different replenishment strategies are different, and the computer can determine the replenishment parameters corresponding to different replenishment strategies through different replenishment strategies, so that the flexibility and diversity of determining replenishment information and replenishing are improved.

In some embodiments, the computer may establish a mapping relationship between the replenishment strategy and the replenishment parameter in advance, and determine the replenishment parameter corresponding to the replenishment strategy through the mapping relationship.

In other embodiments, the computer may also pre-establish an index, and obtain the replenishment parameter corresponding to the replenishment strategy in the index manner.

It should be noted that the above examples are only used for illustrating a possible implementation method for acquiring replenishment parameters corresponding to a replenishment strategy by a computer, and are not to be construed as limiting the method for acquiring replenishment parameters corresponding to a replenishment strategy by a computer.

S102: and determining replenishment information according to the replenishment strategy and the replenishment parameters.

As can be seen from the above examples, the replenishment information may be used to represent relevant information of the goods to be replenished, such as the name, number, and location of the goods to be replenished (which may include the location of the goods to be replenished in the storage area, and may also include the location of the goods to be replenished in the picking area), and the like.

That is, in this step, when the computer acquires the replenishment parameter corresponding to the replenishment strategy, the name, number, position, and the like of the commodity to be replenished can be determined based on the replenishment strategy and the replenishment parameter.

S103: and executing replenishment operation according to the replenishment information.

As can be seen from the application scenario shown in fig. 1, in some embodiments, the computer may control the transportation device to perform the replenishment operation according to the replenishment information.

As can be seen from the above examples, in other embodiments, the computer may also send replenishment prompt information to a user device (e.g., a mobile phone) of a worker according to the replenishment information, where the replenishment prompt information may include the replenishment information described in the above examples, and the worker may trigger and control the transportation device to perform the replenishment operation through the computer.

It should be noted that the above examples are only used for exemplarily illustrating a possible implementation method of the computer performing the replenishment operation according to the replenishment information, and are not to be construed as limiting the method of the computer performing the replenishment operation according to the replenishment information.

Based on the above analysis, an embodiment of the present application provides a replenishment method, including: the method comprises the steps of responding to the triggering of a replenishment demand, obtaining replenishment parameters based on a preset replenishment strategy, determining replenishment information according to the replenishment strategy and the replenishment parameters, executing replenishment operation according to the replenishment information, obtaining the replenishment parameters corresponding to the replenishment strategy, and determining the replenishment information according to the replenishment strategy and the replenishment parameters, so that the defect of single replenishment mode caused by simply comparing the current quantity of commodities (namely the quantity of the commodities in a picking area) with a preset threshold value (namely the minimum safety stock in the picking area) in the related technology can be avoided, the flexibility and diversity of the replenishment modes are improved, the replenishment information is determined according to the replenishment strategy and the replenishment parameters corresponding to the replenishment strategy, and the technical effect of the accuracy of replenishment can be improved.

For the reader to understand the replenishment method in the embodiment of the present application more deeply, the replenishment method in the embodiment of the present application is described in detail with reference to a specific replenishment strategy, and for avoiding tedious repeated description, details already described in the above example are not described in the following embodiment again.

Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart illustrating a replenishment method according to another embodiment of the present application.

As shown in fig. 3, the method includes:

s201: and responding to the triggering of the replenishment demand, and acquiring the safety stock and the actual stock of the goods to be replenished in the picking area if the replenishment strategy is a strategy of replenishing to the safety stock before the gap quantity is met.

The strategy of replenishing goods to the safety stock before the gap quantity is met is one of replenishment strategies, the safety stock can be used for representing the safety stock quantity of sales volume in a preset time period which can be met in the sorting area, and the strategy of replenishing goods to the safety stock before the gap quantity is met can be used for representing, and the strategy of replenishing goods to the safety stock without considering the current stock gap quantity in the sorting area is met.

S202: and determining replenishment information according to the strategy of replenishing to the safety stock before the gap quantity is met, the safety stock and the actual stock.

As can be seen from the above example, the replenishment information may include the number of items to be replenished, and in some embodiments, the computer may determine the number of items to be replenished according to equation 1, equation 1: the quantity of goods to be restocked is safety stock-actual stock.

In some embodiments, the computer may obtain attribute information of the goods to be replenished, determine a replenishment coefficient of the goods to be replenished according to the attribute information, and combine the replenishment coefficient with equation 1 to obtain the quantity of the goods to be replenished, such as the quantity of the goods to be replenished (safety stock-actual stock) replenishment coefficient.

The attribute information can be used for representing the degree of change of the sales volume of the commodity to be restocked, such as seasonal change, sales promotion and the like, and the restocking coefficient can be determined based on the degree of change of the sales volume, if the degree of change of the sales volume is positive increase and the increase is large in floating, the restocking coefficient can be set to be relatively large, and otherwise, the restocking coefficient can be set to be relatively small.

S203: and executing replenishment operation according to the replenishment information.

In some embodiments, S203 may include:

s2031: and judging whether the storage area has the inventory of the goods to be replenished, if so, executing S2032, otherwise, ending the process, and failing the replenishing task.

S2032: and judging whether the storage area is an automatic transport storage area, if so, executing S2033, and otherwise, executing S2040 and S2041.

S2033: and generating a replenishment off-shelf task according to the replenishment information.

The restocking shelf-off task can include, but is not limited to, the name and the number of the goods to be restocked.

S2034: and controlling the transportation equipment in the storage area to transport the commodities to be restocked from the storage area to the picking area according to the restocking off-shelf task.

S2035: and judging whether the goods picking area is the automatic transportation goods picking area, if so, executing S2036, and if not, executing S2038 and S2039.

S2036: and generating a replenishment racking task according to the replenishment information.

Similarly, the restocking racking task may include, but is not limited to, the name and number of the goods to be restocked.

S2037: and controlling the transportation equipment in the goods picking area to carry out shelf loading operation on the goods to be supplemented according to the goods supplementing and shelf loading task.

It should be noted that, in the above example, the storage area and the picking area are respectively corresponding to respective transportation devices for exemplarily describing the execution of the replenishment operation, but in other embodiments, the storage area and the picking area may also share the transportation devices, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application, and the implementation principle thereof may be referred to above, and is not described herein again.

S2038: and generating replenishment prompt information comprising a replenishment racking task according to the replenishment information.

S2039: and sending replenishment prompt information comprising a replenishment racking task to user equipment of staff in the picking area.

It is understood that the staff in the picking area can perform the shelving operation based on the replenishment prompting information comprising the replenishment shelving task when receiving the replenishment prompting information comprising the replenishment shelving task.

S2040: and generating replenishment prompt information comprising a replenishment off-shelf task according to the replenishment information.

S2041: and sending replenishment prompt information comprising a replenishment off-shelf task to user equipment of staff in the storage area.

It is understood that when receiving the replenishment prompting information including the replenishment off-shelf task, the staff in the storage area can execute the off-shelf operation based on the replenishment prompting information including the replenishment off-shelf task.

Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a schematic flow chart illustrating a replenishment method according to another embodiment of the present application.

As shown in fig. 4, the method includes:

s301: and responding to the triggering of the replenishment demand, and if the replenishment strategy is a strategy of replenishing to the safe inventory after the gap quantity is met, acquiring the safe inventory of the goods to be replenished in the picking area, the available inventory of the goods to be replenished in the picking area and the to-be-positioned order of the goods to be replenished.

The available inventory may be used to characterize the inventory currently available in the pick zone, i.e., the available inventory may be the total inventory in the pick zone and the inventory in the pick zone that is already occupied (e.g., has placed an order but has not yet been shipped).

The orders to be located may be used to characterize the orders corresponding to the picking area, i.e., the orders that need to be picked from the picking area.

S302: and determining the quantity to be positioned of the goods to be supplemented according to the order to be positioned, wherein the goods supplementing parameters comprise safety stock, available stock and the quantity to be positioned.

Wherein the number to be located may be used to characterize the number of picks required from the pick zone.

S303: and determining replenishment information according to the strategy of replenishing to the safety stock, the available stock and the quantity to be positioned after the quantity of the gaps is met.

As can be appreciated from the above example, the replenishment information may include the quantity of the item to be replenished, and in some embodiments, the computer may determine the quantity of the item to be replenished according to equation 2, equation 2: the quantity of goods to be replenished is safety stock-available stock + quantity to be positioned.

Similarly, in some embodiments, the computer may obtain attribute information of the goods to be replenished, determine a replenishment coefficient of the goods to be replenished according to the attribute information, and combine the replenishment coefficient with equation 2 to obtain the quantity of the goods to be replenished, for example, the quantity of the goods to be replenished (safety stock-available stock + quantity to be positioned) is the replenishment coefficient.

S304: and executing replenishment operation according to the replenishment information.

For the description of S304, reference may be made to S203, which is not described herein again.

Referring to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a schematic flow chart illustrating a replenishment method according to another embodiment of the present application.

As shown in fig. 5, the method includes:

s401: and responding to the triggered replenishment requirement, and if the replenishment strategy is a strategy meeting the gap quantity, acquiring the available stock of the goods to be replenished in the picking area and the to-be-positioned order of the goods to be replenished.

S402: and determining the quantity to be positioned of the goods to be supplemented according to the order to be positioned, wherein the goods supplementing parameters comprise safe available stock and the quantity to be positioned.

S403: and determining replenishment information according to the strategy meeting the gap number, the available inventory and the number to be positioned.

As can be seen from the above example, the replenishment information may include the number of items to be replenished, and in some embodiments, the computer may determine the number of items to be replenished according to equation 3, equation 3: the quantity of goods to be restocked is the quantity to be positioned-available stock.

Similarly, in some embodiments, the computer may obtain attribute information of the goods to be replenished, determine a replenishment coefficient of the goods to be replenished according to the attribute information, and combine the replenishment coefficient with equation 3 to obtain the quantity of the goods to be replenished, for example, the quantity of the goods to be replenished (quantity to be positioned — available stock) is the replenishment coefficient.

S404: and executing replenishment operation according to the replenishment information.

For a description of S404, refer to S203, which is not described herein again.

In some embodiments, in order to improve the efficiency of replenishment, an inventive concept of splitting replenishment information into a plurality of replenishment tasks is provided in an embodiment of the present application, and now a replenishment method in the embodiment of the present application is described in detail with reference to fig. 6, where fig. 6 is a schematic flow chart of a replenishment method in another embodiment of the present application.

As shown in fig. 6, the method includes:

s501: and acquiring replenishment parameters based on a preset replenishment strategy in response to the replenishment demand being triggered.

For a description about obtaining the replenishment parameters based on the preset replenishment strategy in S501, reference may be made to the above example, which is not described herein again.

And, in some embodiments, the replenishment demand is triggered including at least one of:

The detailed explanation of the replenishment demand triggered based on the preset replenishment frequency is as follows:

the computer may set a replenishment frequency based on demand, history, testing, etc., and trigger a replenishment demand based on the replenishment frequency.

The detailed description of the replenishment requirement triggering based on the replenishment request input by the user is as follows:

the user (specifically, the staff) can initiate a replenishment request to the computer through a touch screen and/or voice and the like, and the computer triggers a replenishment demand based on the replenishment request.

The detail explanation of the trigger of the order to be positioned based on the obtained goods to be replenished aiming at the replenishment requirement is as follows:

the computer can obtain an order to be positioned of the commodity to be replenished, which is initiated by the external equipment and/or the staff, and can trigger the replenishment requirement when the positioning order of the commodity to be replenished is obtained.

In the embodiment of the application, the computer can trigger the replenishment requirement based on different trigger conditions, so that the flexibility and diversity of replenishment can be realized, and the accuracy and reliability of replenishment can be improved.

S502: and determining replenishment information according to the replenishment strategy and the replenishment parameters.

For the description of S502, reference may be made to the above example, which is not described herein again.

S503: splitting the replenishment information into a plurality of replenishment tasks according to preset splitting granularity, wherein the splitting granularity comprises at least one of the following: the method comprises the steps of presetting the maximum replenishment quantity for a replenishment task, presetting replenishment details for the replenishment task, and the quantity of machines and workers for performing replenishment operation.

That is to say, in the embodiment of the present application, the replenishment information may be split based on one or more splitting manners, so as to generate a plurality of replenishment tasks, for example:

the replenishment information can be split into a plurality of replenishment tasks according to the maximum replenishment quantity preset by the replenishment tasks, if the maximum replenishment quantity is 50, and the quantity of commodities to be replenished is 130, 3 replenishment tasks can be obtained, wherein the replenishment quantity of two replenishment tasks is 50, and the replenishment quantity of the other replenishment task is 30, wherein the maximum replenishment quantity can be set by a computer based on demands, historical records, tests and the like.

The replenishment information can also be split into a plurality of replenishment tasks according to replenishment details preset by the replenishment tasks, and the replenishment details can include the number of the commodities to be replenished, the types of the commodities to be replenished and the like.

The replenishment information may also be split into a plurality of replenishment tasks according to the number of machines (such as transportation devices) performing replenishment operations, for example, if the number of machines performing replenishment operations is relatively large, the replenishment information may be split into a large number of replenishment tasks, and if the number of machines performing replenishment operations is relatively small, the replenishment information may be split into a small number of replenishment tasks.

The replenishment information can also be split into a plurality of replenishment tasks according to the number of workers performing replenishment operations, if the number of workers performing replenishment operations is relatively large, the replenishment information can be split into a large number of replenishment tasks, and if the number of workers performing replenishment operations is relatively small, the replenishment information can be split into a small number of replenishment tasks.

When the replenishment information is split in combination with multiple split granularities, the computer can preset the split coefficients of different split granularities, and the replenishment information is split into multiple replenishment tasks based on the split coefficients corresponding to the split granularities.

Of course, in other embodiments, the splitting granularity may also include storage location information of the pick-up area, such as splitting the replenishment information into multiple replenishment tasks according to the number of commodities that the storage location can accommodate; the method and the device for processing the goods picking information can further comprise the step that the goods supplementing information is split into a plurality of goods supplementing tasks through position information between the goods picking area and the storage position of the storage area, and the like.

S504: and executing replenishment operation according to the replenishment task.

For a description of the replenishment operation, reference may be made to the above example, which is not described herein again.

In the implementation of the application, the replenishment information is split into the replenishment tasks, and the replenishment operation is executed according to the replenishment tasks, so that the flexibility and the reliability of replenishment can be improved, and the replenishment efficiency is improved.

In some embodiments, after splitting the replenishment information into multiple replenishment tasks, the computer may determine whether there is already a replenishment task identical to any replenishment task, and if so, the computer preferentially performs replenishment operations according to the identical replenishment task.

That is, if the computer has already generated a new replenishment task when the replenishment operation corresponding to the previous replenishment task has not been performed, the computer may determine whether there is a replenishment task that is the same as the current replenishment task in the previous replenishment task, and if so, preferentially perform the replenishment operation corresponding to the same replenishment task.

By preferentially executing the replenishment operation corresponding to the same replenishment task, the reliability of replenishment can be improved, and the stability and reliability of the inventory in the sorting area are improved, so that the order requirement is met.

According to another aspect of the embodiments of the present application, there is provided a replenishment device for performing the replenishment method according to any one of the above embodiments, such as the replenishment method shown in any one of fig. 2 to 6.

Referring to fig. 7, fig. 7 is a schematic view of a replenishment device according to an embodiment of the present application.

As shown in fig. 7, the apparatus includes:

the acquisition module 11 is used for responding to the triggering of the replenishment demand and acquiring replenishment parameters based on a preset replenishment strategy;

the determining module 12 is configured to determine replenishment information according to the replenishment strategy and the replenishment parameter;

and the replenishment module 13 is used for executing replenishment operation according to the replenishment information.

In some embodiments, if the replenishment strategy is a strategy for replenishing goods to the safety stock before the gap number is met, the obtaining module is configured to obtain the safety stock and the actual stock of the goods to be replenished in the picking area.

In some embodiments, if the replenishment strategy is a strategy that satisfies the gap number, the obtaining module 11 is configured to obtain an available inventory of the item to be replenished in the picking area and an order to be positioned of the item to be replenished, and determine the quantity to be positioned of the item to be replenished according to the order to be positioned, where the replenishment parameters include the available inventory and the quantity to be positioned.

In some embodiments, the replenishment parameter includes a replenishment coefficient, and the obtaining module 11 is configured to obtain attribute information of the item to be replenished, and determine the replenishment coefficient of the item to be replenished according to the attribute information.

In some embodiments, the restocking module 11 is configured to split the restocking information into a plurality of restocking tasks according to a preset splitting granularity, where the splitting granularity includes at least one of: and executing replenishment operation according to the replenishment task, wherein the replenishment operation is performed according to the maximum replenishment quantity preset by the replenishment task, the replenishment detail preset by the replenishment task, the quantity of machines for executing replenishment operation and the quantity of workers for executing the replenishment operation.

In some embodiments, the restocking module 13 is configured to, if it is determined that the same restocking task as the restocking task already exists, preferentially perform a restocking operation according to the same restocking task.

On the other hand, the embodiment of the application also provides an electronic device and a computer readable storage medium.

Referring to fig. 8, fig. 8 is a schematic view of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

As shown in fig. 8, is a block diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the application. Electronic devices are intended to represent various forms of digital computers, such as laptops, desktops, workstations, personal digital assistants, servers, blade servers, mainframes, and other appropriate computers. The electronic device may also represent various forms of mobile devices, such as personal digital processing, cellular phones, smart phones, wearable devices, and other similar computing devices. The components shown herein, their connections and relationships, and their functions, are meant to be examples only, and are not meant to limit implementations of embodiments of the present application described and/or claimed herein.

As shown in fig. 8, the electronic apparatus includes: one or more processors 101, memory 102, and interfaces for connecting the various components, including high-speed interfaces and low-speed interfaces. The various components are interconnected using different buses and may be mounted on a common motherboard or in other manners as desired. The processor may process instructions for execution within the electronic device, including instructions stored in or on the memory to display graphical information of a GUI on an external input/output apparatus (such as a display device coupled to the interface). In other embodiments, multiple processors and/or multiple buses may be used, along with multiple memories, as desired. Also, multiple electronic devices may be connected, with each device providing portions of the necessary operations (e.g., as a server array, a group of blade servers, or a multi-processor system). Fig. 8 illustrates an example of one processor 101.

The memory 102 is a non-transitory computer readable storage medium provided by the embodiments of the present application. The memory stores instructions executable by at least one processor, so that the at least one processor executes the replenishment method provided by the embodiment of the application. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of the embodiments of the present application stores computer instructions for causing a computer to perform the replenishment method provided by the embodiments of the present application.

Memory 102, as a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, may be used to store non-transitory software programs, non-transitory computer executable programs, and modules, such as program instructions/modules in embodiments of the present application. The processor 101 executes various functional applications of the server and data processing by running non-transitory software programs, instructions, and modules stored in the memory 102, that is, implements the replenishment method in the above-described method embodiments.

The memory 102 may include a storage program area and a storage data area, wherein the storage program area may store an operating system, an application program required for at least one function; the storage data area may store data created according to use of the electronic device, and the like. Further, the memory 102 may include high speed random access memory, and may also include non-transitory memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other non-transitory solid state storage device. In some embodiments, memory 102 may optionally include memory located remotely from processor 101, which may be connected to an electronic device via a network. Examples of such networks include, but are not limited to, the internet, intranets, local area networks, Block-chain-Based Service Networks (BSNs), mobile communication networks, and combinations thereof.

The electronic device may further include: an input device 103 and an output device 104. The processor 101, the memory 102, the input device 103, and the output device 104 may be connected by a bus or other means, and fig. 8 illustrates the connection by a bus as an example.

The input device 103 may receive input numeric or character information and generate key signal inputs related to user settings and function control of the electronic apparatus, such as a touch screen, keypad, mouse, track pad, touch pad, pointer stick, one or more mouse buttons, track ball, joystick, or other input device. The output devices 104 may include a display device, auxiliary lighting devices (e.g., LEDs), and haptic feedback devices (e.g., vibrating motors), among others. The display device may include, but is not limited to, a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), a Light Emitting Diode (LED) display, and a plasma display. In some implementations, the display device can be a touch screen.

Various implementations of the systems and techniques described here can be realized in digital electronic circuitry, integrated circuitry, application specific ASICs (application specific integrated circuits), computer hardware, firmware, software, and/or combinations thereof. These various embodiments may include: implemented in one or more computer programs that are executable and/or interpretable on a programmable system including at least one programmable processor, which may be special or general purpose, receiving data and instructions from, and transmitting data and instructions to, a storage system, at least one input device, and at least one output device.

These computer programs (also known as programs, software applications, or code) include machine instructions for a programmable processor, and may be implemented using high-level procedural and/or object-oriented programming languages, and/or assembly/machine languages. As used herein, the terms "machine-readable medium" and "computer-readable medium" refer to any computer program product, apparatus, and/or device (e.g., magnetic discs, optical disks, memory, Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs)) used to provide machine instructions and/or data to a programmable processor, including a machine-readable medium that receives machine instructions as a machine-readable signal. The term "machine-readable signal" refers to any signal used to provide machine instructions and/or data to a programmable processor.

To provide for interaction with a user, the systems and techniques described here can be implemented on a computer having: a display device (e.g., a CRT (cathode ray tube) or LCD (liquid crystal display) monitor) for displaying information to a user; and a keyboard and a pointing device (e.g., a mouse or a trackball) by which a user can provide input to the computer. Other kinds of devices may also be used to provide for interaction with a user; for example, feedback provided to the user can be any form of sensory feedback (e.g., visual feedback, auditory feedback, or tactile feedback); and input from the user may be received in any form, including acoustic, speech, or tactile input.

The systems and techniques described here can be implemented in a computing system that includes a back-end component (e.g., as a data server), or that includes a middleware component (e.g., an application server), or that includes a front-end component (e.g., a user computer having a graphical user interface or a web browser through which a user can interact with an implementation of the systems and techniques described here), or any combination of such back-end, middleware, or front-end components. The components of the system can be interconnected by any form or medium of digital data communication (e.g., a communication network). Examples of communication networks include: local Area Networks (LANs), Block-chain-Based Service Networks (BSNs), Wide Area Networks (WANs), and the internet.

The computer system may include clients and servers. A client and server are generally remote from each other and typically interact through a communication network. The relationship of client and server arises by virtue of computer programs running on the respective computers and having a client-server relationship to each other.

Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following, in general, the principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.

It will be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A method of restocking, the method comprising:

2. The method of claim 1, wherein if the replenishment strategy is a strategy for replenishing goods to a safe stock before the gap number is met, the acquiring replenishment parameters based on a preset replenishment strategy comprises: and acquiring the safety stock and the actual stock of the goods to be restocked in the picking area.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein if the replenishment strategy is a strategy for replenishing goods to a safe stock after the gap number is satisfied, the acquiring replenishment parameters based on a preset replenishment strategy comprises:

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein if the replenishment strategy is a strategy satisfying the gap number, the obtaining replenishment parameters based on a preset replenishment strategy comprises:

5. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the replenishment parameter comprises a replenishment factor; the method further comprises the following steps:

acquiring attribute information of the goods to be restocked;

6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the performing restocking operations according to the restocking information comprises:

and executing replenishment operation according to the replenishment task.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein performing restocking operations in accordance with the restocking mission comprises:

8. The method of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the replenishment demand is triggered including at least one of:

9. A replenishment device, the device comprising:

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the obtaining module is configured to obtain the safety stock and the actual stock of the goods to be restocked in the picking area if the restocking policy is a policy of restocking to the safety stock before the gap number is satisfied.

11. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein if the replenishment strategy is a strategy of replenishing goods to a safe stock after meeting the gap number, the obtaining module is configured to obtain a safe stock of goods to be replenished in the picking area, an available stock of goods to be replenished in the picking area, and an order to be positioned of the goods to be replenished, and determine the quantity to be positioned of the goods to be replenished according to the order to be positioned, wherein the replenishment parameters include the safe stock, the available stock, and the quantity to be positioned.

12. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein if the replenishment strategy is a strategy satisfying the gap number, the obtaining module is configured to obtain an available stock of the item to be replenished in the picking area and an order to be positioned of the item to be replenished, and determine the quantity to be positioned of the item to be replenished according to the order to be positioned, wherein the replenishment parameters include the available stock and the quantity to be positioned.

13. The device according to any one of claims 10 to 12, wherein the replenishment parameter includes a replenishment coefficient, and the obtaining module is configured to obtain attribute information of the item to be replenished, and determine the replenishment coefficient of the item to be replenished according to the attribute information.

14. The apparatus according to any one of claims 9 to 12, wherein the replenishment module is configured to split the replenishment information into a plurality of replenishment tasks according to a preset splitting granularity, and the splitting granularity includes at least one of: and executing replenishment operation according to the replenishment task, wherein the replenishment operation is performed according to the maximum replenishment quantity preset by the replenishment task, the replenishment detail preset by the replenishment task, the quantity of machines for executing replenishment operation and the quantity of workers for executing the replenishment operation.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the restocking module is configured to, if it is determined that a restocking task identical to the restocking task already exists, preferentially perform a restocking operation according to the identical restocking task.

16. The apparatus of any one of claims 9 to 12, wherein the replenishment demand is triggered including at least one of:

17. An electronic device, comprising: a memory, a processor;

a memory; a memory for storing the processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 8.

18. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a processor, are configured to implement the method of any one of claims 1 to 8.