CN113762858B

CN113762858B - Inventory management method and device

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Publication number: CN113762858B
Application number: CN202011331700.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 罗金
Original assignee: Beijing Jingdong Century Trading Co Ltd; Beijing Wodong Tianjun Information Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Jingdong Century Trading Co Ltd; Beijing Wodong Tianjun Information Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-11-24
Filing date: 2020-11-24
Publication date: 2024-06-18
Anticipated expiration: 2040-11-24
Also published as: CN113762858A

Abstract

The invention discloses an inventory management method and device, and relates to the technical field of warehouse logistics. One embodiment of the method comprises the following steps: receiving a delivery task, wherein the delivery task indicates the identification of the articles to be delivered and the delivery quantity; determining one or more target warehouse information matched with the article identification to be delivered from the warehouse information, wherein the warehouse information indicates the warehouse-in time of the corresponding articles; sorting one or more target warehouse information according to the warehouse-in time; according to the sorting result and the ex-warehouse quantity, taking an article corresponding to the target warehouse information, of which the difference between the current time and the warehouse-in time meets the preset condition, as an article corresponding to the ex-warehouse task; and executing the ex-warehouse task according to the determined object. According to the embodiment, the articles which are put in storage first are put out of the storage first, the probability of retention of the articles is reduced, the inventory management effect is improved, and particularly, for some articles with short shelf life, the articles can be picked out of the storage in time according to the storage time, so that the waste of resources is avoided.

Description

Inventory management method and device

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of warehouse logistics, in particular to a method and a device for inventory management.

Background

With the rapid development of economies and the increasing population of consumers, suppliers need to mass produce and store items, and sellers need to prepare a sufficient number of items to meet the increasing sales volume. Inventory management is becoming increasingly important in the face of increasing inventory pressure for both suppliers and sellers.

In the process of implementing the present invention, the inventor finds that at least the following problems exist in the prior art:

At present, after receiving the ex-warehouse task, the corresponding number of articles are selected from the warehouse according to the number of articles required by the ex-warehouse task so as to execute the ex-warehouse task. This way of picking items and leaving the warehouse based on the number alone may cause some items in the warehouse to remain for a long period of time without being picked, thereby making inventory management inconvenient.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method and an apparatus for inventory management, which can determine, after receiving an outbound task, target warehouse information matched with an identifier from warehouse information according to the identifier of an article to be outbound indicated in the outbound task, where the warehouse information includes warehouse time of the corresponding article. And then sorting the target warehouse information according to the warehouse-in time, and then executing the warehouse-in task on the articles corresponding to the target warehouse information, wherein the difference between the current time and the warehouse-in time meets the preset condition, according to the sorting result and the warehouse-out quantity indicated in the warehouse-in task, so that the priority warehouse-in of the articles which are first warehouse-in is realized, the possibility of retention of the articles in the warehouse is reduced, the inventory management effect is improved, and particularly, for certain articles with short shelf life, the articles can be picked and warehouse-out in time according to the warehouse-in time, and the waste of resources is avoided.

To achieve the above object, according to one aspect of an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an inventory management method.

The inventory management method of the embodiment of the invention comprises the following steps:

Receiving a delivery task, wherein the delivery task indicates the identification of the articles to be delivered and the delivery quantity;

determining one or more target warehouse information matched with the article identification to be delivered from the warehouse information, wherein the warehouse information indicates the warehouse-in time of the corresponding articles;

Sorting one or more target warehouse information according to the warehouse-in time;

According to the sorting result and the ex-warehouse quantity, taking an article corresponding to the target warehouse information, of which the difference between the current time and the warehouse-in time meets the preset condition, as an article corresponding to the ex-warehouse task;

And executing the ex-warehouse task according to the determined object.

Alternatively, the process may be carried out in a single-stage,

The storage information also indicates batch information of the articles, and the articles with the same batch information have the same storage time;

determining one or more pieces of first batch information corresponding to the target warehouse information;

Sequencing the one or more first batch information according to the warehousing time respectively indicated by the one or more first batch information;

And selecting one or more pieces of second batch information with the quantity meeting the ex-warehouse quantity from the first batch information according to the sorting result, and taking the articles corresponding to the second batch information as the articles corresponding to the ex-warehouse task.

Alternatively, the process may be carried out in a single-stage,

And when the quantity of the articles corresponding to the first batch information with the longest warehousing time indicated by the sequencing result is not less than the ex-warehouse quantity, taking the first batch information with the longest warehousing time as the second batch information.

Alternatively, the process may be carried out in a single-stage,

When the quantity of the articles corresponding to the first batch information with the longest warehousing time is smaller than the quantity of the articles to be delivered,

Judging whether the available stock sum of the first batch information is smaller than the ex-warehouse quantity;

And when the available stock sum is not smaller than the ex-warehouse number, selecting second batch information of which the available stock sum is not smaller than the ex-warehouse number from the plurality of first stock batches according to the sorting result.

Alternatively, the process may be carried out in a single-stage,

According to the sorting result, taking the first batch information with the longest warehousing time as the current batch information;

the following steps are circularly executed until all the objects corresponding to the warehouse-out task are determined:

taking the articles corresponding to the current batch information as the articles corresponding to the ex-warehouse task, and determining the difference value between the ex-warehouse quantity and the number of the articles corresponding to the current batch information;

And taking next first batch information of the current batch information as the current batch information according to the sorting result, and determining the articles corresponding to the warehouse-out task from the articles corresponding to the current batch information according to the difference value.

Alternatively, the process may be carried out in a single-stage,

According to the difference value, determining the article corresponding to the warehouse-out task from the articles corresponding to the current batch information, including:

when the number of the articles corresponding to the current batch information is not greater than the difference value, taking all the articles corresponding to the current batch information as the articles corresponding to the ex-warehouse task;

when the number of the articles corresponding to the current batch information is larger than the difference value, selecting the articles with the same quantity as the difference value from the articles corresponding to the current batch information as the articles corresponding to the warehouse-out task.

Alternatively, the process may be carried out in a single-stage,

Taking an article corresponding to target warehouse information, of which the difference value between the current time and the warehouse-in time meets a preset condition, as an article corresponding to a warehouse-out task, wherein the method comprises the following steps:

And pre-occupying the articles corresponding to the target warehouse information so that the articles are not selected by warehouse tasks other than the warehouse-out task.

Alternatively, the process may be carried out in a single-stage,

The method further comprises the steps of:

Determining returned goods and historical batch information when the returned goods are delivered out of the warehouse;

and taking the returned goods as goods corresponding to the historical batch information, and increasing the quantity of the goods corresponding to the historical batch information according to the quantity of the returned goods.

Alternatively, the process may be carried out in a single-stage,

When there are a plurality of historical lot information for return items,

Sequencing the plurality of historical batch information according to the warehousing time indicated by the historical batch information;

and sequentially determining the returned goods as the goods corresponding to the historical batch information according to the sequencing result of the historical batch information and the ex-warehouse quantity of each historical batch information.

Alternatively, the process may be carried out in a single-stage,

The warehouse information also indicates the source of the corresponding item;

Receiving a return instruction, wherein the return instruction comprises third batch information of the object to be returned from the source;

and executing a warehouse-out task for the articles corresponding to the third batch information so as to return the articles corresponding to the third batch information to the corresponding article sources.

To achieve the above object, according to still another aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, there is provided an inventory management device.

An inventory management device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: the system comprises a task receiving module, a target warehouse information determining module, a sequencing module, an article determining module and a task executing module; wherein:

the task receiving module is used for receiving a delivery task, wherein the delivery task indicates the identification of the articles to be delivered and the delivery quantity;

The information determining module is used for determining one or more target warehouse information matched with the article identification to be delivered from the warehouse, which is received by the task receiving module, from the warehouse information, wherein the warehouse information indicates the warehouse-in time of the corresponding articles;

The ordering module is used for ordering one or more target warehouse information according to the warehouse-in time determined by the information determining module;

the article determining module is used for taking articles corresponding to the target storage information, of which the difference value between the current time and the storage time meets the preset condition, as articles corresponding to the storage-out tasks according to the sorting result obtained by the sorting module and the storage-out quantity received by the task receiving module;

And the task execution module is used for executing the ex-warehouse task according to the article determined by the article determination module.

Alternatively, the process may be carried out in a single-stage,

the information determining module is also used for determining one or more pieces of first batch information corresponding to the target warehouse information;

the sequencing module is also used for sequencing the one or more pieces of first batch information according to the warehousing time respectively indicated by the one or more pieces of first batch information;

The article determining module is further configured to select, according to the sorting result, one or more pieces of second batch information, the quantity of which satisfies the ex-warehouse quantity, from the first batch information, and use the articles corresponding to the second batch information as the articles corresponding to the ex-warehouse task.

Alternatively, the process may be carried out in a single-stage,

When the quantity of the articles corresponding to the first batch information with the longest warehousing time indicated by the sequencing result is not less than the ex-warehouse quantity, the information determining module is further used for taking the first batch information with the longest warehousing time as the second batch information.

Alternatively, the process may be carried out in a single-stage,

When the number of the articles corresponding to the first batch information with the longest warehousing time is smaller than the ex-warehouse number, the information determining module is further configured to:

Alternatively, the process may be carried out in a single-stage,

The information determination module is further configured to: according to the sorting result, taking the first batch information with the longest warehousing time as the current batch information;

The item determination module is further to:

Alternatively, the process may be carried out in a single-stage,

The item determination module is further to:

Alternatively, the process may be carried out in a single-stage,

The item determination module is further to:

Alternatively, the process may be carried out in a single-stage,

The item determination module is further to:

Alternatively, the process may be carried out in a single-stage,

When there are a plurality of historical lot information for return items, the item determination module is further configured to:

Alternatively, the process may be carried out in a single-stage,

The warehouse information also indicates the source of the corresponding item;

the task execution module is further configured to: receiving a return instruction, wherein the return instruction comprises third batch information of the object to be returned from the source; and executing a warehouse-out task for the articles corresponding to the third batch information so as to return the articles corresponding to the third batch information to the corresponding article sources.

To achieve the above object, according to still another aspect of an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an inventory management electronic device.

An inventory management electronic device of an embodiment of the present invention includes: one or more processors; and the storage device is used for storing one or more programs, and when the one or more programs are executed by the one or more processors, the one or more processors realize an inventory management method of the embodiment of the invention.

To achieve the above object, according to still another aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium.

A computer-readable storage medium of an embodiment of the present invention has stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, implements a stock management method of an embodiment of the present invention.

One embodiment of the above invention has the following advantages or benefits: after receiving the ex-warehouse task, the target warehouse information matched with the identification can be determined from the warehouse information according to the identification of the articles to be ex-warehouse indicated in the ex-warehouse task, wherein the warehouse information contains the warehouse-in time of the corresponding articles. And then sorting the target warehouse information according to the warehouse-in time, and then executing the warehouse-in task on the articles corresponding to the target warehouse information, wherein the difference between the current time and the warehouse-in time meets the preset condition, according to the sorting result and the warehouse-out quantity indicated in the warehouse-in task, so that the priority warehouse-in of the articles which are first warehouse-in is realized, the possibility of retention of the articles in the warehouse is reduced, the inventory management effect is improved, and particularly, for certain articles with short shelf life, the articles can be picked and warehouse-out in time according to the warehouse-in time, and the waste of resources is avoided.

Further effects of the above-described non-conventional alternatives are described below in connection with the embodiments.

Drawings

The drawings are included to provide a better understanding of the invention and are not to be construed as unduly limiting the invention. Wherein:

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the main steps of an inventory management method according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the main steps of another inventory management method according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the main steps of yet another inventory management method according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the main steps of a method of performing a job for a plurality of lot information, according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of the main steps of a method of inventory management for return items according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the main steps of an inventory management method for returned items, according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of the major modules of an inventory management device according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 8 is an exemplary system architecture diagram in which embodiments of the present invention may be applied;

Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of a computer system suitable for use in implementing an embodiment of the invention.

Detailed Description

Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which various details of the embodiments of the present invention are included to facilitate understanding, and are to be considered merely exemplary. Accordingly, those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that various changes and modifications of the embodiments described herein can be made without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. Also, descriptions of well-known functions and constructions are omitted in the following description for clarity and conciseness.

It should be noted that the embodiments of the present invention and the technical features in the embodiments may be combined with each other without collision.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of the main steps of an inventory management method according to an embodiment of the invention.

As shown in fig. 1, an inventory management method according to an embodiment of the present invention mainly includes the following steps:

step S101: receiving a delivery task, wherein the delivery task indicates the identification of the articles to be delivered and the delivery quantity;

Step S102: determining one or more target warehouse information matched with the article identification to be delivered from the warehouse information, wherein the warehouse information indicates the warehouse-in time of the corresponding articles;

step S103: sorting one or more target warehouse information according to the warehouse-in time;

Step S104: according to the sorting result and the ex-warehouse quantity, taking an article corresponding to the target warehouse information, of which the difference between the current time and the warehouse-in time meets the preset condition, as an article corresponding to the ex-warehouse task;

Step S105: and executing the ex-warehouse task according to the determined object.

In a warehouse, articles may be stacked in shelves or containers, and the same articles may not be stored in the same place in the warehouse, and if articles indicated by the delivery tasks are selected according to the delivery quantity, some articles stored in the lowest layer in the shelves or containers or articles stored in corners of the warehouse may not be selected all the time in continuous delivery and warehouse-in operations, so that the articles remain in the warehouse, especially for some articles with short shelf life, such as fresh milk, fresh fruits and vegetables, the articles remain in the warehouse and are easy to expire, resulting in resource waste. In the embodiment of the invention, after receiving the ex-warehouse task, the articles indicated by the ex-warehouse task are selected according to the warehouse-in time, the articles with the difference value between the current time and the warehouse-in time meeting the preset condition are taken as the articles corresponding to the ex-warehouse task, and then the articles meeting the ex-warehouse quantity are selected from the articles for ex-warehouse, so that the prior ex-warehouse of the articles is realized, and the problem that the articles are not picked and are reserved in the warehouse all the time is solved to a great extent. Particularly, when the inventory management is carried out on the articles with short shelf life, such as milk, fresh fruits and vegetables, the beneficial effect of the scheme is more remarkable.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the identification of the article to be delivered is an identification capable of specifically determining a certain article, which may be a sku (stock keeping unit, stock unit) of the article, or an internal number of the article, etc., which is not specifically limited.

In the embodiment of the invention, the storage information also indicates the batch information of the articles, the batch information can be generated during storage, and the articles with the same batch information have the same storage time and the same article identification. For example, purchasing 10 "green, 8+256g millet 10" phones and 5 "silvery, 6+128g millet 10" phones from merchant a, at 9 months and 16 days in 2020, 4 "green, 8+256g millet 10" phones and 3 "silvery, 6+128g millet 10" phones, while at 18 months in 2020, the remaining 6 "green, 8+256g millet 10" phones and 2 "silvery, 6+128g millet 10" phones, a total of four batches of information were generated, each: "Green-8+256G-millet 10-20200916", "silver-6+128G-millet 10-20200916", "Green-8+256G-millet 10-20200918" and "silver-6+128G-millet 10-20200918".

In an embodiment of the present invention, the lot information may further include a vendor code and/or a vendor name of the corresponding item to cope with the problem of "one-product-multiple-vendor". The term "one-product-multiple-business" refers to that multiple suppliers supply the same sku at the same time, and at this time, the conventional mode of managing stock by sku cannot distinguish which supplier a sku is supplied by, which further causes difficulties in the links of subsequent statistics, settlement, analysis, etc. And after the supplier codes and/or the supplier names of the articles are added into the batch information, a precise part of data in a 'supplier-sku' dimension can be provided for a system which needs to use the supplier information in subsequent statistics, settlement, analysis and the like, meanwhile, the precise part of data can also support an evaluation and analysis system of the supplier dimension, and basic data for management and evaluation of long-warehouse-age sku in the supplier dimension is provided for sales staff.

Because the scheme has more remarkable beneficial effects on the products with shorter shelf life such as milk, fresh fruits and vegetables, the method is further illustrated by taking an example: for fresh milk, the shelf life is usually 3 to 5 days, fresh milk is stored in the warehouse every day, 10 bottles of fresh milk are purchased from the milk factory C, the fresh milk is stored in two batches, 5 bottles of fresh milk are respectively stored in the factory D at 9 and 20 days in 2020 and 22 days in 2020, 7 bottles of fresh milk are purchased from the milk factory D, and the fresh milk is stored in the factory D at 21 days in 2020, three batch information is generated in total, wherein the three batch information are respectively: "fresh milk-milk factory C-20200920", "fresh milk-milk factory D-20200921" and "fresh milk-milk factory C-20200922".

In the embodiment of the invention, the batch information can also comprise one or more of information of a warehouse, a distribution center, an affiliated institution, an initial inventory, an available inventory, a pre-occupied inventory, an in-transit inventory and the like of the corresponding articles, so that the information of the corresponding articles of the batch can be accurately recorded, and the management is convenient.

In the embodiment of the invention, the batch information can be generated by warehousing purchased articles, or can be generated by warehousing inventory when inventory is checked. If the batch information is generated by warehousing purchased articles, the generation rule is as follows: obtaining purchase order information of the sku dimension during purchase and warehousing; and generating batch information according to the purchase order information. Wherein, the purchase order is a purchase request form under the supplier providing the sku, and the contents of the purchase order can include: purchase order number, purchase sku, purchase time, purchase quantity, warehouse, distribution center, next person affiliated institution, provider profile, and other provider information. If the batch information is generated by inventory filling and warehousing during inventory checking, the generation rule is as follows: receiving inventory data; if the inventory data can find a corresponding purchase order according to the sku, finding a corresponding batch, and adding an available inventory to the corresponding batch; if the purchase list corresponding to the sku cannot be found by the inventory data, the default purchase list number is 0, and a new batch is generated according to the purchase list rule.

In the embodiment of the invention, taking an article corresponding to target warehouse information, of which the difference between the current time and the warehouse-in time meets the preset condition, as an article corresponding to a warehouse-out task, comprises the following steps: and pre-occupying the articles corresponding to the target warehouse information so that the articles are not selected by warehouse tasks other than the warehouse-out task.

In the embodiment of the invention, the specific steps of preemption may be: inquiring whether the pre-occupation information exists or not according to the ex-warehouse task; if the pre-emption information exists, the pre-emption operation is indicated to be executed for the ex-warehouse task, and the pre-emption operation is not executed any more; if the pre-occupying information does not exist, the pre-occupying information is set for the articles corresponding to the target warehouse information of which the difference value between the current time and the warehouse-in time meets the preset condition: adding the ex-warehouse quantity to the original pre-occupied inventory to serve as a new pre-occupied inventory, and taking the supplier code on the batch information as the supplier code of the pre-occupied object; setting batch information: taking the service single number of the pre-occupying information as the service single number and the service type of the pre-occupying information as the service type; subtracting the number of the articles currently pre-occupied from the available inventory of the target warehouse information, and recording the pre-occupied information in a pre-occupied log, for example: current time, etc.; and finally, setting the pre-emption state as a success state.

Since the warehouse information also indicates the batch information of the articles, and the articles with the same batch information have the same warehouse-in time, the embodiment of the invention also provides another inventory management method, as shown in fig. 2, which mainly comprises the following steps:

step S201: receiving a delivery task, wherein the delivery task indicates the identification of the articles to be delivered and the delivery quantity;

step S202: determining one or more target warehouse information matched with the article identification to be delivered from the warehouse information, wherein the warehouse information indicates the warehouse-in time of the corresponding articles;

step S203: determining one or more pieces of first batch information corresponding to the target warehouse information;

Step S204: sequencing the one or more first batch information according to the warehousing time respectively indicated by the one or more first batch information;

step S205: selecting one or more pieces of second batch information with the quantity meeting the ex-warehouse quantity from the first batch information according to the sequencing result, and taking the articles corresponding to the second batch information as the articles corresponding to the ex-warehouse task;

step S206: and executing the ex-warehouse task according to the determined object.

For example, the item to be checked out indicated by the check-out task is identified as: "green, 8+256g millet 10", the number of out-warehouse is 5, and the warehouse information includes four lot information, respectively: "Green-8+256G-millet 10-20200916", "silver-6+128G-millet 10-20200916", "Green-8+256G-millet 10-20200918" and "silver-6+128G-millet 10-20200918", then the target storage information matched with the article identification to be delivered in the storage information is: "Green-8+256G-millet 10", and then determining two pieces of first batch information according to the target warehouse information, wherein the two pieces of first batch information are respectively: "Green-8+256G-millet 10-20200916" and "Green-8+256G-millet 10-20200918". And then sequencing the two pieces of first batch information according to the warehousing time to obtain 'green-8+256G-millet 10-20200916' and 'green-8+256G-millet 10-20200918', wherein 'green-8+256G-millet 10-20200916' has 4 parts and 'green-8+256G-millet 10-20200918' has 6 parts. And taking the corresponding articles meeting the ex-warehouse quantity of green-8+256G-millet 10-20200918 as the articles corresponding to the ex-warehouse task to execute the ex-warehouse task. When the number of the articles corresponding to the plurality of first lot information satisfies the number of the ex-warehouse, for example, the number of the ex-warehouse is 2, the execution sequence of the ex-warehouse process is as follows: firstly judging the quantity, knowing that the quantity of the two first batch information meets the ex-warehouse quantity, then judging the warehouse-in time, and knowing that the green-8+256G-millet 10-20200916 is first warehouse-in, taking the first batch information as second batch information, taking the corresponding article as the article corresponding to the ex-warehouse task, and executing the ex-warehouse task.

As another example: the article identification to be delivered indicated by the delivery task is as follows: the fresh milk is delivered in 6 bottles, and three batches of information matched with the article identification to be delivered in the warehouse information are respectively: "fresh milk-milk factory C-20200920", "fresh milk-milk factory C-20200922" and "fresh milk-milk factory D-20200921". Then sorting the three pieces of first batch information according to the warehouse-in time to obtain: "fresh milk-milk factory C-20200920", "fresh milk-milk factory D-20200921" and "fresh milk-milk factory C-20200922", wherein "fresh milk-milk factory C-20200920" has 5 bottles, "fresh milk-milk factory D-20200921" has 7 bottles, and "fresh milk-milk factory C-20200922" has 5 bottles. And taking the fresh milk corresponding to the fresh milk-milk factory D-20200921 meeting the delivery quantity as an article corresponding to the delivery task, and executing the delivery task.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the execution sequence of the ex-warehouse process may also be: firstly judging the warehouse-in time and then judging the quantity, as shown in fig. 3, mainly comprising the following steps:

Step S301: receiving a delivery task, wherein the delivery task indicates the identification of the articles to be delivered and the delivery quantity;

Step S302: determining one or more target warehouse information matched with the article identification to be delivered from the warehouse information, wherein the warehouse information indicates the warehouse-in time of the corresponding articles;

step S303: determining one or more pieces of first batch information corresponding to the target warehouse information;

Step S304: sequencing the one or more first batch information according to the warehousing time respectively indicated by the one or more first batch information;

Step S305: when the quantity of the articles corresponding to the first batch information with the longest warehousing time indicated by the sequencing result is not less than the ex-warehouse quantity, taking the first batch information with the longest warehousing time as second batch information;

step S306: when the quantity of the articles corresponding to the first batch information with the longest warehousing time is smaller than the ex-warehouse quantity, judging whether the available inventory sum of the first batch information is smaller than the ex-warehouse quantity;

Step S307: when the available stock sum is not smaller than the ex-warehouse number, selecting second batch information of which the available stock sum is not smaller than the ex-warehouse number from a plurality of first stock batches according to the sequencing result;

Step S308: taking the article corresponding to the second batch information as the article corresponding to the ex-warehouse task, and executing the ex-warehouse task.

For example, the item to be checked out indicated by the check-out task is identified as: "green, 8+256g millet 10", the number of out-warehouse is 5, and the warehouse information includes four lot information, respectively: "Green-8+256G-millet 10-20200916", "silver-6+128G-millet 10-20200916", "Green-8+256G-millet 10-20200918" and "silver-6+128G-millet 10-20200918", then the target storage information matched with the article identification to be delivered in the storage information is: "Green-8+256G-millet 10", and then determining two pieces of first batch information according to the target warehouse information, wherein the two pieces of first batch information are respectively: "Green-8+256G-millet 10-20200916" and "Green-8+256G-millet 10-20200918". And then sequencing the two pieces of first batch information according to the warehousing time to obtain 'green-8+256G-millet 10-20200916' and 'green-8+256G-millet 10-20200918', wherein 'green-8+256G-millet 10-20200916' has 4 parts and 'green-8+256G-millet 10-20200918' has 6 parts. Firstly, judging that the quantity of the 'green-8+256G-millet 10-20200916' with earliest warehousing time is smaller than the ex-warehouse quantity, then judging whether the quantity of all first batch information corresponding to the 'green-8+256G-millet 10' target warehousing information can meet the ex-warehouse quantity or not, judging that the available inventory sum is 10 parts and can meet the ex-warehouse quantity of 5 parts, so that 5 parts can be selected from the 'green-8+256G-millet 10-20200916' and the 'green-8+256G-millet 10-20200918' batches to serve as articles corresponding to the second batch information, and executing the ex-warehouse task.

As another example, the article to be delivered indicated by the delivery task is identified as: the fresh milk is delivered in 6 bottles, and three batches of information matched with the article identification to be delivered in the warehouse information are respectively: "fresh milk-milk factory C-20200920", "fresh milk-milk factory C-20200922" and "fresh milk-milk factory D-20200921". Then sorting the three pieces of first batch information according to the warehouse-in time to obtain: "fresh milk-milk factory C-20200920", "fresh milk-milk factory D-20200921" and "fresh milk-milk factory C-20200922", wherein "fresh milk-milk factory C-20200920" has 5 bottles, "fresh milk-milk factory D-20200921" has 7 bottles, and "fresh milk-milk factory C-20200922" has 5 bottles. Firstly, judging that the quantity of the fresh milk-milk factory C-20200920 with earliest warehouse-in time is smaller than the warehouse-out quantity, then judging whether the available inventory sum can meet the warehouse-out quantity or not according to the quantity of all first batch information corresponding to the target warehouse information of the fresh milk, judging that the available inventory sum is 17 bottles and can meet the warehouse-out quantity of 6 bottles, so that 6 bottles can be selected from two batches of the fresh milk-milk factory C-20200920 and the fresh milk-milk factory D-20200921 as articles corresponding to the second batch information, and executing a warehouse-out task.

In the embodiment of the invention, the available inventory refers to the quantity of the corresponding articles of each first batch information in the warehouse, and the total available inventory refers to the total quantity of the available inventory of one or more first batch information.

In the embodiment of the invention, when the quantity of the articles corresponding to the first batch information with the longest warehousing time is smaller than the ex-warehouse quantity and the available inventory sum of the plurality of first batch information is not smaller than the ex-warehouse quantity, the available inventory sum of the articles corresponding to the target warehousing information matched with the article identification to be ex-warehouse can meet the ex-warehouse quantity, and then the ex-warehouse task needs to be executed for the plurality of first batch information.

As shown in fig. 4, fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of main steps of a method for performing a job for ex-warehouse for a plurality of first lot information, mainly including the steps of:

Step S401: sequencing the plurality of first batch information according to the warehousing time, and taking the first batch information with the longest warehousing time as current batch information according to the sequencing result;

Step S402: taking the article corresponding to the current batch information as the article corresponding to the ex-warehouse task;

Step S403: judging whether the difference between the number of the warehouse and the number of the articles corresponding to the current batch information is larger than zero, if so, executing the step S404, and if not, executing the step S405;

Step S404: taking the article corresponding to the current batch information as the article corresponding to the ex-warehouse task, taking the next first batch information of the current batch information as the current batch information, taking the difference value as the ex-warehouse quantity, and returning to execute the step S402;

Step S405: selecting the articles with the same quantity as the difference value from the articles corresponding to the current batch information as the articles corresponding to the warehouse-out task;

Step S406: and executing the ex-warehouse task aiming at the articles corresponding to all the ex-warehouse tasks.

In the embodiment of the invention, when the quantity of the articles corresponding to the current batch information is not more than the difference value, taking all the articles corresponding to the current batch information as the articles corresponding to the ex-warehouse task; when the number of the articles corresponding to the current batch information is larger than the difference value, selecting the articles with the same quantity as the difference value from the articles corresponding to the current batch information as the articles corresponding to the warehouse-out task. Taking the example of the mobile phone as an example, the quantity of the "green-8+256G-millet 10-20200916" with the earliest warehousing time is judged to be smaller than the ex-warehouse quantity, and the available inventory sum of all first batch information corresponding to the target warehousing information of the "green-8+256G-millet 10" can meet the ex-warehouse quantity of 5 parts, so that the "green-8+256G-millet 10-20200916" with the earliest warehousing time can be taken as the current batch information, then the ex-warehouse quantity 5 part is used for subtracting the quantity of articles 4 corresponding to the current batch information, the difference value is obtained, namely, the quantity of 1 part is larger than 0, the available inventory of the current batch information is indicated to be insufficient to meet the ex-warehouse quantity, then the mobile phone with the 4 parts corresponding to the current batch information is taken as the articles corresponding to the ex-warehouse task, next first information of the current batch information, namely, "green-8+256G-millet 10-20200918" can be taken as the current information, the difference value 6 part can be taken as the new ex-warehouse quantity, then the quantity of the corresponding to the article with the current batch information can be indicated by subtracting the quantity of 1 part corresponding to the current batch information, namely, the quantity of the articles corresponding to the current batch information can be obtained by subtracting the quantity of the articles corresponding to the current batch information from the current batch information, namely, the quantity of 1 part is equal to meet the articles corresponding to the current batch information, and the article can be obtained by selecting the difference value and meeting the corresponding to the current information.

Taking the previous fresh milk example as an example, judging that the quantity of fresh milk-milk factories C-20200920 with earliest warehousing time is smaller than the ex-warehouse quantity, and taking the total available inventory of all first batch information corresponding to the target warehouse information of fresh milk as the ex-warehouse quantity of 6 bottles, so that the quantity of articles 7 corresponding to the ex-warehouse information can be obtained by taking the fresh milk-milk factories C-20200920 with earliest warehousing time as the current batch information, subtracting the quantity of articles 5 bottles corresponding to the current batch information from the 6 bottles with the ex-warehouse quantity of 6 bottles to obtain a difference value of 1 bottle which is larger than 0, indicating that the available inventory of the current batch information is insufficient to meet the ex-warehouse quantity, taking 5 bottles of fresh milk corresponding to the current batch information as articles corresponding to an ex-warehouse task, taking the next first batch information of the current batch information, namely the fresh milk-milk factory D-20200921, taking the difference value 1 bottle as the new ex-warehouse quantity, subtracting the quantity of articles 7 corresponding to the current batch information from the 1 bottle with the difference value of 1 bottle as the new ex-warehouse quantity, and taking the difference value of 1 bottle as the corresponding to obtain the corresponding article corresponding to the ex-warehouse task, and selecting the articles corresponding to the corresponding task of the ex-warehouse.

In the embodiment of the invention, the delivery task can also indicate the delivery center id, after determining that the difference between the current time and the warehouse-in time meets the target warehouse information of the preset condition, whether the delivery center corresponding to the target warehouse information corresponds to the delivery center id indicated by the delivery task is needed to be judged, if so, whether the warehouse corresponding to the target warehouse information and the destination to which the article is sent after delivery belong to the same preset delivery area is further judged, and if not, the article corresponding to the target warehouse information can be preempted by the warehouse-in task.

As shown in fig. 5, fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of main steps of an inventory management method for return items, mainly including the steps of:

step S501: determining returned goods and historical batch information when the returned goods are delivered out of the warehouse;

step S502: and taking the returned goods as goods corresponding to the historical batch information, and increasing the quantity of the goods corresponding to the historical batch information according to the quantity of the returned goods.

In the embodiment of the invention, the returned goods refer to goods which are sold out of the warehouse and are required to return to the original warehouse after the transaction is canceled. When the goods are sold and delivered out of the warehouse, the pre-occupied inventory is cleared, and running water information is generated, wherein the running water information comprises: business bill number, time of delivery, historical batch information when executing delivery task, and delivery quantity of the historical batch information. The historical lot information may be one or more pieces of second lot information selected from the first lot information, the number of which satisfies the number of the outgoing lot, or may be the second lot information selected from the first lot information, the second lot information having the longest storage time.

In the embodiment of the invention, when receiving the return instruction, according to the flow information corresponding to the return instruction, inquiring whether the flow information has historical return information, namely reverse flow information, or not, if not, directly executing the return instruction; if the historical return information exists, judging whether the return quantity corresponding to the historical return information is larger than the return quantity corresponding to the flow information, if not, subtracting the return quantity corresponding to the historical return information from the return quantity corresponding to the flow information, and executing a return instruction according to the obtained difference.

In the embodiment of the invention, when a plurality of historical batch information of the returned goods exist, the plurality of historical batch information can be ordered according to the warehousing time indicated by the historical batch information; and sequentially determining the returned goods as goods corresponding to the historical batch information according to the sorting result of the plurality of historical batch information and the ex-warehouse quantity of each historical batch information, and adding available inventory corresponding to the historical batch information into the system according to the quantity of the returned goods.

For example, the warehouse information of a certain article in the warehouse is shown in the following table:

batch number	Available stock number	SKU	Warehouse time
				A001	2	S01	2020-08
A002	3	S01	2020-09

At this time, 4 items were sold, and thus the number of out-warehouse was 4. After receiving the job of leaving, the system finds that a single batch cannot support deduction of the request, then a plurality of batches together support deduction, and the following flow information is generated:

Running water ID	Historical lot ID	Number of warehouse-out	Service list number	Warehouse time
					L001	A001	2	Order001	2020-08
L002	A002	2	Order001	2020-09

When the return occurs, the return bill will have the business bill number of the current delivery, and will also have the quantity of the return articles, and the basic information is as follows:

Return bill number	Service list number	Number of returns	Warehouse time
				T001	Order001	3	2020-08

At this time, the running water is acquired according to the business bill number in the return bill number, and two pieces of running water information are obtained: l001 and L002; according to the sorting of the warehouse-in time, the quantity of returned goods is preferentially added to the historical batch information corresponding to the running water L001, namely the available inventory of A001 is increased by 2, because the warehouse-out running water only outputs 2. However, 3 items to be returned and 1 item to be returned are left, and the information of the historical batch corresponding to the running water L002 is returned, namely, the available inventory of A002 is increased by 1 item.

As shown in fig. 6, fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of the main steps of an inventory management method for returned items, mainly including the steps of:

Step S601: receiving a return instruction, wherein the return instruction comprises third batch information of the object to be returned from the source;

Step S602: and executing a warehouse-out task for the articles corresponding to the third batch information so as to return the articles corresponding to the third batch information to the corresponding article sources.

In the embodiment of the invention, the returned article is different from the returned article, the returned article is the article which is put in storage again, and the returned article is the source of the warehouse which takes the article out of storage and returns the article. For example, when the number of the articles to be delivered in a certain period of time is less than a preset threshold, the system automatically initiates a return instruction, where the return instruction includes third batch information of the articles to be returned, such as sku of the articles or an internal number of the articles, and the system performs a delivery task for the articles corresponding to the third batch information, so as to return the articles corresponding to the third batch information to the corresponding article sources, such as suppliers. Therefore, the sales of the articles in the warehouse can be detected, and the articles with poor sales can be processed in time, so that the inventory turnover speed is increased, and the inventory cost is reduced.

For another example, when the current time has elapsed and the shelf life of the article indicates that the article is not available for sale, the system automatically initiates a return instruction, where the return instruction includes third lot information of the article to be returned from, such as a sku of the article or an internal number of the article, and the system performs a delivery task for the article corresponding to the third lot information, so as to return the article corresponding to the third lot information to a corresponding article source, such as a vendor. The shelf life of the objects in the warehouse can be detected, the expired objects can be processed in time, and the expired objects are prevented from being sold out of the warehouse.

For another example, when the quality problem occurs in the article, the supplier may request to retrieve the article, and at this time, the system initiates a return instruction according to the request of the supplier, where the return instruction includes third lot information of the article from which the article is to be returned, such as a sku of the article or an internal number of the article, and the system performs a job for leaving the article corresponding to the third lot information, so as to return the article corresponding to the third lot information to the supplier. In this way, in the case of 'one-product multi-business', when the articles of one supplier have problems, the batch of articles can be processed only without affecting the sales of the articles of other suppliers, so that the management of the articles is more refined.

According to the inventory management method, after receiving the ex-warehouse task, according to the article identifier to be ex-warehouse indicated in the ex-warehouse task, the target warehouse information matched with the identifier is determined from the warehouse information, wherein the warehouse information contains warehouse-in time of the corresponding article. And then sorting the target warehouse information according to the warehouse-in time, and then executing the warehouse-in task on the articles corresponding to the target warehouse information, wherein the difference between the current time and the warehouse-in time meets the preset condition, according to the sorting result and the warehouse-out quantity indicated in the warehouse-in task, so that the priority warehouse-in of the articles which are first warehouse-in is realized, the possibility of retention of the articles in the warehouse is reduced, the inventory management effect is improved, and particularly, for certain articles with short shelf life, the articles can be picked and warehouse-out in time according to the warehouse-in time, and the waste of resources is avoided.

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of main modules of an inventory management device according to an embodiment of the invention.

As shown in fig. 7, an inventory management device 700 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a task acceptance module 701, a target warehouse information determination module 702, a sorting module 703, an item determination module 704, and a task execution module 705; wherein:

the task accepting module 701 is configured to receive a job for ex-warehouse, where the job for ex-warehouse indicates an item identifier and an amount of ex-warehouse to be ex-warehouse;

an information determining module 702, configured to determine, from the warehouse information, one or more target warehouse information that matches the object identifier to be delivered received by the task accepting module 701, where the warehouse information indicates a warehouse-in time of the corresponding object;

a sorting module 703, configured to sort one or more pieces of target warehouse information according to the warehouse-in time determined by the information determining module 702;

The article determining module 704 is configured to take an article corresponding to the target warehouse information, where the difference between the current time and the warehouse-in time meets the preset condition, as an article corresponding to the warehouse-out task according to the sorting result obtained by the sorting module 703 and the warehouse-out number received by the task accepting module 701;

the task execution module 705 is configured to execute a job of ex-warehouse according to the item determined by the item determination module 704.

In the embodiment of the invention, the storage information also indicates the batch information of the articles, and the articles with the same batch information have the same storage time; the information determining module 702 may also be configured to determine one or more first lot information corresponding to the target warehouse information; the sorting module 703 may be further configured to sort the one or more pieces of first lot information according to the warehousing times respectively indicated by the one or more pieces of first lot information; the item determining module 704 may be further configured to select, according to the sorting result, one or more second lot information with a quantity satisfying the ex-warehouse quantity from the first lot information, and use an item corresponding to the second lot information as an item corresponding to the ex-warehouse task.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when the number of the articles corresponding to the first lot information with the longest warehouse-in time indicated by the sorting result is not less than the ex-warehouse number, the information determining module 702 may be further configured to use the first lot information with the longest warehouse-in time as the second lot information.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when the number of the articles corresponding to the first lot information with the longest warehouse-in time is smaller than the number of the warehouse-out articles, the information determining module 702 may be further configured to: judging whether the available stock sum of the first batch information is smaller than the ex-warehouse quantity; and when the available stock sum is not smaller than the ex-warehouse number, selecting second batch information of which the available stock sum is not smaller than the ex-warehouse number from the plurality of first stock batches according to the sorting result.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the information determining module 702 may also be configured to: according to the sorting result, taking the first batch information with the longest warehousing time as the current batch information; the item determination module 704 may also be configured to: the following steps are circularly executed until all the objects corresponding to the warehouse-out task are determined: the articles corresponding to the current batch information are used as articles corresponding to the ex-warehouse task, and the difference value between the ex-warehouse quantity and the articles corresponding to the current batch information is determined; and taking next first batch information of the current batch information as the current batch information according to the sorting result, and determining the articles corresponding to the warehouse-out task from the articles corresponding to the current batch information according to the difference value.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the item determination module 704 may also be configured to: when the number of the articles corresponding to the current batch information is not greater than the difference value, taking all the articles corresponding to the current batch information as the articles corresponding to the ex-warehouse task; when the number of the articles corresponding to the current batch information is larger than the difference value, selecting the articles with the same quantity as the difference value from the articles corresponding to the current batch information as the articles corresponding to the warehouse-out task.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the item determination module 704 may also be configured to: and pre-occupying the articles corresponding to the target warehouse information so that the articles are not selected by warehouse tasks other than the warehouse-out task.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the item determination module 704 may also be configured to: determining returned goods and historical batch information when the returned goods are delivered out of the warehouse; and taking the returned goods as goods corresponding to the historical batch information, and increasing the quantity of the goods corresponding to the historical batch information according to the quantity of the returned goods.

In an embodiment of the present invention, when there are a plurality of historical lot information for return items, the item determination module 704 may be further configured to: sequencing the plurality of historical batch information according to the warehousing time indicated by the historical batch information; and sequentially determining the returned goods as the goods corresponding to the historical batch information according to the sequencing result of the historical batch information and the ex-warehouse quantity of each historical batch information.

In the embodiment of the invention, the warehouse information also indicates the source of the corresponding article; the task execution module 705 may also be configured to: receiving a return instruction, wherein the return instruction comprises third batch information of the object to be returned from the source; and executing a warehouse-out task for the articles corresponding to the third batch information so as to return the articles corresponding to the third batch information to the corresponding article sources.

According to the inventory management device, after receiving the ex-warehouse task, the target warehouse information matched with the identification is determined from the warehouse information according to the identification of the articles to be ex-warehouse indicated in the ex-warehouse task, wherein the warehouse information contains the warehouse-in time of the corresponding articles. And then sorting the target warehouse information according to the warehouse-in time, and then executing the warehouse-in task on the articles corresponding to the target warehouse information, wherein the difference between the current time and the warehouse-in time meets the preset condition, according to the sorting result and the warehouse-out quantity indicated in the warehouse-in task, so that the priority warehouse-in of the articles which are first warehouse-in is realized, the possibility of retention of the articles in the warehouse is reduced, the inventory management effect is improved, and particularly, for certain articles with short shelf life, the articles can be picked and warehouse-out in time according to the warehouse-in time, and the waste of resources is avoided.

Fig. 8 illustrates an exemplary system architecture 800 to which an inventory management method or an inventory management device of embodiments of the invention may be applied.

As shown in fig. 8, a system architecture 800 may include terminal devices 801, 802, 803, a network 804, and a server 805. The network 804 serves as a medium for providing communication links between the terminal devices 801, 802, 803 and the server 805. The network 804 may include various connection types, such as wired, wireless communication links, or fiber optic cables, among others.

A user may interact with the server 805 through the network 804 using the terminal devices 801, 802, 803 to receive or send messages or the like. Various communication client applications, such as shopping class applications, web browser applications, search class applications, instant messaging tools, mailbox clients, social platform software, etc., may be installed on the terminal devices 801, 802, 803.

The terminal devices 801, 802, 803 may be a variety of electronic devices having a display screen including, but not limited to, smartphones, tablet computers, laptop and desktop computers, and the like.

The server 805 may be a server providing various services, such as a background management server providing support for warehouse manager to access the inventory management system using the terminal devices 801, 802, 803. The background management server can analyze and process the received data such as the inventory inquiry request and the like, and feed back the processing results (such as target inventory information, available inventory and inventory time) to the terminal equipment.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, an inventory management method is generally executed by the electronic device 805, and accordingly, an inventory management apparatus is generally disposed in the electronic device 805.

It should be understood that the number of terminal devices, networks and servers in fig. 8 is merely illustrative. There may be any number of terminal devices, networks, and servers, as desired for implementation.

Referring now to FIG. 9, there is illustrated a schematic diagram of a computer system 900 suitable for use in implementing an embodiment of the present invention. The terminal device shown in fig. 9 is only an example, and should not impose any limitation on the functions and the scope of use of the embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 9, the computer system 900 includes a Central Processing Unit (CPU) 901, which can execute various appropriate actions and processes according to a program stored in a Read Only Memory (ROM) 902 or a program loaded from a storage section 908 into a Random Access Memory (RAM) 903. In the RAM 903, various programs and data necessary for the operation of the system 900 are also stored. The CPU 901, ROM 902, and RAM 903 are connected to each other through a bus 904. An input/output (I/O) interface 905 is also connected to the bus 904.

The following components are connected to the I/O interface 905: an input section 906 including a keyboard, a mouse, and the like; an output portion 907 including a display such as a Cathode Ray Tube (CRT), a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), and a speaker; a storage portion 908 including a hard disk or the like; and a communication section 909 including a network interface card such as a LAN card, a modem, or the like. The communication section 909 performs communication processing via a network such as the internet. The drive 910 is also connected to the I/O interface 905 as needed. A removable medium 911 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 910 so that a computer program read out therefrom is installed into the storage section 908 as needed.

In particular, according to embodiments of the present disclosure, the processes described above with reference to flowcharts may be implemented as computer software programs. For example, embodiments of the present disclosure include a computer program product comprising a computer program embodied on a computer readable medium, the computer program comprising program code for performing the method shown in the flow chart. In such an embodiment, the computer program may be downloaded and installed from the network via the communication portion 909 and/or installed from the removable medium 911. The above-described functions defined in the system of the present invention are performed when the computer program is executed by a Central Processing Unit (CPU) 901.

The computer readable medium shown in the present invention may be a computer readable signal medium or a computer readable storage medium, or any combination of the two. The computer readable storage medium can be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or a combination of any of the foregoing. More specific examples of the computer-readable storage medium may include, but are not limited to: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. In the context of this document, a computer readable storage medium may be any tangible medium that can contain, or store a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. In the present invention, however, the computer-readable signal medium may include a data signal propagated in baseband or as part of a carrier wave, with the computer-readable program code embodied therein. Such a propagated data signal may take any of a variety of forms, including, but not limited to, electro-magnetic, optical, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. A computer readable signal medium may also be any computer readable medium that is not a computer readable storage medium and that can communicate, propagate, or transport a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. Program code embodied on a computer readable medium may be transmitted using any appropriate medium, including but not limited to: wireless, wire, fiber optic cable, RF, etc., or any suitable combination of the foregoing.

The 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 invention. In this regard, each block in the flowchart or block diagrams may represent a module, segment, or portion of code, which comprises one or more executable instructions for implementing the specified logical function(s). It should also be noted that, in some alternative implementations, the functions noted in the block may occur out of the order noted in the figures. For example, two blocks shown in succession may, in fact, be executed substantially concurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality involved. It will also be noted that each block of the block diagrams or flowchart illustration, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams or flowchart illustration, can be implemented by special purpose hardware-based systems which perform the specified functions or acts, or combinations of special purpose hardware and computer instructions.

The modules involved in the embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in software or in hardware. The described modules may also be provided in a processor, for example, as: a processor comprises a task acceptance module, a target warehouse information determination module, a sequencing module, an article determination module and a task execution module. The names of these modules do not in any way limit the module itself, and the task acceptance module may also be described as a "module for accepting a job for ex-warehouse" for example.

As another aspect, the present invention also provides a computer-readable medium that may be contained in the apparatus described in the above embodiments; or may be present alone without being fitted into the device. The computer readable medium carries one or more programs which, when executed by a device, cause the device to include: receiving a delivery task, wherein the delivery task indicates the identification of the articles to be delivered and the delivery quantity; determining one or more target warehouse information matched with the article identification to be delivered from the warehouse information, wherein the warehouse information indicates the warehouse-in time of the corresponding articles; sorting one or more target warehouse information according to the warehouse-in time; according to the sorting result and the ex-warehouse quantity, taking an article corresponding to the target warehouse information, of which the difference between the current time and the warehouse-in time meets the preset condition, as an article corresponding to the ex-warehouse task; and executing the ex-warehouse task according to the determined object.

According to the technical scheme of the embodiment of the invention, after receiving the ex-warehouse task, according to the article identifier to be ex-warehouse indicated in the ex-warehouse task, the target warehouse information matched with the identifier is determined from the warehouse information, wherein the warehouse information comprises warehouse-in time of the corresponding article. And then sorting the target warehouse information according to the warehouse-in time, and then executing the warehouse-in task on the articles corresponding to the target warehouse information, wherein the difference between the current time and the warehouse-in time meets the preset condition, according to the sorting result and the warehouse-out quantity indicated in the warehouse-in task, so that the priority warehouse-in of the articles which are first warehouse-in is realized, the possibility of retention of the articles in the warehouse is reduced, the inventory management effect is improved, and particularly, for certain articles with short shelf life, the articles can be picked and warehouse-out in time according to the warehouse-in time, and the waste of resources is avoided.

The above embodiments do not limit the scope of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications, combinations, sub-combinations and alternatives can occur depending upon design requirements and other factors. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions and improvements made within the spirit and principles of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A method of inventory management, comprising:

Determining one or more target warehouse information matched with the article identification to be delivered from warehouse information, wherein the warehouse information indicates warehouse-in time of the corresponding articles;

sorting the one or more target warehouse information according to the warehouse-in time;

According to the sorting result and the ex-warehouse quantity, taking an article corresponding to the target warehouse information, wherein the difference value between the current time and the warehouse-in time meets the preset condition, as the article corresponding to the ex-warehouse task;

executing the ex-warehouse task according to the determined object;

Determining a returned goods, and determining historical batch information of the returned goods when the returned goods are delivered;

Taking the returned goods as the goods corresponding to the historical batch information, and increasing the quantity of the goods corresponding to the historical batch information according to the quantity of the returned goods;

When a plurality of historical batch information of the returned goods exist, sorting the historical batch information according to the warehouse-in time indicated by the historical batch information; and sequentially determining the returned goods as the goods corresponding to the historical batch information according to the sorting results of the historical batch information and the ex-warehouse quantity of each historical batch information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the warehouse information further indicates lot information for items, the items of the same lot information having the same warehouse entry time;

sorting the one or more pieces of first batch information according to the warehousing time respectively indicated by the one or more pieces of first batch information;

And selecting one or more pieces of second batch information with the quantity meeting the ex-warehouse quantity from the first batch information according to the sequencing result, and taking the articles corresponding to the second batch information as the articles corresponding to the ex-warehouse task.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of determining the position of the substrate comprises,

And when the quantity of the articles corresponding to the first batch information with the longest warehousing time indicated by the sequencing result is not smaller than the ex-warehouse quantity, taking the first batch information with the longest warehousing time as the second batch information.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein when the number of items corresponding to the first lot information having the longest warehouse-in time is smaller than the warehouse-out number,

Judging whether the sum of the available stock of the plurality of first batch information is smaller than the ex-warehouse quantity;

and when the available stock sum is not smaller than the ex-warehouse quantity, selecting second batch information with the available stock sum not smaller than the ex-warehouse quantity from the plurality of first batch information according to the sorting result.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the step of determining the position of the first electrode is performed,

According to the sorting result, taking the first batch information with the longest warehousing time as current batch information;

the following steps are circularly executed until all the objects corresponding to the ex-warehouse task are determined:

And taking the next first batch information of the current batch information as the current batch information according to the sorting result, and determining the article corresponding to the ex-warehouse task from the articles corresponding to the current batch information according to the difference value.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein determining the item corresponding to the shipment task from the items corresponding to the current lot information based on the difference value comprises:

When the number of the articles corresponding to the current batch information is not greater than the difference value, taking all the articles corresponding to the current batch information as the articles corresponding to the warehouse-out task;

And when the quantity of the articles corresponding to the current batch information is larger than the difference value, selecting the articles with the same quantity as the difference value from the articles corresponding to the current batch information as the articles corresponding to the warehouse-out task.

7. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the step of taking an item corresponding to the target warehouse information, for which the difference between the current time and the warehouse-in time satisfies a preset condition, as the item corresponding to the warehouse-out task includes:

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the warehouse information further indicates a source of the corresponding item;

receiving a return instruction, the return instruction comprising third batch information of an item to be returned from a source;

And executing the ex-warehouse task for the articles corresponding to the third batch information so as to return the articles corresponding to the third batch information to the corresponding article sources.

9. An inventory management device is characterized by comprising a task receiving module, an information determining module, a sorting module, an article determining module and a task executing module; wherein:

The sorting module is used for sorting the one or more target warehouse information according to the warehouse-in time determined by the information determining module;

The article determining module is used for taking articles corresponding to target warehouse information, of which the difference between the current time and the warehouse-in time meets the preset condition, as the articles corresponding to the warehouse-out tasks according to the sequencing result obtained by the sequencing module and the warehouse-out quantity received by the task receiving module; determining returned goods and historical batch information when the returned goods are delivered out of the warehouse; taking the returned goods as goods corresponding to the historical batch information, and increasing the quantity of the goods corresponding to the historical batch information according to the quantity of the returned goods; when there are a plurality of historical lot information for return items, the item determination module may be further configured to: sequencing the plurality of historical batch information according to the warehousing time indicated by the historical batch information; sequentially determining returned goods as goods corresponding to the historical batch information according to the sequencing result of the plurality of historical batch information and the ex-warehouse quantity of each historical batch information;

10. An inventory management electronic device, comprising:

One or more processors;

Storage means for storing one or more programs,

When executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to implement the method of any of claims 1-8.

11. A computer readable medium, on which a computer program is stored, characterized in that the program, when being executed by a processor, implements the method according to any of claims 1-8.