CN115204604A

CN115204604A - Material packaging processing method and device and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN115204604A
Application number: CN202210685875.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 毛芮; 王继勇; 郑阳阳; 周峰; 丁贝洁
Original assignee: Zkh Industrial Supply Co ltd
Current assignee: Zkh Industrial Supply Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-06-16
Filing date: 2022-06-16
Publication date: 2022-10-18

Abstract

The invention provides a material packaging processing method, a material packaging processing device and a storage medium. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring an order identifier; acquiring order basic information, a packaging type and a material identifier of a material in an order from an order database according to the order identifier; acquiring material information from a material database according to the material identifier; determining whether the materials in the order are original box packages or single piece packages according to the package types; when an original box is packaged, acquiring packaging specification information associated with the material from a packaging specification database according to the material identifier; displaying the relevant information via a human-machine interface; when the single piece is packaged, calculating a box shape matched with the material according to the pre-stored packaging specification information and box type basic data in a packaging specification database based on one or more of the weight of the material, the size of the material, the material attribute and the logistics information; displaying the relevant information and the adaptation box via a human-machine interface. The invention improves the efficiency and accuracy of the packaging treatment.

Description

Material packaging processing method and device and storage medium

Technical Field

The embodiment of the invention relates to the technical field of logistics in general, and more particularly relates to a material packaging processing method, a material packaging processing device and a storage medium.

Background

Maintenance, repair and operation (MRO) generally means that a product is not directly formed in an actual production process, and is only used for maintaining, repairing and operating materials and services of equipment. The products in the MRO industry have diversity and complexity, and the packaging consumables have various types and are different for different types of products. The characteristics considered when the product is packaged comprise overweight articles, fragile articles, liquid articles, special-shaped articles and refrigerated articles, the packaging boxes needing to be selected are different, and the packaging can be made by selecting paper boxes, bubble bags, butts and the like. The shape of the product can influence the packaging mode, chemicals need to be marked with codes and labeled, the lamp tube needs to be packaged after being sleeved with a pearl cotton bag, the weight is not reduced, and part of the product cannot be placed upside down. The types of suppliers are various, the customer requirements are various, and the order with customized requirements also needs additional packaging requirements, for example, the customer requires that different products need to be packaged separately, electrical products need to be packaged by special packaging boxes, and chemicals need to be accompanied by chemical Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) Data. Due to the characteristics of products in the MRO industry, the packaging mode and the specification requirements are excessive easily during packaging.

The current packaging mainly depends on a packager to manually read the packaging specification and then confirm the packaging mode through manual judgment. Under the current situation of the packaging process, the requirements on the experience of a packager are extremely high, and the whole process is heavily dependent on the personal experience and subjective judgment of the packager.

The existing MRO transport packaging industry has difficulties in the aspects of customer delivery experience, efficiency, cost and the like.

In the aspect of customer experience, parameters such as box selection and packing stress of the whole packing link are easy to cause too high packing rate under the existing manual judgment packing mode, so that the damage of a paper box or a product in the transportation process affects the customer experience.

In the aspect of packaging operation efficiency, the existing packaging in the MRO industry is restricted by manual experience and operation specifications, a packager selects a box shape by a manual visual method, and the overall packaging operation efficiency is low due to the requirements of pre-packaging and special orders of products. When the problem that the carton can not be boxed occurs, the carton needs to be reselected for packaging, and the reworking operation is caused.

In the aspect of cost, as the product types are multiple, the types of packaging consumables are multiple, the overall operation cost is high, and the MRO industry has the packaging particularity, the existing intelligent packaging algorithm can cause larger errors when used, and cannot be directly used. The packer selects the box type through manual visual inspection possibly to cause inaccurate box type selection, and when the situation that the small pieces are packed in the large box occurs, the full box rate is lower, and the cost is increased. When the box type is not large enough, the box type needs to be reselected and boxed, which causes the time cost to be increased.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the above problems in the prior art, in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a material packaging processing method, including the steps of: acquiring an order identifier; acquiring order basic information, a packaging type and a material identifier of a material in an order from an order database according to the order identifier, wherein the order basic information comprises one or more of material description information, customer information and logistics information; acquiring material information from a material database according to the material identifier, wherein the material information comprises material weight, material size and material attribute; determining whether the materials in the order are original box packages or single piece packages according to the package types; when the materials in the order are determined to be original box packages, obtaining package specification information associated with the materials from a package specification database according to the material identifiers; displaying the order basic information, information indicating that the order is original box packaging and the packaging specification information via a human-computer interface; when the materials in the order are determined to be single-piece packages, calculating boxes matched with the materials according to package specification information and box type basic data stored in a package specification database in advance based on one or more of the weight of the materials, the size of the materials, the material attribute and the logistics information, wherein the box type basic data comprises one or more of the number of box layers, the size of the boxes, the weight of the boxes, the side pressure strength of the boxes, the number of box stacking layers and the box type burst strength; displaying, via the human machine interface, the order base information, information indicating that the order is an individual package, the selected fit box type, and the package specification information.

In some embodiments, calculating a box shape fit to the material based on one or more of the weight of the material, the size of the material, the property of the material, and the logistics information from pre-stored packaging specification information and box base data in the packaging specification database comprises: acquiring filler information and/or pre-packaging mode information from the pre-stored packaging specification information based on the material attributes; calculating the weight packing coefficient and the size packing coefficient of the material according to the filler information and/or the pre-packing mode information; calculating the weight to be packaged according to the weight of the materials and the weight packaging coefficient obtained by calculation; calculating the size to be packaged according to the material size and the size packaging coefficient obtained by calculation; and calculating a box shape matched with the material according to the weight to be packaged, the size to be packaged and the material attribute, the packaging specification information and the box type basic data.

In some embodiments, calculating a box shape fit to the material based on one or more of the weight of the material, the size of the material, the property of the material, and the logistics information from pre-stored packaging specification information and box type base data in the packaging specification database comprises: acquiring filler information and/or pre-packaging mode information from the pre-stored packaging specification information based on the material attributes; calculating the weight packing coefficient and the size packing coefficient of the material according to the filler information and/or the pre-packing mode information and the transportation distance information in the logistics information; calculating the weight to be packaged according to the weight of the material and the weight packaging coefficient obtained by calculation; calculating the size to be packaged according to the material size and the size packaging coefficient obtained by calculation; and calculating a box shape matched with the material according to the weight to be packaged, the size to be packaged and the material attribute, the packaging specification information and the box type basic data.

In some embodiments, calculating a box shape fit to the material based on one or more of the weight of the material, the size of the material, the property of the material, and the logistics information from pre-stored packaging specification information and box type base data in the packaging specification database comprises: when the material attribute comprises foldability, calculating a size to be packaged according to the material size and a folded packaging coefficient associated with the material in the packaging specification information; and calculating a box shape matched with the material according to the weight of the material, the size to be packaged and the property of the material and according to the packaging specification information and the box type basic data.

In some embodiments, the package code information includes one or more of a full rate requirement, package reinforcement information, special marking information, filler information, prepackaged material information, prepackaging means information.

In some embodiments, obtaining the order identifier comprises: acquiring an order identification code, wherein the order identification code is acquired through manual input on a man-machine interface or through scanning an order tracking number on a container associated with an order; carrying out order identification code validity check on the order identification code, wherein the order identification code validity check comprises the step of checking that an order corresponding to the order identification code exists in a shipping order and the state of the order is a picking completion state; when the validity of the order identification code is successfully verified, taking the order identification code as an acquired order identifier; and when the validity check of the order identification code fails, displaying information for prompting that the order identification code is invalid on the human-computer interface.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises: displaying a message prompting to review material basis information via the human-computer interface, the material basis information including one or more of the material description information, the material weight, and the material size; and receiving a confirmation instruction of the user on the material basic information through the man-machine interface, or receiving updated or supplemented material basic information input by the user through the man-machine interface.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises: after calculating a box type matched with the material, carrying out box type validity check on the matched box type, wherein the box type validity check comprises confirming whether the matched box type exists in a system box type list or not; when the box type validity check is successful, displaying the adapted box type; and when the box type validity check fails, displaying a message for prompting the invalidity of the box type through the human-computer interface.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises: obtaining the packaged weight through a weighing device; displaying the packaged weight and a message prompting to recheck the packaged weight via the human-computer interface; and receiving a manually input confirmation instruction of the packaged weight via the human-machine interface, or receiving a manually input rechecked packaged weight via the human-machine interface.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises: when the materials in the order are single-piece packages, the material identifiers, the package types and the selected adaptation box types are stored in the package specification database in an associated mode.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises: in response to acquiring an order identifier of a subsequent order, when the materials in the subsequent order are determined to be single-piece packages, inquiring in the package specification database whether the material identifiers in the subsequent order exist; if so, acquiring an adaptation box type associated with the material identifier in the packaging specification database; if not, a step of calculating an adaptation box is performed.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises: storing the size data of the special-shaped piece of the material aiming at the special-shaped piece of the material; counting the size data of the irregularly-shaped pieces which are centrally distributed in the order obtained in a specific time period; according to the size data of the profile distributed in a centralized way, a customized box of the profile is determined and stored in the packaging specification database in association with the material identifier of the material of the profile.

In some embodiments, the order database, the materials database, and the packaging specification database are provided in the same database.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a material package processing apparatus, including: an order identifier acquisition module configured to acquire an order identifier; the order detail acquisition module is configured to acquire order basic information, a packaging type and a material identifier of a material included in an order from an order database according to the order identifier, wherein the order basic information includes one or more of material description information, customer information and logistics information; the material information acquisition module is configured to acquire material information from a material database according to the material identifier, wherein the material information comprises material weight, material size and material attribute; the packaging type determining module is configured to determine whether the materials in the order are original box packaging or single piece packaging according to the packaging type; the original box packaging processing module is configured to acquire packaging specification information associated with the material from a packaging specification database according to the material identifier when the material in the order is determined to be an original box package; displaying the order basic information, information indicating that the order is original box packaging and the packaging specification information via a human-computer interface; the single-piece packaging processing module is configured to calculate a box shape adapted to the material according to packaging specification information and box type basic data stored in the packaging specification database in advance based on one or more of the weight of the material, the size of the material, the material attribute and the logistics information when the material in the order is determined to be single-piece packaging, wherein the box type basic data comprises one or more of the number of box layers, the size of the box type, box type bearing, box type edge pressure strength, the number of box type stacking layers and box type burst strength; and displaying, via the human machine interface, the order base information, information indicating that the order is an individual package, the selected fit box type, and the package specification information.

In a third aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide a storage medium storing computer readable instructions which, when executed by a processor, perform a material packaging processing method according to any of the above embodiments.

The material packaging processing method, the material packaging processing device and the storage medium provided by the embodiment of the invention realize that the packaging specification directly calls the packaging database, and the online packaging requirement information is output in a visual mode and is used for direct reference of the packaging specification by staff. Meanwhile, the visual packaging scheme realizes intelligent packaging decision and improves the packaging processing efficiency and accuracy.

The intelligent box recommendation algorithm provided by the embodiment of the invention can reduce manual judgment, effectively improve the packaging efficiency by reading the SKU basic attribute and the product characteristic of the packaging database, and avoid type selection errors caused by overhigh or overlow full box packing rate.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention starts from a business scene and information circulation, combines the characteristics of MRO industry packaging, considers the characteristics of the incoming package, the client customization requirements of the client orders and the attributes of the product, reads the packaging database information, calls the algorithm module, outputs box type selection and boxing specifications, and presents the box type selection and boxing specifications to operators through the visual display board, thereby establishing an intelligent, complete and visual intelligent packaging process. Through the intelligent box cutting billboard, the non-production cost of the MRO packaging link can be reduced, the packaging damage and the consumable cost are reduced, the operation cost is reduced, and the customer satisfaction is improved.

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The above and other objects, features and advantages of embodiments of the present invention will become readily apparent from the following detailed description read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Several embodiments of the present invention are illustrated by way of example, and not by way of limitation, in the figures of the accompanying drawings and in which:

FIG. 1 shows a flow diagram of a method of material packaging handling according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2 illustrates a database field diagram according to an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 3 shows a schematic block diagram of a material package handling arrangement according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the drawings, the same or corresponding reference numerals indicate the same or corresponding parts.

Detailed Description

The principles and spirit of the present invention will be described with reference to several exemplary embodiments. It is understood that these embodiments are given only to enable those skilled in the art to better understand and to implement the present invention, and do not limit the scope of the present invention in any way.

In one aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide a material package handling method. Referring to FIG. 1, a flow diagram of a material package handling method 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown. As shown in FIG. 1, the method 100 includes steps S101-S108.

In step S101, an order identifier is acquired.

As an embodiment of the present invention, step S101 may include: obtaining an order identification code, the order identification code obtained by manual input on a human machine interface or by scanning an order tracking number (or pick tracking number) on a container associated with the order; for example, after the order tracking number is obtained by scanning, the staff member inputs a verification instruction (for example, typing in and returning) on the man-machine interface, and the system performs order identification code validity verification on the order identification code, wherein the order identification code validity verification comprises the steps of verifying that the order corresponding to the order identification code exists in the shipping order and the state of the order is a picking completion state; when the validity of the order identification code is successfully verified, taking the order identification code as an acquired order identifier; when the order identification code validation fails, displaying information for prompting that the order identification code is invalid on the man-machine interface, such as displaying an error report message, prompting to 'please input a valid order number', and the like.

In step S102, order basic information, a packaging type, and a material identifier of a material included in the order are obtained from an order database according to the order identifier, wherein the order basic information includes one or more of material description information, customer information, and logistics information. The materials included in an order may also be referred to as Stock Keeping Units (SKUs). The material description information may include a product name, a product characteristic, a unit, a lot, etc. of the material.

In step S103, material information is obtained from the material database according to the material identifier, where the material information includes material weight, material size, and material attribute. The representation of the material information field refers to table 1 below. The SKU entries in Table 1 may be considered material identifiers.

TABLE 1 Material information

In step S104, it is determined whether the material in the order is a raw box package or a single piece package according to the package type.

Upon determining that the item in the order is a raw box package, the method 100 proceeds to step S105, where package specification information associated with the item is obtained from a package specification database based on the item identifier. The original box packaging mainly aims at the products which are packaged by the large products without being unpacked and directly in the original box, the products generally do not relate to the pre-packaging of the products, and the products generally do not need to be wholly packaged by consumables.

After step S105, step S106 is performed: displaying, via the human-machine interface, order base information, information indicating that the order is original box packaging, and packaging specification information.

Upon determining that the material in the order is a single package, the method 100 proceeds to step S107 to calculate a box shape adapted to the material based on one or more of the weight of the material, the size of the material, the property of the material, and the logistics information, based on the package specification information and the box type base data stored in advance in the package specification database.

After step S107, step S108 is performed: displaying, via the human machine interface, order base information, information indicating that the order is an individual package, the selected fit box type, and package specification information. The human-machine interface may be, for example, a System bulletin board of a Warehouse Management System (WMS), and more specifically, may be a display of a computer operated by a packing worker. Thus, the packing staff can see order information, the preferred box type automatically calculated by the system and the specific packing specification information on the screen. The packaging operation does not depend on personal experience and manual judgment of workers any more, and the working efficiency is improved.

The package specification information may include, for example, one or more of a full-package rate requirement, outer package reinforcement information, special marking information, filler information, pre-package material information, and pre-package manner information. Where full is the percentage of product volume in the outer package volume, this data is primarily indicative of package utilization. When the packaging is carried out, the full box rate is too low, the packaging material is wasted, and the product is easy to transport and damage due to too high packaging material. The full box rate requirement may be the same for each different box type, or may be different, that is, different full box rate requirements are set for specific box types respectively.

Embodiments of the present invention combine the MRO industry customer experience full-bin rate indicator from the target results. If only cost optimization is emphasized, actually, the full-box rate is too low, so that the cost is increased, and the full-box rate is too high, so that the damage in the transportation process is caused, and the customer experience is influenced. The implementation mode of the invention sets the requirement of the full package rate, can avoid the problem of large package and small package in the prior art, and reduces the resource cost in the packaging process; meanwhile, the problem that the transport process is damaged due to the fact that the full box rate is too high is avoided, and user experience is improved.

The package specification information is stored, for example, in the form of a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) field. Table 2 shows an example of SOP standard field information.

Table 2 sop standard field

The box-based data may be found in table 3, including one or more of the number of box layers, the size of the box, the weight of the box, the side crush strength of the box, the number of box-stacked layers, and the burst strength of the box.

TABLE 3 Box Foundation data

Wherein, the layer number can comprise three layers, five layers and the like. Taking a three-ply box as an example, the first ply is face paper, the second ply is corrugated, and the third ply is liner paper. Taking a five-ply box as an example, the first ply is face paper, the second and fourth plies are flutes, the third ply is core paper, and the fifth ply is liner paper. Generally, the greater the number of layers, the greater the load bearing and stacking layers. Load bearing refers to the maximum weight that the carton can bear. The crush strength indicates the maximum crush (relative to the carton material) that each carton can accept, and beyond this strength, the carton can be damaged. The stacking refers to the largest stacking layer number which is contacted with the largest bottom area, the carton is fully loaded to the largest load bearing, and the cartons can be stacked upwards in sequence and can be stacked statically without deformation theoretically. Burst strength refers to the maximum acceptable crush strength per square meter (as opposed to a three-sided design) beyond which the carton can break.

By way of example, when box type selection is carried out, adaptive SKU size data can be screened once by reading the size data, and then the total weight of the put-in SKU is ensured not to exceed the weight of the carton box through the load-bearing data, and the burst strength and the side pressure strength do not exceed the weight of the carton box. The number of stacked layers is used to limit the maximum stacked layers for the simulation.

The single package is mainly directed to orders with only one material and not belonging to the original box package. The order can directly call a packaging database according to the product attribute, and the packaging box is displayed in the visual billboard. For example, if a box of glass bottles is to be packaged, the system reads the material attribute of the SKU as the fragile item attribute, and in combination with the SOP field attribute, the packaging specification will be displayed in a billboard-each requiring separate reinforcement by bubble film wrapping, and the outer box also reinforced by bubble film; meanwhile, the packing coefficient is calculated by combining with the packing specification, the optimum box type is matched by combining with the requirement of the full box rate, and the box type is pushed to the billboard.

The original MRO packaging process needs manual judgment according to the packaging SOP. The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention transfers the packaging algorithm to the line, realizes that the packaging specification directly calls the packaging database, outputs the packaging requirement information on the line in a visual mode, and is used for staff to directly refer to the packaging specification. Meanwhile, the visual packaging scheme realizes intelligent packaging decision and improves the efficiency and accuracy of packaging treatment.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a standard packaging database is designed by reading product attributes and customized data. The existing MRO industry has too many packaging types, and the operation specifications of different employees cannot be unified, so that the implementation mode of the invention creates a packaging database by reading the product characteristics (fragile products, special-shaped pieces, liquid products, chemicals and the like) of the MRO industry and combining the customized requirements of customers.

As an embodiment of the present invention, as an example, for a product with material properties such as fragility, refrigerated liquid, etc., step S107 may include the following steps: based on the material attribute, acquiring filler information and/or pre-packaging mode information from pre-stored packaging specification information; calculating the weight packing coefficient and the size packing coefficient of the material according to the filler information and/or the pre-packing mode information; calculating the weight to be packaged according to the weight of the materials and the weight packaging coefficient obtained by calculation; calculating the size to be packaged according to the material size and the size packaging coefficient obtained by calculation; and calculating the box shape matched with the material according to the weight to be packaged, the size to be packaged and the material attribute, the packaging specification information and the box type basic data.

It is noted that as an example, the weight to be packaged may be obtained by multiplying the material weight by a weight packaging factor. As another example, the package specification information may store a weight of a filling material corresponding to each material, so that the weight to be packaged may be obtained by adding the weight of the material to the weight of the filling material, for example, for a material of a refrigerated product, the weight of an ice bag to be filled when each unit of the material is prepackaged is stored in the package specification information, and then the weight to be packaged = (weight of material unit + weight of ice bag filled with a single material) × the amount of the material.

For fragile products such as glass products, lamp tubes and the like, the fragile products need to be pre-packaged during packaging, meanwhile, the fragile products cannot be placed on a bottom layer during packaging, and the volume of the fragile products needs to be increased by a packaging coefficient under the original size parameter. The system marks the fragility of the products, so that whether the products are fragile or not can be judged through the existing system data in the model, the products are further boxed after packaging coefficients are added on the size and the volume, the sequential judgment is carried out in a boxing sequence, and the boxing sequence of the products is followed.

For materials related to cold chain transportation, an ice bag is required to be used during packaging, and extra volume is occupied. According to the system SOP, the more the amount of material, the more ice bags are used. The material system is marked, whether the ice bags are needed or not and the number of the ice bags can be judged by reading the product performance, so that the model algorithm needs to consider whether the order materials need a cold chain packaging technology or not.

For liquid products such as lubricating grease, cleaning fluid and the like, sealing winding is needed during packaging, and packaging is needed to be similar to fragile products during packaging design, and the packaging coefficient is added for design.

Because MRO products are distributed in production lines of various categories, the difference of customer groups is large, and the quantity and the categories of materials in a single order are greatly different; the product itself has irregularities such as stripes, arches, etc., and existing databases cannot read the irregularities of the identified product. As an example, for irregularly shaped material, step S107 may include the steps of: acquiring irregular-size packaging coefficients from pre-stored packaging specification information based on material attributes; calculating the size to be packaged according to the material size and the irregular size packaging coefficient, for example, defining product constraint as a cuboid with determined length, width and height, and enabling each plane to be parallel to the plane of the box body; and calculating a box shape matched with the material according to the weight of the package, the size of the to-be-packaged material and the attribute of the material and according to the packaging standard information and the box type basic data.

As another embodiment of the present invention, step S107 may include the steps of: acquiring filler information and/or pre-packaging mode information from pre-stored packaging specification information based on material attributes; calculating the weight packing coefficient and the size packing coefficient of the material according to the filler information and/or the pre-packing mode information and the transportation distance information in the logistics information; calculating the weight to be packaged according to the weight of the materials and the weight packaging coefficient obtained by calculation; calculating the size to be packaged according to the material size and the size packaging coefficient obtained by calculation; and calculating the box shape matched with the material according to the weight to be packaged, the size to be packaged and the material attribute, the packaging specification information and the box type basic data.

The transport distance affects the packing reinforcement, the transport of refrigerated goods, etc. The different transport distances have different requirements on the package, and include but are not limited to package reinforcement, refrigerated product transportation and the like. For example, a single bin can be used as a geographic center, and the province where the client is located is divided into transportation time efficiency intervals. Marking different packaging modes according to the customer address of the order.

As still another embodiment of the present invention, step S107 may include the steps of: when the material attribute comprises foldability, calculating the size to be packaged according to the material size and a folding packaging coefficient associated with the material in the packaging specification information; and calculating the box shape matched with the material according to the weight of the material, the size to be packaged and the material attribute and according to the packaging standard information and the box type basic data.

Some products have the particularity, for example, the rope has the winding property, and the length, the width and the height are not the actual packing size; the potted plant products have concave platform spaces and can be stacked, and the occupied space does not belong to a simple stacking relation; the belt can be wound but will have different flexibility and different foldability. The existing database cannot read the folding particularity of the products, so that the problem of simple overlapping of spaces in which the products are regarded as non-foldable in the model is solved. The foldability is related to the stiffness of the product itself, the number of folds, for example, a rope may be folded into a small bunch, a soft belt may be folded several times and then wrapped, but a slightly stiff belt may not be wrapped. Depending on the nature of the foldability, this can be achieved by folding the packing factor. Namely, the volume after packaging is recorded during the first packaging, the packaging coefficient data is recorded, and the data is used continuously as the bottom table of the packaging database.

As an embodiment of the present invention, the method may further include a process of reviewing the material basic information, for example, the following steps may be included: displaying a message for prompting to recheck basic material information through a human-computer interface, wherein the basic material information comprises one or more of material description information, material weight and material size; and receiving a confirmation instruction of the user on the material basic information through the human-computer interface, or receiving updated or supplemented material basic information input by the user through the human-computer interface.

As an embodiment of the present invention, the method may further include a process of validity checking the adaptation box type of the selected place, for example, the following steps may be included: after calculating a box type matched with the material, carrying out box type validity check on the matched box type, wherein the box type validity check comprises the step of confirming whether the matched box type exists in a system box type list or not; when the box type validity check is successful, displaying the adapted box type; when the box type validity check fails, a message prompting that the box type is invalid is displayed via the human-machine interface, for example, an "invalid box type" is displayed on the display. Here, the system box list may be, for example, a list of boxes stored in a site where a maintenance packing worker is present.

As an embodiment of the present invention, the method may further include a process of displaying and rechecking the weight after packaging, for example, the following steps may be included: obtaining a packaged weight by a weighing device (e.g., an electronic scale); displaying the packaged weight and a message for prompting to recheck the packaged weight through a human-computer interface; and receiving a manually entered confirmation instruction of the post-package weight (e.g., a knock-in enter determination) via the human-machine interface, or receiving a manually entered reviewed post-package weight via the human-machine interface.

Optionally, after the packing of the staff is completed, a recheck may be performed, for example, when the staff clicks a "packing completion" button on the display, validity checks are performed on the material identifier, the description information and the selected box (model, length, width, etc.) in the packing details, and if the information is missing, "please select the packing details" is displayed to prompt the staff to supplement or modify the related information.

Optionally, the staff may review any information displayed on the human-machine interface, including information brought by the order identifier, the material identifier, or information obtained by system calculation, to perform operation data acquisition and verification and operation data field acquisition. The data can be transmitted back to the database, so that the data can be called for the second time in the follow-up process.

As an embodiment of the present invention, the method may further include: when the materials in the order are single piece packages, the material identifiers, the package types and the selected adaptation box types are stored in a package specification database in an associated mode.

In the above embodiment, optionally, the following steps may be further included: in response to the acquisition of the order identifier of the subsequent order, when the materials in the subsequent order are determined to be single-piece packages, inquiring whether the material identifier in the subsequent order exists in a package specification database; if so, acquiring an adaptation box type associated with the material identifier in a packaging specification database; if not, a step of calculating an adaptation box is performed.

As an embodiment of the present invention, the packaging treatment method may further include the steps of: storing the size data of the special-shaped piece of the material aiming at the special-shaped piece of the material; counting the size data of the irregularly-shaped pieces which are centrally distributed in the order obtained in a specific time period; according to the size data of the profile distributed in a centralized way, the customized box type of the profile is determined and stored in a packaging specification database in association with the material identifier of the material of the profile.

As an embodiment of the present invention, the order database, the material database and the package specification database may be provided in the same database. For example, SKU dimension information and operation specification information are pre-stored in a bottom database of a Warehouse Management System (WMS), and order information is a bottom database that receives upstream enterprise resource planning System (erp) level order information and streams into the WMS System.

Referring to FIG. 2, a database field diagram is shown, according to an embodiment of the present invention. As an example of a database field, as shown in FIG. 2, a database field (or database requirement field) may include, for example, a primary data weight, a primary data volume, a SKU field, a box option, a prepackage, a filler, an overwrap reinforcement, and the like. The master data weight and the master data volume may be specific values. As shown in fig. 2, the database field may be divided into numerical intervals for the main data weight and the main data volume, and the numerical intervals are convenient for selecting a suitable packing manner for the material, for example, when the weight of the material is in a specific interval, the material is packed in a carton, and when the weight of the material is in another specific interval, the material is packed in a holding-up manner. The SKU field corresponds to a material attribute such as friable, deformable, high cargo value, chemical, and the like. The box options correspond to box-type base data, which may include, for example, cartons, paper cartridges, blister packs, wooden boxes, and the like. The filling may include bubble bags, pearl wool, waste cartons, and the like. The pre-packaging method may include information on what kind of filler is used and the pre-packaging method.

In another aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide a material package handling apparatus. Referring to fig. 3, a schematic block diagram of a material package handling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown. As shown in fig. 3, the material package handling apparatus comprises modules 301-306.

The order identifier acquisition module 301 may be configured to acquire an order identifier.

The order detail obtaining module 302 may be configured to obtain order basic information, a packaging type and a material identifier of a material included in the order from an order database according to the order identifier, wherein the order basic information includes one or more of material description information, customer information and logistics information.

The material information obtaining module 303 may be configured to obtain material information from a material database according to a material identifier, where the material information includes a material weight, a material size, and a material attribute.

The packaging type determination module 304 may be configured to determine whether the material in the order is a raw box packaging or a single piece packaging based on the packaging type.

The original box packaging processing module 305 may be configured to, upon determining that the material in the order is an original box packaging, obtain packaging specification information associated with the material from a packaging specification database based on the material identifier; displaying, via a human machine interface, order base information, information indicating that the order is original box packaging, and packaging specification information.

The single-piece packaging processing module 306 may be configured to calculate a box shape adapted to the material according to packaging specification information and box type base data stored in a packaging specification database in advance based on one or more of a material weight, a material size, a material attribute, and logistics information when it is determined that the material in the order is a single-piece package, wherein the box type base data includes one or more of a number of box layers, a box type size, a box type load bearing, a box type edge pressure strength, a number of box type stacked layers, and a box type burst strength; and displaying, via the human machine interface, the order base information, information indicating that the order is an individual package, the selected fit box, and the package specification information.

It should be noted that, functions implemented by each module in the material packaging processing apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present invention correspond to each step in the material packaging processing method described above one to one, and for specific embodiments, examples and beneficial effects of the functions, the examples and the beneficial effects of the functions, the descriptions of the above embodiment of the material packaging processing method are referred to, and details are not repeated here.

In yet another aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide a storage medium storing computer readable instructions which, when executed by a processor, perform a material packaging processing method as described in any of the above embodiments.

The intelligent box recommendation algorithm provided by the embodiment of the invention can reduce manual judgment, effectively improve the packaging efficiency by reading the SKU basic attribute and the product characteristic of the packaging database, and avoid type selection errors caused by overhigh or overlow full box rate of boxes.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention starts from a business scene and information circulation, combines the characteristics of MRO industry packaging, considers the characteristics of incoming packages, the customer customization requirements of customer orders and the product attributes, reads the packaging database information, calls an algorithm module, outputs box type selection and packing specifications, and displays the box type selection and packing specifications to operators through a visual bulletin board, thereby establishing an intelligent, complete and visual intelligent packaging process. Through the intelligent box cutting billboard, the non-production cost of the MRO packaging link can be reduced, the packaging damage and the consumable cost are reduced, the operation cost is reduced, and the customer satisfaction is improved.

The technical scheme for packaging and processing the materials, which is provided by the embodiment of the invention, has the following service values: (1) In the aspect of cost, based on the conceptual scheme design analysis of the cost of the carton consumables, the carton cost can be saved by 15% -20% after the intelligent boxing scheme is used. (2) In the aspect of manual efficiency, in the prior art, a packing group staff is taken as an analysis object, the box selecting time, the box cutting time of the special-shaped piece, the box dividing system input time and the like of the packing staff are observed on site, the box cutting time of the special-shaped piece is quantified, the time of manual judgment when the existing staff select the box and the time waste caused by box re-selection and rework account for about 5 percent of the quantified 'paper cutting box' time; compared with the prior art, the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention can improve the human efficiency by 8-12 percent. (3) In the aspect of customer service experience, in the prior art, manual judgment exists in the operation specification, package damage and liquid leakage are caused by overlarge full-box rate, and the standard problem of in-warehouse package accounts for about 20% of the customer receiving experience problem; compared with the prior art, the embodiment of the invention effectively reduces the complaints caused by the operation standards through the visual display of an intelligent packaging mode.

The technical scheme for packaging and processing the materials provided by the embodiment of the invention has the following technical values: (1) The visual billboard reduces the reading of staff to the standard specification, reduces the experience operation of the staff, realizes the visualization of the uniform standard packaging specification of MRO, and the staff can directly read the boxing recommendation, the packaging specification and the boxing sequence of the system page to confirm the boxing rules. (2) In the prior art, most MRO enterprises do not realize effective protection of packages in the packaging process, sound can be generated during shaking, damage can be easily generated during long-distance transportation, and waste of consumables can be generated during over-packaging; compared with the prior art, the implementation mode of the invention can reduce the non-production cost of the MRO industry and improve the operation efficiency of the MRO industry.

The foregoing description of the embodiments of the invention has been presented for purposes of illustration and description, and is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes may be made and equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof without departing from the scope of the invention. In addition, many modifications may be made to adapt a particular situation or material to the teachings of the invention without departing from the essential scope thereof. Therefore, it is intended that the invention not be limited to the particular embodiment disclosed as the best mode contemplated for carrying out this invention, but that the invention will include all embodiments falling within the scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. A method of material packaging handling, the method comprising the steps of:

acquiring an order identifier;

acquiring order basic information, a packaging type and a material identifier of a material in an order from an order database according to the order identifier, wherein the order basic information comprises one or more of material description information, customer information and logistics information;

acquiring material information from a material database according to the material identifier, wherein the material information comprises material weight, material size and material attribute;

determining whether the materials in the order are original box packages or single piece packages according to the package types;

upon determining that the material in the order is original box packaging,

obtaining packaging specification information associated with the material from a packaging specification database according to the material identifier;

displaying the order basic information, information indicating that the order is original box packaging and the packaging specification information via a human-computer interface;

upon determining that the material in the order is a single package,

calculating a box shape adapted to the material according to pre-stored packaging specification information and box shape basic data in the packaging specification database based on one or more of the material weight, the material size, the material attribute and the logistics information, wherein the box shape basic data comprises one or more of a box shape layer number, a box shape size, a box shape bearing, a box shape side pressure strength, a box shape stacking layer number and a box shape burst strength;

displaying, via the human machine interface, the order base information, information indicating that the order is an individual package, the selected fit box type, and the package specification information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein calculating a box shape fit to the material based on one or more of the weight of the material, the size of the material, the properties of the material, and the logistics information from pre-stored packaging specification information and box type base data in the packaging specification database comprises:

acquiring filler information and/or pre-packaging mode information from the pre-stored packaging specification information based on the material attributes;

calculating the weight packing coefficient and the size packing coefficient of the material according to the filler information and/or the pre-packing mode information;

calculating the weight to be packaged according to the weight of the materials and the weight packaging coefficient obtained by calculation;

calculating the size to be packaged according to the material size and the size packaging coefficient obtained by calculation;

and calculating a box shape matched with the material according to the weight to be packaged, the size to be packaged and the material attribute, the packaging specification information and the box type basic data.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein calculating a box shape fit to the material based on one or more of the weight of the material, the size of the material, the properties of the material, and the logistics information from pre-stored packaging specification information and box type base data in the packaging specification database comprises:

based on the material attribute, acquiring filler information and/or pre-packaging mode information from the pre-stored packaging specification information;

calculating the weight packing coefficient and the size packing coefficient of the material according to the filler information and/or the pre-packing mode information and the transportation distance information in the logistics information;

4. The method of claim 1, wherein calculating a box shape fit to the material based on one or more of the weight of the material, the size of the material, the properties of the material, and the logistics information from pre-stored packaging specification information and box base data in the packaging specification database comprises:

when the material attribute comprises foldability, calculating a size to be packaged according to the material size and a folded packaging coefficient associated with the material in the packaging specification information;

and calculating a box shape matched with the material according to the weight of the material, the size to be packaged and the property of the material and according to the packaging specification information and the box type basic data.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the package code information includes one or more of a full rate requirement, overwrap reinforcement information, special marking information, filler information, prepackaged material information, prepackaging mode information.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining an order identifier comprises:

acquiring an order identification code, wherein the order identification code is acquired through manual input on a man-machine interface or through scanning an order tracking number on a container associated with an order;

carrying out order identification code validity check on the order identification code, wherein the order identification code validity check comprises the step of checking that an order corresponding to the order identification code exists in a shipping order and the state of the order is a picking completion state;

when the validity of the order identification code is successfully verified, taking the order identification code as an acquired order identifier;

and when the validity check of the order identification code fails, displaying information for prompting that the order identification code is invalid on the human-computer interface.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a message prompting to review material basis information via the human-computer interface, the material basis information including one or more of the material description information, the material weight, and the material size; and

receiving a confirmation instruction of the user on the material basic information through the human-computer interface, or receiving updated or supplemented material basic information input by the user through the human-computer interface.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

after calculating a box type matched with the material, carrying out box type validity check on the matched box type, wherein the box type validity check comprises confirming whether the matched box type exists in a system box type list or not;

when the box type validity check is successful, displaying the adapted box type;

and when the box type validity check fails, displaying a message for prompting the invalidity of the box type through the human-computer interface.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining the packaged weight through a weighing device;

displaying the packaged weight and a message prompting to recheck the packaged weight via the human-computer interface; and

receiving a manually entered confirmation instruction of the post-package weight via the human machine interface, or receiving a manually entered re-checked post-package weight via the human machine interface.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when the material in the order is a single package,

storing the material identifier, the package type, and the selected fit box type in association in the package specification database.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

in response to acquiring an order identifier of a subsequent order, when the materials in the subsequent order are determined to be single-piece packages, querying the package specification database whether the materials identifiers in the subsequent order exist;

if yes, acquiring an adaptation box type associated with the material identifier in the packaging specification database;

if not, a step of calculating an adaptation box is performed.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the size data of the special-shaped piece of the material aiming at the special-shaped piece of the material;

counting the size data of the irregularly-shaped pieces which are centrally distributed in the order acquired in a specific time period;

according to the size data of the profile distributed in a centralized way, a customized box of the profile is determined and stored in the packaging specification database in association with the material identifier of the material of the profile.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the order database, the materials database, and the package specifications database are provided in the same database.

14. A material package handling apparatus comprising:

an order identifier acquisition module configured to acquire an order identifier;

the order detail acquisition module is configured to acquire order basic information, a packaging type and a material identifier of a material included in an order from an order database according to the order identifier, wherein the order basic information includes one or more of material description information, customer information and logistics information;

the material information acquisition module is configured to acquire material information from a material database according to the material identifier, wherein the material information comprises material weight, material size and material attribute;

the packaging type determining module is configured to determine whether the materials in the order are original box packaging or single piece packaging according to the packaging type;

the original box packaging processing module is configured to acquire packaging specification information associated with the material from a packaging specification database according to the material identifier when the material in the order is determined to be an original box package; displaying the order basic information, information indicating that the order is original box packaging and the packaging specification information via a human-computer interface;

the single-piece packaging processing module is configured to calculate a box shape adapted to the material according to packaging specification information and box type basic data stored in the packaging specification database in advance based on one or more of the weight of the material, the size of the material, the material attribute and the logistics information when the material in the order is determined to be single-piece packaging, wherein the box type basic data comprises one or more of the number of box layers, the size of the box type, box type bearing, box type edge pressure strength, the number of box type stacking layers and box type burst strength; and displaying, via the human machine interface, the order base information, information indicating that the order is an individual package, the selected fit box type, and the package specification information.

15. A storage medium storing computer readable instructions which, when executed by a processor, perform the method of any one of claims 1-13.