Classifications

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Definitions

• the invention relates to a picking method for picking at least one order item in or on a target loading aid.
• Goods of different goods types are stored in a first storage area with the aid of the first loading aids, which each hold a large number of goods and are each designed differently to form a hanging bag.
• a transfer request for relocating several transfer goods of one product type from the first storage area to a second storage area when the stock of this goods type is low in the second storage area is generated.
• the transfer goods are reloaded from a first loading aid into at least one second loading aid, which is designed as a hanging bag or includes one, and the at least one second loading aid is transported into the second storage area.
• a picking order for picking the at least one order item is received, and the at least one order item required for this picking order is determined.
• the at least one order item is removed from the second storage area and loaded into or onto the target loading aid.
• the invention relates to a storage and picking system for picking at least one order goods in or on a target loading aid, which comprises a first storage area for storing goods of different types with the aid of first loading aids, in each of which a large number of goods can be accommodated and each are designed differently to a hanging bag.
• the storage and commissioning system has a second storage area for storing the goods of different goods types with the aid of second loading aids, each of which is designed as a hanging bag or comprises one, and a storage computer for generating a transfer request for relocating several transfer goods of one goods type from the first storage area to the second storage area with low stock of goods of this type in the second storage area.
• the storage and picking system includes a first conveyor technology for outsourcing the first loading aids with the transfer goods from the first storage area based on the transfer request and a second conveyor technology for Storage of the hanging bags with the transfer goods in the second storage area based on the transfer request and for delivery of at least one order item.
• the storage and order-picking system has a reloading station to which the first conveyor technology and the second conveyor technology are coupled, and which enables the transfer of the goods to be transferred from a first loading aid into a hanging bag provided there on the basis of the transfer request.
• the storage and order picking system comprises an order computer for recording an order for picking at least one order item and for determining the order goods required for this order picking order.
• the storage and picking system includes a picking station to which the second conveyor technology is coupled and which enables the at least one order item to be reloaded from a hanging bag into or onto a destination loading aid provided there on the basis of the order picking order.
• An object of the invention is therefore to provide an improved picking method and an improved storage and picking system.
• the control complexity in the storage and order-picking system, excessive loading of the first conveyor technology in the first storage area as well as blockages and quasi-stoppages in the first storage area should be avoided.
• the object of the invention is achieved with a picking method of the type mentioned in the introduction, in which the transfer request is generated and executed without reference to a picking order.
• the first loading aid is advantageously conveyed with the transfer goods on the basis of the transfer request from the first storage area to a transfer station and is made available at a first transfer and delivery position of the transfer station.
• the transfer goods are then reloaded into at least one hanging bag which is provided at a second reloading and delivery position of the reloading station.
• the steps of the specified method can run automatically or automatically. In particular, all steps of the specified method can run automatically or automatically.
• the object of the invention is also achieved with a storage and picking system of the type mentioned at the outset, in which the storage computer is designed to generate and execute the transfer request without reference to a picking order.
• the warehouse computer and the order computer can operate independently of one another in terms of control technology, or the transfer processes and the picking processes can run independently of one another in terms of control technology. By decoupling these processes, the control engineering effort in the storage and commissioning system can be advantageously reduced.
• independent in terms of control technology does not mean “unaffected”, since the generation of a transfer request is influenced by the inventory of the goods in the second storage area. This means that the generation of a transfer request is also indirectly influenced by the picking processes, which in turn affect the inventory of the goods in the second storage area.
• not every picking order leads directly and directly to a transfer request. This relieves the first conveyor technology in the first storage area, and blockages and quasi-stoppages in the first storage area are avoided. Therefore, (new) goods can be stored in the first storage area in parallel or quasi-parallel with the transfer processes.
• the first loading aid is constructed differently from the second loading aid.
• the first loading aids provided for the first storage area can be used well for the longer-term location. tion of goods are used, whereas the second loading aids (hanging bag) provided in the second storage area can be used for the rather short-term storage of goods.
• the order picking process can also be carried out efficiently and quickly.
• the first loading aid is completely or partially unloaded when a transfer request is executed (and is completely or partially unloaded after the execution of a transfer request), depending on whether a parameter which is assigned to a goods type is reaches a threshold (or exceeds or falls below).
• a first loading aid is completely or partially unloaded during the execution of a transfer does not depend on whether the first loading aid happens to store as many goods as were requested by the transfer request or more goods than with the Transfer request were requested, but whether the said threshold is reached or not. Accordingly, any recovery of a remaining quantity of goods remaining in the first loading aid back to the first storage area also does not depend on whether the first loading aid is due to store as many goods as were requested by the transfer request or more goods than by the transfer request were requested. Rather, the complete unloading of the first loading aid and any associated storage of a remaining amount of goods remaining in the first loading aid takes place back to the first storage area in a deterministic manner. The processes that take place between the first storage area and the second storage area are therefore easier to plan and predict than is the case in the prior art.
• a probability P for a complete discharge of the first loading aid (or a group of first loading aids, for example a group which is involved in a transfer request) satisfies the condition
• the above conditions describe a targeted and not randomly dependent, complete discharge of the first loading aid.
• the parameter k indicates the degree of targeted and not randomly dependent, complete discharge of the first loading aid.
• nui Mi indicates the number of first loading aids used for the storage of the range of goods and nw aren the number of goods stored in or on these first loading aids.
• parameter k specifies the degree of the targeted and not randomly dependent, complete discharge of the first loading aid.
• a probability P for a complete discharge of the first loading aid of the condition is sufficient, where nui Mivoi is the number of the first loading aids completely discharged (in a period t), n LHMi the number of the first loading aids (in this period t) involved in a transfer request and nw aren the number of those in or on these , (in this period t) indicates goods which are involved in a transfer request and store first loading aids.
• the transshipment point ie to the transshipment station
• goods can be delivered and taken over in a "warehouse and picking system", for example at a goods receipt, and then repacked if necessary and stored in a warehouse.
• the goods can also be commissioned according to an order, that is, removed from the warehouse, put together to form an order and made available at the goods issue for transport.
• the goods are not changed substantially between incoming and outgoing goods, in contrast to a manufacturing process.
• a slight change in Lorm is possible, especially with non-rigid bodies such as bags or sacks, but also with other flexible packaging, such as cardboard or plastic.
• a “product”, “transfer product, or an“ order product ” is understood to mean, in particular, an individually manageable object or an individually manageable group of objects.
• a "product”, an "order sw are” and a “transfer product” can be one and the same object at different times.
• a “goods type” indicates the type of goods.
• the product type can in particular also include items of clothing.
• the product type can be "shirt, white, size 42" or “jeans, size 34/34" or "sock, black, size 43".
• An “available range of goods” corresponds to the totality of the types of goods stored in the first storage area.
• a "transfer request” or “transfer request” is a request or instruction to transfer several transfer goods of one product type from the first storage area to the second storage area. Such a transfer or relocation request is generated when the goods of this type of goods have low stock in the second storage area. In particular, there is a small stock of goods of this goods type in the second storage area if the number of goods of this goods type stored in the second storage area falls below a threshold value.
• a "warehouse computer” monitors the stock of the goods in the second storage area and generates a transfer or relocation request if the stock of a certain type of goods in the second storage area is low.
• “relocating” means delivering a transfer product from the first storage area and storing this transfer product in the second storage area.
• a “staging time for the transfer of goods to be transferred from the first storage area” is a measure of the time period from the request to remove goods to be transferred from the first storage area to the point in time at which the transfer goods in question are actually made available at the transfer station. passes.
• An “order for picking order goods” (abbreviated to "picking order”) specifies the goods requested by a customer, at least in terms of number and type of goods.
• a picking order can have several order lines, each of which contains the number and the type of goods of a product requested by the customer.
• An "order computer” is used to record an order and to execute it.
• the order computer is connected in terms of control technology to elements of the storage and picking system, in particular to the first and / or second conveyor technology of the storage and picking system.
• the warehouse computer and the order computer can also be designed as a common warehouse and order computer.
• the warehouse computer can be designed as a warehouse control module and the order computer can be designed as an order control module.
• the warehouse control module and / or order control module can in particular be part of software that runs in a common warehouse and order computer, for example a subroutine.
• picking means the compilation of orders for a picking order, in the narrower sense the loading of a target loading aid with the order goods.
• “Slow-moving goods” are goods / order goods with a low turnover rate or order goods that are statistically less frequent in orders
• “Fast-moving goods” are goods / order goods with a high turnover rate or order goods that statistically often occur in orders (picking orders).
• “Item-only” means that the goods or order goods stored in or on a loading aid have the same type of goods.
• one loading aid contains the goods / order goods "A” and another loading aid contains the goods / order goods “B” etc.
• the loading aids can be divided into several compartments by partitions and accommodate different types of goods, whereby in the first compartment a product / Ordered goods "A” and in the second receiving compartment a product / order goods "B” can be picked up.
• the goods in a storage area or in a loading aid “mixed” or “not article-only” goods or order goods, however, have different types of goods.
• a “storage location” is an area in the storage and picking system where goods can be stored.
• a “storage area” is an area in the storage and commissioning system that has a large number of storage spaces for storing the goods.
• the storage area can be designed as a stationary or mobile storage rack that provides a large number of storage spaces next to and above one another.
• the storage area is an area on the floor of the storage and order-picking system which is provided or reserved for the storage and storage of a product. Walking and walking areas are therefore not storage areas, but can be connected to them.
• the "first storage area” is used to store the first loading aids.
• the first storage area can be formed by shelves and / or by other storage spaces for the first loading aids, in particular by storage spaces on the floor.
• automatically operated conveyor vehicles can be provided in the first storage area.
• a possible embodiment of such a first storage area with storage spaces and first conveyor technology is known for example from WO 2016/033628 A1.
• the “second storage area” is used to store the hanging bags. In particular, only hanging bags are stored there and no first loading aids.
• the second storage area can be formed by suspension tracks for the hanging bags.
• a “goods transfer area” is to be understood as the area in which order goods are removed from the storage and order picking system, in particular a goods issue.
• a "goods receiving area” is to be understood as the area in which goods are supplied to the warehouse and order-picking system, in particular a goods receipt.
• delivered goods carriers e.g. pallets, boxes, etc.
• This process is also called “depalletizing”.
• a “target loading aid” is used to hold the order goods during the order-picking process and can be designed in particular as a container, box, tray, pallet, bag (in particular a “poly bag”), bag, sack, hanging bag, hanging rack or shelf.
• the target loading aid can in particular act as a "shipping loading aid” and serve to remove order goods from the storage and picking system.
• the destination loading aid can also function as an “intermediate loading aid”, in or on which order goods that have been picked and intended for shipping are temporarily stored before being reloaded into or onto a shipping loading aid.
• a first loading aid is used to transport goods and / or transfer goods to, in and from the first storage area.
• a first loading aid is designed differently from a hanging bag (and possibly different from a hanging carrier) and in particular has one or more of the following properties:
• a first loading aid is stored standing or lying in the first storage area and transported standing or lying on the first conveyor system. In principle, however, it would also be conceivable for a container-shaped loading aid to be transported hanging on an edge on container walls.
• a first loading aid has a width, depth and height in the operating position, the following condition being fulfilled:
• a first loading aid is designed as a container, box, tray, pallet or shelf.
• a first loading aid has a rigid floor and / or rigid walls with a modulus of elasticity> 100 MPa.
• a transport surface on which the first loading aid has contact with the first storage area or with the first conveyor technology is arranged in the operating position of the first loading aid under its receiving level or loading level.
• a first loading aid can be designed without a hook and is then hookless or hook-free.
• first loading aids not all first loading aids have to have the same properties, but first loading aids can also be designed differently.
• the first loading aids can also have several receiving areas / compartments.
• the second loading aid (the hanging bag) can in particular have one or more of the following properties:
• a hanging bag is stored hanging in the second storage area and transported hanging on the second conveyor system.
• a hanging bag has a width, depth and height in a suspended state (operating position), the following condition being fulfilled:
• a hanging bag has a bottom and / or walls made of flexible material, preferably from a textile (textile fabric) or a foil (plastic film).
• a support surface on which the hanging bag has contact with the second storage area or with the second conveyor technology has a hook shape or a bow shape.
• a support surface, on which the hanging bag is in contact with the second storage area or with the second conveyor technology, is roll-shaped and connected to a hook or bracket of the hanging bag.
• a support surface on which the hanging bag is in contact with the second storage area or with the second conveyor technology is arranged above the filling level in the operating position of the hanging bag.
• a hanging bag comprises a front wall, a rear wall, a floor, a storage space delimited by the front wall, the rear wall and the floor and a loading opening formed on the hanging bag on a first side and delimited by the front wall, the rear wall and the floor and / or final loading opening.
• the hanging cal can also have a side wall stop on a second side, against which the goods or the order goods of the second order line can be placed.
• the front wall, the rear wall and the bottom can be formed in one piece, for example by a fabric or fabric web that is mounted on a hanging web / hanging rod at its upper end and forms a loop in the bottom region.
• the front wall and the rear wall are only a small distance apart, so that the loading opening and end loading opening have a small area and the storage space of the hanging bag has a small volume.
• their upper ends are also only slightly spaced from one another, and the loop formed by the fabric or fabric sheet is narrow.
• the goods or the order goods of the second order line can thus be stored and transported in a narrow space in the closed position.
• the front wall and the rear wall are at a large distance from one another, as a result of which the loading opening and final loading opening have a large area and the storage space of the hanging bag has a large volume.
• the hanging bag In the case of a fabric or fabric sheet, their upper ends are also at a large distance from one another, and the loop formed by the fabric or fabric sheet is wide. In the open position, the hanging bag can be easily loaded and unloaded.
• a hanging bag is for example in the German utility model
• hanging bags can also have multiple storage areas / storage compartments.
• "hanging carriers" for hanging goods eg hangers
• These hanging carriers do not necessarily have a hanging bag, but can be arranged on the outside or inside of the hanging bag.
• Such combined, second loading aids which have both a hanging bag and means for hanging a coat hanger or the clothes hanger itself, can be used particularly universally. Different second loading aids can therefore be stored in the second storage area and on the second conveyor technology are transported, in particular both hanging bags and hanging carriers for hanging goods (e.g. hangers).
• the "operating position" of a first or second loading aid is characterized in that goods can be stored therein and transported using the conveyor technology.
• the "first conveyor technology” is used to transport the first loading equipment.
• the “second conveyor technology” is used to transport the second loading aids (hanging bags).
• the “third conveyor technology” is used to transport the target loading aids.
• first conveyor technology and / or “second conveyor technology” and / or “third conveyor technology” can comprise or consist of a “stationary conveyor technology” and / or “autonomous conveyor vehicles”.
• Fixed conveyor technology requires permanently installed facilities for goods transport. For example, a lifter needs a frame on which a lifting platform is moved. In contrast, the lifting platform alone is not functional.
• Fixed conveyor technology is characterized in particular by the fact that it cannot be removed from the warehouse and picking system without loosening the fasteners. Fixed conveyor technology means in particular special roller conveyors, belt conveyors, chain conveyors and the like.
• An autonomous industrial truck can be removed from the warehouse and picking system without loosening the fasteners.
• “Automatically operated conveyor vehicles” are to be understood within the scope of the invention as self-driving or driverless conveyor vehicles for the transport of goods, which run along predetermined tracks or which are guided freely, that is to say without a fixed track guidance.
• Fixed lane guidance can be specified on the floor of the driving surface, for example with the aid of optical color strips, with magnetic strips, with marking tags or even with rails.
• An automated conveyor vehicle in particular has a transport platform on which the goods / orders to be transported are temporarily received. Instead of the transport platform or in addition to this, the automatically operated conveyor vehicle can also have a (telescopic) hanging rod or hanging track for receiving hanging bags and, if necessary, hanging carriers.
• the transport platform / hanging bar can be fixedly attached to the conveyor vehicle, but the transport platform / hanging bar can also be movable vertically and / or laterally relative to a chassis of the conveyor vehicle, for example in order to be able to store goods / orders in a storage rack and to be able to remove them from the storage rack , Wheels are arranged on the chassis, at least one of which is driven.
• an automatically operated conveyor vehicle also includes an electronic controller for receiving commands from a higher-level controller and for controlling / regulating the movements of the automatically operated conveyor vehicle.
• a “storage and retrieval unit” is an automated conveyor vehicle that runs on rails and can be designed as a single-level storage and retrieval unit (also called a “shuttle") or as a multi-level storage and retrieval unit.
• Storage and retrieval machines require elements of stationary conveyor technology (namely the rails) for their operation. For this reason, shelf operating devices are included in the context of the invention of the stationary conveyor technology.
• An “autonomous industrial truck” is a rail-bound, automatically operated conveyor vehicle. At least one of the wheels can be steered, provided that the autonomous conveyor vehicle does not have wheels with which a sideways movement can also be carried out (e.g. Mecanum wheels).
• An autonomous industrial truck also includes sensors for detecting the surroundings of the industrial truck and for orientation in space.
• a “picking station” is a station or an area or place at which the order goods can be loaded into or onto a target loading aid.
• the picking station can have a picking control for controlling the picking process of the order goods. It would also be conceivable that the picking process is alternatively or additionally controlled by the order computer.
• a “reloading station” is a station or an area or place at which transfer goods can be reloaded from a first loading aid into a hanging bag.
• the reloading station can have a reload control for controlling the reloading process of the transfer goods. It would also be conceivable that the reloading process is alternatively or additionally controlled by the warehouse computer.
• An "unloading station” is a station or an area or place at which the delivered goods are loaded into or onto a first loading aid. The goods can be delivered in bulk or stored in or on delivery loading aids. For controlling the unloading process of the goods the unloading station has an unloading control.
• An unloading station, a reloading station and an order-picking station can each be designed for automatic, manual or mixed automatic / manual operation, wherein manual operation can in particular be computer-aided.
• the named stations can comprise various functional units, for example a robot, a tilting device for tilting a first loading aid at an Andien position (for reasons of ergonomics, for example), an unloading device for unloading a hanging bag and / or a device for opening and / or closing one Hanging bag in an Andean position.
• a functional unit can be an output unit (e.g. a display or a voice output unit), an input unit (e.g. a keyboard, a touch display or a voice input unit) and / or a detection unit (e.g. a scanner). Any combination of the functional units mentioned is of course possible.
• the robot and / or the tilting device can be instructed to carry out a specific movement sequence.
• a worker can be instructed with the help of the output unit to carry out a specific process.
• the worker can submit a feedback via the input unit and / or the registration unit.
• the above process is therefore carried out manually with computer assistance.
• the functional units mentioned can be controlled by a controller of the respective station, that is to say by the discharge control of the discharge station, the transfer control of the transfer station or the picking control of the picking station. It would also be conceivable that the function units mentioned are alternatively or additionally controlled by the warehouse computer and / or order computer.
• a robot In “automatic” mode, a robot, for example, automatically executes specified motion sequences.
• automated operation a facility can work in whole or in part without human participation.
• Automatic operation can therefore be more automatic and / or be manually computer-aided operation.
• machine computer-aided operation a worker receives instructions from a controller and, if necessary, provides feedback to the controller.
• mixed manual / automatic operation parts of an operation are carried out automatically (eg by a robot), other parts by an operator (eg manually computer-aided).
• a “Andia position” is generally a position at which a first loading aid, a wallet, or a target loading aid is offered or made available. At this position, loading and / or unloading of the loading device in question is possible.
• the andia position can be formed by a holding position for a first loading aid or a delivery of goods carriers on a first conveying technique, by a holding position for a hanging bag on a second conveying technique or by a holding position for a target loading aid on a third conveying technique.
• a “picking andia position” is therefore an andia position that is located at a picking station or is part of the picking station.
• a “reloading andia position” is accordingly an andia position which is arranged at a transhipment station or is part of the same.
• An “unloading andien position” is therefore an andien position which is arranged at a unloading station or is part of the same.
• a “mobile shelf” is a movable shelf that is not fixed to a specific location.
• a mobile shelf can in particular include wheels for easier transportation.
• a “monorail” is a monorail on which hanging bags can be hung and / or transported.
• a “storage monorail” is therefore a monorail on which hanging bags can be hung and which is particularly located in the second storage area.
• a “transport monorail” is a monorail that can be used to transport hanging bags.
• a “mobile storage monorail” is a moveable monorail that is not fixed at a specific location.
• a mobile storage monorail can be constructed in particular similar to a mobile shelf and also have wheels for easy transport. If the support surface on which the hanging bag has contact with the hanging track is hook-shaped or bow-shaped, the hook or bracket of the hanging bag slides during transportation over the hanging track. Is the support surface on which the hanging see contact with the monorail, has a roll shape, then the roll of the monorail rolls over the monorail during transport. The same applies to hangers.
• a “sorting device” is a device with which goods, in particular order goods, can be placed in a predetermined or predeterminable sequence.
• a determination of partial or complete unloading for a majority of product types of the product range is maintained for a predetermined period of time or for a predetermined number of transfer requests which occur in succession and relate to these product types. Accordingly, once a decision has been made, it is retained longer, which increases the likelihood of the first loading aid being fully discharged. The longer the decision in question is retained, the higher is the probability of complete discharge.
• the time span can be e.g. 10 minutes, the number e.g. 10 successive transfer requests relating to these product types.
• the specified determination can be made by the storage computer or the transfer station.
• a determination of partial or complete discharge for a product type is maintained for a predetermined period of time or for a predetermined number of transfer requests which occur in succession and relate to these product types.
• a decision made once is retained for a longer time, which also increases the likelihood of the first loading aid being completely discharged.
• the decision is based on a certain product type and not on a majority of product types in the product range. The longer the decision in question is maintained, the higher the probability of complete discharge.
• the time span can also be, for example, 10 minutes, the number, for example, 10 occurring in succession and these types of goods relate to the transfer requirements.
• the specified determination can in turn be carried out by the storage computer or the transfer station.
• a definition of partial or complete discharge applies to all the first loading aids that are required for the execution of a transfer request. If a transfer request affects several first loading aids, all but one will be completely unloaded. With regard to the remaining, last first loading equipment, the above definition applies. This means that the remaining, last first loading aid is completely or partially discharged when the transfer request is carried out, depending on whether a parameter which is assigned to a product type reaches a threshold value (or exceeds or falls below).
• the above rule can also be defined as follows: order-picking process, in which a commitment to complete unloading applies to all the first loading aids that are necessary for the execution of a transfer request, and a stipulation to partial unloading for one of the first loading aids applies that are necessary for the execution of a transfer request.
• order-picking process in which a commitment to complete unloading applies to all the first loading aids that are necessary for the execution of a transfer request, and a stipulation to partial unloading for one of the first loading aids applies that are necessary for the execution of a transfer request.
• the complete unloading of the first loading aid and any associated storage of the remaining amount of goods remaining in or on a first loading aid takes place back into the first storage area again in a deterministic manner and not in a random manner.
• the specified determination can in turn be carried out by the storage computer or the transfer station.
• the parameter assigned to a goods type is included in the group: turnover rate of the goods type, turnover rate of the goods type in the second storage area, number of transfer goods to be reloaded of the goods type.
• the “turnover frequency of a product type” indicates how many goods of the product type in question are requested by a customer in a certain period of time and then delivered.
• the goods are often categorized into "fast movers” and “slow movers”. Fast-moving items are therefore goods with a high turnover rate, slow-moving items are goods with a low turnover rate.
• the “number of transfer goods to be reloaded” indicates how many goods of a certain goods type are transferred from the first storage area to the second storage area during a transfer.
• the parameter assigned to a goods type is a turnover rate (in the second storage area) of a goods type
• the threshold value is a turnover frequency threshold value, which ment divided into a proportion of product types with a high turnover rate and a proportion of goods types with a low turnover frequency, and
• the first loading aid is (always) completely discharged when a transfer request is carried out, if the product type in question belongs to that part of the available product range with a high turnover rate that lies above a turnover frequency threshold.
• the number of reloading processes at the reloading station for transfer goods with a high turnover rate is kept relatively low, since either the requested number of transfer goods is reloaded from the first loading aid into the hanging bag or a higher number .
• the second storage area is not overburdened with slow-moving goods that are rarely requested by a customer.
• i) is only completely unloaded when a target number of transfer goods to be reloaded is greater than or equal to the number of goods in the first loading aid
• ii) is partially unloaded when a target number of transfer goods to be reloaded is less than the number of goods in the first loading aid
• the first loading aid is not always fully discharged when a transfer request is carried out, if the relevant goods type in cases i) and ii) belongs to that portion of the available goods range with a low turnover rate that is below the turnover rate threshold (slow-moving).
• the first loading device can also be completely unloaded in this case if a target number of transfer goods to be reloaded (randomly) is greater than the number of goods in the first loading device or equal to the number of goods in the first loading device. It is also advantageous if the number or target number of transfer goods to be transferred is determined on the basis of one or more parameters from the group: turnover rate of this type of goods, number of goods of this type of goods in the second storage area.
• the number or target number of transfer goods to be transferred is higher for goods with a high turnover rate (fast-moving items) than for goods with a low turnover rate (slow-moving items).
• a high turnover rate measured in terms of the number of transfer goods
• a few transhipment operations take place at the transfer station
• goods with a low turnover rate measured in terms of the number of transfer goods
• many transfer operations take place at the transfer station.
• the number or target number of transfer goods to be transferred can be determined on the basis of the number of goods of this type in the second storage area.
• the number or target number of transfer goods to be transferred is high if the inventory of the relevant goods type (ie the number of goods of the relevant goods type) in the second storage area is low.
• the number or target number of goods to be transferred is low if the stock level of the relevant goods type in the second storage area is high.
• the number or target number of transfer goods to be transferred is determined by the warehouse computer.
• the parameter assigned to a goods type is a target number of transfer goods of a goods type which is to be transferred from the first storage area to the second storage area,
• the threshold value is a relocation threshold value, from which a first loading aid loaded with goods of the said goods type is completely unloaded,
• a target number of transfer goods of the relevant goods type to be reloaded is determined
• the actual number of transfer goods actually reloaded corresponds to the target number if the target number is less than or equal to the relocation threshold value, and the actual number of transfer goods actually reloaded corresponds to the total number of goods in the first loading aid if the target - Number is above said relocation threshold and (in the storage and order-picking system) there is at least one stock transfer threshold SWumiager related or convertible to the number of goods, for which the following applies:
• a first loading aid is completely unloaded when the target number (randomly) is close to the number of goods stored in the first loading aid. Accordingly, a small and unsolicited additional quantity of transfer goods is taken over into the second storage area instead of putting them back into the first storage area. This prevents the first conveyor technology from being excessively loaded with the return of the first loading aids to the first storage area.
• the above-mentioned regulation can be complied with by the requesting or the executing system, that is, by corresponding specification of the warehouse computer or by checking the specification at the transfer station. If the regulation is implemented by the reloading station, the warehouse computer does not need to have any information about the number of goods stored in the first loading aid. On the other hand, if the storage computer has information about the number of goods stored in the first loading equipment, the above-mentioned writing can in principle also be carried out by the storage computer itself, which relieves the reloading station in terms of control technology.
• the stock transfer threshold can be specified directly as the number of goods, but the stock transfer threshold could also be specified as a percentage.
• the percentage relocation threshold value is multiplied by the respective number of goods stored in the first loading equipment in order to obtain an absolute value for the relocation threshold value.
• a percentage relocation threshold is accordingly an example of a relocation threshold that can be converted to the number of goods.
• the target number is determined on the basis of one parameter or several parameters from the group: turnover rate of this type of goods, number of goods of this type of goods in the second storage area.
• the number or target number of transfer goods to be transferred is higher for goods with a high turnover rate (fast-moving items) than for goods with a low turnover rate (slow-moving items).
• a high turnover rate measured in terms of the number of transfer goods
• a few transhipment operations take place at the transfer station
• goods with a low turnover rate measured in terms of the number of transfer goods
• many transfer operations take place at the transfer station.
• the number or target number of transfer goods to be relocated can be determined on the basis of the number of goods of this type of goods in the second storage area.
• the number or target number of transfer goods to be transferred is high if the inventory of the relevant product type (ie the number of products of the relevant product type) in the second storage area is low.
• the number or target number of transfer goods to be relocated is low if the stock of the relevant goods type in the second storage area is high.
• the number or target number of transfer goods to be transferred is determined by the warehouse computer.
• the relocation threshold value is determined on the basis of one parameter or several parameters from the group: turnover rate of the goods type, total capacity in the second storage area, remaining capacity in the second storage area, availability time when transfer goods are removed from the first storage area. In this way, the operations during the transfer of the transfer goods from the first to the second storage area can be optimized.
• the relocation threshold for a first remaining capacity in the second storage area is lower than for a smaller, second residual capacity in the second storage area and / or the relocation threshold is lower for a first staging time when a transfer product is removed from the first storage area than for a shorter, second staging time when a transfer item is removed from the first storage area.
• the stock transfer threshold is reduced when the turnover rate of the goods type increases and / or
• the relocation threshold is reduced when the remaining capacity in the second storage area increases and / or
• the relocation threshold value is reduced if the availability time increases when transfer goods are transferred from the first storage area
• a transfer request for relocating several transfer goods of a goods type from a first loading aid into at least one hanging bag is created if the number of goods of this goods type in the second storage area falls below an inventory threshold.
• This procedure can ensure that a certain minimum number of goods of a certain type of goods is always in stock in the second storage area.
• the stock threshold is advantageously set so that an average order picking process can be carried out without a transfer request for goods of this goods type being necessary if the stock of goods of this goods type is above the stock threshold value at the start of the picking process. In other words, the picking process can be carried out without goods of this type having to be reloaded into the second storage area.
• the content of the first loading aid is divided into several hanging bags when a transfer request is carried out.
• the order-picking process can also be carried out when the capacity (receiving volume) of the hanging pockets is small compared to the version (receiving volume) of the first loading aids.
• the entire unloading process for A first loading aid can also relate to several transfer requests that are separated from one another in time.
• an intermediate loading aid acts as an intermediate loading aid and the at least one order item is transferred from the hanging bag into or onto the intermediate loading aid and then into or onto a shipping loading aid.
• the use of an intermediate loading aid can facilitate the order-picking process, in particular if many shipping loading aids of different types are loaded with order goods.
• the picking process at the picking station that is to say loading the intermediate loading aid with order goods, can be standardized and simplified.
• the first loading aid is selected from the group: container, tray or carton, the loading aid comprising a floor with a receiving space on its upper side, on which a large number of goods or transfer goods can be placed, and one Has transport surface on its lower side, through which the first loading aid can be transported on a first conveyor, and includes side walls rising from the floor.
• the first loading aid can in particular accommodate several goods or transfer goods.
• the first loading aid is designed as a mobile shelf which, in superimposed storage levels, comprises shelves, each with at least one receiving space, on which at least one item or transfer item can be placed.
• the first loading aid which is designed as a mobile shelf, can include shelves in stacked storage levels, each with at least one receiving space, on which at least one transfer item, preferably a plurality of transfer items, can be placed. In this way, a large number of transfer goods can be transported at once. The number of trips required for a transfer request can thus be kept low.
• the storage and order-picking system has a sorting device which is arranged in the course of the second conveyor technology and is designed to bring order goods in a predeterminable sequence. In this way, the commissioning process can be simplified.
• sorting can take place in one or more stages.
• the sorting device can be designed, for example, as a matrix sorter.
• sorting can also be carried out by appropriately removing the order goods from the second storage area, for example with the aid of an automatically operated conveyor truck. stuff (for example with the help of a storage and retrieval machine or with the help of an autonomous hall conveyor vehicle).
• first conveyor technology and / or second conveyor technology comprises a stationary conveyor technology and / or autonomous industrial trucks or is constructed therefrom. This allows the goods and / or transfer goods and / or order goods to be transported in a flexible manner.
• the first storage area includes storage racks
• Storage spaces are provided on the storage shelves and
• the first conveyor technology comprises an automatically operated conveyor vehicle which enables the transfer of the first loading aid with the transfer goods.
• a first conveyor section for depositing the first loading aid with a product in the first storage area
• a second conveyor section for outsourcing a first loading aid with a transfer product from the first storage area
• the automatically operated conveyor vehicle also enables the first loading aid to be stored in a storage space by means of the goods.
• a common conveyor section can also be provided, which is operated bidirectionally.
• a load suspension device for storing a first loading aid with a product in a storage space and / or for delivering the first loading aid with the transfer goods from a storage space and
• the goods can be automatically stored or transferred goods can be automatically removed.
• the shelves are designed as mobile shelves which act as first loading aids, and
• the automated truck is designed as an autonomous truck and the mobile shelves can be transported by the autonomous truck. In this way, a large number of transfer goods can be transported at once. The number of trips required for a picking order can thus be kept low.
• the second storage area includes storage monorails and
• the second conveyor technology includes transport monorails which are connected to the storage monorails in terms of conveyor technology and which enable the storage of the hanging bag with the transfer goods in the second storage area and / or the removal of the hanging bag with the order goods from the second storage area and / or
• the second conveyor technology comprises an automatically operated conveyor vehicle, which enables the storage of the hanging bag with the transfer goods in the second storage area and / or the removal of the hanging bag with the order goods from the second storage area.
• the proposed measures allow the transfer goods to be stored automatically or the order goods to be stored automatically.
• fixed conveyor technology is provided, in case II) non-stationary conveyor technology.
• a load suspension device for storing the hanging bag with the transfer goods into the storage monorail and / or for delivering the hanging bag with the order goods from the storage monorail and
• the transfer goods can be automatically stored in the second storage area or the order goods can be automatically removed from the second storage area.
• the storage monorails are designed to be mobile or transportable, and the automatically operated conveyor vehicle in case II) is designed as an autonomous industrial truck and a mobile storage monorail can be transported by the autonomous industrial vehicle.
• a mobile or transportable storage monorail is formed in particular by a hanging bar that can be manipulated by the autonomous industrial truck.
• the autonomous industrial truck is designed both for the transport of the mobile shelves and for the transport of the mobile storage monorails.
• the first and second conveyor technology are (at least partially) identical, and the autonomous industrial trucks can thus be used in a particularly flexible manner.
• a merging point between the stationary conveyor technology and the autonomous industrial trucks can in particular be formed by a location of the stationary conveyor technology (e.g. roller conveyor for first loading aids or hanging conveyor for hanging bags), from which the first loading aids or bags can be loaded onto autonomous industrial trucks of the type mentioned above that can transport both first and hanging bags.
• Figure 1 shows an embodiment of a schematically illustrated storage and commissioning system with a first and second storage area.
• FIG. 2 shows an exemplary (mobile) shelf in an oblique view
• Fig. 3 shows an exemplary mobile warehouse monorail in oblique view
• Fig. 4 is an exemplary and schematically shown autonomous industrial truck.
• FIG. 1 shows an exemplary storage and commissioning system 1 in a schematic plan view.
• the storage and picking system 1 has a building 2, as well as a gate at the first goods receiving area 3 and a gate at the second goods transfer area 4.
• first sections 5a, 5a 'and 5a "of a first conveyor technology In the area of the goods receiving area 3 there are three first sections 5a, 5a 'and 5a "of a first conveyor technology.
• the first section 5a of the first conveyor technology connects the goods receiving area 3 to a first robot 6a.
• 5a at the end of the first section a first discharge andien position 7 is arranged in the first conveyor system.
• the other first sections 5a ', 5a "of the first conveyor technology connect the first robot 6a to the first storage area 8.
• a second unloading andien position 9 is arranged in this example at the beginning of the first section 5a' of the first conveyor technology and the beginning of the first section 5a "of the first conveyor technology a third unloading andie position 10.
• the first storage area 8 comprises a plurality of storage shelves 11 and shelf loading dienuze l2a and l2b, which move ver between the storage racks 11 shelf aisles.
• the first robot 6a, the first unloading andia position 7, the second unloading andia position 9 and the third unloading andia position 10 in particular form an automatically operated unloading station 13.
• An unloading station (not shown) is also conceivable, although it is the first unloading -Andienposition 7, the second unloading-Andienposition 9 and the third unloading-Andienposition 10 includes, but no first robot 6a.
• the first robot 6a is then replaced by one person.
• the unloading can therefore be carried out automatically and / or manually (in particular with the aid of a computer).
• a second section 5b of the first conveyor technology is arranged, which leads to a second robot 6b.
• a first transfer andia position 14 is arranged in this example.
• the first section 15a of a second conveyor technology is also arranged, which connects the second robot 6b in terms of conveyor technology to a second storage area 16 with a plurality of monorail tracks 17.
• a second transfer andie position 18 is arranged in this example.
• the second robot 6b, the first reloading andien position 14 and the second reloading andien position 18 in particular form an automatically operated reloading station 19.
• a reloading station (not shown) is also conceivable which comprises the first reloading andien position 14 and the second reloading position Andia position 18, but no second robot 6b.
• the second robot 6b is then replaced by a person.
• the reloading can therefore be carried out automatically and / or manually (especially computer-aided).
• the second conveyor technology comprises a second section 15b, which connects the second storage area 16 to a third robot 6c.
• a first picking andien position 20 is arranged in this example.
• the first section l5a of the second conveyor system and the second section l5b of the second conveyor system are designed as transport monorails.
• the storage monorail 17 is not only designed for the storage of goods 2la..2ld, but can also be designed for the transport thereof.
• the storage and order-picking system 1 comprises a third conveyor technology 22, which connects the third robot 6c to the goods transfer area 4.
• a second order picking position 23 is arranged at the beginning of the third conveyor technology 22.
• the third robot 6c, the first order picking position 20 and the second order picking position 23 form, in particular, an automatically operated picking station 24.
• a picking station (not shown) is also conceivable which comprises the first picking order position 20 and the second picking position. Andia position 23, but no third robot 6c.
• the third robot 6c is then replaced by a person. Picking can therefore be carried out automatically and / or manually (in particular with the aid of a computer).
• an optional sorting device 25 can also be arranged in order to bring order goods 26a into a predeterminable sequence.
• Goods 2la..2ld are delivered to the goods receiving area 3 and loaded onto the first section 5a of the first conveyor system. On the first section 5a of the first conveyor technology, the goods 2la..2ld are transported to the unloading station 13 and served there, specifically at the first unloading and delivery position 7.
• the embodiment according to which the unloading station 13 comprises the first robot 6a is described below ,
• the goods 2la..2ld are reloaded by the first robot 6a from the first section 5a of the first conveyor system to the first section 5a 'or 5a "of the first conveyor system, specifically in or onto a first loading aid 27a, which is provided at the third unloading and delivery position 10
• the first loading aids 27a are stored in one of the storage racks 11 with the aid of the storage and retrieval machines l2a and l2b, the first loading aids 27a, 27b each accept a large number of goods 2la..2ld and are each designed differently from a hanging bag
• Loading aids 27a, 27b are formed as containers, trays or cartons 2.
• Goods 2la..2ld of different goods types are generally stored in the first storage area 8.
• the totality of the stored goods types corresponds to an available range of goods.
• the goods 2la..2ld can be delivered individually or in / on delivery goods carriers 28 (delivery containers, for example pallets, cardboard boxes with goods).
• delivery goods carriers 28 delivery containers, for example pallets, cardboard boxes with goods.
• the goods 2la..2ld can be separated, but this does not have to be the case.
• Reloading into or onto a first loading aid 27a is also not mandatory, but it would also be conceivable to store the delivery of goods carrier 28 directly in the first storage area 8.
• the delivery goods carrier 28 then takes the place of a first loading aid 27a, 27b.
• the goods 2le are stored in second loading aids 29a, 29b, which are each designed as a hanging bag in this example. If a picking order for picking order goods is received, the order goods 26a required for this picking order are determined. As a result, the named order goods 26a are removed from the second storage area 16 and loaded into or onto a target loading aid 30 on the basis of the picking order. Specifically, a hanging bag 29c with the order goods 26a is conveyed to the order picking station 24 and made available at the first order picking position 20.
• the picking station 24 comprises the third robot 6c is described below.
• the third robot 6c reloads the order goods 26a contained in the hanging bag 29c from the hanging bag 29c into the target loading aid 30, which is provided at the second picking and delivery position 23.
• the target loading aid 30 is conveyed via the third conveyor 22 to the goods transfer area 4 and loaded there for example into a truck.
• the target loading aid 30 functions as a shipping loading aid and thus serves to remove the order goods 26a from the storage and order-picking system 1. It would also be conceivable that the target loading aid 30 functions as an intermediate loading aid and, accordingly, the intermediate storage of picked and intended for shipping purposes Ordered goods 26a serve before they are reloaded into or onto shipping loading aids.
• the target loading aid 30 can be designed as a container, box, tray, pallet, bag (in particular a “polybag”), bag, sack, hanging bag or shelf.
• the order goods 26a can be brought into a predeterminable sequence, provided that such order cannot already be produced from the second storage area 16 when the order goods 26a are being outsourced.
• a transfer or relocation request for reloading a plurality of transfer goods 31 of the aforesaid goods type from a first loading aid 27a, 27b into at least one hanging bag 29a, for example from a storage computer 32.
• a first loading aid 27a, 27b with the required transfer wa Ren 31 outsourced from the first storage area 8 specifically with the help of one of the rack operators devices L2A, L2B.
• the loading aid 27a, 27b with the required transfer goods 31 is loaded onto the second section 5b of the first conveyor system and transported by the latter to the transfer station 19 and specifically provided at the first transfer and delivery position 14 (see the transfer goods 31 at the first transfer station). Andia position 14 in Fig. 1).
• the embodiment according to which the transfer station 19 comprises the second robot 6b is described below.
• the transfer goods 31 required in the second storage area 16 are removed from the first loading aid 27a, 27b by the second robot 6b and loaded into a hanging bag 29a provided at the second transfer location 18.
• the hanging bag 29a is transported via the first section 15a of the second conveyor technology into the second storage area 16 and stored there in one of the storage suspension tracks 17.
• the inventory threshold is set so that a picking process of average size can be carried out without a transfer request for goods 2la..2le of this product type being necessary if the stock of goods 2la..2le of this product type at the beginning of the Picking process is above the inventory threshold.
• the order-picking process can be carried out without goods 2la..2le of this type of goods having to be reloaded into the second storage area 16.
• the transfer request is generated and executed without reference to and independent of a picking order.
• the process for picking order goods into or onto a destination loading aid 30 thus runs parallel (and is independent of control technology) to the process for relocating the transfer goods 31 from the first storage area 8 to the second storage area 16.
• the two processes are influenced by loading of order goods of a certain type of goods leads to a low stock of goods 2la..2le this type of goods in the second storage area 16, which, as described above, causes a transfer request. If, on the other hand, there is a shortage of goods 2la..2le of a certain type of goods in the second storage area 11 due to a longer absence of relocation processes of the transfer goods 31 from the first storage area 8 to the second storage area 11, then a picking order may not be able to be carried out.
• the first loading aid 27a, 27b When executing the transfer request, the first loading aid 27a, 27b is partially or completely unloaded before (and is completely or partially unloaded after the execution of the transfer request), depending on whether a parameter which is assigned to a product type has one Threshold reached (or exceeded or fallen below).
• the parameter assigned to a goods type can be a turnover rate of a goods type (available in the second storage area 16) and the threshold value can be a turnover frequency threshold value which divides the range of goods into a share of goods types with a high turnover rate (fast-moving items) and a share of goods types with never their turnover rate (slow-moving) divided.
• the first loading aid 27a, 27b is (always) completely discharged when a transfer request is carried out if the goods type in question belongs to that portion of the available goods range with a high turnover frequency that is above a turnover frequency threshold (that is to say the fast-moving items) ,
• a transfer product 31 or the product type of the transfer product 31 belongs to that portion of the available product range with a low turnover rate (that is to say the slow rotator) that is below the turnover rate threshold value, then the first becomes Loading aids 27a, 27b when executing a transfer request
• the first loading aid 27a, 27b is therefore not always completely discharged when a transfer request is carried out, if the goods type in question in cases i) and ii) belongs to that portion of the available goods range with a low turnover rate which is below the turnover rate threshold (slow-moving items ).
• the first loading device 27a, 27b is only fully discharged if a target number of transfer goods 31 to be reloaded (at random) is greater than or equal to the number of goods 2la..2le / transfer goods 31 located in the first loading device 27a, 27b.
• the proposed measures advantageously achieve that the number of transfer operations at the transfer station 19 for transfer goods 31 with a high turnover rate (fast-moving items) is kept relatively low, since either the number of transfer goods 31 requested by the first loading aid 27a, 27b be transferred to the hanging bag 29a..29c or a higher number.
• the second warehouse area 16 is not excessively burdened with slow-moving order goods that are rarely requested by a customer.
• the number or target number of transfer goods 31 to be relocated can be determined on the basis of one parameter or several parameters from the group: turnover rate of this goods type, number of goods 2la..2le of this goods type in the second storage area 16.
• the number or target number of transfer goods 31 to be relocated is higher for goods 2la..2le with a high turnover rate (fast-moving items) than for goods 2la..2le with a low turnover rate (slow-moving items).
• the number of transfer goods 31 measured by the number of transfer goods 31, few reloading processes take place at the reloading station 19, whereas for goods ren 2la..2le with a low turnover rate based on the number of transfer goods 31 many reloading processes take place at the reloading station 19.
• the number or target number of transfer goods 31 to be transferred can be determined on the basis of the number of goods 2la..2le of this type of goods in the second storage area 16.
• the number or target number of transfer goods to be transferred 31 is high if the inventory of the relevant goods type (ie the number of goods 2la..2le of the relevant goods type) in the second storage area 16 is low.
• the number or target number of transfer goods 31 to be relocated is low if the stock level of the relevant goods type in the second storage area 16 is high.
• the number or target number of the transfer goods 31 to be relocated can be determined by the storage computer 32.
• the parameter assigned to a goods type can also be a target number of transfer goods 31 of a goods type which is to be transferred from the first storage area 8 to the second storage area 16 and the threshold value can be a relocation threshold value, from which a first one with Goods 2la..2le of said goods type loaded loading aid tel 27a, 27b is completely unloaded.
• a target number of transfer goods 31 of the relevant goods type to be reloaded is determined in particular by the storage computer 32.
• the actual number of transfer goods 31 actually reloaded corresponds to the target number if the target number is less than or equal to the relocation - Threshold value, and the actual number of transfer goods 31 actually reloaded corresponds to the total number of goods 2la..2le located in the first loading aid 27a, 27b if the target number is above the said relocation threshold value.
• nw aren indicates the number of goods 2la..2le stored in or on these first loading aids 27a, 27b.
• a first loading aid 27a, 27b is thus completely discharged when the target number (randomly) is close to the number of goods 2la..2le stored in the first loading aid 27a, 27b. Accordingly, a small and unsolicited additional quantity of transfer goods 31 is taken over into the second storage area 16 instead of storing them back into the first storage area 8. This prevents the second section 5b of the first conveyor technology from being excessively loaded with the restoring of first loading aids 27a, 27b in the first bearing region 8.
• the above-mentioned regulation can be complied with by the requesting or the executing system, that is to say by corresponding specification of the storage computer 32 or by checking the specification at the transfer station 19. If the regulation is carried out by the transfer station 19 (in particular by the second robot 6b ) implemented, the storage computer 32 need not have any information about how high the number of goods in the first loading aids 27a, 27b is 2la..2le. On the other hand, if the storage computer 32 has information about the number of goods 2la..2le stored in the first loading aids 27a, 27b, the above-mentioned regulation can in principle also be carried out by the storage computer 32 itself, thereby relieving the reloading station 19 in terms of control technology.
• the stock transfer threshold can be specified directly as the number of goods 2la..2le, but the stock transfer threshold could also be specified as a percentage.
• the percentage relocation threshold value is multiplied by the respective number of goods 2la..2le stored in the first loading aids 27a, 27b in order to obtain an absolute value for the relocation threshold value.
• a percentage stock transfer threshold is accordingly an example of a stock transfer threshold that can be converted to the number of goods.
• the number or target number of transfer goods 31 to be relocated can in turn be determined on the basis of one or more parameters from the group: turnover rate of this type of goods, number of goods 2la..2le of this type of goods in the second storage area 16.
• the number or target number of transfer goods 31 to be relocated is higher for goods 2la..2le with a high turnover rate (fast-moving items) than for goods 2la..2le with a low turnover rate (slow-moving items).
• the number or target number of transfer goods 31 to be transferred can be determined on the basis of the number of goods 2la..2le of this type of goods in the second storage area 16.
• the number or target number of transfer goods to be transferred 31 is high if the inventory of the relevant goods type (ie the number of goods 2la..2le of the relevant goods type) in the second storage area 16 is low.
• the number or target number of transfer goods 31 to be relocated is low if the stock level of the relevant goods type in the second storage area 16 is high.
• the number or target number of the transfer goods 31 to be relocated can be determined by the storage computer 32.
• the relocation threshold value is determined on the basis of one parameter or several parameters from the group: turnover rate of the goods type, total capacity in the second storage area 16, remaining capacity in the second storage area 16, preparation time when transfer goods 31 are removed from the first storage area 8. In this way, the processes during the transfer of the transfer goods 31 from the first storage area 8 to the second storage area 16 can be optimized.
• the relocation threshold is lower for a goods type with a first turnover rate than for a goods type with a lower, second turnover rate and / or the relocation threshold is lower for a second storage area 16 with a first total capacity than for a second storage area 16 with a smaller, second total capacity and / or
• the stock transfer threshold is reduced when the turnover rate of the goods type increases and / or
• the relocation threshold is reduced when the remaining capacity in the second storage area rises 16 and / or
• the relocation threshold value is reduced if the availability time increases when a transfer item 31 is removed from the first storage area 8,
• a first loading aid 27a, 27b discharges completely or partially when a transfer execution is carried out does not depend on whether the same number of goods 2la happens to be in the first loading aid 27a, 27b. 2le store as requested by the transfer request or more goods 2la..2le than were requested by the transfer request, but of whether the said threshold value is reached or not. Accordingly, any recovery of a remaining amount of goods 2la..2le remaining in the first loading aid 27a, 27b back into the first storage area 8 also does not depend on whether the same number of goods 2la..2le are accidentally stored in the first loading aid 27a, 27b as requested by the transfer request or more goods 2la..2le than requested by the transfer request.
• nui Mi indicates the number of loading aids 27a, 27b and nw aren used for storing the range of goods, and the number of goods 2la..2le stored in or on these first loading aids 27a, 27b. More generally, this means: nLHM 1
• a probability P for a complete discharge of the first loading aid 27a, 27b of the condition is sufficient where n LHMl completely the number of (in a period t) completely discharged first loading aids 27a, 27b, mmn the number of (in this period t) involved in a transfer request, first loading aids 27a, 27b and nw aren the number of in or on these, (in this period t) participating in a transfer request, first loading aids 27a, 27b indicating goods 2la..2le.
• a determination of partial or complete discharge for a majority of product types in the product range is maintained for a specified period of time or for a specified number of successive transfer requests that relate to these product types. Accordingly, a decision once made is retained longer, which also increases the likelihood of the first loading aid 27a, 27b being completely discharged. The longer the decision is maintained, the higher the probability of complete discharge.
• the time period can be, for example, 10 minutes, the number e.g. 10 successive transfer requests relating to these product types.
• a determination of partial or complete unloading for a product type is maintained for a predetermined period of time or for a predetermined number of successive transfer requests that relate to these product types.
• a decision once made is retained for a longer time, which also increases the likelihood of the first loading aid 27a, 27b being completely discharged.
• the decision is based on a certain product type and not on a majority of product types in the product range. The longer the decision is maintained, the higher the probability of complete discharge.
• the time span can also be 10 in this variant, for example Minutes, the number, for example, 10 occurring consecutively and these types of goods relate to the transfer requirements.
• first loading aids 27a, 27b that are required for the execution of a transfer request. If a transfer request affects several first loading aids 27a, 27b, then all but one are completely discharged. With regard to the remaining, last first loading aid 27a, 27b, the above definition applies. That is to say, the remaining, last first loading aid 27a, 27b is completely or partially discharged when the transfer request is carried out, depending on whether a parameter which is assigned to a goods type reaches or falls below or falls below a threshold value.
• the content of the first loading aid 27a, 27b is divided into several hanging pockets 29a..29c when a transfer request is carried out.
• the order-picking process can also be carried out when the capacity of the hanging pockets 29a..29c is small compared to the capacity of the first loading aids 27a, 27b.
• the entire unloading process for a first loading aid 27a, 27b can also relate to several transfer requests that are separated from one another in time.
• the storage computer 32 for generating a transfer or relocation request for relocating a plurality of transfer goods 31 of a goods type from the first storage area 8 to the second storage area 16 with a small inventory of the goods 2la are shown in FIG. 1. .2le this product type is provided in the second storage area 16, and the order computer 33 for recording an order for picking at least one order item 26a and for determining the order item 26a required for this order picking order.
• the storage computer 32 can control the storage and retrieval machines l2a, l2b, the second section 5b of the first conveyor technology and the automatically operated transfer station 19, in particular the second robot 6b, like the one with the two dotted arrows pointing from the area of the storage computer 32 show away in which Fig. 1 is symbolized.
• the job computer 33 can control the storage monorail 17, the second section l5b of the second conveyor technology l5b and the automated picking station 24, in particular the third robot 6c, as can the one with the two dotted arrows on the right, which point from the area of the job computer 33 point away, in which Fig. 1 is symbolized.
• the storage computer 32 and the order computer 33 can, as shown in FIG. 1 Darge, be integrated in a common storage and order computer 34.
• the warehouse computer 32 and the order computer 33 can be part of software that runs in the common warehouse and order computer 34.
• hanging bag 29b is shown in the actual position (namely hanging) in FIG. 1, whereas the hanging bags 29a and 29c are shown rotated in the image plane by the content of the hanging bags 29a and 29c, i.e. to be able to better depict the goods 2le and the order goods 26a.
• hanging bags 29a..29c in the examples shown, hanging carriers with hanging goods can also be stored and transported in the second storage area 16 and on the second conveyor technology 15a, 15b.
• the second storage area 16 comprises storage monorails 17 and the second conveyor technology l5a, l5b transport monorails, which are connected to the monorail conveyor 17 in terms of conveyor technology and the storage of the hanging pockets 29a..29c with the transfer goods 31 in the enable second storage area 16 and / or the delivery of the hanging bag 29a..29c with the order goods 26a from the second storage area 16.
• the second conveyor technology l5a, l5b comprises an automated conveyor vehicle l2a, l2b, which stores the hanging bag 29a..29c with the transferware 31 in the second storage area 16 and / or relocates the Hanging bag 29a..29c made possible with the order goods 26a from the second storage area 16.
• the automatically operated conveyor vehicle l2a, l2b can be designed as a rail-bound storage and retrieval unit, as is also the case in the first storage area 8.
• This storage and retrieval machine l2a, l2b can be moved in front of the storage bins along a shelf aisle and with a load suspension device for inserting the hanging bag 29a..29c with the transferware 31 into the storage overhead conveyor 17 and / or for delivering the hanging bag 29a..29c with the Ordered goods 26a from the storage monorail 17 may be provided.
• Fig. 1 three autonomous industrial trucks 35a..35c in the loading area of the storage and commissioning system 1 are also shown by way of example.
• an order 26b could be transported directly from the goods receiving area 3 to the goods transfer area 4 (and not removed from the first storage area 8 or the second storage area 16).
• this order item 26b therefore forms a so-called “cross-docking item”.
• order goods 26b can be provided for the intermediate trade or end seller ("retail”) and order goods 26a from the second storage area 16 for the end customer ("e-commerce").
• order goods 26c are transported directly from the first storage area 8 to the commissioning station 24 or to the goods transfer area 4, that is to say by the second Storage area 16 is bypassed, as is shown for example in FIG. 1 for the autonomous industrial truck 35b.
• the storage and picking system 1 also has different picking stations 24 which are tailored to the needs of the intermediate trade / end seller and the end customer and which are coupled to the second storage area 16 via the second conveyor technology 115b. Orders from the middleman / retailer are extensive and often contain many order goods 26a..26c of the same product type, whereas end customer orders are less extensive and contain a few order goods 26a..26c of the same product type.
• the autonomous industrial trucks 35a..35c to store goods 2la..2le in the first storage area 8 or to store transfer goods 31 in the second storage area 16 and / or to display transfer goods 31 the first storage area 8 or for delivering order goods 26a from the second storage area 16.
• the first storage area 8 and / or the second storage area 16 is then can be equipped with corresponding transfer stations (not shown), which transfer the first loading aids 27a, 27b into the first storage area 8, the transfer of hanging bags 29a..29c in the second storage area 16, the takeover of first loading aids 27a, 27b from the first storage area 8 or the takeover of hanging bags 29a..29c from the second storage area 16.
• first loading aids 27a, 27b can be outsourced from the first storage area 8 and provided at the first reloading and delivery position 14 and / or first loading aids 27a, 27b can be stored in the first storage area 8.
• the storage and retrieval machines l2a, l2b can then be omitted. If the hanging pockets 29a..29c can be stored in the second storage area 16 with the aid of the autonomous industrial truck 35a..35c, the first section 15a of the second conveyor technology can be omitted.
• FIG. 2 shows an example of a first loading aid 27c, which is formed as a mobile shelf.
• the mobile shelf 27c comprises, in superimposed storage levels, shelf shelves in each case at least one receiving space 36.
• a large number of goods 2la..2le or transfer goods 31 can be stored in the mobile shelf 27c.
• the mobile shelf 27c has feet 37. It can therefore be lifted and transported, for example with a fork of a forklift or an autonomous industrial truck (see FIG. 4).
• the shelf 27c it would also be conceivable for the shelf 27c to have rollers instead of the feet 37 in order to be able to transport it more easily. Finally, it would also be conceivable that the shelf shown in FIG. 2 is not used as a mobile shelf 27c, but rather as a stationary shelf in the first storage area 8.
• FIG. 3 moreover shows an exemplary arrangement with a base 38, feet 37 arranged thereon, side walls 39 projecting laterally on the base 38 and a bearing suspension track or suspension rod 40 arranged between the side walls.
• the arrangement shown can be lifted and transported, for example, with a fork of a forklift or an autonomous industrial truck (see FIG. 4).
• the storage monorail / hanging bar 40 is therefore designed to be mobile or transportable. It would also be conceivable that the arrangement has rollers instead of the feet 37 in order to be able to transport them more easily. Finally, it would also be conceivable that the arrangement shown in FIG. 3 is not mobile, but is installed in a stationary manner in the second storage area 16.
• Fig. 4 shows a schematically illustrated example of an autonomous industrial vehicle 35.
• the autonomous industrial vehicle 35 has a chassis 41 on which wheels 42, 43 are rotatably mounted. At least one of the wheels 42 is coupled to a drive 44 and at least one of the wheels 42 is steerable. According to the embodiment shown, both wheels 42 are coupled to the drive 44 and are driven by this, and both wheels 43 are steerable wheels.
• the industrial truck 35 can also comprise only three wheels 42, 43, of which the wheels 42 are driven and the wheel 43 is steerable.
• the autonomous industrial truck 35 comprises a transport platform 45 on which the goods to be transported 2la..2le, order goods 26a..26c, transfer goods 31, mobile shelves 27c or mobile storage monorails 40 can be temporarily accommodated.
• the transport platform 45 is relatively adjustable relative to the chassis 41.
• the autonomous industrial truck 35 can have a vertical guide 46 with the vertically movable transport platform 45 fastened to it, as shown in FIG. 4.
• the transport platform 45 can also be pushed laterally or to the front in order to be able to pick up or place goods 2la..2le, order goods 26a..26c, transfer goods 31 mobile shelves 27c or mobile storage monorails 40 more easily.
• the transport platform 45 could also be a fixed flat surface on the autonomous industrial vehicle 35.
• an autonomous industrial truck 35 also includes a driving control 47 for receiving commands from a higher-level controller 48 (which may be included in the storage computer 32 and order computer 33 for example) and for controlling the movements of the autonomous industrial truck 35 autonomous industrial truck 35 sensors 49a, 49b for detecting the surroundings of the autonomous industrial truck 35 and for orientation in space.
• the autonomous industrial truck 35 shown in FIG. 4 has steerable wheels 43. However, these can be omitted if the autonomous industrial truck 35 has wheels with which a sideways movement can also be carried out (for example Mecanum wheels).
• a suspension track / hanging rod 40 is provided in order to transport order goods 26a and / or to deliver order goods 26a from the second storage area 16 and to store transfer goods 31 in the second storage area 16.

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