JPH0826424A - Product picking instruction display method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To perform the travel of a truck smoothly when picking work is done irrespective of a degree of worker's skill' so as to shorten the time required for picking work. CONSTITUTION:Product data and data on shelf number and quantity of products are taken out from a work data table for picking 7 stored in a memory of a display 4 in advance in accordance with a display program 8 stored in the memory to display them in a display section 5. Data of shelf number is inputted to store a route guidance program 9 which outputs data for route guidance which gives instructions of destination of travel of a picking truck 3 within a commodity distribution warehouse in a memory. Shelf layout, a position of destination of travel of the picking truck 3 and route guidance are displayed in the display section 5 by the display program 8 based on the route guidance program 9.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a picking instruction display method for a product, which gives a picking instruction to an operator by a display such as a display terminal display plate mounted on a picking cart.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a shelf 1 as shown in FIG. 3 is arranged in a distribution warehouse where picking carts are used for picking, and a picking cart 3 used by a picking operator 2 for carrying goods is placed therein. There is. A shelf number is assigned to the shelf 1 in advance for each shelf position, and various products are stored at each shelf position. For example, by arranging the shelf position of part a in FIG. 3 as the shelf position for storing the preliminary product A, the shelf number 2-1-4 (second row, first column, fourth tier) It will be understood that the product A is stored at the shelf position.
As described above, in the distribution warehouse, each product to be picked is stored for each shelf position whose location is managed (shelf position is managed) by the shelf number, etc. Which product is stored at which shelf position? In most cases, it is a system that can be understood immediately by the shelf number.

In such a physical distribution warehouse, an operator who picks the products stored on the shelf 1 whose location is managed is mounted on the shelf 1 with the picking cart 3 as shown in FIG.
While moving along, the picked product is taken out from the shelf position where the required amount of the product is stored, and the taken out product is transferred to the box placed on the cart 3. When the picking up of the product is completed, the worker moves the cart to the shelf position where the next product to be picked is stored, picks the product from the shelf 1, and
Move to the box on the trolley 3. The worker repeats such work by moving the carriage 3.

Conventionally, at the time of performing this picking work, an operator can perform the picking work by displaying a product name, a shelf number, and a quantity on a display terminal or a display board mounted on the carriage 3 as shown in FIG. Notifying. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a conventional method. In this conventional method, product data, shelf numbers, quantities, etc. necessary for preliminary picking are input and stored in the display terminal 4, and stored according to the display program 8 stored in the memory of the display terminal 4. The data is taken out from the picking work data table 7 and displayed.

[0005]

In the above-mentioned conventional example, only the order receipt, the product name, the shelf number, and the quantity are displayed, and the picking product is stored only by notifying the operator of the picking instruction. In order to move the trolley to the existing shelf position, the worker himself / herself changes the shelf position in the distribution warehouse.
It is necessary to familiarize yourself with it, and when an unskilled person does the work, after thinking about the shelf position for picking for a certain period of time before moving the trolley, you can start moving the trolley or pick the trolley. To move to the shelf position where
Since it takes a long distance and the dolly cannot be moved smoothly, it takes a long time to move the dolly, and further, there is a problem in that it has an influence on the time until shipment.

[0006]

According to the present invention, since the unskilled person is not familiar with the inside of the distribution warehouse for the truck picking work, the time required for moving the truck is longer than that for the skilled person. The problem is solved, and during the picking work, the variation in the work time required for moving the trolley, which occurs due to the degree of familiarity with the location situation in the distribution warehouse for each individual worker, is made uniform, and skilled and unskilled workers are It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for displaying a picking instruction for a product, which enables smooth movement of the carriage regardless of the time and further shortens the work time required for the movement of the carriage. That is, the method of the present invention is such that the picking work data table 7 previously stored in the memory of the display 4 is used in accordance with the display program 8 stored in the memory, product data, shelf numbers,
A route guidance program 9 is stored in the memory, in which the quantity and the like are taken out and displayed on the display unit 5 and the data of the shelf number is inputted and the route guidance data for instructing the movement destination of the picking cart 3 in the distribution warehouse is outputted. The display program 8 displays the shelf layout, the position of the picking cart 3 to be moved, and the route guidance based on the route guidance program 9.

[0007]

[Operation] Product data on the display 5 of the display 4,
The shelf number, quantity, etc. are displayed by the display program 8, and based on the route guidance program 9, the display program 8 displays the shelf layout, the position of the picking cart 3 to be moved, and the route guidance. According to this route guidance, the picking cart 3 can be quickly moved to the destination of the desired shelf number.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing the constitution of one embodiment of the method of the present invention, and FIGS. 2 (A) and 2 (B) are views showing examples of display by a display unit in the present invention. In this embodiment, the data of the shelf number is input, the data for instructing the destination of the cart 3 in the distribution warehouse is calculated based on the data, and the data for the route guidance on the display unit 5 is output. The program 9 is newly added to the display program 8 shown in FIG. 6, and based on the route guidance program 9, the display program 8 displays the shelf layout, the position to which the picking cart 3 has moved and the route guidance 6 on the display unit 5. Is the way.

The route guidance data is displayed by the display program 8
Is data indicating the position of the movement destination of the trolley 3 on the display unit 5 in correspondence with the display of the shelf layout projected in the preliminary distribution warehouse. The display unit 5 displays the product data, the shelf number, the quantity, etc. Is displayed by the display program 8, and an arrow indicating the shelf layout, the position of the picking cart 3 to be moved, and the route guidance 6 is displayed by the display program 8 based on the route guidance data. The picking cart 3 can be quickly moved to the destination of the desired shelf number according to the arrow indicating the route guidance 6.

For example, as shown in FIG. 2A, the display unit 5
In, product: △△ juice, shelf number: 2-3-1, Quantity:
50 is displayed, and the shelf layout and the position of the picking cart 3 to be moved (the shelf in which the ΔΔ juice is stored at the shelf number 2-3-1) J and the arrow indicating the route guidance 6 are displayed. The trolley 3 is moved to the destination according to the arrow, and the destination product (ΔΔ juice) is picked.

After the ΔΔ juice picking is completed, the display screen is switched to, for example, the one shown in FIG. That is, the product:
XX gum, shelf number: 4-4-2, quantity: 10 are displayed, and the shelf layout and the position J of the picking cart 3 are moved to the destination position (shelf number 4-4-2 stores XX gum. An existing shelf) G and an arrow indicating the route guidance 6 are displayed.
The trolley 3 is moved to the destination according to this arrow, and the product (OO gum) at the destination is picked. Hereinafter, the display surface is changed each time the product is picked, and the product is picked according to the display surface.

[0012]

As described above, according to the present invention, by carrying out the method of the present invention, the trolley can be smoothly moved during the picking work regardless of the skill level of the operator.
The picking work time can be shortened.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a method of the present invention.

FIGS. 2A and 2B are diagrams showing display examples on a display unit according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing location management of shelves in a distribution warehouse.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a plane arrangement of shelves and movement of a trolley in a distribution warehouse.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example by a display unit of a display mounted on the picking cart.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of an example of a conventional method.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Shelf 2 Picking operator 3 Picking cart 4 Display (display terminal) 5 Display section 6 Forward guidance 7 Work data table for picking 8 Display program 9 Forward guidance program

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A product data, shelf number, quantity, etc. are retrieved from a work data table for picking stored in advance in a memory of a display in accordance with a display program stored in the memory and displayed on a display unit. A route guidance program for inputting data and outputting route guidance data for instructing the destination of the picking cart in the distribution warehouse is stored in the memory, and a shelf layout is displayed on the display unit by the display program based on the route guidance program. And a picking instruction display method for a product, characterized by displaying a destination position and a route guidance of the picking cart.