公开(公告)号：US09336509B1

公开(公告)日：2016-05-10

申请号：US14228122

申请日：2014-03-27

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Fnu Arun Singhal ,  Nathan Stanley Burkhart ,  Vikas Agarwal ,  Michael Ellsworth Bundy ,  Pavlo Korohod ,  Vidhi Vinodkumar Bhagdev ,  Steven Simons Armato ,  Ngochan Thi Nguyen ,  Maxim Kormilitsin ,  Paul Jeffrey Stroup ,  Kalyanaraman Prasad

IPC: G06F7/00 ,  G06Q10/08

CPC classification number: G06Q10/087

Abstract: Systems and methods may be provided for determining, assigning and directing containers for transshipment between facilities without using an item-level sortation process and moving containers from a receiving area of a facility to an outbound dock without placing the items into inventory. A facility may or may not have item-level sortation processing. Data indicating received items is received. A determination is made for which of the received containers are for transshipment from the materials handling facility based on multiple factors. Containers in receiving that are determined for transshipment may be directed from receive to outbound docks without placing the items into inventory and without using an item-level sortation process. Pallets may be transshipped without placing the items into inventory and without depalletization. A facility with sortation may switch from item-level sortation of transshipments to container-level crossdock transshipment when a sortation process of a processing line approaches or exceeds capacity.

Abstract translation: 可以提供系统和方法，用于确定，分配和指挥集装箱在设施之间转运，而不使用物品级分类处理，并将集装箱从设施的接收区域移动到出港码头，而不将物品放入库存。 设施可能会或可能没有项目级的分类处理。 接收到指示接收到的项目的数据。 确定哪些收货集装箱是根据多种因素从物料搬运设施转运的。 接收确定转运的集装箱可以从接收到出港码头，而不将物品放入库存，而不使用物品级的分拣过程。 托盘可以转运而不将物品放在库存中，不进行分配。 当处理线的分拣过程接近或超过容量时，分拣设施可以从物流层次的转运转为容器级交叉口转运。