| Optricity Corporation Patent applications |
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| 20150262118 | System and Methods for Automatic Reorganization of Pick Slot Assignments in a Warehouse - Systems and methods for automatic reorganization of pick slot assignments in a warehouse are described. Replenishments of products from storage slots to pick slots are used to perform product relocation to new pick slots for active items, along with traditional relocation moves for inactive items to establish open pick slots. By use of replenishments, the blocking of product relocations to new pick slots due to order picking activity is reduced or eliminated, enabling product relocation for improved slotting to be performed during normal warehouse operations. A dynamic slotting method is described where each item is assigned to a zone having a designated set of slots and each item is replenished to any new slot, as compared to an originally assigned slot, in the zone as stock is depleted by picking. Inactive items may be proactively relocated to temporary slots to reduce or eliminate the blocking of relocations of active items. | 09-17-2015 |
| 20130226649 | Methods for Assigning Items to Slots for Efficient Access of the Items for Storage and Delivery - Techniques are described for assigning an item to a slot in an item storage facility. A first sorting technique is applied according to a specified item ordering criteria to arrange a plurality of items in a prioritized list of items. A second sorting technique is applied according to a specified slot ordering criteria to arrange a plurality of slots in a prioritized list of slots. A value c | 08-29-2013 |
| 20090216364 | Systems and Methods for Efficiently Determining Item Slot Assignments - Techniques are described for assigning an item to a slot in an item storage facility, such as a warehouse or a distribution center. A plurality of scores are determined, each score associated with an item and slot pair, the slot chosen from a plurality of slots and each score representing a degree of conformity of the item to a desired sequence of item and slot pairs, wherein the degree of conformity is measured in a simulated pairing of the item with the slot chosen from the plurality of slots in a sequence of other item and slot pairs and a different slot is chosen from the plurality of slots for each simulated pairing with the item. The item is physically assigned to a best slot associated with a highest score among the plurality of scores. | 08-27-2009 |
