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Method for allocating tasks to operator and device thereof

A technology for allocating tasks and operators, applied in the field of warehouse management, can solve the problems of difficult configuration parameters, reduced operation efficiency, difficult to use, etc., to achieve the effect of improving execution efficiency, meeting the requirements of task time, and rationally arranging

Active Publication Date: 2017-01-04
BEIJING JINGDONG SHANGKE INFORMATION TECH CO LTD +1
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[0007] In the first method, the priority of the task is a fixed value, and the urgency of the task will change over time, so the work efficiency will decrease; the second method overcomes the shortcomings of the first method, and the priority is dynamic according to time Change, but does not consider the problem of the operator's moving distance, which may cause the operator to move ineffectively and reduce the work efficiency; the third method is more complicated, "weighted comparison" means using the "urgency weight" of one task and the "urgency weight" of another task It is very difficult to configure parameters in WMS, and it is difficult to use in practice
Therefore, the three methods in the prior art all have the problem of low efficiency of task execution in the warehouse

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[0044] figure 1 It is a flowchart of the method for assigning tasks to operators provided in the first embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment is suitable for assigning reasonable tasks to operators according to the tasks in the warehouse. The method can be executed by WMS and specifically includes the following steps :

[0045] Step 110: Receive a task request initiated by an operator through a handheld terminal.

[0046] When the operator is not performing a task, he can initiate a task request through the equipped handheld terminal. After the handheld terminal receives the task request initiated by the operator, the task request is sent to the WMS, and the WMS can receive the operator A task request is initiated to assign tasks to the operator according to the task request.

[0047] Step 120: Calculate the priority of the tasks in the warehouse at the current time for the operator according to the tasks and deadlines in the warehouse and the current position of the o...

Embodiment 2

[0057] figure 2 It is a flowchart of the method for assigning tasks to operators provided in the second embodiment of the present invention, which specifically includes the following steps:

[0058] Step 210: Receive a task request initiated by an operator through a handheld terminal.

[0059] Step 220: Locate the current area of ​​the operator in the warehouse.

[0060] The warehouse is divided into at least two areas, and the area division of the warehouse is performed before receiving the task request initiated by the operator through the handheld terminal.

[0061] The operator can scan the barcode representing the area number through the handheld terminal and send the scan result to the WMS, so that the WMS can locate the operator’s current area in the warehouse; it can also take pictures of the operator and its location through the camera. Image recognition locates the operator's current area in the warehouse; other methods can also be used to locate the operator's current area...

Embodiment 3

[0074] Figure 4 It is a flowchart of the device for assigning tasks to operators provided in the third embodiment of the present invention, such as Figure 4 As shown, the device for assigning tasks to operators provided in this embodiment includes: a task request receiving module 410, a task priority calculation module 420, and a task scheduling module 430.

[0075] Wherein, the task request receiving module 410 is used to receive the task request initiated by the operator through the handheld terminal;

[0076] The task priority calculation module 420 is configured to calculate the priority of the tasks in the warehouse at the current time for the operator according to the tasks and deadlines in the warehouse and the current position of the operator in the warehouse;

[0077] The task scheduling module 430 is configured to allocate tasks to the operator according to the priority of the task.

[0078] Preferably, it also includes:

[0079] The login module is used for receiving and ...

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Abstract

The invention discloses a method for allocating tasks to an operator and a device thereof. The method comprises the steps that a task request initiated by the operator through a hand-held terminal is received; the priority of the tasks in the warehouse of the current time is calculated for the operator according to the tasks in the warehouse and the deadline and the current position of the operator in the warehouse; and the tasks are allocated to the operator according to the priority of the tasks. When the tasks are allocated to the operator, the deadline of the tasks and the position of the operator are comprehensively considered so that reasonable arrangement of the tasks in the warehouse can be realized, the execution efficiency of the tasks in the warehouse can be enhanced and the requirements of the client for the task time can also be met.

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Technical field [0001] The embodiment of the present invention relates to warehouse management technology, and in particular to a method and device for assigning tasks to operators. Background technique [0002] At present, distribution center-type warehouses have very high requirements for operation time and efficiency. They hope to meet the requirements of customers for timely delivery and require the lowest possible cost. Therefore, WMS (Warehouse Management System) needs to provide reasonable task priority algorithms for operations in the warehouse. [0003] In the prior art, there are mainly three methods for providing task priority to operations in the library: [0004] The first type: WMS simply assigns priority to tasks, such as replenishment tasks have priority over picking tasks; [0005] The second type: WMS takes the deadline of the task as the priority reference basis; [0006] The third type: WMS uses a weighted method to calculate the priority, scores the distance of th...

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IPC IPC(8): G06Q10/06G06Q50/28
Inventor 周吉鑫
Owner BEIJING JINGDONG SHANGKE INFORMATION TECH CO LTD
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