A Shipping Area Location Method and Device

Abstract

The present application provides a method and device for locating a shipping area. The method includes: Step S1, specifying the number of preset distribution routes managed by the person in charge of a station area under the warehouse; Step S2, allocating the shipping positions on the sorting side of the warehouse to form multiple groups corresponding to each person in charge of a station area; Step S3, obtaining the actual distribution routes reported by each person in charge of a station area and carrying the wiring completion time; Step S4, respectively sorting the actual distribution routes reported by each person in charge of a station area according to the wiring completion time, and arranging the actual distribution routes in sequence of time at the shipping positions in the group corresponding to the person in charge of the station area; Step S5, for those with the same number between the shipping position and the shipping area, associating the actual distribution routes corresponding to each shipping area within the shipping position. The present application is easy to arrange manpower to work in the same operation area, with high professionalism and efficiency. At the same time, it can reduce the sorting path and the difficulty of checking goods.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This application belongs to the technical field of fresh food distribution management, and particularly relates to a method and device for locating a shipping area. Background Art

[0002] In the field of commodity distribution, drivers deliver goods to each user. According to the requirements for the management scope of drivers, station area management units are usually established for distribution management. Each station area has several service areas under its jurisdiction, which are manually established by the system, and the subordination relationship between the service areas and the station areas is specified. Each service area is bound to a fixed distribution route, and a fixed driver vehicle is used for distribution. On this distribution route, the driver delivers goods to multiple users or merchants along the route.

[0003] According to the size of the station area, usually one person in charge (squad leader) manages one or more station areas. Their main responsibility is to arrange the order lines according to the user orders collected in each station area, so as to inform the warehouse to carry out commodity sorting and shipping. One warehouse corresponds to multiple station areas and multiple persons in charge. In the prior art, when different persons in charge arrange the order lines, they usually confirm the order lines according to the station area. For example, after a person in charge A collects the orders of each service area in the first station area, arranges the order lines for each service area, and after the arrangement is completed, notifies the warehouse management system to carry out goods sorting. The warehouse management system gives the shipping area (picking area) numbers 1-5, which respectively correspond to the 5 service area distribution routes in the first station area. Then the person in charge A arranges the orders of each service area in the second station area, and after the arrangement is completed, notifies the warehouse to carry out sorting. Since there is a time interval between reporting the order lines of the first station area and reporting the order lines of the second station area, during this period, the warehouse management system may receive the order lines reported by another person in charge B and allocate a shipping area for the order lines reported by B for operation, with the shipping area numbers 6-10. Only then will the shipping area numbers 11-15 be allocated for the order lines of the second station area reported by the person in charge A later. This will result in the inability to continuously confirm multiple station areas under the responsibility of one person in charge, resulting in discontinuous goods collection and arrangement, and thus, on the warehouse sorting side, it will also cause the shipping area positions corresponding to the persons in charge of each station area to be relatively chaotic.

[0004] On the warehouse sorting side, according to the commodity attributes, especially in the field of fresh food distribution, to ensure the quality of commodities (freshness / fragility / odor contamination, etc.), according to the SKU (stock keeping unit) of fresh food, the warehouse sorting operations are usually divided into multiple physical shipping areas. For example, in shipping area A, sorting operations for non-standard or pressure-sensitive commodities such as vegetables and fruits are carried out; in shipping area B, sorting operations for standard commodities such as rice, flour, cooking oil, and grains are carried out; in shipping area C, sorting operations for low-temperature storage commodities such as meat, poultry, and eggs are carried out. Then, multiple sorting operation points are divided in each shipping area. The warehouse management system arranges personnel to work at each sorting operation point according to the order sequence reported by the person in charge of each station area. After the commodities are packed and assembled, they are sent to each station area. In the prior art, since each order usually contains multiple commodities, covering commodities from multiple shipping areas, the operation efficiency on the warehouse sorting side is very low.

[0005] In addition, there are many production waves for fresh food. For example, night delivery refers to a wave that requires screening orders and dispatching vehicles in advance. Night delivery means that in order to stagger the departure time of vehicles and relieve the distribution pressure, the warehouse usually transports the sorted commodities to each station area around 2 o'clock, and each station area uniformly arranges drivers to deliver them to each user early in the morning. The orders of this type of wave are arranged according to the station area orders reported by each person in charge, and usually need to be marked to separate the shipment from other orders, resulting in a cumbersome sorting operation process in each service area and low personnel efficiency.

[0006] In summary, there are problems of low efficiency in station area line arrangement, warehouse sorting operations, and sorting operation management according to waves. Summary of the Invention

[0007] To solve at least one of the above technical problems, the present application provides a method and device for locating a shipping area, which locates the position of the shipping area corresponding to each distribution line according to the wave and the station area, and improves the distribution efficiency.

[0008] The first aspect of the present application provides a method for locating a shipping area, which is applied to the warehouse sorting management side. The warehouse has multiple shipping areas. The method for locating a shipping area includes:

[0009] Step S1: Specify the number of preset distribution lines managed by the person in charge of the station area under the jurisdiction of the warehouse. Each person in charge of the station area manages one or more station areas, each station area has multiple preset distribution lines, and each preset distribution line corresponds to a set order, which refers to the set of user orders on this distribution line;

[0010] Step S2: Allocate the shipping locations on the sorting side of the warehouse to form multiple groups corresponding to the person in charge of each station area. Each group has multiple shipping locations equal in number to the preset number of distribution routes managed by the person in charge of the corresponding station area. The shipping locations corresponding to the preset distribution routes managed by each person in charge of the station area are continuous in physical space. Among them, each shipping location corresponds to the shipping areas for multiple different classified goods to be routed, and each shipping location has at least two physically adjacent shipping areas with the same number as this shipping location;

[0011] Step S3: Obtain the actual distribution routes reported by the person in charge of each station area, along with the time of completing the wiring.

[0012] Step S4: Sort the actual distribution routes reported by each person in charge of the station area according to the time of completing the wiring, and arrange the actual distribution routes corresponding to each person in charge of the station area at the shipping locations in the corresponding group in the order of time. For the remaining actual distribution routes that exceed the number of shipping locations in the group and are ranked at the end, tailing is performed. The tailing means that after all the actual distribution routes of the person in charge of the station area are arranged at the shipping locations in the corresponding group of the person in charge of the station area, the remaining actual distribution routes are assigned to the vacant shipping locations not preoccupied by other groups;

[0013] Step S5: For the shipping locations with the same number as the shipping areas, associate the actual distribution routes with the corresponding shipping areas within the shipping locations.

[0014] Preferably, in step S1, the number of preset distribution routes managed by the person in charge of the station area under the given warehouse includes:

[0015] Step S11: Obtain the daily average value of the number of actual distribution routes reported by the person in charge of the station area within the set time period;

[0016] Step S12: Use the daily average value as the number of preset distribution routes or increase the daily average value by 10% - 20% as the number of preset distribution routes.

[0017] Preferably, in step S4, before the tailing operation, it further includes:

[0018] Step S41: Obtain the distribution wave corresponding to each actual distribution route. The distribution wave at least includes the night delivery for night goods sorting and the early fresh delivery for early morning goods sorting. At the same time, obtain the rules that need to be configured. The rules specify the distribution waves for which shipping locations need to be arranged;

[0019] Step S42: After arranging the actual distribution routes corresponding to all the distribution waves within the rules at the shipping locations in the order of time, further assign shipping locations to the actual distribution routes corresponding to other waves in the order of time.

[0020] Preferably, after step S5, it further includes:

[0021] Step S6, for the separately numbered shipping areas, determine the demand for the goods in each shipping area according to the actual distribution routes within each group. For the actual distribution routes with demand, allocate them in sequence according to the completion time of the routing of the shipping positions in each group according to the actual distribution routes.

[0022] In the second aspect of the present application, a shipping area positioning device is applied to the warehouse sorting management side. The warehouse has multiple shipping areas. The shipping area positioning device includes:

[0023] A preset distribution route quantity acquisition module, configured to acquire the number of preset distribution routes managed by the station area person in charge under a given warehouse. Each station area person in charge manages one or more station areas, each station area has multiple preset distribution routes, and each preset distribution route corresponds to a collection order, where the collection order refers to the set of user orders on the distribution route;

[0024] A shipping position allocation module, configured to allocate the shipping positions on the warehouse sorting side to form multiple groups corresponding to each station area person in charge. Each group has multiple shipping positions with the same number as the preset distribution routes managed by the station area person in charge corresponding to the group. The shipping positions corresponding to the preset distribution routes managed by each station area person in charge are continuous in physical space. Among them, each shipping position corresponds to multiple shipping areas for different classified goods to be routed, and each shipping position has at least two physically adjacent shipping areas with the same number as the shipping position;

[0025] An actual distribution route acquisition module, configured to acquire the actual distribution routes reported by each station area person in charge and carrying the routing completion time;

[0026] A shipping position allocation module, configured to sort the actual distribution routes reported by each station area person in charge according to the routing completion time, and arrange the actual distribution routes corresponding to the time sequence in each shipping position in the group corresponding to the station area person in charge. For the remaining actual distribution routes that exceed the number of shipping positions in the group and are ranked at the end, tailing is performed. The tailing means that after all the actual distribution routes of all station area persons in charge are arranged in each shipping position in the group corresponding to the station area person in charge, the remaining actual distribution routes are allocated to the vacant shipping positions not preoccupied by other groups;

[0027] A shipping area allocation module, configured to, for those with the same number of shipping positions and shipping areas, associate the actual distribution routes with the respective shipping areas within the shipping positions.

[0028] Preferably, the preset distribution route quantity acquisition module includes:

[0029] A statistical unit for obtaining the daily average value of the actual number of delivery routes reported by the person in charge of the station area within a set time period;

[0030] A preset delivery route quantity setting unit for taking the daily average value as the number of preset delivery routes or increasing the daily average value by 10% - 20% as the number of preset delivery routes.

[0031] Preferably, the shipping location allocation module includes:

[0032] A wave determination unit for obtaining the delivery wave corresponding to each actual delivery route, where the delivery wave at least includes night delivery for night goods allocation and early fresh delivery for early morning goods allocation, and at the same time obtaining the rules that need to be configured, and the rules specify the delivery waves for which the shipping locations need to be arranged;

[0033] An allocation order adjustment unit for arranging the actual delivery routes corresponding to the delivery waves within all the rules in chronological order at each shipping location, and then further allocating the shipping locations for the actual delivery routes corresponding to other waves in chronological order.

[0034] Preferably, the shipping area positioning device further includes:

[0035] A separate shipping area allocation module for determining the demand for the goods in the shipping area with a separate number in each group according to the actual delivery routes, and for the actual delivery routes with demand, allocating them in turn according to the shipping locations in each group and the line arrangement completion time of the actual delivery routes.

[0036] In the third aspect of the present application, a computer device includes a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, and the processor executes the computer program to implement the shipping area positioning method as described above.

[0037] In the fourth aspect of the present application, a readable storage medium stores a computer program, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, it is used to implement the shipping area positioning method as described above.

[0038] The present application conducts the positioning strategy of each shipping area for the delivery routes according to the pre-maintained goods in the shipping area. It is beneficial for the sorting operation method to be simple, the site to be unitized, and the responsibilities of the operators to be clear. It is easy to arrange manpower to work in the same operation area, with high professionalism and efficiency. At the same time, it can reduce the sorting path and the difficulty of goods verification. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0039] Figure 1 is a flowchart of a preferred embodiment of the shipping area positioning method of the present application.

[0040] Figure 2 Schematic diagram of a computer device suitable for a terminal or server for implementing the embodiments of the present application. Detailed implementation manners

[0041] To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of the implementation of the present application clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application. In the drawings, the same or similar reference numerals denote the same or similar elements or elements with the same or similar functions throughout. The described embodiments are some, but not all, of the embodiments of the present application. The embodiments described below by referring to the accompanying drawings are exemplary and are intended to explain the present application, and should not be construed as a limitation to the present application. All other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments in the present application without creative efforts shall fall within the scope of protection of the present application. The embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0042] The present application provides a method for locating a shipping area, as Figure 1 shown, which is applied to the warehouse sorting management side. The warehouse has multiple shipping areas. The method for locating the shipping area includes:

[0043] Step S1: Specify the number of preset delivery routes managed by the person in charge of the station area under the jurisdiction of the warehouse. Each person in charge of the station area manages one or more station areas. Each station area has multiple preset delivery routes. Each preset delivery route corresponds to a single order collection, which refers to the collection of user orders on the delivery route.

[0044] First of all, it should be noted that in this embodiment, the warehouse is responsible for sorting goods and sending the goods to each station area. The station area has a person in charge of the station area, who is responsible for delivering the goods in one or more station areas. A person in charge of a station area may be responsible for one station area or multiple station areas. There may be multiple users placing orders in a station area. The person in charge of the station area needs to collect multiple orders, that is, arrange the routes, so as to determine which users' orders need to be arranged for a driver to deliver. Here, one driver corresponds to one delivery route. Therefore, each person in charge of the station area calculates multiple delivery routes according to the orders within the jurisdiction and reports them to the warehouse sorting management side so that it can arrange personnel to sort the goods in the designated shipping area.

[0045] However, if the warehouse sorting management side allocates the shipping area after obtaining the delivery routes sent by the persons in charge of each station area, as shown in the background art, the distribution of the shipping areas is chaotic, seriously affecting the loading or verification efficiency. For this reason, in step S1 of the present application, the number of preset delivery routes managed by the persons in charge of the station areas under the jurisdiction of the warehouse is specified first, so as to allocate the shipping area in advance.

[0046] The number of the preset delivery routes is equivalent to the multiple delivery routes calculated by each station area person in charge according to the orders within their jurisdiction, which is an estimated quantity. In an alternative implementation, it may include: Step S11, obtaining the daily average value of the actual delivery route quantity reported by the station area person in charge within a set time period; Step S12, using the daily average value as the number of preset delivery routes or increasing the daily average value by 10% - 20% as the number of preset delivery routes.

[0047] It should be noted that due to order fluctuations, there are high-frequency customers, low-frequency customers, and new customers every day. Each route usually has about 30 customers, and no more than 40 customers. If too many customers are arranged, the actual delivery time limit cannot be completed (the requirement is to deliver to customers from 7 to 10 am), which will cause customer complaints. Therefore, in this embodiment, the given routes are based on historical averages, with appropriate redundancy added, but the redundancy cannot be too much, as too much will waste space, and too little will prevent unitized operations.

[0048] Table 1 below gives examples of the number of routes required for each group, where the groups correspond to each station area person in charge. For example, the person in charge of Group A is responsible for the delivery of two station areas, and the preset number of delivery routes is 8.

[0049] Table 1 Route Number Determination Table

[0050]

[0051] Once the number of orders of this group of merchants increases, within a reasonable number of merchants, to ensure the fulfillment time limit, it is necessary to increase the routes, that is, the actual number of delivery routes in Step S3 is more than the preset number of delivery routes given in Step S1. At this time, the warehouse side processes according to Step S4, as detailed in the following description. On the station area side, each station area person in charge needs to temporarily find other drivers to participate in the delivery of the goods of this group.

[0052] Step S2, allocate the shipping locations on the warehouse sorting side to form multiple groups corresponding to each station area person in charge. Each group has multiple shipping locations with the same number as the preset number of delivery routes managed by the station area person in charge corresponding to this group. The shipping locations corresponding to the preset delivery routes managed by each station area person in charge are continuous in physical space. Among them, each shipping location corresponds to a shipping area for multiple different classified goods to be put on the line, and each shipping location has at least two physically adjacent shipping areas with the same number as this shipping location.

[0053] In step S2, first of all, it should be noted that in the SKU (stock keeping unit) of fresh products, in order to ensure the quality of goods (freshness / fragility / tainting of flavors, etc.), during the operation process, the SKUs of orders are generally separated according to temperature zones / piece types / categories, etc. For example, the goods can be divided into three shipping areas: the vegetable area, the meat and poultry area, and the standard product area according to the classification. In the prior art, the vegetable area, the meat and poultry area, and the standard product area are all independent physical shipping areas, and unitized operation is carried out according to station units in each shipping area. That is to say, each independent shipping area is further divided into several line-throwing areas, and employees operate in each line-throwing area. In this application, multiple shipping positions are first divided, and each delivery route in step S1 should have a shipping position, and then multiple shipping areas are divided under this shipping position. Still taking the above three types of goods as an example, within each shipping position, such as vegetables, meat and poultry, and standard products are all together, and goods are put into the three shipping areas for the sorter to sort according to the order. The sorter generally operates on the roller conveyor belt. Therefore, the shipping area can also be the line-throwing area for operating on the flowing goods put in. In an alternative embodiment, multiple shipping positions can also be set first, and then within each shipping position, vegetables and meat and poultry are together, and multiple shipping positions are designed separately for standard products. In an alternative embodiment, multiple shipping positions can also be set first, and within each shipping position, meat and poultry and standard products are together, and multiple shipping positions are designed separately for vegetables.

[0054] The three types of goods in this embodiment are distinguished according to the temperature zone + packaging of the goods, as shown in Table 2.

[0055] Table 2 Commodity Classification Table

[0056] Shipping Area Temperature Layer Packaging Normal Categories FA Normal Temperature Non-Standard / Pressure-Sensitive / Fragile Vegetables, Fruits FB Normal Temperature Standard Packaging / Pressure-Resistant Standard Products such as Rice, Flour, Cooking Oil, and Dry Seasonings FC Low Temperature Meat, Poultry, Eggs

[0057] It should be understood that the above "together" mainly means adjacent in the physical space. Because in the site design, two line-throwing areas can be placed back to back, which is very efficient for sorting and checking goods. And in this embodiment, since multiple shipping areas within the shipping position are adjacent, a unified numbering code is adopted. For example, for a three-in-one shipping position, in the physical space, shipping position No. 1 has a No. 1 vegetable shipping area, a No. 1 meat and poultry shipping area, and a No. 1 standard product shipping area. Another example is a two-in-one shipping position. In the physical space, shipping position No. 2 has a No. 2 vegetable shipping area and a No. 2 meat and poultry shipping area, and shipping position No. 3 has a No. 3 vegetable shipping area and a No. 3 meat and poultry shipping area. However, the No. 2 standard product shipping area and the No. 3 standard product shipping area may be close to each other and located in other positions.

[0058] In addition, the present application implements the allocation of shipping locations according to the person in charge of the station area through step S2. For example, for person in charge A, referring to Group A in Table 1, which has 8 delivery routes, then consecutive shipping locations 1-8 in physical space are arranged for these 8 corresponding delivery routes. For Group B, which has 8 delivery routes, then shipping locations 9-16 are arranged for these 8 corresponding delivery routes.

[0059] Step S3: Obtain the actual delivery route with the completion time of the wiring reported by the person in charge of each station area.

[0060] As shown in Table 3, the time when each station area manager completes the line arrangement is by default the time uploaded to the warehouse sorting management side server. It is further explained that the "actual number of routes" in Table 3 is the actual number of delivery routes mentioned in this application, and the "number of routes" is the preset number of delivery routes mentioned in this application. It can be seen from Table 3 that in this embodiment, the actual number of delivery routes in Group A is 10, which exceeds the preset number of delivery routes by 8. The actual number of delivery routes in other groups does not exceed the preset number of delivery routes.

[0061] Table 3 Wiring completion table

[0062]

[0063] Step S4, sort the actual delivery routes reported by each station area manager according to the completion time of the line arrangement, and arrange the actual delivery routes in chronological order to the corresponding shipping positions in the group corresponding to the station area manager, and perform tailing for the remaining actual delivery routes that exceed the number of shipping positions in the group and are ranked at the bottom. The tailing means that after the actual delivery routes of all station area managers are arranged in correspondence with the shipping positions in the group corresponding to the station area manager, the remaining actual delivery routes are allocated to the vacant shipping positions not occupied by other groups.

[0064] Step S5: For a delivery location and a delivery area with the same number, associate each delivery area within the delivery location with a corresponding actual delivery route.

[0065] Referring to Table 4, in this embodiment, it is assumed that the three shipping areas are adjacent in physical space and constitute a shipping location. In this example, step S4 is described in combination with step S5. The three shipping areas FA, FB, and FC in the "Shipping Area Location" in Table 4 are represented by the same number, which is also the number of the shipping location.

[0066] Table 4 Shipping area determination table

[0067]

[0068] In this embodiment, in step S4, first, for group A, each actual delivery route is arranged in the corresponding shipping positions within the corresponding grouping of the station area responsible person in chronological order. Referring to Table 4, the first 8 actual routes can be arranged corresponding to the preset routes, that is, arranged at shipping positions 1 - 8. However, for Beijing South Station 2 and Beijing South Station 3 with later chronological order, they need to wait until all the routes of group B and group C are arranged, and then shipping positions 27 and 28 are arranged for these two actual delivery routes.

[0069] In addition, it should be noted that in group B, the given preset delivery routes are 8, corresponding to shipping positions 9 - 16. Even if the actual delivery routes are 6, the two vacant shipping positions will not be used by other groups.

[0070] In some alternative embodiments, in step S4, before the tailing operation, it further includes: Step S41, obtaining the delivery waves corresponding to each actual delivery route, where the delivery waves at least include night delivery for night-time goods distribution and early morning fresh delivery for early morning goods distribution. At the same time, obtaining the rules that need to be configured, where the rules specify the delivery waves for which shipping positions need to be arranged; Step S42, after arranging the actual delivery routes corresponding to all the delivery waves within the rules in chronological order at each shipping position, further allocating shipping positions to the actual delivery routes corresponding to other waves in chronological order.

[0071] In this embodiment, first, it should be noted that the delivery waves for next-day delivery in the fresh food industry usually include multiple waves as shown in Table 5.

[0072] Table 5 Wave Explanation Table

[0073] Delivery Batch Cut-off Time Outbound Time Night Delivery 21:30 2:00 the Next Day Morning Fresh Delivery 23:00 6:00 the Next Day Afternoon Delivery 2:00 13:00 on the Same Day

[0074] Among them, for night delivery, the cut-off time for orders on the same day is relatively early. After that, the station area responsible person arranges the routes, and the warehouse side sends the goods to the station area responsible person at around 2 o'clock, abbreviated as night distribution. The station area responsible person then arranges for the driver to deliver the goods in the morning. Since night delivery is timed to close orders according to the order volume, usually the shipping area positioning strategy of step S4 of this application is not used for night delivery. However, whether to use the shipping area positioning strategy of this application specifically needs to be determined according to the rules in step S41. For example, if the rules specify that early morning fresh delivery participates in the shipping area positioning strategy of step S4, then in step S42, after arranging the actual delivery routes corresponding to all early morning fresh deliveries at each shipping position, further allocate shipping positions to the actual delivery routes corresponding to the night delivery and / or afternoon delivery in chronological order.

[0075] Referring to Table 6, in this embodiment, the two delivery waves of morning delivery and afternoon delivery given by the rules are maintained, while the night delivery wave is not maintained. After the distribution of shipping areas 1-26 in the three groups of ABC lines is completed, the distribution of shipping areas for the night delivery wave will be carried out, that is, three shipping areas 27-29 are given, and finally shipping areas 30-31 are allocated to the extra delivery lines in Group A.

[0076] Table 6 Night Delivery Shipping Area Configuration Table

[0077]

[0078] In some alternative embodiments, after step S5, it further includes: step S6, for the separately numbered shipping areas, determine the demand for the goods in the shipping areas by each actual delivery line within each group, and for the actual allocated lines with demand, allocate them in sequence according to the shipping positions of each group and the line arrangement completion time of the actual delivery lines.

[0079] It can be understood that in this embodiment, assuming that in the arrangement of the warehouse shipping areas, two types of goods, FA and FB, are designed back to back in the physical space, while FC is designed separately, then the location numbers of the shipping areas FA\FB in this embodiment are the same. After the positioning of the shipping areas FA and FB is successful in steps S4 and S5, in step S6, FC needs to be positioned according to whether there is demand in the orders within the line. If there is no demand, it will fill the position in sequence. Referring to Table 6, the B group number segment is 9-16, and there is no demand for FC goods in the Temple of Heaven 2 delivery line, so the 11th shipping area of FC is given to the subsequent West Railway Station 2 delivery line within the group.

[0080] This application can not only effectively unitize operations, reduce the difficulty of sorting paths and inventory verification, but also solve the problem of avoiding the intersection of shipping positions between stations when multiple people arrange lines simultaneously. At the same time, considering the attributes such as temperature layers and piece properties of fresh food products, it conducts partitioned operations within the unit, and the operation method is simple, which is convenient for the operators to be clearly responsible, and it is easy to arrange manpower to continuously operate in the same operation area for a long time, with a high degree of professionalism and clear responsibilities.

[0081] The second aspect of the present application provides a shipping area positioning device corresponding to the above method, which is applied to the warehouse sorting management side. The warehouse has multiple shipping areas. The shipping area positioning device includes: a preset delivery route quantity acquisition module, configured to acquire the number of preset delivery routes managed by the station area person in charge under a given warehouse. Each station area person in charge manages one or more station areas, each station area has multiple preset delivery routes, and each preset delivery route corresponds to a collection order, which refers to the set of user orders on this delivery route; a shipping location allocation module, configured to allocate the shipping locations on the warehouse sorting side to form multiple groups corresponding to each station area person in charge. Each group has multiple shipping locations equal to the number of preset delivery routes managed by the station area person in charge corresponding to this group. The shipping locations corresponding to the preset delivery routes managed by each station area person in charge are continuous in physical space. Among them, each shipping location corresponds to multiple shipping areas for different classified goods to be put on the line, and each shipping location has at least two physically adjacent shipping areas with the same number as this shipping location; an actual delivery route acquisition module, configured to acquire the actual delivery routes reported by each station area person in charge and carrying the wiring completion time; the shipping location allocation module, configured to sort the actual delivery routes reported by each station area person in charge according to the wiring completion time, and arrange the actual delivery routes corresponding to each in the shipping locations in the group corresponding to this station area person in charge in chronological order, and tail off the remaining actual delivery routes that exceed the number of shipping locations in the group and are ranked at the end. The "tail off" means that after the actual delivery routes of all station area persons in charge are arranged in the shipping locations in the group corresponding to this station area person in charge, the remaining actual delivery routes are allocated to the vacant shipping locations not preoccupied by other groups; a shipping area allocation module, configured to, for those with the same number of shipping location and shipping area, associate the shipping areas in the shipping location with the corresponding actual delivery routes.

[0082] In some alternative embodiments, the preset delivery route quantity acquisition module includes: a statistics unit, configured to acquire the daily average value of the number of actual delivery routes reported by the station area person in charge within a set time period; a preset delivery route quantity setting unit, configured to use the daily average value as the number of preset delivery routes or increase it by 10% - 20% on the basis of the daily average value as the number of preset delivery routes.

[0083] In some alternative embodiments, the shipping location allocation module includes: a wave determination unit that obtains the distribution waves corresponding to each actual delivery route, where the distribution waves at least include night delivery for night goods allocation and early fresh delivery for early morning goods allocation, and at the same time obtains the rules that need to be configured, and the rules specify the distribution waves for which shipping locations need to be arranged; an allocation order adjustment unit that, after arranging the actual delivery routes corresponding to the distribution waves within all the rules in chronological order at each shipping location, further allocates shipping locations to the actual delivery routes corresponding to other waves in chronological order.

[0084] In some alternative embodiments, the shipping area positioning device further includes: a separate shipping area allocation module that, for a separately numbered shipping area, determines the demand for the goods in this shipping area according to the actual delivery routes within each group, and for the actual delivery routes with demand, allocates them in sequence according to the completion time of the wiring of the shipping locations each group has according to the actual delivery routes.

[0085] In the third aspect of the present application, a computer device includes a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, and the processor executes the computer program to implement the shipping area positioning method as described above.

[0086] In the fourth aspect of the present application, a readable storage medium stores a computer program, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, it is used to implement the shipping area positioning method as described above. This computer-readable storage medium may be included in the device described in the above embodiments; or it may exist alone without being assembled into the device. The above computer-readable storage medium carries one or more programs, and when the above one or more programs are executed by the device, the data is processed according to the above method.

[0087] Next, refer to Figure 2 , which shows a schematic structural diagram of a computer device 400 suitable for implementing the embodiments of the present application. Figure 2 The illustrated computer device is merely an example and should not impose any limitations on the functions and usage scope of the embodiments of the present application.

[0088] As Figure 2 shown, the computer device 400 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 401, which can perform various appropriate actions and processes according to the program stored in the read-only memory (ROM) 402 or the program loaded from the storage section 408 into the random access memory (RAM) 403. In the RAM 403, various programs and data required for the operation of the device 400 are also stored. The CPU 401, ROM 402, and RAM 403 are connected to each other through a bus 404. The input / output (I / O) interface 405 is also connected to the bus 404.

[0089] The following components are connected to the I / O interface 405: an input section 406 including a keyboard, a mouse, etc.; an output section 407 including a cathode ray tube (CRT), a liquid crystal display (LCD), etc. and a speaker, etc.; a storage section 408 including a hard disk, etc.; and a communication section 409 including a network interface card such as a LAN card, a modem, etc. The communication section 409 performs communication processing via a network such as the Internet. A drive 410 is also connected to the I / O interface 405 as required. A removable medium 411 such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a semiconductor memory, etc. is mounted on the drive 410 as required so that a computer program read therefrom is installed into the storage section 408 as required.

[0090] In particular, according to an embodiment of the present application, the process described above with reference to the flowchart can be implemented as a computer software program. For example, an embodiment of the present application includes a computer program product, which includes a computer program carried on a computer-readable medium, and the computer program contains program codes for executing the method shown in the flowchart. In such an embodiment, the computer program can be downloaded and installed from the network through the communication part 409, and / or installed from the removable medium 411. When the computer program is executed by the central processing unit (CPU) 401, the above functions defined in the method of the present application are executed. It should be noted that the computer storage medium of the present application can be a computer-readable signal medium or a computer-readable storage medium or any combination of the two. The computer-readable storage medium can be, for example, but not limited to, an electrical, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any combination of the above. More specific examples of the computer-readable storage medium can include, but are not limited to: an electrical connection with one or more wires, a portable computer disk, a hard disk, a random access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disk read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the above. In the present application, the computer-readable storage medium can be any tangible medium that contains or stores a program, and the program can be used by or combined with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. In the present application, the computer-readable signal medium can include a data signal propagated in a baseband or as part of a carrier wave, which carries the computer-readable program code. Such a propagated data signal can take various forms, including but not limited to electromagnetic signals, optical signals, or any suitable combination of the above. The computer-readable signal medium can also be any computer-readable medium other than the computer-readable storage medium, and the computer-readable medium can send, propagate, or transmit a program for use by or combined with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. The program code contained on the computer-readable medium can be transmitted by any suitable medium, including but not limited to: wireless, wire, optical cable, RF, etc., or any suitable combination of the above.

[0091] The flowcharts and block diagrams in the accompanying drawings illustrate the possible architectures, functions, and operations of systems, methods, and computer program products according to various embodiments of the present application. In this regard, each block in the flowchart or block diagram may represent a module, a segment of a program, or a portion of code that contains one or more executable instructions for implementing a specified logical function. It should also be noted that in some alternative implementations, the functions noted in the blocks may occur in a different order than noted in the accompanying drawings. For example, two consecutively represented blocks may actually be executed substantially in parallel, or they may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending on the functions involved. It should also be noted that each block in the block diagram and / or flowchart, as well as combinations of blocks in the block diagram and / or flowchart, can be implemented by a dedicated hardware-based system that performs the specified functions or operations, or can be implemented by a combination of dedicated hardware and computer instructions.

[0092] The modules or units described in the embodiments of the present application can be implemented in software or in hardware. The described modules or units can also be provided in a processor, and the names of these modules or units do not in some cases constitute a limitation on the modules or units themselves.

[0093] As described above, the above are only specific embodiments of the present application, but the protection scope of the present application is not limited thereto. Any changes or substitutions that can be easily thought of by those skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed in the present application should be covered by the protection scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application should be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A method for locating the shipping area, which is applied to the warehouse sorting management side. The warehouse has multiple shipping areas, and is characterized in that, The method for locating the shipping area includes: Step S1: Specify the number of preset delivery routes managed by the person in charge of the station area under the warehouse. Each person in charge of the station area manages one or more station areas, each station area has multiple preset delivery routes, and each preset delivery route corresponds to a set order, which refers to the set of user orders on this delivery route. Step S2: Allocate the shipping positions on the sorting side of the warehouse to form multiple groups corresponding to the persons in charge of each station area. Each group has multiple shipping positions equal in number to the number of preset delivery routes managed by the person in charge of the corresponding station area. The shipping positions corresponding to the preset delivery routes managed by each person in charge of the station area are continuous in physical space. Among them, each shipping position corresponds to the shipping areas for the delivery of multiple different categories of goods to the line, and each shipping position has at least two physically adjacent shipping areas with the same number as this shipping position. Step S3: Obtain the actual delivery routes reported by the persons in charge of each station area, along with the wire arrangement completion time. Step S4: Sort the actual delivery routes reported by each person in charge of the station area according to the wire arrangement completion time, and arrange the actual delivery routes in the corresponding shipping positions within the group corresponding to the person in charge of the station area in chronological order. For the remaining actual delivery routes that exceed the number of shipping positions in the group and are ranked at the end, tailing is performed. Tailing means that after all the actual delivery routes of the persons in charge of the station areas are arranged in the corresponding shipping positions within the group corresponding to the person in charge of the station area, the remaining actual delivery routes are allocated to the vacant shipping positions not preoccupied by other groups. Step S5: For those with the same number for the shipping position and the shipping area, associate the actual delivery routes with the corresponding shipping areas within the shipping position.

2. The shipping area positioning method according to claim 1, characterized in that, In step S1, specifying the number of preset delivery routes managed by the person in charge of the station area under the warehouse includes: Step S11: Obtain the daily average value of the number of actual delivery routes reported by the person in charge of the station area within a set time period. Step S12: Use the daily average value as the number of preset delivery routes or increase it by 10% - 20% based on the daily average value as the number of preset delivery routes.

3. The shipment area positioning method according to claim 1, characterized in that In step S4, before the tailing operation, it further includes: Step S41: Obtain the delivery waves corresponding to each actual delivery route. The delivery waves at least include the night delivery for night goods distribution and the early fresh delivery for early morning goods distribution. At the same time, obtain the rules that need to be configured, and the rules specify the delivery waves for which shipping positions need to be arranged. Step S42: After arranging the actual delivery routes corresponding to all the delivery waves within all the rules in chronological order in the respective shipping positions, further allocate the shipping positions to the actual delivery routes corresponding to other waves in chronological order.

4. The shipping area positioning method according to claim 1, wherein After step S5, it further includes: Step S6: For the separately numbered shipping areas, determine the demand for the goods in this shipping area according to the actual delivery routes within each group. For the actual distribution routes with demand, allocate them in sequence according to the shipping positions in each group and the wire arrangement completion time of the actual delivery routes.

5. A shipping area positioning device is applied to the warehouse sorting management side. The warehouse has multiple shipping areas, and is characterized in that, The device for locating the shipping area includes: A preset delivery route quantity acquisition module, which is used to acquire the number of preset delivery routes managed by the station area person in charge under a given warehouse. Each station area person in charge manages one or more station areas, each station area has multiple preset delivery routes, and each preset delivery route corresponds to a collection order, which refers to the collection of user orders on this delivery route; A shipping location allocation module, which is used to allocate shipping locations on the sorting side of the warehouse to form multiple groups corresponding to each station area person in charge. Each group has multiple shipping locations with the same number as the preset delivery routes managed by the station area person in charge corresponding to this group. The shipping locations corresponding to the preset delivery routes managed by each station area person in charge are continuous in physical space. Among them, each shipping location corresponds to a shipping area for multiple different classified goods to be put on the line, and each shipping location has at least two physically adjacent shipping areas with the same number as this shipping location; An actual delivery route acquisition module, which is used to acquire the actual delivery routes reported by each station area person in charge and carrying the wiring completion time; A shipping location allocation module, which is used to sort the actual delivery routes reported by each station area person in charge according to the wiring completion time, and arrange each actual delivery route in the corresponding shipping locations in the group corresponding to this station area person in charge in chronological order. For the remaining actual delivery routes that exceed the number of shipping locations in the group and are ranked at the end, tailing is performed. The tailing means that after all the actual delivery routes of all station area persons in charge are arranged in the corresponding shipping locations in the group corresponding to this station area person in charge, the remaining actual delivery routes are allocated to the vacant shipping locations not preoccupied by other groups; A shipping area allocation module, which is used to associate the corresponding actual delivery routes with the shipping areas within the shipping location when the shipping location has the same number as the shipping area; 6. The shipping area positioning device according to claim 5, characterized in that, The preset delivery route quantity acquisition module includes: A statistical unit, which is used to acquire the daily average value of the number of actual delivery routes reported by the station area person in charge within a set time period; A preset delivery route quantity setting unit, which is used to use the daily average value as the number of preset delivery routes or increase it by 10% - 20% on the basis of the daily average value as the number of preset delivery routes; 7. The shipping area positioning device according to claim 5, characterized in that, The shipping location allocation module includes: A wave determination unit, which acquires the delivery waves corresponding to each actual delivery route. The delivery waves at least include the night delivery for night goods distribution and the early fresh delivery for early morning goods distribution. At the same time, it acquires the rules that need to be configured. The rules specify the delivery waves for which shipping locations need to be arranged; An allocation order adjustment unit, which is used to further allocate shipping locations to the actual delivery routes corresponding to other waves in chronological order after arranging the actual delivery routes corresponding to all the delivery waves within the rules in the shipping locations in chronological order; 8. The shipping area positioning device according to claim 5, characterized in that The shipping area positioning device further includes: A separate shipping area allocation module, which is used to determine the demand for the goods in this shipping area by each actual delivery route within each group for the separately numbered shipping area, and allocate the actual delivery routes with demand in chronological order of the wiring completion time of the actual delivery routes according to the shipping locations each group has.

9. A computer device, characterized in that, It includes a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, and the processor executes the computer program to implement the shipping area positioning method according to any one of claims 1-4.

10. A readable storage medium storing a computer program, characterized in that, When the computer program is executed by the processor, it is used to implement the shipping area positioning method according to any one of claims 1-4.

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