TRANSPORT SYSTEM, TRANSPORT METHOD, AND TRANSPORT PROGRAM

Abstract

To provide a conveyance system allowing a picking start position to be flexibly determined, and to provide a conveyance method and a conveyance program therefor.SOLUTION: A conveyance system according to the present invention comprises: a conveyance request receiving part for receiving a conveyance request of a plurality of conveyance objects; a start area selecting part for selecting a start area from among a plurality of partial areas; a partial area circulation order setting part for setting a circulation order of the partial areas circulated by an automatic conveying device, while setting the start area to the partial areas that are initially circulated; and a storage position circulation order setting part for setting a storage position circulation order of the automatic conveying device inside each of a plurality of the partial areas. The automatic conveying device circulates a plurality of the partial areas in accordance with the partial area circulation order, and circulates a plurality of storage positions in accordance with the storage position circulation order inside each of the plurality of the partial areas, so as to convey the conveyance objects in an entire area.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

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