Methods for moving products in a fullfillment center comprising a plurality of zones and apparatus thereof

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for moving a product in a fulfillment center including a plurality of zones. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method and apparatus for moving a product in a fulfillment center including a plurality of zones including: adding a first order among a plurality of orders assigned to the fulfillment center to a task order group; repeating a first process for confirming the task order group; determining a destination of a product transport device based on information of the task order group, in response to satisfaction of a confirmation condition of the task order group during the repetition of the first process; and moving the product transport device to the destination, and an apparatus thereof may be provided. In this case, the first process may include: determining a task priority of each of the plurality of orders assigned to the fulfillment center; adding an order with the highest task priority to the task order group; and determining whether the confirmation condition of the task order group is satisfied, and the task priority may be determined so that the number of destinations is minimized by using information on the task order group, information on the product transport device, and information on the plurality of zones included in the fulfillment center.

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