Warehousing Management System Optimizing Container Transport

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional 'goods-to-person' picking systems in warehousing technologies face inefficiencies, increased energy consumption, and higher implementation costs due to the need to carry entire inventory containers to picking locations, resulting in the movement of unneeded goods.

Innovation Solution

A warehousing management system and method that utilizes a control server to direct a carrying device to transport a temporary container holding the target storage container to a workstation, rather than moving the entire inventory container, thereby optimizing the movement of goods.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the entire inventory container is carried to the picking location, then the target storage container can be accessed, but unneeded goods are moved along with it, reducing efficiency and increasing energy consumption

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccess to target storage containerVSAvoidenergy consumption for moving goods

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the inventory container into individual storage containers, allowing the access device to extract and transport only the specific target storage container needed for the current task, rather than moving the entire inventory container. This segmentation enables precise delivery of only necessary goods to the workstation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The access device extracts the target storage container from the inventory container and delivers it directly to the workstation. This extraction principle separates the necessary component (target storage container) from the unnecessary bulk (other storage containers in the same inventory container), eliminating wasted movement of unneeded goods.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Ease of operation

If the entire inventory container is carried to the picking location, then the target storage container can be accessed, but the implementation cost increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccess to target storage containerVSAvoidimplementation cost of picking system

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The access device is designed with multi-functionality, capable of both extracting storage containers from inventory containers and delivering them to workstations. This universal device replaces the need for separate systems for inventory management and goods delivery, reducing overall system complexity and implementation cost.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The access device serves as an intermediary between the inventory container and the workstation, automating the extraction and delivery process. This intermediary eliminates the need for manual handling and complex coordination between separate systems, simplifying the overall implementation while maintaining ease of access to target storage containers.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Ease of operation

If the entire inventory container is carried to the picking location, then the target storage container can be accessed, but picking efficiency is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccess to target storage containerVSAvoidpicking efficiency

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The control server pre-determines which storage container is the target based on the current task requirements before the access device begins operation. This preliminary identification allows the access device to directly extract and deliver only the necessary storage container without unnecessary movements, significantly improving picking efficiency while maintaining easy access to the target container.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20250122016A1Warehousing management system and method

Publication Date: 2025.04.17 BEIJING GEEKPLUS TECH CO LTD

AI summary

Provided are a warehousing management system and method. The system includes: a control server, an inventory container, an access device, a temporary container, a workstation and a carrying device. The control server is configured to, in response to a current task, determine a first target inventory container in which a target storage container hit by the current task is located, a first target access device, a target temporary container, a target workstation, and a first target carrying device, and control the first target access device to take out the target storage container from the first target inventory container, carry and store the target storage container to the target temporary container; and control the first target carrying device to move the target temporary container to the target workstation for operation.