Warehousing System Popularity-Based Storage Allocation
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Solution Overview
Problem
In the logistics industry, goods with high out-put and in-put frequencies are often randomly placed in warehouse locations that are difficult for handling devices to access, leading to increased time costs and reduced efficiency in processing tasks.
Innovation Solution
A warehousing system with inventory holders having multiple layers and goods allocations, where each allocation has a popularity level based on its position, allowing the control module to strategically place and retrieve goods with high popularity levels near the entrance or convenient locations, optimizing the handling device's access and movement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If goods are randomly placed in goods allocations, then storage flexibility is improved, but handling device access efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by assigning different popularity levels to different goods allocations based on their positions. Goods allocations closer to the handling device entrance are designated as high popularity level, while those farther away are low popularity level. This creates localized optimization where each position serves its specific function - high popularity positions for frequently accessed goods, low popularity positions for less frequently accessed goods - thereby resolving the contradiction between storage flexibility and handling efficiency.
2Quantity of substance
If goods with high output and input frequencies are placed in difficult-to-access locations, then storage capacity utilization is improved, but time cost for handling increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-classifying goods into different popularity levels based on their expected output and input frequencies before storage. The control module predicts which goods will be frequently accessed and proactively assigns them to high popularity level goods allocations near the handling device entrance. This advance preparation ensures that when handling operations occur, high-frequency goods are already in optimal positions, eliminating the need for time-consuming retrieval from difficult-to-access locations.
3Quantity of substance
If handling device travels to distant goods allocations, then complete inventory coverage is improved, but processing speed decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by introducing a popularity level parameter that transforms the storage space organization from uniform to differentiated. The control module uses this parameter to dynamically assign goods to goods allocations based on their access frequency characteristics. This parameter-based classification system enables the handling device to focus on nearby high popularity level positions for frequent operations, while low popularity level positions are accessed less frequently, thereby maintaining complete inventory coverage while significantly improving average processing speed.
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AI summary
A warehousing system and warehousing control method are disclosed. The warehousing system comprises: an inventory holder, a control module, and a transport device. The inventory holder includes a plurality of layers in the vertical direction, each provided with a plurality of goods locations, where each goods location has a popularity grade. The popularity grade of the goods location is related to the layer, where the goods location is located, and/or the distance between the goods location and an entrance of the inventory holder. The goods location stores goods of which the popularity grade matches the popularity grade of the goods location. For example, the higher the popularity grade of the goods, the higher the in-warehouse/ex-warehouse frequency, so that a transport device can save time when acquiring goods having high popularity grade a plurality of times, improving the efficiency of the transport device in picking up and storing goods.


