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System and method for arranging an order

  • US 10,026,044 B1
  • Filed: 09/10/2012
  • Issued: 07/17/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • a plurality of inventory holders at a retail facility that store a plurality of inventory items and are operable to receive inventory items from a shipping container; and

    a mobile drive unit comprising an independent self-powered device operable to;

    dock with the shipping container at the retail facility;

    transport the shipping container along a replenishment path at the retail facility while docked with the shipping container, the replenishment path comprising information that is received wirelessly by the mobile drive unit from a management module, wherein the replenishment path is calculated by the management module according to an inventory unpacking sequence that is based on an arrangement of inventory items in the shipping container and the inventory holders receive inventory items from the shipping container along the path; and

    stop at points along the replenishment path such that the inventory items in the shipping container are unloaded from the shipping container at the points that correspond to inventory holders designated to receive the inventory items.

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