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Method and system for optimizing storage and retrieval of a stock keeping unit (SKU)

  • US 10,685,324 B2
  • Filed: 05/17/2018
  • Issued: 06/16/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for optimizing storage and retrieval of a Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) present in a warehouse, the method comprising:

  • identifying, by a processor, one or more pallets, present in a warehouse, capable for storing a plurality of SKUs, wherein the one or more pallets are identified based on a first metadata and a second metadata associated to the one or more pallets and the plurality of SKUs respectively;

    notifying, by the processor, a first operator via an Augmented Reality (AR) enabled device, belongs to the first operator, for storing the plurality of SKUs in the one or more pallets;

    updating, by the processor, an address of each pallet, storing the plurality of SKUs, in a Warehouse Management System (WMS) database upon receiving a signal from the first operator via the AR enabled device, wherein the signal indicates occupancy of the plurality of SKUs in the one or more pallets;

    providing, by the processor, a pickup list comprising one or more SKUs, to be retrieve, stored in the one or more pallets;

    determining, by the processor,at least one pallet, of the one or more pallets, storing the one or more SKUs, wherein the at least one pallet is determined based on the address stored in the WMS database, anda second operator, amongst a plurality of second operators, closest to the at least one pallet; and

    guiding, by the processor, the second operator, via a virtual map being displayed on the AR enabled device, to the address of the at least one pallet in order to retrieve the one or more SKUs thereby optimizing storage and retrieval of the SKU present in the warehouse.

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