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Method and device enabling rapid execution of a multiplicity of physical orders

  • US 20050004704A1
  • Filed: 06/02/2004
  • Published: 01/06/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of distributing products (P1, P2, P3, . . . , Py, y being a whole number not equal to zero) enabling, by manipulation and displacement of the products, rapid collection of the products, each product having an identifier prior to shipment such that each final product collection corresponds to a list of products itself corresponding to a physical order (C1, C2, C3, . . . , Cx, x being a whole number not equal to zero), the products originating from one or more suppliers (F1, F2, F3, . . . ) or one or more stocks (S1), comprising:

  • a step of computer processing content of the orders (C1, C2, C3, . . . , Cx) comprising regrouping the orders into a multiplicity of groups of orders (GC10, GC20, GC30, . . . ) according to at least one selected condition, and of ungrouping the content of each order group into a multiplicity of order subgroups (SGC10, SGC20, SGC30, . . . );

    m step(s) of regrouping of the products (P1, P2, P3, . . . , Py), m being a whole number greater than or equal to 1, comprising performing a manual or automated collection of each of the products, reading the identifier of each collected product and provisionally arranging each collected product in a compartment associated with a group of products (GP10, GP20, GP30, . . . ) to obtain an exact concordance between the product groups and the order groups, n step(s) of ungrouping the products (P1, P2, P3, . . . , Py), n being a whole number greater than or equal to 1, comprising for each product group performing a manual or automated collection of each of the products, reading the identifier of each collected product and provisionally arranging each collected product in a compartment associated with a product subgroup (SGP10, SGP20, SGP30, . . . ) to obtain an exact concordance between the product subgroups and the control subgroups, and a step of final separation comprising for each product subgroup performing a manual or automated collection of each of the products, reading the identifier of each collected product and provisionally arranging each collected product in a compartment associated with a physical order.

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