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FILLING AN ORDER AT AN INVENTORY PIER

  • US 20140100715A1
  • Filed: 10/04/2012
  • Published: 04/10/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • designating, by a management module, a plurality of inventory holders to be stationed at a plurality of defined areas along a first side of an inventory pier;

    instructing, by the management module, one or more first mobile drive units to transport the plurality of inventory holders to the plurality of defined areas, wherein the plurality of inventory holders remain stationary at the plurality of defined areas while a plurality of orders are fulfilled;

    receiving an order for a plurality of inventory items;

    determining, by the management module, that an inventory item requested by the order is stored in an inventory holder stationed at a defined area at the inventory pier, wherein the inventory holder is one of the plurality of inventory holders; and

    instructing, by the management module, a second mobile drive unit to transport an order holder to a second side of the inventory pier, wherein the second mobile drive unit moves along the second side such that the order holder is operable to receive the inventory item at a location along the second side of the inventory pier opposite to the defined area of the inventory holder.

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