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Systems and Methods for Distribution or Delivery of Retail Products

  • US 20180150798A1
  • Filed: 11/20/2017
  • Published: 05/31/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2016
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A retail product distribution system for delivering products comprising:

  • a delivery database having inventory records associated with shipments to retail facilities;

    an order database having a plurality of customer orders saved therein;

    one or more sensors configured to identify at least one of bundles, containers, or pallets of items unloaded from the shipments received at the retail facilities;

    identification tags associated with at least some of the bundles, containers, or pallets of items that the one or more sensors read during unloading of the associated bundles, containers, or pallets of items; and

    a control circuit in communication with the delivery and order databases, the control circuit configured to;

    create a routing plan for a particular shipment received at a particular retail facility with placement instructions for each of the bundles, containers, and pallets of items unloaded from the particular shipment based on the inventory records and the plurality of orders in the database;

    receive identifying information, via the one or more sensors, for a particular one of the bundles, containers, or pallets of items being unloaded from the particular shipment at the particular retail facility;

    send instructions to an associate unloading the particular one of the bundles, containers, or pallets of items based on the identification tag associated therewith regarding a placement location for the particular one of the bundles, containers, and pallets of items unloaded from the particular shipment, the placement location being selected from any of the following a floor space of the particular retail facility, a delivery vehicle for shipment to another separate and distinct retail facility, and a packing area; and

    update an inventory record of the delivery database regarding a received location of the bundle, container, or pallet of items unloaded from the particular shipment; and

    one or more electronic user devices, in communication with the control circuit, configured to be accessible by a user unloading the shipments at the retail facilities, the electronic user devices configured to receive the routing plan from the control circuit and provide instructions to the user regarding the unloading of the particular one of the bundles, containers, or pallets of items being unloaded from the shipment according to the routing plan.

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