Optimization of warehouse layout based on customizable goals

A system comprising:

• a robotic device in a warehouse;
• a processor;
• and
• data storage comprising instructions executable by the processor to cause the system to perform operations comprising:
• receiving real time inventory of the items in the warehouse and real time location data of the items;
• identifying an item shipment expectation including new items expected to be received at the warehouse at a future date and items present at the warehouse marked for delivery at the future date, said identifying based on one or more of a receiving record, an order fulfillment record or a shipping record;
• receiving an indication of a user-selected throughput goal for the items in the warehouse;
• determining, based on the item shipment expectation, an optimal layout of the items for achieving the user-selected throughput goal;
• determining an amount of time for the robotic device to rearrange the items to the optimal layout based on a time measurement for the robotic device to perform a task;
• determining to rearrange the items of the warehouse based on the amount of time to rearrange the items being less than a threshold amount of time;
• and
• causing the robotic device to rearrange the items to the optimal layout.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon program instructions that when executed by a computing system that includes at least one processor cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:

• receiving real time inventory of items in a warehouse and real time location data of the items;
• identifying an item shipment expectation including new items expected to be received at the warehouse at a future date and items present at the warehouse marked for delivery at the future date, said identifying based on one or more of a receiving record, an order fulfillment or a shipping record;
• receiving an indication of a user-selected throughput goal for the items in the warehouse;
• determining, based on the item shipment expectation, an optimal layout of the items for achieving the user-selected throughput goal;
• determining an amount of time for a robotic device to rearrange the items to the optimal layout based on a time measurement for the robotic device to perform a task;
• determining to rearrange the items of the warehouse based on the amount of time to rearrange the items being less than a threshold amount of time;
• and
• causing the robotic device to rearrange the items to the optimal layout.