Methods, systems, and apparatuses for monitoring and improving productivity of a material handling environment

A system for providing real-time productivity information to a worker in a material handling environment, the system comprising:

• a dimensioning system comprising:
• a pattern projecting unit configured to project a light pattern on an item placed in a field of view of the dimensioning system;
• a range imaging unit configured to capture one or more range images of the item on receiving the light pattern reflected from the item upon projection of the light pattern on the item;
• a processor, communicatively coupled to the pattern projecting unit and the range imaging unit, wherein the processor is configured to compute dimensional data indicative of dimensions of the item based on processing of the one or more range images;
• a processing unit communicatively coupled to the dimensioning system and a warehouse management system, wherein the processing unit is configured to:
• access, from the warehouse management system, order level data associated with plurality of items identified for shipping in the material handling environment;
• receive, in real-time as the item from the plurality of items is being processed for shipping, the dimensional data from the dimensioning system;
• access worker operation data indicative of information associated with the worker and at least one workflow being operated by the worker;
• compute productivity metrics of the worker based on:
• the order level data, the dimensional data, the worker operation data that includes requirements to handle at least one item based on a situation associated with the at least one workflow being operated by the worker, and a count of items handled by the worker, wherein the requirements to handle the at least one item based on the situation are defined based at least on a dimension and a type of the at least one item;
• and
• provide notifications comprising actionable insights indicative of actions to be performed by the worker for improving the computed productivity metrics.

An apparatus for providing real-time productivity information to a worker in a material handling environment, the apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one non-transitory memory including program code, the at least one non-transitory memory and the program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least:

• access, from a warehouse management system, order level data associated with plurality of items identified for shipping in the material handling environment;
• receiving, in real-time as an item from the plurality of items is being processed for shipping, dimensional data indicative of dimensions of the plurality of items that are being processed for shipping;
• access worker operation data indicative of information associated with the worker handling shipping for the plurality of items and at least one workflow being operated by the worker;
• and
• compute productivity metrics of the worker based on:
• the order level data, the dimensional data, the worker operation data that includes requirements to handle at least one item based on a situation associated with the at least one workflow being operated by the worker, and a count of the plurality of items handled by the worker, wherein the requirements to handle the at least one item based on the situation are defined based at least on a dimension and a type of the at least one item.