Controlling industrial trucks in a warehouse

A server for controlling a plurality of industrial trucks in a warehouse, the server comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• program code configured to be executed by the at least one processor to cause the at least one processor to:
• manage a plurality of transport orders in a database, each of the plurality of transport orders specifying a shipment to be transported between at least two sites of a plurality of sites of the warehouse;
• upon receiving at least one new transport order, store the at least one new transport order as part of the plurality of transport orders in the database;
• upon receiving an indication from at least one of the plurality of industrial trucks indicating that the at least one industrial truck is available for executing driving orders, generate a driving order based on the plurality of transport orders in the database and the at least one industrial truck from which the indication has been received, including to:
• select a subset of transport orders from among the plurality of transport orders based at least in part on capabilities of the at least one industrial truck, and
• select a subset of shipments to be transported as the driving order, the shipments to be transported being specified by the subset of transport orders;
• transmit the generated driving order to the at least one industrial truck for execution;
• and
• update the plurality of transport orders in the database by excluding the subset of the shipments specified by the generated driving order from the shipments to be transported.

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium;
• and
• program code stored on the computer readable storage medium and configured, upon execution, to cause at least one processor to:
• manage a plurality of transport orders in a database, each of the plurality of transport orders specifying a shipment to be transported between at least two sites of a plurality of sites of the warehouse;
• upon receiving at least one new transport order, store the at least one new transport order as part of the plurality of transport orders in the database;
• upon receiving an indication from at least one of the plurality of industrial trucks indicating that the at least one industrial truck is available for executing driving orders, generate a driving order based on the plurality of transport orders in the database and the at least one industrial truck from which the indication has been received, including to:
• select a subset of transport orders from among the plurality of transport orders based at least in part on capabilities of the at least one industrial truck, and
• select a subset of shipments to be transported as the driving order, the shipments to be transported being specified by the subset of transport orders;
• transmit the generated driving order to the at least one industrial truck for execution;
• and
• update the plurality of transport orders in the database by excluding the subset of the shipments specified by the generated driving order from the shipments to be transported.