Systems and methods for sortation of products using a conveyor assembly

A conveyor assembly configured to sort a shipment of products, the conveyor assembly comprising:

• a scanner configured to read identification data from a product;
• a plurality of sorters configured to move the product to one of a predetermined plurality of sortation destination areas, each sorter being configured for coupling to another sorter in a first assembled configuration;
• each sorter comprising:
• a sorting portion with a set of rollers configured to divert the product to at least one sortation destination area;
• and
• a controller operatively coupled to the set of rollers to divert the product to the at least one sortation destination area;
• a control circuit operatively coupled to the scanner and to each of the sorters, the control circuit configured to:
• upon energizing the conveyor assembly, communicate with each controller of each sorter in the first assembled configuration to determine a position of each sorter relative to upstream or downstream positions of other sorters in the first assembled configuration;
• receive the identification data from the scanner;
• determine the sortation destination area for the product based on the identification data;
• cooperate with the plurality of sorters to move the product to the determined sortation destination area;
• cause the energizing of the set of rollers of the sorter corresponding to the determined sortation destination area to divert the product to the determined sortation destination area;
• upon reconfiguration of the plurality of the sorters or introduction of a new sorter to form a second assembled configuration, and upon reenergizing the conveyor assembly, communicate with each controller of each sorter in the second assembled configuration to determine a position of each sorter relative to upstream or downstream positions of other sorters in the second assembled configuration;
• wherein positions of the predetermined plurality of sortation destination areas remain the same relative to the scanner in both the first assembled configuration and in the second assembled configuration.