Apparatuses, systems, and methods for storage and dispensing of articles

A method for configuring one or more trays, comprising:

• receiving information about one or more articles to be stored in the one or more trays;
• selecting one or more separators or bins to hold the one or more articles based on data representing characteristics of at least the one or more items and characteristics of the one or more trays;
• determining a layout map for the one or more trays using at least characteristics of the one or more articles;
• generating a tray layout for a tray to hold the one or more articles based on the layout map;
• determining if the tray layout for a configured tray is configured according to the layout map;
• and
• providing an alert in response to the configured tray not being configured according to the layout map.

An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising program code instructions stored thereon, the at least one processor configured to, upon execution of the program code instructions, cause the apparatus to at least:

• receive an indication of a plurality of articles to be stored in a tray;
• determine a plurality of bins corresponding to the plurality of articles;
• generate a layout of the plurality of bins on the tray;
• identify locations of the plurality of articles within the plurality of bins on the tray;
• cause the tray to be configured according to the layout of the plurality of bins on the tray;
• determine if a configured tray is configured according to the layout map;
• and
• provide an alert in response to the configured tray not being configured according to the layout map.