Shipment receiving systems and methods including notification and reconciliation features

A shipment receiving system comprising:

• a material transporter having at least one inlet pathway and a plurality of outlet lanes, each outlet lane comprising an indicator, the material transporter configured to move a received case to one of the plurality of outlet lanes based on a received direction;
• a notification engine configured to provide notifications to the indicator of one or more of the plurality of outlet lanes;
• a scanner comprising a sensor for detecting a case identifier of each individual one of one or more received cases;
• an invoice processor configured to, for each of a plurality of expected destinations inclu ded in invoice data for a plurality of expected cases, assign one or more of the plurality of outlet lanes based on a number of expected cases with the expected destination;
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• a sorting engine, operably coupled to the material transporter, the scanner, the notification engine, and the invoice processor, and configured to:
• receive the case identifier of an individual received case associated with one of the plurality of expected cases from the scanner,
• store a receipt indication for the individual received case,
• assign the individual received case to a first outlet lane assigned to the expected destination of the individual received case of the plurality of outlet lanes,
• control the material transporter to route the individual received case directly from the at least one inlet pathway to the first outlet lane assigned to the individual received case, and
• in response to determining that the individual received case has arrived at an unloading portion of the first outlet lane based on readings from a case detection sensor of the first outlet lane, direct the notification engine to provide a notification to the indicator of the first outlet lane assigned to the individual received case, the notification providing information regarding the individual received case to an unloader, wherein the information comprises dimension information and weight information related to the individual received case.