System-directed single line pick batching

A system comprising:

• a processor, and
• a non-transitory computer-readable memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to:
• receive data describing a set of items having one or more stock keeping unit (SKU) identifiers associated therewith;
• sort a set of orders into a subset of orders based on each order of the subset of orders consisting of a single variety of SKU identifier;
• identify a first cart for batch picking;
• assign a first location in a pick-to-cart area to a task queue of the first cart based on a first item having a first SKU identifier being located at the first location and a first order of the subset of orders including-only the first SKU identifier;
• navigate the first cart to the first location in the pick-to-cart area;
• instruct a picker to pick the first item having the first SKU identifier at the first location;
• receive one or more confirmation inputs indicating completion of a pick of the first item having the first SKU identifier to the first cart;
• and
• navigate the first cart to an end point.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving, by one or more processors, a set of orders into a picking system, the set of orders including one or more items having one or more stock keeping unit (SKU) identifiers associated therewith, the picking system being communicatively coupled with one or more client devices;
• sorting, by the one or more processors, the set of orders into a subset of orders based on each order of the subset of orders consisting of a single variety of SKU identifier;
• identifying, by the one or more processors, a first cart for batch picking;
• assigning, by the one or more processors, a first location in a pick-to-cart area to a task queue of the first cart based on a first item having a first SKU identifier being located at the first location and a first order of the subset of orders including solely the first SKU identifier;
• navigating, by the one or more processors, the first cart to the first location in the pick-to-cart area;
• instructing, by the one or more processors and using the one or more client devices, a picker to pick a quantity of the first item having the first SKU identifier at the first location, the quantity being based on one or more orders assigned to the first cart;
• receiving, by the one or more processors and the one or more client devices, one or more confirmation inputs indicating completion of a pick of the quantity of the first item having the first SKU identifier to the first cart;
• and
• navigating, by the one or more processors, the first cart to an end point.