Methods and Systems for Facilitating Movement of Articles of Freight

A method for determining whether to move an article disposed at a first location, the method comprising:

• reading an article marker comprising article data identifying the article;
• transmitting article data to a computing device, wherein the computing device is in electrical communication with a database comprising one or more shipping rules related to the article;
• using the computing device to associate the article, based at least in part on the article data, with the one or more shipping rules in the database;
• reading a first location marker comprising first location data identifying the first location;
• transmitting first location data to the computing device;
• using the computing device to determine whether to move the article from the first location, based at least in part on the one or more shipping rules and the first location data;
• transmitting a message from the computing device to an annunciator, wherein the message indicates determination of whether to move the article from the first location;
• and setting a state of the annunciator, based on the message.