Methods and Systems for Sorting Items That Are Received for Further Shipment

A computing system configured to facilitate sorting of items that are received for further shipment, the system comprising:

• computing equipment configured to operate in accordance with programmed software instructions;
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• a memory coupled to the computing equipment, wherein the memory has computer-executable instructions stored therein that, in response to execution by the computing equipment, cause the computing equipment to:
• receive customer order information identifying a quantity of an item that is subject to one or more single-item customer orders for only the item;
• receive customer order information identifying a quantity of the item that is subject to one or more multi-item customer orders for combinations of the item and one or more different items;
• store, in a database in the memory, the customer order information identifying the quantities of the item that are subject to customer orders;
• receive vendor information that identifies an amount of the item that is being sent for sorting and further shipping to customers in accordance with the customer order information;
• determine a first quantity of the item to be conveyed to a first location for immediate shipping in accordance with the one or more single-item customer orders when the amount of the item sent by the vendor is received;
• determine a second quantity of the item to be conveyed to a second location for matching with different items in accordance with the one or more multi-item customer orders when the amount of the item sent by the vendor is received;
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• communicate the determined first quantity and second quantity of the item to facilitate sorting of the items for conveyance to the first and second locations when the amount of the item sent by the vendor is received.

A non-transitory, computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, in response to execution by computing equipment, cause the computing equipment to:

• receive customer order information identifying a first quantity of an item that is subject to one or more single-item customer orders for only the item and a second quantity of the item that is subject to one or more multi-item customer orders for combinations of the item and one or more different items;
• receive information from a vendor of the item identifying an amount of the item that is being sent to a fulfillment center for sorting and further shipping of the item to customers in accordance with the customer order information;
• communicate to the fulfillment center the first quantity of the item to be conveyed to a first location for immediate shipping in accordance with the one or more single-item customer orders when the amount of the item sent by the vendor is received;
• and
• communicate to the fulfillment center the second quantity of the item to be conveyed to a second location for matching with different items in accordance with the one or more multi-item customer orders when the amount of the item sent by the vendor is received.