Warehouse Management System, Warehouse, and Warehouse Management Method

Abstract

Provided is a warehouse management system, comprising a processor and a storage device connected to the processor. The storage device retains work order information which indicates destinations of articles which are received into the warehouse and quantities of the articles to be shipped to each of the destinations, article attribute information including the weights of the articles, and layout information of the warehouse. On the basis of the work order information, the article attribute information, and the layout information, the processor calculates the energy consumption of a worker for carrying out, using each of a plurality of sorting methods, a operation of sorting the articles received into the warehouse for each of the destinations, and outputs the sorting method with the low calculated energy consumption.

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