System and Method for Continuous Pick Route Optimization

A method for the continuous optimization of pick routes comprising:

• storing information regarding operations for a plurality of orders in a database;
• receiving, asynchronously from a plurality of sources, inputs to the operations for the plurality of orders,
• storing the inputs in the database and a distributed in-memory cache,
• determining, using the information in the distributed in-memory cache, that at least one of the inputs to the plurality of orders represents a change that meets a threshold,
• selecting an optimization algorithm from a set of optimization algorithms based at least in part on the change meeting the threshold,
• executing the optimization algorithm on the plurality of orders using the information in the distributed in-memory cache, the executing resulting in an optimized picklist,
• comparing the optimized picklist against a cached picklist stored in a commit cache,
• storing the optimized picklist to a result cache,
• receiving a request for a picklist from a mobile electronic device associated with a worker in a facility,
• sending the optimized picklist, based on the request, to the mobile electronic device.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium for the continuous optimization of pick routes, having stored thereon, instructions that when executed in a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:

• storing information regarding operations for a plurality of orders in a database;
• receiving, asynchronously from plurality of sources, inputs to the operations for the plurality of orders,
• storing the inputs in the database and a distributed in-memory cache,
• determining, using the information in the distributed in-memory cache, that at least one of the inputs to the plurality of orders represents a change that meets a threshold,
• selecting an optimization algorithm from a set of optimization algorithms based at least in part on the change meeting the threshold,
• executing the optimization algorithm on the plurality of orders using the information in the distributed in-memory cache, the executing resulting in an optimized picklist,
• comparing the optimized picklist against a cached picklist stored in a commit cache,
• storing the optimized picklist to a result cache,
• receiving a request for a picklist from a mobile electronic device associated with a worker in a facility,
• sending the optimized picklist, based on the request, to the mobile electronic device.