Dynamic Hierarchical Delivery System

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for use in conjunction with an electronic device in a system, the computer-readable storage medium storing program instructions that, when executed by the electronic device, causes the electronic device to perform one or more operations, comprising:

• receiving information specifying an order, wherein the order is associated with a customer and comprises information specifying a destination location, a desired delivery time, and multiple prepared beverage products;
• splitting the order into a subset of the order fulfilled by a mobile store in the system and a second subset of the order fulfilled by a second mobile store in the system, wherein fulfilling a given subset of the order involves use of a given mobile store to fabricate one or more prepared beverage products in a set of prepared beverage products using a given portion of inventory from a fabrication hub in the system and to deliver the one or more prepared beverage products to a given destination location, and wherein the splitting is based at least in part on one or more of:
• a location of the mobile store, a location of the second mobile store, an unused remainder of a portion of the inventory in the mobile store, an unused remainder of a second portion of the inventory in the second mobile store, a workload of the mobile store, or a workload of the second mobile store;
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• providing an instruction intended for the mobile store and a second instruction intended for the second mobile store, wherein the instruction specifies the destination location and the subset of the order to be fulfilled by the mobile store, and the second instruction specifies the second subset of the order to be fulfilled by the second mobile store and one of:
• the destination location or an exchange location where the second subset of the order is to be provided to the mobile store.

A method for fulfilling prepared-beverage orders, comprising:

• by an electronic device in a system:
• receiving information specifying an order, wherein the order is associated with a customer and comprises information specifying a destination location, a desired delivery time, and multiple prepared beverage products;
• splitting the order into a subset of the order fulfilled by a mobile store in the system and a second subset of the order fulfilled by a second mobile store in the system, wherein fulfilling a given subset of the order involves use of a given mobile store to fabricate one or more prepared beverage products in a set of prepared beverage products using a given portion of inventory from a fabrication hub in the system and to deliver the one or more prepared beverage products to a given destination location, and wherein the splitting is based at least in part on one or more of:
• a location of the mobile store, a location of the second mobile store, an unused remainder of a portion of the inventory in the mobile store, an unused remainder of a second portion of the inventory in the second mobile store, a workload of the mobile store, or a workload of the second mobile store;
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• providing an instruction intended for the mobile store and a second instruction intended for the second mobile store, wherein the instruction specifies the destination location and the subset of the order to be fulfilled by the mobile store, and the second instruction specifies the second subset of the order to be fulfilled by the second mobile store and one of:
• the destination location or an exchange location where the second subset of the order is to be provided to the mobile store.