Method of controlling a storage apparatus and storage apparatus

A computer-implemented method of controlling a storage apparatus having a plurality of lockable storage compartments, wherein at least some of the storage compartments are temperature controlled, the method comprising:

• obtaining storage compartment temperature information, SCTI, indicative of a locker temperature category of each storage compartment;
• receiving order information associated with an order of a plurality of items for storage in the storage apparatus, wherein the order information comprises desired temperature information, DTI, associated with one or more of the items, and temperature tolerance information, TTI, associated with the one or more items, the TTI being indicative of a thermal resilience of the one or more items;
• identifying, in dependence on the SCTI and the DTI, a capacity of the plurality of lockable storage compartments for receipt of the order corresponding to the DTI for the associated items;
• determining a subset of the plurality of lockable storage compartments for storage of the plurality of items in dependence on the identified capacity, the DTI and the TTI;
• and
• unlocking the subset of lockable storage compartments responsive to arrival of the order.