Smart conveyor belt service

A system comprising:

• a network device including a processor configured to:
• receive multiple orders, wherein each of the orders indicates one or more physical objects to be shipped;
• generate recipes for each of the multiple orders, wherein each of the recipes provides sorting instructions for a conveyor system;
• transfer an identifier for a first recipe of the recipes to a queue of active recipes, wherein the queue is configured to hold a number of entries that is less than or equal to a number of sorting stations in the conveyor system;
• send the first recipe to a server device for the conveyor system;
• receive a recipe-complete status message indicating completion of the first recipe;
• delete the indicator for the first recipe from the queue based on receiving the recipe-complete status message;
• transfer a second recipe of the recipes to the queue of active recipes, wherein the second recipe indicates one or more different physical objects than the first recipe;
• and
• send the second recipe to the conveyor system.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions, executable by at least one processor of a network device, for:

• receiving, by network device, multiple orders, wherein each of the orders indicates one or more physical objects to be shipped;
• generating, by network device, recipes for each of the multiple orders, wherein each of the recipes provides sorting instructions for a conveyor system;
• transferring, by the network device, an identifier for a first recipe of the recipes to a queue of active recipes, wherein the queue is configured to hold a number of entries that is less than or equal to a number of sorting stations in the conveyor system;
• sending, by the network device, the first recipe to a server device for the conveyor system;
• receiving, by the network device, a recipe-complete status message indicating completion of the first recipe;
• deleting, by the network device, the indicator for the first recipe from the queue based on receiving the recipe-complete status message;
• transferring, by the network device, a second recipe of the recipes to the queue of active recipes, wherein the second recipe indicates one or more different physical objects than the first recipe;
• and
• sending, by the network device, the second recipe to the conveyor system.