US 2023/0406633 A1 · MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM

Abstract

A management apparatus, a management method, and a program that can suppress inefficient replenishment are provided. A management apparatus includes an information acquisition unit configured to acquire, for each item, frequency information, the frequency information indicating a frequency of consumption, an allocation determination unit configured to determine allocation of the item to a storage container for storing the item based on the frequency of consumption of the item, and an instruction unit configured to instruct a robot to perform an action for replenishing the consumed item on the storage container in which the consumed item had been stored.

Claims8

Dependent claims

A management apparatus comprising:

an information acquisition unit configured to acquire, for each item, frequency information, the frequency information indicating a frequency of consumption;
an allocation determination unit configured to determine allocation of the item to a storage container for storing the item based on the frequency of consumption of the item;
and
an instruction unit configured to instruct a robot to perform an action for replenishing the consumed item on the storage container in which the consumed item had been stored.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

18/337,129Filed 19 Jun 2023

Priority

JP 2022-09876520 Jun 2022

Published

21 Dec 2023

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

B65G 1/137
Mechanical: with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed
B65G 1/1373
With arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed: for fulfilling orders in warehouses
G06Q 10/087
Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management: inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling,…
G06Q 10/08726
Using inventory planning: for replenishment processing, procedures, or recommendations using forecasting or optimisation

Management apparatus, management method, and program

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Management apparatus, management method, and program

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Abstract

Claims8