Order management system determining fulfillment plans based on item-cluster availability

A method for managing orders comprising:

• receiving logistics data, the logistics data comprising a plurality of clusters, wherein each cluster of the plurality of clusters covers a geographical area and each cluster of the plurality of clusters comprises two or more locations;
• receiving an order comprising one or more items and a customer delivery location;
• selecting one of the plurality of clusters based on the customer delivery location, wherein the customer delivery location is located within a geographical area covered by the selected cluster;
• determining whether the selected cluster fulfills the order;
• and
• in response to determining that the selected cluster fulfills the order, selecting, for each of the one or more items, one of the two or more locations belonging to the cluster as an origin location for the item.

A system for determining a fulfillment plan for delivery orders, the system comprising:

• a planning system;
• a checkout system;
• a fulfillment system;
• and
• an order management tool comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
• receive logistics data from the planning system;
• receive an order from the checkout system, the order comprising one or more items;
• generate, using the logistics data, a fulfillment plan for the order;
• and
• transmit the fulfillment plan to the fulfillment system;
• wherein the logistics data comprises a plurality of locations;
• wherein two or more locations of the plurality of locations belong to a cluster;
• and
• wherein generating, using the logistics data, the fulfillment plan for the order comprises:
• determining whether the cluster fulfills the order;
• and
• in response to determining that the cluster fulfills the order, selecting, for each of the one or more items, one of the two or more locations belonging to the cluster as an origin location for the item.