Article storage system

An article storage system comprising:

• an article storage device including an article transport unit configured to transport articles, a box transport unit configured to transport boxes for accommodating the articles, and a storage mechanism configured to accommodate the articles transported by the article transport unit in the boxes;
• and
• a control device configured to control the operation of the article storage device,
• wherein the plurality of article storage devices are arranged side by side such that boxes can be transferred between adjacent article storage devices via the box transport unit,
• a single box is sequentially transported from one article storage device to another, and
• the control device acquires the status of the article storage devices and, when an abnormality occurs in any article storage device, continues the operation of article storage devices located upstream and/or downstream of a transport direction of the box with respect to the article storage device where the abnormality has occurred in the transport direction of the box.