Patent ID: 9613335
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: G06Q

Claim:
1. A computer based method for using replenishments to perform product relocation to new preferred slots in a warehouse, the method comprising: obtaining from a warehouse management control (WMC) server lists of items, currently empty slots, a current assignment of items to original slots, and a slotting map that lists preferred slot assignments for all listed items, wherein a slot is a physical storage location in the warehouse; comparing the current assignment of items to original slots with the slotting map and with the list of currently empty slots to determine whether there is at least one currently empty slot that is a preferred slot having an item assigned to it in the slotting map, wherein an inventory of the item is currently assigned to and located in an original slot; sending a replenishment command to the WMC server to replenish the item in the at least one empty slot that is the preferred slot for the item in the slotting map; and picking inventory remaining in the original slot without replenishment of the inventory of the item in the original slot.