Patent ID: 8527325
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving information associated with a materials handling process that includes handling a plurality of units, wherein the information indicates, for each unit of said plurality of units: wherein said plurality of units includes units of different classifications; determining a measure of variability of the pre-handling time periods associated with the units of a given classification of said different classifications; determining a measure of variability of the post-handling time periods associated with each unit of the given classification; determining, by one or more computing devices, that either the measure of variability of the pre-handling time periods or the measure of variability of the post-handling time periods is less than the other; and based on said determining, indicating, by one or more computing devices, either that the pre-handling time periods or that the post-handling time periods, associated with the lesser measure of variability, are representative of quantities of labor expended to process the units of said given classification in accordance with the materials handling process.