Patent ID: 9132957
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a processing device, an indication of a location of a misplaced item bin within a materials handling facility, the materials handling facility comprising a plurality of bins, the plurality of bins comprising the misplaced item bin and a plurality of item storage bins; receiving, by the processing device, an indication of a misplaced item, the misplaced item having been inadvertently removed from one of the plurality of item storage bins and placed in the misplaced item bin; identifying, by the processing device, a group of potential item storage bins for storage of the misplaced item, wherein each potential item storage bin in the group is located within a threshold distance of the location of the misplaced item bin, wherein a virtual inventory of the materials handling facility indicates that each potential item storage bin in the group comprises one or more items having a same item type as the misplaced item; determining, by the processing device, an ordered list of potential item storage bins from the group of potential bins, wherein the potential item storage bins on the ordered list are arranged in an order configured to optimize a transit time between the potential item storage bins in the materials handling facility for a materials handling facility associate to store the misplaced item; and providing, by the processing device, the ordered list to a client device corresponding to the materials handling facility associate.