Patent ID: 8311902

Claim:
A method for fulfilling inventory requests, comprising: receiving, by a processor, an inventory request requesting an inventory item; selecting, by the processor, the requested inventory item from inventory holder; facilitating, by the processor, storing the requested inventory item in an order holder associated with the inventory request; arranging, by the processor, one or more storage spaces according to a shipping sequence, each of the one or more storage spaces comprising an area of a workspace designated for storage of at least one of a plurality of order holders; selecting, by the processor, one of the one or more storage spaces in which to store the order holder according to a parameter associated with the order holder, wherein the parameter is used by the processor to identify a position in the shipping sequence; facilitating, by the processor, moving the order holder to the selected storage space; detecting, by the processor, a triggering event; and in response to detecting the triggering event: transmitting, by the processor, a priority message associated with the triggering event, the priority message instructing a receiving component to adjust a priority level of a task assignment; and wherein the receiving component, in response to receiving the priority message, retrieves the order holder from the selected storage space and moves the order holder to a shipping station, the selected storage space and the shipping station representing different areas of the workspace.