公开(公告)号：US07873549B1

公开(公告)日：2011-01-18

申请号：US11693456

申请日：2007-03-29

申请人： Devesh Mishra ,  Mackenzie Smith ,  Hong Tian ,  Felix F. Antony

发明人： Devesh Mishra ,  Mackenzie Smith ,  Hong Tian ,  Felix F. Antony

IPC分类号： G06Q10/00

CPC分类号： G06Q10/087

摘要： A computer-implemented method for automatically correcting item dimension values may facilitate operations of a materials handling facility. Such a method may include recommending a container for handling one or more items dependent on currently stored item dimension values and determining if any of the item values are inaccurate dependent on an actual container used to handle the one or more items. In some embodiments, the method may include calculating a volumetric utilization of an actual and a recommended container and comparing the two utilizations to determine if the recommended container was too large or too small. If the recommended container was too large or too small, the method may include flagging one or more of the items for measurement and/or correcting item dimensions for one or more of the items. Items may be flagged for measurement in response to a single mismatch between recommended and actual containers or multiple mismatches.

摘要翻译： 用于自动校正项目尺寸值的计算机实现的方法可以有助于材料处理设施的操作。 这种方法可以包括根据当前存储的项目维度值来推荐用于处理一个或多个项目的容器，并且根据用于处理一个或多个项目的实际容器来确定项目值是否不准确。 在一些实施例中，该方法可以包括计算实际和推荐容器的体积利用率并比较两个利用率以确定推荐的容器是否太大或太小。 如果推荐的容器太大或太小，则该方法可以包括标记用于测量和/或校正一个或多个项目的项目尺寸的一个或多个项目。 可以将项目标记为用于测量，以响应推荐的和实际的容器之间的单一不匹配或多个不匹配。

公开(公告)号：US08639591B1

公开(公告)日：2014-01-28

申请号：US12242482

申请日：2008-09-30

申请人： Devesh Mishra ,  Eric Young ,  Michael McKenna ,  Jun Zhao ,  Kevin R. MacKenzie

发明人： Devesh Mishra ,  Eric Young ,  Michael McKenna ,  Jun Zhao ,  Kevin R. MacKenzie

IPC分类号： G06Q10/00

CPC分类号： G06Q10/00 ,  G06Q10/10

摘要： Various embodiments of a system and method for generating a visual display indicating the status of multiple shipping loads are described. The embodiments described herein may include one or more displays and a display control component configured to control the displays. In various embodiments, the display control component may track items (e.g., freight, inventory, etc.) shipped to a materials handling facility and generate a display to visually indicate the various statuses as a graphical representation. As described in more detail herein, such a display may provide agents with greater visibility into the various processes performed in the materials handling facility. To do so, the various displays under the control of the display control component may in some embodiments be strategically located within the materials handling facility. For instance, such displays may be present in inbound and outbound docking areas in the presence of one or more agents.

摘要翻译： 描述用于生成指示多个运输负载的状态的视觉显示的系统和方法的各种实施例。 这里描述的实施例可以包括一个或多个显示器和被配置为控制显示器的显示控制部件。 在各种实施例中，显示控制组件可以跟踪运送到材料处理设施的项目（例如，运费，库存等），并且生成显示器以将各种状态视觉地指示为图形表示。 如本文更详细地描述的，这种显示器可以向代理人提供对在材料处理设施中执行的各种处理的更大可见性。 为了这样做，在显示控制组件的控制下的各种显示器在一些实施例中可以在策略上位于材料处理设施内。 例如，在存在一个或多个代理的情况下，这样的显示器可以存在于入站和出站对接区域中。

公开(公告)号：US08620776B1

公开(公告)日：2013-12-31

申请号：US13487437

申请日：2012-06-04

申请人： Devesh Mishra ,  Eric C. Young ,  Sameer Vinod Shah ,  Timothy Jesse Tien ,  Jun Zhao

发明人： Devesh Mishra ,  Eric C. Young ,  Sameer Vinod Shah ,  Timothy Jesse Tien ,  Jun Zhao

IPC分类号： G06Q10/00

CPC分类号： G06Q10/087 ,  G06Q20/203 ,  G06Q40/00 ,  G06Q40/04

摘要： Disclosed are various embodiments of a self healing andon system. One embodiment of the present disclosure includes a system comprising at least one server. The system further includes logic executed on the at least one server that retrieves a defect history associated with a vendor and at least one product from an inbound shipment from a memory. The at least one product is stocked in a materials handling facility, and the defect history is associated with a specified time period. The at least one server extracts at least one inventory defect from the defect history in a computer system and calculates an inventory defect rate. The at least one server imposes remedial measures if the inventory defect rate exceeds a specified threshold of the inventory defect rate.

摘要翻译： 公开了自愈和系统的各种实施例。 本公开的一个实施例包括包括至少一个服务器的系统。 该系统还包括在至少一个服务器上执行的逻辑，其检索与供应商相关联的缺陷历史记录以及至少一个来自存储器的入库货物的产品。 至少一个产品存放在材料处理设备中，并且缺陷历史与指定的时间段相关联。 至少一个服务器从计算机系统中的缺陷历史中提取至少一个库存缺陷并计算库存缺陷率。 如果库存缺陷率超过库存缺陷率的指定阈值，则至少一个服务器施加补救措施。

公开(公告)号：US20100082152A1

公开(公告)日：2010-04-01

申请号：US12329927

申请日：2008-12-08

申请人： Devesh Mishra ,  Eric C. Young ,  Sameer Vinod Shah ,  Timothy Jesse Tien ,  Jun Zhao

发明人： Devesh Mishra ,  Eric C. Young ,  Sameer Vinod Shah ,  Timothy Jesse Tien ,  Jun Zhao

IPC分类号： G06F7/00 ,  G06K9/00

CPC分类号： H04N7/18 ,  G06K2209/19 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  G06Q50/28 ,  G06T2207/30108

摘要： Disclosed are various embodiments of systems and methods for receiving shipment parcels at materials handling facilities. A parcel receiving system has an imaging tunnel through which shipment parcels received at a materials handling facility are passed. While a shipment parcel is passing through the imaging tunnel, a camera captures at least one image of the parcel. The parcel image is electronically analyzed to discover various tracking information and to detect various types of exceptions, such as damage to the parcel or defective tracking information. In addition, the captured image is stored in order to create a visual record of the parcel at the time of reception. This record may be used in a variety of ways, such as resolving or tracking exceptions or providing feedback to the vendor or shipment carrier. In addition, the parcel image may be viewed by a user to enable the user to detect and/or resolve an exception. Thus, the overall process of receiving parcels is facilitated, and the percentage of parcels diverted to an exception bin may be decreased.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于在材料处理设施处接收装运包裹的系统和方法的各种实施例。 包裹接收系统具有成像通道，通过该成像通道在材料处理设施处接收的装运包裹。 当装运包裹通过成像隧道时，相机会拍摄至少一个包裹的图像。 电子分析电子图像以发现各种跟踪信息并检测各种类型的异常，例如损坏包裹或有缺陷的跟踪信息。 此外，存储捕获的图像以便在接收时创建包裹的视觉记录。 该记录可以以各种方式使用，例如解决或跟踪例外或向供应商或装运运营商提供反馈。 此外，可以由用户查看包裹图像以使得用户能够检测和/或解决异常。 因此，接收包裹的整个过程便利，并且可以减少转移到异常仓的包裹的百分比。

公开(公告)号：US08732040B1

公开(公告)日：2014-05-20

申请号：US13211158

申请日：2011-08-16

申请人： Aniket Ajit Prabhune ,  Pierre-Francois Seri ,  Ashish Agiwal ,  Jason W. Murray ,  Devesh Mishra

发明人： Aniket Ajit Prabhune ,  Pierre-Francois Seri ,  Ashish Agiwal ,  Jason W. Murray ,  Devesh Mishra

IPC分类号： G06Q10/00 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  G06Q20/20

CPC分类号： G06Q10/087 ,  G06Q20/203

摘要： Methods and systems for inventory planning are described. An inventory reduction factor for an entity, based at least in part on an estimated ability of hosted merchants to fulfill demand for an item, may be determined. An adjusted target inventory estimate may be calculated using the determined inventory reduction factor and a target inventory quantity. The hosted merchants may be merchants offering the item for sale via a sales channel through which the entity also offers the item. The hosted merchants may in some cases be merchants offering the item for sale via the entity's website.

摘要翻译： 描述库存计划的方法和系统。 可以确定至少部分地基于托管商家满足对项目的需求的估计能力的实体的库存减少因子。 可以使用确定的库存减少因子和目标库存数量来计算经调整的目标库存估计。 托管的商家可以是通过销售渠道提供要销售的商品的商家，通过该销售渠道，该实体还提供该商品。 托管商家在某些情况下可能是通过实体的网站提供销售物品的商家。

公开(公告)号：US08700443B1

公开(公告)日：2014-04-15

申请号：US13172720

申请日：2011-06-29

申请人： Jason W. Murray ,  Devesh Mishra ,  Eric M Mack ,  Jeffrey B. Maurer ,  Minshu Xu

发明人： Jason W. Murray ,  Devesh Mishra ,  Eric M Mack ,  Jeffrey B. Maurer ,  Minshu Xu

IPC分类号： G06Q10/00

CPC分类号： G06Q10/06315 ,  G06Q10/06312 ,  G06Q10/087

摘要： Systems and methods for supply risk detection are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method includes identifying fulfillment-related features corresponding to an item to be stored in inventory. The method also includes selecting a subset of the fulfillment-related features that is correlated with a supply constraint associated with the item. For example, in some cases the correlation is based on historical supply constraint data. The method further includes building a supply risk early detection model based, at least in part, upon the subset fulfillment-related features and evaluating the model to determine a probability that a third-party vendor will suffer a shortage of the item, as well as an expected duration of the shortage. Upon evaluation of the model, the method may include creating a purchasing plan for the item that takes into account the probability of the shortage and the expected duration of the shortage.

摘要翻译： 披露供应风险检测的系统和方法。 在一些实施例中，一种方法包括识别与要存储在库存中的物品相对应的履行相关特征。 该方法还包括选择与与项目相关联的供应约束相关联的履行相关特征的子集。 例如，在某些情况下，相关性是基于历史供应约束数据。 该方法还包括至少部分地基于子集履行相关特征建立供应风险早期检测模型，并评估该模型以确定第三方供应商将遭受该项目短缺的可能性，以及 预计短缺的持续时间。 在对模型进行评估时，该方法可以包括为考虑到短缺的概率和预期的短缺持续时间的项目创建采购计划。

公开(公告)号：US08489232B2

公开(公告)日：2013-07-16

申请号：US12329927

申请日：2008-12-08

申请人： Devesh Mishra ,  Eric C. Young ,  Sameer Vinod Shah ,  Timothy Jesse Tien ,  Jun Zhao

发明人： Devesh Mishra ,  Eric C. Young ,  Sameer Vinod Shah ,  Timothy Jesse Tien ,  Jun Zhao

IPC分类号： G06F7/00

CPC分类号： H04N7/18 ,  G06K2209/19 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  G06Q50/28 ,  G06T2207/30108

摘要： Disclosed are various embodiments of systems and methods for receiving shipment parcels at materials handling facilities. A parcel receiving system has an imaging tunnel through which shipment parcels received at a materials handling facility are passed. While a shipment parcel is passing through the imaging tunnel, a camera captures at least one image of the parcel. The parcel image is electronically analyzed to discover various tracking information and to detect various types of exceptions, such as damage to the parcel or defective tracking information. In addition, the captured image is stored in order to create a visual record of the parcel at the time of reception. This record may be used in a variety of ways, such as resolving or tracking exceptions or providing feedback to the vendor or shipment carrier. In addition, the parcel image may be viewed by a user to enable the user to detect and/or resolve an exception. Thus, the overall process of receiving parcels is facilitated, and the percentage of parcels diverted to an exception bin may be decreased.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于在材料处理设施处接收装运包裹的系统和方法的各种实施例。 包裹接收系统具有成像通道，通过该成像通道在材料处理设施处接收的装运包裹。 当装运包裹通过成像隧道时，相机会拍摄至少一个包裹的图像。 电子分析电子图像以发现各种跟踪信息并检测各种类型的异常，例如损坏包裹或有缺陷的跟踪信息。 此外，存储捕获的图像以便在接收时创建包裹的视觉记录。 该记录可以以各种方式使用，例如解决或跟踪例外或向供应商或装运运营商提供反馈。 此外，可以由用户查看包裹图像以使得用户能够检测和/或解决异常。 因此，接收包裹的整个过程便利，并且可以减少转移到异常仓的包裹的百分比。

公开(公告)号：US08473425B1

公开(公告)日：2013-06-25

申请号：US13164559

申请日：2011-06-20

申请人： Jeffrey B. Maurer ,  Jason W. Murray ,  Eric Mack ,  Devesh Mishra

发明人： Jeffrey B. Maurer ,  Jason W. Murray ,  Eric Mack ,  Devesh Mishra

IPC分类号： G06Q30/00

CPC分类号： G06Q10/04 ,  G06Q10/083

摘要： Systems and methods for predictive drop shipping are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method may include maintaining inventory of an item that is offered for sale to customers via a webpage. A ratio may be calculated between a number of views of the webpage and a number of units of the item purchased over a first time period when a fast shipping or delivery option is available, and over a second time period when such option is not available. The method may identify the item as a candidate for drop shipping in response to the ratio being larger during the first time period than during the second time period. Upon receipt of an order, the received order may be fulfilled via drop shipping, in some cases, despite the inventory being sufficient to fulfill the order, and despite a cost of fulfillment via drop shipping being higher than fulfillment from inventory.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于预测下降运输的系统和方法。 在一些实施例中，一种方法可以包括通过网页来维护提供给销售的客户的库存。 可以在网页的多个视图与当快速发货或交付选项可用时的第一时间段内购买的商品的单元数量以及在不可用此选项的第二时间段时计算比率。 该方法可以响应于在第一时间段期间比在第二时间段期间较大的比例，将该项目识别为丢弃运送的候选者。 收到订单后，接收到的订单可能会通过下送运送来完成，但在某些情况下，尽管库存足以履行订单，并且尽管通过下降运送成本高于库存履行成本。

公开(公告)号：US08401975B1

公开(公告)日：2013-03-19

申请号：US11744336

申请日：2007-05-04

申请人： Hong Tian ,  Devesh Mishra ,  Mackenzie Smith ,  James E. Bacus

发明人： Hong Tian ,  Devesh Mishra ,  Mackenzie Smith ,  James E. Bacus

IPC分类号： G06Q99/00

CPC分类号： G06Q10/08

摘要： A computer-implemented method for analyzing package performance in a materials handling facility may include calculating an expected shipping cost for an item package and an actual shipping cost for the item package to determine excess shipping costs due to shipping item packages in the wrong container. The expected shipping cost may be the sum of the transportation cost and shipping materials cost when the item package is shipped in a recommended container. The actual shipping cost may be the sum of the transportation cost and shipping materials cost when the item is shipped in another container. The shipping materials costs may include the costs of the containers themselves and any non-item contents in the containers. A package performance analyzer may be configured to calculate excess shipping costs, generate various package performance reports according to received report parameters, and recommend corrective actions, including changing the available container types or providing training.

摘要翻译： 用于分析材料处理设施中的包装性能的计算机实现的方法可以包括计算物品包裹的预期运输成本和物品包裹的实际运输成本，以确定由于错误的容器中的运输物品包裹而导致的超出运送费用。 预期的运输成本可能是在推荐的集装箱中运送物品包裹时的运输成本和运输材料成本的总和。 实际运输成本可能是货物在另一个集装箱中运输时的运输成本和运输成本的总和。 运输材料成本可能包括集装箱本身的成本和集装箱中的任何非物品内容。 可以将包装性能分析器配置为计算超额运输成本，根据接收到的报告参数生成各种包装性能报告，并建议纠正措施，包括更改可用的容器类型或提供培训。

公开(公告)号：US20100082151A1

公开(公告)日：2010-04-01

申请号：US12241475

申请日：2008-09-30

申请人： Eric C. Young ,  Devesh Mishra ,  Timothy Jesse Tien ,  Jun Zhao ,  Sameer Vinod Shah ,  Zongyi Liu

发明人： Eric C. Young ,  Devesh Mishra ,  Timothy Jesse Tien ,  Jun Zhao ,  Sameer Vinod Shah ,  Zongyi Liu

IPC分类号： G06F7/00 ,  G06F15/16 ,  G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06Q10/083 ,  B07C3/08 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  G06Q50/30

摘要： Disclosed are various embodiments of systems and methods for receiving shipment parcels at materials handling facilities. A parcel receiving system has an imaging tunnel through which shipment parcels received at a materials handling facility are passed. While a shipment parcel is passing through the imaging tunnel, a camera captures at least one image of the parcel. The parcel image is electronically analyzed to discover various tracking information and to detect various types of exceptions, such as damage to the parcel or defective tracking information. In addition, the captured image is stored in order to create a visual record of the parcel at the time of reception. This record may be used in a variety of ways, such as resolving or tracking exceptions or providing feedback to the vendor or shipment carrier. In addition, the parcel image may be viewed by a user to enable the user to detect and/or resolve an exception. Thus, the overall process of receiving parcels is facilitated, and the percentage of parcels diverted to an exception bin may be decreased.