Walmart Apollo, LLC

Wal-mart Stores, Inc.

Andrew Joseph Rizkallah

Mustafa Ali Harcar

Bryan Rogers

Jessica L Solana

Olivia H Bozik

Justin P Dillane

Shayne Wahlmeier

Thomas E Lazzaro

Methods and systems are provided herein for operation of a sortation system. The methods and systems include a first conveyor configured to transport a receptacle to a sortation station. The methods and systems also include a sorter including a plurality of vessels. Each vessel can be configured to receive at least one product of a plurality of products from the receptacle at the sortation station. Each vessel includes an ejection mechanism for ejecting the at least one product at a sortation delivery station. The sortation delivery station corresponds to the at least one product based on at least one identifier assigned to the product. The methods and systems also include an order consolidation station including a plurality of order-specific portions, each order-specific portion configured to receive the product from the sortation delivery station based on the at least one identifier.

Systems and methods for product sortation

Some embodiments provide systems, apparatuses, and methods to direct the consolidation of products in fulfilling a product order for a retail shopping facility. In some embodiments, a system is configured to identify a shipment order for products to be delivered to a shopping facility and that includes a request for a full pull pallet of a first product and additional products; define the full pull pallet as an enhanced case intended to be treated by an orderfiller worker as less than a full pull pallet; generate a pallet assembly list identifying the enhanced case and the items of a plurality of the additional products; and communicate the pallet assembly list to a user interface unit to be accessible by an orderfiller worker and directing the orderfiller worker to retrieve and cooperate the enhanced case and the additional products as an assembled pallet.

Product movement and distribution systems and methods

In some embodiments, methods of tracking uniquely labeled products are provided. An item representing one unit of a consumer product may be labeled with a unique label via automatically generating a random identifier unique to the item, associating the randomly-generated identifier with the item in a record of an electronic database, creating a label comprising a substrate and the randomly-generated identifier, applying the label to the item, and tracking the item via obtaining the randomly-generated identifier from the label. Products labeled with unique identifiers via such methods are also provided.

Systems and methods for labeling consumer items with unique identifiers

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Bentonville, AR, United States of America

Andrew Joseph Rizkallah