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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2016
Lineage Logistics, Llc, Irvine, CA (US);
Elliott Gerard Wolf, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christopher Frank Eckman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Alexander James Woolf, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lineage Logistics, LLC, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for optimizing storage racks in a warehouse that includes a plurality of storage racks that each include one or more horizontal bars that are adjustable along a plurality of elevations on the storage racks, placement of the one or more horizontal bars defining a plurality of rack openings within each storage racks; a historical inventory database that is programmed to store historical inventory data for the warehouse, the historical inventory data identifying pallets stored in the warehouse and times at which the pallets were stored; and a computer system including one or more processors that are programmed to determine a pallet distribution profile for the warehouse, to determine a plurality of rack types and quantity of rack types for the warehouse, and to designate each of the plurality of storage racks as one of the plurality of rack types to generate a rack arrangement for the warehouse.