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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Ajay A. Deshpande, White Plains, NY (US);
Saurabh Gupta, Irving, TX (US);
Arun Hampapur, Norwalk, CT (US);
Alan J. King, South Salem, NY (US);
Ali Koc, White Plains, NY (US);
Pradyumnha G. Kowlani, Foster City, CA (US);
Yingjie Li, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Ding Ding Lin, Beijing, CN;
Xuan Liu, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Christopher Milite, Southbury, CT (US);
Brian L. Quanz, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Chek Keong Tan, Danbury, CT (US);
Dahai Xing, White Plains, NY (US);
Xiao Bo Zheng, Shanghai, CN;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, system and computer program product for managing an order in an Omni-channel order fulfillment system is disclosed. A stock-keeping unit (SKU) node level cost is predicted for a plurality of SKUs. The order is received containing one or more SKUs. A candidate list of fulfillment nodes is determined for fulfilling each of the one or more SKUs in the order using the predicted SKU node level cost and a fulfillment node-destination shipping distance. One or more fulfillment nodes are selected from the candidate list, and the order is fulfilled using the selected one or more fulfillment nodes.