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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2009
System and method for resource allocation across distinct processes of a materials handling facility
Sameer Vinod Shah, Seattle, WA (US);
Srinivas Palla, Seattle, WA (US);
Robert D. Mcdonald, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);
Michael A. Shaver, Renton, WA (US);
Kevin R. Mackenzie, Bellevue, WA (US);
Arun Ponniah Sethuramalingam, Seattle, WA (US);
Jun Zhao, Bellevue, WA (US);
Sameer Vinod Shah, Seattle, WA (US);
Srinivas Palla, Seattle, WA (US);
Robert D. McDonald, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);
Michael A. Shaver, Renton, WA (US);
Kevin R. MacKenzie, Bellevue, WA (US);
Arun Ponniah Sethuramalingam, Seattle, WA (US);
Jun Zhao, Bellevue, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of a system and method for labor allocation across distinct processes of a materials handling facility are described. Embodiments may include a computer system configured to generate a model of a materials handling facility. The model may indicate, for each of multiple distinct quantities of work processed via a respective materials handling process, a quantity of labor resources processing that quantity of work in accordance with the respective materials handling process. The computer system may evaluate the model to determine that one or more additional labor resources are needed to process a particular quantity of work in accordance with a particular materials handling process. The computer system may select a labor resource processing a different quantity of work in accordance with a different materials handling process and generate an instruction that directs that labor resource to process the particular quantity of work via the particular materials handling process.