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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
May. 05, 2017
Wal-mart Stores, Inc., Bentonville, AR (US);
Pratosh Deepak Rajkhowa, Bangalore, IN;
Ameya Ajay Shendre, Bangalore, IN;
Pavan Kumar Raichur Rajoli, Bangalore, IN;
Shekhar Gupta, Bangalore, IN;
Vidyanand Krishnan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
WALMART APOLLO, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);
Abstract
Some embodiments include a system. The system can include one or more processors and one or more non-transitory memory storage devices storing computer instructions configured to run on the processor(s) and perform acts including: receiving a request for a picked sales order; estimating an estimated fulfillment time interval to make ready the good(s) of the picked sales order for receipt by the customer, wherein estimating the estimated fulfillment time interval to make ready the good(s) of the picked sales order for receipt by the customer includes evaluating an availability of one or more pickers to pick the good(s); determining a receivable clock time at which to promise the good(s) for receipt by the customer; and communicating the receivable clock time to the customer. Other embodiments of related systems and methods are also provided.