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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2018
Walmart Apollo, Llc, Bentonville, AR (US);
Robert James Taylor, Rogers, AR (US);
Jason Bellar, Bella Vista, AR (US);
John Crecelius, Springdale, AR (US);
Matthew David Alexander, Rogers, AR (US);
William M. Propes, Bentonville, AR (US);
Jesse Berry, Centerton, AR (US);
Jeffrey Scott Cruz, Bentonville, AR (US);
Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);
Abstract
Shipment receiving systems and methods are disclosed. Invoice and store inventory management data is provided to an invoice processor for assigning expected destinations to lanes of a material transporter having and a plurality of outlet lanes that each have an indicator. A scanner determines a case identifier for each case which is routed accordingly. One or more notifications is provided to the indicator of one or more of the plurality of outlet lanes. Received shipment data enables reconciliation of upstream supply change management systems and downstream store inventory systems.