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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2019
Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Kristine Calvin, Troy, IL (US);
Albert Wayt, St. Louis, MO (US);
Alicia Pratt, St. Louis, MO (US);
Dawn Kotva, St. Louis, MO (US);
Harish Boini, Austin, TX (US);
Joseph Azar, Blue Bell, PA (US);
Kenneth G. Coulter, St. Louis, MO (US);
LaTasha Monroe, St. Louis, MO (US);
Mark A. Kaiser, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Nicholas J. Sandstrom, Tempe, AZ (US);
Patricia Korando, St. Peters, MO (US);
Peter A. Rosomoff, Wildwood, MO (US);
Ronald E. Fais, Tempe, AZ (US);
Salvatore Anselmi, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Sneha P. Murali, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A computer system includes a sorting device that receives a set of orders. The sorting device, for each fill of a first order of the set of orders, assigns the fill to one of a set of fulfillment devices. The computer system includes a sequence determination device configured to receive a first set of fills assigned to a first fulfillment device of the set of fulfillment devices. The sequence determination device adds the first set of fills to a first sequence corresponding to the first fulfillment device. The sequence determination device, for each fill of the first set of fills, determines a start time based on (i) a corresponding target date of the corresponding order and (ii) a priority of the corresponding order. The sequence determination device organizes the first sequence based on the start times. A forwarding device forwards the first sequence to the first fulfillment device.