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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2025
Coupang Corp., Seoul, KR;
Matthew Cornford, Seoul, KR;
Bragadesh Rajaraman, Taipei, TW;
Xiufang Zhu, Beijing, CN;
Venkataraja Nellore, Seoul, KR;
Coupang Corp., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A method for managing workstation allocation in a fulfillment center includes receiving a batch of orders of items associated with SKUs, determining a throughput of each of workstations based on a number of outbound SKUs leaving one workstation per unit time, determining a sales velocity of each order SKU, generating a workstation allocation plan that assigns each order SKU to one or more particular workstations based on (i) the throughput of each of the workstations and (ii) the sales velocity of each order SKU to thereby decrease a discrepancy between the throughputs of the workstations with respect to a baseline discrepancy between the throughputs, and transmitting the workstation allocation plan to a transportation device configured to deliver the order SKUs from a storage system to the one or more particular workstations in accordance with the workstation allocation plan.