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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2004
Ben-shaul Yair, Hadera, IL;
Orit Harel, Kadima, IL;
Ziv Holzman, Tel Aviv, IL;
Joachim Epp, Zuzenhausen, DE;
Malkiel Hadari, Hod-Hasharon, IL;
Ben-Shaul Yair, Hadera, IL;
Orit Harel, Kadima, IL;
Ziv Holzman, Tel Aviv, IL;
Joachim Epp, Zuzenhausen, DE;
Malkiel Hadari, Hod-Hasharon, IL;
SAP Aktiengeselleschaft, Walldorf, DE;
Abstract
A computer-implemented method of controlling picking operations of a number of users in a warehouse, wherein goods are located at source locations, each picking operation comprising: an operation of preparation, wherein, at the source location, the good is introduced in a handling unit, HU, an operation of placing the HU on a picking equipment, the picking equipment being a tool for transferring the HU, an operation of transferring the HU to the destination location, wherein a sequence of picking instructions are presented online individually to the number of users via instruction presenting means which are associated with the respective users, each picking instruction specifying the HU to be transferred, the equipment to be used, and the first and second position, whereby execution of each of the picking operation steps is controlled by online data verification such that a subsequent picking operation instruction may be changed, and presented to the users via the instruction presenting means depending upon result of the verification.