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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2008
Hong Tian, Seattle, WA (US);
Ritesh R. Garodia, Bellevue, WA (US);
Eric C. Young, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Devesh Mishra, Issaquah, WA (US);
Hong Tian, Seattle, WA (US);
Ritesh R. Garodia, Bellevue, WA (US);
Eric C. Young, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Devesh Mishra, Issaquah, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A system and computer-implemented method for automatically splitting a group of items into two or more shipment sets are disclosed. A shipment splitting analyzer may be configured to determine if and how the items should be split into shipment sets dependent on the number of unique or total items, item parameters, container parameters, facility configurations, transportation constraints, and/or business policies. Items may be dequeued from the group into proposed shipment sets directed to a target container. The shipment splitting analyzer may determine which items may be shipped together dependent on a cumulative volume and/or weight of the items, a size and/or weight capacity of the target container, and/or affinity information associated with the items. Over-sized items, over-weight items, and/or large quantities of single items may be removed for exception processing prior to splitting the items into shipment sets. Shipment splitting data may be analyzed for current performance and/or operational trends.