WO2023243021A1

WO2023243021A1 - Warehouse storage visualization system, warehouse storage visualization method, and program

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Publication number: WO2023243021A1
Application number: PCT/JP2022/024039
Authority: WO
Inventors: 良二中安
Original assignee: ロジスティード株式会社
Priority date: 2022-06-15
Filing date: 2022-06-15
Publication date: 2023-12-21

Abstract

[Problem] To provide a warehouse storage visualization system, a warehouse storage visualization method, and a program for visualizing the arrangement status of articles stored in a warehouse. [Solution] Provided is a warehouse storage visualization system 1 that visualizes the arrangement status of articles stored in a warehouse, the warehouse storage visualization system comprising: an information acquisition unit 13 that acquires incoming and outgoing delivery information of the articles; a determination unit 14 that determines a destination area on the basis of the incoming and outgoing delivery information and area information of the warehouse stored in advance; and a calculation unit 15 that calculates an arrangement status when the articles have been moved to the determined destination area.

Description

Warehousing visualization system, warehousing visualization method, and program

The present invention relates to a warehouse storage visualization system, a warehouse storage visualization method, and a program related to visualization of the arrangement status of items stored in a warehouse.

Conventionally, regarding the storage method of goods in a warehouse, the number of days the goods will be occupied when stored is predicted, the priority of the storage location is determined from the shipping frequency and the replenishment frequency, and the method is based on the priority, shipping record, and estimated number of days occupied. There is known a warehouse management system that realizes highly efficient inventory arrangement in a storage area by determining the storage position where incoming goods are stored (see Patent Document 1).

Patent No. 6636134

However, with the system described in Patent Document 1, although it was possible to manage the storage method of each article, it was not possible to grasp and manage the movement of receiving and shipping operations in the entire warehouse. If it is not possible to grasp the movement of cargo throughout the warehouse, problems such as congestion of warehouse workers near the berth, limited movement resources being strained, and overflow of cargo in some storage areas on the floor may occur, leading to problems in the warehouse's ability to receive and ship goods. There was a problem with work being delayed.

Therefore, the present invention provides a warehouse storage visualization system, a warehouse storage visualization method, and a program that visualize the arrangement of items stored in a warehouse.

The present invention is a warehouse visualization system that visualizes the arrangement status of articles stored in a warehouse, and includes an information acquisition unit that acquires receipt and shipment information of the articles, the input and shipment information, and a warehouse visualization system that is stored in advance. The present invention provides a warehouse storage visualization system comprising: a determining unit that determines a destination area based on area information; and a calculating unit that calculates a placement situation when the article is moved to the determined destination area.

Further, the present invention provides a warehouse storage visualization system in which the calculation unit calculates the arrangement status at every predetermined time.

Further, in the present invention, the determining unit determines a moving resource based on the input and shipping information, and the calculating unit calculates a time for the article to reach the destination area according to the moving resource, A warehouse storage visualization system is provided that calculates the arrangement status based on the arrival time.

Further, in the present invention, the determining unit determines a moving resource based on the input shipping information, and the calculating unit calculates a time for the article to depart from the destination area according to the moving resource, A warehouse storage visualization system is provided that calculates the arrangement status based on the departure time.

Further, the present invention provides that, in the case where the article is moved to a destination area using the moving resource, the calculation unit calculates the arrangement status of the article in each area in the warehouse and/or the moving resource at every predetermined time. The present invention also provides a warehouse storage visualization system including an output unit that visualizes the arrangement status of the articles in each of the areas and/or moving resources at each calculated predetermined time.

Further, the present invention provides a warehouse storage visualization system in which the calculation unit executes a simulation to calculate the placement status of the articles in each area and/or moving resource at every predetermined time.

Further, the present invention provides a method in which a threshold value is set in advance for each of the areas and/or the mobile resource, and it is determined whether the arrangement situation of the article in each of the areas and/or the mobile resource calculated at each predetermined time exceeds the threshold value. The present invention provides a warehouse storage visualization system including a determination unit that outputs a notification when the determination unit determines that the threshold value has been exceeded.

Further, the present invention provides a warehouse storage system comprising: a proposing unit that outputs an alternative plan for preventing a placement situation determined to have exceeded the threshold from exceeding the threshold when the determining unit has determined that the threshold has been exceeded; Provide a visualization system.

Further, the present invention provides the warehouse storage visualization system according to claim 1, which includes an input section that accepts direct input, and wherein the information acquisition section acquires the input information received by the input section.

Further, the present invention provides a warehouse storage visualization system in which the output unit outputs the arrangement status on a map showing the area of the warehouse.

The present invention also provides a method executed by a warehouse storage visualization system that visualizes the arrangement status of articles stored in a warehouse, which includes the steps of acquiring receipt and shipping information of the article, and storing the entered shipping information in advance. The present invention provides a method including the steps of: determining a destination area based on area information of the warehouse; and calculating a placement situation when the article is moved to the determined destination area.

Further, the present invention provides a warehouse storage visualization system that visualizes the arrangement status of articles stored in a warehouse, including an information acquisition unit that acquires the receipt and shipment information of the articles, the input and shipment information, and the information about the warehouse that is stored in advance. The present invention provides a program that functions as a determining unit that determines a destination area based on area information, and a calculating unit that calculates a placement situation when the article is moved to the determined destination area.

According to the present invention, it is possible to visualize the arrangement of items stored in a warehouse.

1 is a diagram illustrating an overview of a warehouse storage visualization system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of a warehouse storage visualization system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing area information according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing receiving and shipping information acquired by the warehouse storage visualization device according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing inventory information acquired by the warehouse storage visualization device according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the arrangement of simulation results by the warehouse storage visualization device according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a floor map showing the arrangement of articles according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a flow chart showing warehouse storage visualization processing of the warehouse storage visualization system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, modes for carrying out the present invention (hereinafter referred to as embodiments) will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following figures, the same numbers or symbols are given to the same elements throughout the description of the embodiments.

[Basic concept/basic configuration]
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an overview of a warehouse storage visualization system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The warehouse storage visualization system 1 includes a warehouse storage visualization device 10 that visualizes the arrangement status of items handled in the warehouse, and a warehouse management device that is connected to the warehouse storage visualization device 10 via a network and manages the items handled in the warehouse. 20. Here, the items handled in the warehouse include both items inside the warehouse and items outside the warehouse.

In the warehouse storage visualization system 1, the warehouse management visualization device 10 is a cloud server in this embodiment, and is managed by a warehouse manager (such as a logistics company), for example. The warehouse management device 20 is called a WMS (Warehouse Management System).

The warehouse storage visualization device 10 visualizes and outputs the arrangement status of the items handled by the warehouse management device 20 in the warehouse at predetermined time intervals. Specifically, first, the warehouse storage visualization device 10 acquires receipt and shipment information of items handled in the warehouse from the warehouse management device 20. Next, the warehouse storage visualization device 10 calculates the arrangement situation when the article is moved to the destination area based on the receiving/shipping information and the area information of the warehouse held in advance. Then, the warehouse storage visualization device 10 creates a warehouse layout status table that visualizes the calculated layout status at predetermined time intervals.

The receipt/shipment information holds information on items that are scheduled to arrive at the warehouse or items that have been decided to be shipped from the warehouse. Specifically, the receipt/shipment information holds information such as article ID, source area, arrival date and time, and cut date and time. The area information holds information on areas where items handled in the warehouse are stored or temporarily stored (hereinafter, storage in this specification includes temporary storage). Specifically, it holds information such as area name and area capacity.

The warehouse storage visualization device 10 outputs a warehouse layout status table. The warehouse layout status table is information that describes the allowable amount and the occupancy rate of goods for each area. Here, the occupancy rate is the ratio of the volume occupied by the stored items to the allowable capacity of the area to store the items. In addition to the occupancy rate, the information may also be information indicating only the general occupancy status such as empty space, little empty space, or no empty space, or whether items can be stored.

According to such a warehouse storage visualization system 1, the arrangement status of articles in each area can be calculated. Furthermore, based on the calculation results, it is possible to output the arrangement status of articles in the warehouse at each predetermined time. Therefore, the movement of goods in the warehouse can be visualized, and a work manager or the like can grasp the overall situation of the warehouse and give instructions for efficient receiving and shipping operations.

(Functional configuration of warehouse storage visualization device)
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the functional configuration of the warehouse storage visualization device 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The warehouse storage visualization device 10 includes a communication unit 11 that communicates with the warehouse management device 20 via a network, a storage unit 12, an information acquisition unit 13, a determination unit 14, a calculation unit 15, a judgment unit 16, and a proposal unit. 17, an output section 18, and an input section 19 that receives direct input from a warehouse manager, work manager, or the like. Note that although the warehouse storage visualization device 10 is a cloud server in this embodiment, it may be an on-premises device.

The storage unit 12 stores warehouse area information, an area map showing the location of each area of the warehouse, the allowable amount of each type of mobile resource, the number of movable resources that can be operated, the time required for each mobile resource between each area, and the packaging type. Information such as mobile resources for each is held in advance. Note that in this embodiment, since the warehouse storage visualization device 10 is a cloud server, it is desirable that the storage unit 12 is constructed using cloud storage or a distributed ledger.

FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing area information acquired by the warehouse storage visualization device 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention. One record of area information includes information such as the area name, the allowable amount of the area, the name of the article stored in the area, and the packaging style stored in the area.

In the area name field, data indicating the name of an area in the warehouse is recorded, and in this embodiment, the area name is composed of an area ID including the number of floors in the area and the type of area. The types of areas are represented by "Berth", an area for shipping goods, "temporary yard", an area for temporarily storing goods, and "storage", an area for storing goods. In the item of allowable amount, data indicating the maximum amount of goods that the area can store is recorded, and is indicated by volume, for example. Note that the area information only needs to include at least information on the area name and the allowable amount of the area.

The information acquisition unit 13 acquires one day's worth of receiving and shipping information from the warehouse management device 20. FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing the receipt/shipment information acquired by the information acquisition unit 13. One record of receipt/shipment information includes information indicating the article name, movement source area name, packaging style, size, warehousing time, cut time, etc. In the article name item, data indicating the article name of the article to be received and shipped is recorded. In the movement source area name item, data indicating the area of the warehouse where the goods were received is recorded. For example, when an item arrives at the luggage entrance on the first floor, it is recorded as 1F-Berth.

In the packing form item, data indicating the appearance and shape of the packaged item is recorded. In this embodiment, one of the units of arrival and shipment, such as pallets, cases, material handling, or bulk units, is recorded. For example, if one pallet worth of cargo is received, it is recorded as a pallet. In the size item, data indicating the size of the article is recorded. For example, it is expressed in terms of volume, length, width, and height.

The warehousing time item is the time at which a certain item enters the source area. For example, if the item is unloaded at the berth at 9am, 9:00 is recorded. The cut time is a shipping deadline set for each item. In other words, this is the time that, if exceeded, will result in a delivery delay.

Receiving and shipping information includes one day's worth of receiving and shipping information, but it can be distinguished as receiving or shipping information depending on whether the information is stored at the receiving time or cut time. . Note that the arrival/shipment information may include information on packages moving between areas. In this embodiment, the movement of articles between areas is also considered as arrival or shipment, and the storage time or cut time is stored in the information of the goods moving between areas.

Additionally, the information acquisition unit 13 may acquire inventory information for each area at the time of acquiring the receipt/shipment information from the warehouse management device 20 together with the receipt/shipment information. FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing inventory information acquired by the information acquisition unit 13. One record of inventory information includes information indicating area name, article name, packaging style, quantity, etc. The quantity is the number of items stored in the area, that is, the number of items in stock.

Further, the information acquisition unit 13 acquires input information received by the input unit 19. In detail, reservation receipt/shipment information is used to reserve the receipt/shipment of items that have not been obtained as receipt/shipment information from the warehouse management device 20 due to a sudden request, or a warehouse manager specifies a specific area to store specific items. The warehouse manager or work manager can directly input the corrected receipt/shipment information that specifies the input information. In addition, hereinafter, it is assumed that the above-mentioned input information is also included in the receipt/shipment information.

The determining unit 14 determines the destination area and movement resources for the article to be used for receiving and shipping the article, based on the acquired receiving and shipping information and the area information held in advance. Note that the determining unit 14 may determine the destination area and movement resources of the article by also using the inventory information acquired together with the receipt/shipment information.

Specifically, the determining unit 14 determines the destination area based on the area information, the product name and/or packaging style of the arrival information, and predetermined conditions. Specifically, the determining unit 14 extracts one or more areas from the area information as a first candidate based on whether the receiving/shipping information includes a warehousing time or a cut time. That is, when the receipt/shipment information includes the warehousing time, an area including "temporary yard" or "storage" in the area name of the area information is extracted as a first candidate. On the other hand, if the receiving/shipping information includes a cut time, an area including "Berth" in the area name of the area information is extracted as a first candidate. If only one first candidate area is extracted, the determining unit 14 determines that area as the destination area.

Next, the determining unit 14 compares the article name and/or packaging style of the first candidate with the article name and/or packaging style of the receiving/shipping information, and selects the destination area of the one or more matching area information as the first candidate. Extract as 2 candidates. If only one second candidate area is extracted, that is determined as the destination area.

Then, the determining unit 14 determines an area that satisfies a predetermined condition among the second destination area candidates as the destination area. Here, the predetermined conditions include prioritizing areas with a similar number of floors in area information, prioritizing areas with a small tolerance, and prioritizing areas with a small number of inventory based on inventory information. The predetermined conditions are set in advance, and the area most suitable for the conditions is determined as the destination area from among the plurality of extracted second candidates.

Then, the determining unit 14 determines the moving resource based on the determined moving destination area, the packaging style of the receiving/shipping information, and the moving source area. Specifically, the determining unit 14 refers to movement resources for each packaging type stored in advance in the storage unit 12 based on the floor relationship between the determined destination area and the source area and the packaging type in the receiving and shipping information. and obtain movement resources.

Here, moving resources include moving resources for horizontal movement such as forklifts, handlifts, cage trucks, and people (hereinafter referred to as horizontal movement resources in this specification), and movement resources for vertical movement such as vertical transport machines and elevators. There are mobile resources (hereinafter referred to as vertical mobile resources in this specification). The movement resources for each packaging type stored in advance in the storage unit 12 include both horizontal movement resources and vertical movement resources.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, the determining unit 14 refers to the number of floors included in the area ID of the area information, and when the movement source area and movement destination area are on different floors, the determination unit 14 uses horizontal movement resources and vertical movement resources. and are determined as moving resources. On the other hand, if the movement source area and the movement destination area are on the same floor, only the horizontal movement resource is determined as the movement resource.

The calculation unit 15 calculates the placement status of the items in each area at predetermined time intervals when each item is moved from the movement source area to the movement destination area using the movement resource determined by the determination unit 14. In addition, when each article is moved from the source area to the destination area using the moving resource determined by the determining section 14, the calculating section 15 also calculates the placement status of the article in each moving resource at a predetermined time interval. You may.

Specifically, the calculation unit 15 refers to the required time for each moving resource between each area, which is stored in advance in the storage unit 12, and calculates the receiving and shipping information based on the moving destination area, moving source area, and moving resource. Obtain the travel time for each item. Next, the calculation unit 15 calculates the time for each article to arrive at the destination area based on the acquired travel time and storage time. Next, the calculation unit 15 calculates the size of the article moved to each area based on the arrival time or cut time of each article at the destination area calculated for each article in the receiving and shipping information and the size of each article. The amount is calculated at predetermined intervals.

Furthermore, the calculation unit 15 calculates the time at which each article departs from the source area based on the acquired travel time and cut time. Next, the calculation unit 15 calculates the size of the article moved from each area based on the departure time or warehousing time of each article from the movement source area calculated for each article in the receipt/shipment information and the size of each article. The amount is calculated at predetermined intervals.

The calculation unit 15 calculates the amount of articles in each area at each predetermined time based on the amount of articles moved to each area and/or the amount of articles moved to each area calculated at each predetermined time. do. Further, the calculation unit 15 calculates the amount of goods in each area based on the amount of goods moved to each area and/or the amount of goods moved to each area, and the quantity of inventory information acquired by the information acquisition unit 13. The amount of is calculated every predetermined time. The calculation unit 15 may divide the amount of items calculated for each area by the allowable amount of the area and multiply it by 100 to determine the capacity rate as the item placement status, or use the calculated amount of items as the item placement status. Good too. Note that hereinafter in this specification, the arrangement status is assumed to be the capacity rate.

Furthermore, the calculation unit 15 calculates the time that each article occupies the movement resource until it moves to its destination, based on the acquired movement time and the warehousing time or cut time. Next, the calculation unit 15 calculates the amount of items occupying each movement resource at every predetermined time based on the time calculated for each item in the receiving and shipping information and the size of each item. Then, the calculation unit 15 divides the amount of articles calculated for each mobile resource by the allowable amount of the mobile resource, and multiplies the divided product by 100 to determine the capacity rate as the article arrangement status.

Furthermore, the calculation unit 15 calculates the placement status of articles in each area at every predetermined time by executing a simulation. Specifically, the calculation unit 15 calculates each item on the area map of the warehouse based on the arrival time or cut time of each item in the above-mentioned receiving and shipping information, the predetermined order, and the travel time acquired by the calculation unit 15. By executing a simulation of moving items from the source area to the destination area, the dynamic simulation results are calculated as the placement status of articles in each area at each predetermined time.

Here, the predetermined order is the order in which the articles are moved, and is, for example, the order of warehousing time or the order of cut time. In addition to the warehousing time or cut time, the predetermined order, and the movement time, the calculation unit 15 By using the number of moving resources, it is possible to reflect the departure waiting time due to a shortage of moving resources for the moving goods in the simulation results.

For each area and/or each movement resource, the determining unit 16 compares a preset threshold value with the placement status of articles at each predetermined time calculated by the calculating unit 15, and determines whether the placement status exceeds the threshold value. to judge. Specifically, the determining unit 16 determines whether the capacity rate of each area and/or each mobile resource for each predetermined time exceeds a threshold value (for example, 80%). This makes it possible to identify the time when congestion occurs and the area or mobile resource where congestion occurs.

When the determining unit 16 determines that the placement situation exceeds the threshold, the proposal unit 17 proposes an alternative plan so that the placement situation does not exceed the threshold. For example, a proposal is made to change part of the arrival information for moving goods to an area and/or movement resource whose placement status exceeds a threshold to an area or movement resource with a low capacity rate at the same predetermined time interval. It is also proposed that the predetermined order be changed and that the start time of moving articles to destination areas and/or resources whose placement status exceeds a threshold value is executed after a predetermined period of time has elapsed from the warehousing time.

The output unit 18 outputs the article placement status calculated by the calculation unit 15 at each predetermined time, that is, the capacity rate for each predetermined time in each area and/or each mobile resource, as a warehouse placement status table (see FIG. 1). .

Furthermore, the output unit 18 displays the dynamic simulation results calculated by the calculation unit 15 at each predetermined time as the placement status of articles in each area at each predetermined time. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the arrangement of simulation results by the warehouse storage visualization device 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 shows a situation at a certain time when each article is being moved from the source area to the destination area on the second floor using the movement resources determined by the determining unit 14.

A solid line forklift indicates the position of the forklift at a certain time. Further, the broken line forklift indicates the position of the actual forklift after a predetermined time. A broken line drawn from the actual forklift to the broken forklift indicates the trajectory of the forklift. In FIG. 6, the forklift 100 is shown loading the received goods, moving from the berth on the first floor to the second floor using a vertical conveyor, and then moving to the destination area.

The solid line of the cage car 101 also indicates the position of the cage car at a certain time. The broken-line cage car indicates the actual position of the cage car after a predetermined time. In FIG. 6, the cage car 101 is loaded with goods to be shipped, moved from the source area to the elevator on the second floor, and then moved to the berth on the first floor by the elevator.

Further, the output unit 18 statically superimposes and displays the article placement situation calculated by the calculation unit 15 at each predetermined time on the area map of the warehouse held in the storage unit 12. In this case, the quantity of articles is used for the arrangement status. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of an area map showing the arrangement of articles according to the embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 7, on the area map, each article moved to the destination area is indicated by a black circle, and the size of the black circle indicates the quantity of each article. This makes it possible to see the placement of items at a glance, and to immediately identify areas where congestion is occurring. In addition, inventory information may be displayed in the area of the area map, and the small squares in the figure indicate shelves for storing articles, and the more inventory there is on the shelf, the darker the black color is.

By displaying the entire area map of the warehouse on one screen, the output unit 18 can grasp the arrangement of items in the entire warehouse at once. Furthermore, the area map is created at predetermined time intervals, and when the area map is displayed at predetermined time intervals (in the figure, 13:00 is displayed in the upper right corner), changes in the arrangement of items can be noticed. It is also possible to easily identify the times when congestion occurs.

Additionally, the output unit 18 notifies the areas and mobile resources for which the determination unit 16 has determined that the placement status exceeds the threshold. For example, in the table shown in FIG. 1 or the area maps shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, areas and mobile resources whose placement status is determined to exceed a threshold are highlighted by enclosing them with a red frame, etc., to notify the notification. The output unit 18 may notify not only the area and the moving resource, but also the time when the arrangement situation is determined to exceed the threshold value.

The functional configuration of this system described above is just an example, and one functional block (database and functional processing unit) may be divided, or multiple functional blocks may be combined into one functional block. Each functional processing unit is stored in a storage device (storage unit) such as a ROM (Read Only Memory), flash memory, SSD (Solid State Drive), or hard disk by the CPU (Central Processing Unit) built into the device or terminal. This is realized by reading out a computer program (for example, core software or an application that causes the CPU to execute the various processes described above), and executing the computer program by the CPU. In other words, each functional processing unit allows this computer program to read and write necessary data such as tables from a database (DB; Data Base) stored in a storage device or a storage area in memory, and in some cases, This is realized by controlling hardware (for example, input/output devices, display devices, communication interface devices). Further, the database (DB) in the embodiment of the present invention may be a commercial database, but it also means a mere collection of tables and files, and the internal structure of the database itself does not matter.

[Warehouse storage visualization processing]
The warehouse storage visualization process of the warehouse storage visualization system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described using FIG. 8. This process is executed by the warehouse storage visualization device 10.

First, the information acquisition unit 13 acquires one day's worth of receiving and shipping information shown in FIG. 4 from the warehouse management device 20 (S1). Next, the determining unit 14 determines the destination area and movement resources for the article to be used for receiving and shipping the article, based on the receiving and shipping information acquired in S1 and the area information held in advance (S2).

Next, when each article is moved from the source area to the destination area using the movement resource determined in S2, the calculation unit 15 calculates the placement status of the article at each predetermined time in each area (S3). Note that in S3, the arrangement status of mobile resources may also be calculated.

Next, the determination unit 16 compares the preset threshold for each area with the placement status of the articles at each predetermined time calculated in S3, and determines whether the placement status exceeds the threshold (S4 ). If the placement situation exceeds the threshold, the process proceeds to S5, whereas if the placement situation does not exceed the threshold, the process proceeds to S6. Note that in S4, it may also be determined whether the arrangement status of mobile resources exceeds a preset threshold.

Next, when it is determined in S4 that the placement situation exceeds the threshold, the proposal unit 17 proposes an alternative plan so that the placement situation does not exceed the threshold (S5). Note that the processes in S4 and S5 may be omitted.

Then, the output unit 18 displays the arrangement status of the articles at each predetermined time calculated in S3. Note that when the processes of S4 and S5 are executed, the output unit 18 converts the areas and movement resources whose placement status is determined to exceed the threshold in S4 to the placement status of articles at each predetermined time calculated in S3. They are also displayed (S6).

As explained above, the warehouse storage visualization system 1 calculates the placement status of goods in each area at predetermined time intervals, and statically superimposes the calculated placement status at each predetermined time on the area map. It can be output as a simulation result. This makes it possible to visualize the movement of goods throughout the warehouse, allowing work managers and the like to grasp the situation of the entire warehouse and instruct efficient receiving and shipping operations.

Additionally, if the placement status of the items exceeds a preset threshold, a notification to that effect can be sent. If the arrangement of goods exceeds a preset threshold, it indicates that congestion will occur and work efficiency will decrease, so an alternative plan for changing the movement of goods within the warehouse should be proposed to eliminate congestion. You can also do it. This can prevent delays in receiving and shipping operations at the warehouse.

Note that in this embodiment, the warehouse storage visualization device 10 may include a learning section. The learning unit stores the actual travel time determined by the determining unit 14 when the article was actually moved to the destination area by the movement resource in the storage unit 12, and performs AI learning to store the actual travel time in the storage unit 12. The accuracy of the time required for each resource to move between areas can be improved. The learning unit also stores the alternative plan proposed by the proposing unit 17 and its track record in the storage unit 12, and performs AI learning to improve the accuracy of the proposal and the destination area determined by the determining unit 14. and the accuracy of mobile resources can be improved.

Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the warehouse storage visualization device 10 may calculate the arrangement status based on the warehousing time of the receiving/shipping information. Specifically, in the present embodiment, the warehouse storage visualization device 10 estimates the time when the article will arrive at the area based on the warehousing time and the travel time for each mobile resource, but the The destination area may be determined based on this, and the arrangement status of each area may be reflected in accordance with the warehousing time. In other words, if the destination area for an article whose warehousing time is 9:00 is determined to be the storage area of Company A, this will be reflected in the capacity rate of the area at 9:00.

Although the present invention has been described above using the embodiments, it goes without saying that the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiments. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes or improvements can be made to the embodiments described above. Furthermore, it is clear from the claims that forms with such changes or improvements may also be included within the technical scope of the present invention. In addition, in the above embodiment, the present invention is described as a warehouse storage visualization system as a product invention, but in the present invention, the method executed by the warehouse storage visualization system and the program that causes the warehouse storage visualization system to function as various means are explained. It can also be considered an invention.

1 Warehouse storage visualization system 10 Warehouse storage visualization device 11 Communication unit 12 Storage unit 13 Information acquisition unit 14 Determination unit 15 Calculation unit 16 Judgment unit 17 Proposal unit 18 Output unit 20 Warehouse management device

Claims

A warehouse visualization system that visualizes the arrangement status of items stored in a warehouse,
an information acquisition unit that acquires receipt and shipment information of the article;
a determining unit that determines a destination area based on the entered shipping information and pre-stored area information of the warehouse;
a calculation unit that calculates a placement situation when the article is moved to the determined destination area;
Warehousing visualization system with
The warehouse storage visualization system according to claim 1, wherein the calculation unit calculates the arrangement status every predetermined time.
The determining unit determines a moving resource based on the input shipping information,
The warehouse storage visualization system according to claim 1, wherein the calculation unit calculates a time for the article to reach the destination area according to the movement resource, and calculates the arrangement status based on the arrival time. .
The determining unit determines a moving resource based on the input shipping information,
The warehouse storage visualization system according to claim 1, wherein the calculation unit calculates the time at which the article departs from the destination area according to the movement resource, and calculates the arrangement status based on the departure time. .
The calculation unit calculates the placement status of the article in each area in the warehouse and/or the movement resource at every predetermined time when the article is moved to a destination area using the movement resource;
The warehouse storage visualization system according to claim 3, further comprising an output unit that visualizes the arrangement status of the articles in each of the areas and/or moving resources for each predetermined time period calculated.
The warehouse storage visualization system according to claim 5, wherein the calculation unit calculates the placement status of the articles in each area and/or moving resource at every predetermined time by executing a simulation.
A determination unit is provided in which a threshold value is set in advance for each of the areas and/or the mobile resource, and determines whether the calculated placement status of the article in each of the areas and/or the mobile resource for each predetermined time exceeds the threshold value;
The warehouse storage visualization system according to claim 5, wherein the output unit outputs a notification when the determination unit determines that the threshold value has been exceeded.
Warehouse storage visualization according to claim 7, further comprising a proposal unit that outputs an alternative plan so that the arrangement situation determined to have exceeded the threshold does not exceed the threshold when the judgment unit judges that the threshold has been exceeded. system.
The warehouse storage visualization system according to claim 1, further comprising an input unit that accepts direct input, and wherein the information acquisition unit acquires input information received by the input unit.
The warehouse storage visualization system according to claim 1, wherein the output unit outputs the arrangement status on a map showing the area of the warehouse.
A method performed by a warehouse storage visualization system that visualizes the arrangement status of items stored in a warehouse, the method comprising:
a step of obtaining receipt and shipment information of the article;
determining a destination area based on the entered shipping information and pre-stored area information of the warehouse;
calculating a placement situation when the article is moved to the determined destination area;
method including.
A warehouse storage visualization system that visualizes the placement status of items stored in a warehouse.
an information acquisition unit that acquires receipt and shipment information of the article;
a determining unit that determines a destination area based on the entered shipping information and pre-stored area information of the warehouse;
a calculation unit that calculates a placement situation when the article is moved to the determined destination area;
A program that functions as