US 12,367,456 B2
Order management system determining fulfillment plans based on item-cluster availability
Nicholas Kaiser, Minneapolis, MN (US); Kumaran Malli, St. Paul, MN (US); Sultan Ahmed, Karnataka (IN); Manish Hasija, Karnataka (IN); Vinay Patil, Karnataka (IN); Venkatesh Sekar, Karnataka (IN); Pankaj Sinha, Karnataka (IN); and Nishant Vyas, Karnataka (IN)
Assigned to Target Brands, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Target Brands, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/852,075.
Prior Publication US 2023/0419250 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G06Q 10/10 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 10/087 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An order management tool comprising:
a processing unit;
a memory communicatively connected to the processing unit, the memory storing instructions executable by the processing unit wherein the instructions, when executed by the processing unit, cause the order management tool to:
receive logistics data comprising information regarding a plurality of order fulfillment locations, wherein two or more locations of the plurality of locations belong to a cluster, wherein receiving the logistics data comprises:
displaying a user interface; and
receiving, via the user interface, a selection of the two or more locations to include the two or more locations in the cluster;
receive an order comprising two or more items; and
generate, using the logistics data, a fulfillment plan for the order, wherein generating, using the logistics data, the fulfillment plan for the order comprises:
determining whether the cluster fulfills the order, wherein determining whether the cluster fulfills the order comprises determining that each item of the two or more items is available in at least one location of the two or more locations; and
in response to determining that the cluster fulfills the order, selecting, for each of the two or more items, one of the two or more locations belonging to the cluster as an origin location for the item, the fulfillment plan including a first origin location of the two or more locations for a first item of the two or more items and a second origin location of the two or more locations for a second item of the two or more items.