Slot selection for pickup scheduling and order fulfillment

A system and method for slot selection is provided. A customer order is received for an in-store pickup at a retail store and a set of inputs is received. The set of inputs includes slot-related information related to a first set of timeslots available at the retail store within a first time-period,...

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Hauptverfasser:	Udaiyanathan, Muthukumar, Nair, Sandeep Sivanpillai, Krishnamoorthy, Balasubramanian
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CALCULATING COMPUTING COUNTING DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES PHYSICS SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Zusammenfassung:	A system and method for slot selection is provided. A customer order is received for an in-store pickup at a retail store and a set of inputs is received. The set of inputs includes slot-related information related to a first set of timeslots available at the retail store within a first time-period, inventory information, and order preparation constraints. Based on the set of inputs, a capacity constraint is determined. The capacity constraint sets a number of customer orders to be scheduled for the in-store pickup within each of the first set of timeslots. Thereafter, a first timeslot is determined from among the first set of timeslots. The first timeslot accommodates the customer order in accordance with the capacity constraint and a pickup wait time within the first timeslot is below a threshold. The first timeslot is displayed on a customer device.