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Abstract

The present invention relates to a system for organizing the assembly of a retailer's order. The system of the invention includes a system computer, conveyor assemblies and multiple sections. Each section includes an assembly section computer which controls multiple picking machines, a section conveyor, printers, and bundlers. Multiple bins are filled with articles, such as magazines, by the picking machines; the section conveyor then transports each bin to their next respective picking machine to be filled with that title location's magazine. Once a bin has been serviced by each picking machine of each title location, the contents of the bin are ejected and bundled by a bundler. Then, all bundles of a retailer's order are assembled at a palletizing area awaiting to be loaded into the delivery truck. The system of the invention coordinates the retailer's order in sequence with the orders of other retailers so that the orders are organized within the routeman's truck so that each order is dropped off in sequence along the route. Each retailers' order is output out of the system such that the delivery truck is loaded so that the first delivery to a retailer is the first order to be taken off the delivery truck, and at the second stop of the delivery truck the second retailer's order is the next order of bundles to be taken off the delivery truck.

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First Claim