Distribution warehouse and method for arranging different articles in an order-oriented manner by means of a reduced buffer

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PATENT NO 9014843
APP PUB NO 20140180468A1
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14105319

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A method for arranging different articles in an order-oriented manner from a long-term warehouse in accordance with a plurality of orders, comprising a) defining an analysis quantity; b) quasi-continuously transferring stored articles in an article-pure manner from the long-term warehouse to the short-term warehouse by selecting an arbitrary one of the article types contained in the analysis quantity, analyzing each of the orders of the analysis quantity in dependence on the selected article type, determining total requirements of the selected article type, and transferring the total requirements of the selected article type from the long-term warehouse to the short-term warehouse; c) determining at least one complete order; d) discharging a subset of the transferred articles from the short-term warehouse; and e) repeating the steps c) and d) until each of the orders of the analysis quantity has become complete.

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SSI SCHAEFER PEEM GMBHFISCHERAUSTRASSE 27 GRAZ A-8051

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Winkler, Max Graz, AT 26 249

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