JP6844402B2 - How to store containers in goods storage equipment and goods storage equipment - Google Patents

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JP6844402B2
JP6844402B2 JP2017087754A JP2017087754A JP6844402B2 JP 6844402 B2 JP6844402 B2 JP 6844402B2 JP 2017087754 A JP2017087754 A JP 2017087754A JP 2017087754 A JP2017087754 A JP 2017087754A JP 6844402 B2 JP6844402 B2 JP 6844402B2
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本発明は、物品を収容した容器を保管する保管装置を備え、前記物品の注文数に応じて前記物品を収容した容器を前記保管装置から出庫する物品保管設備及び物品保管設備における容器の入庫方法に関するものである。 The present invention is provided with a storage device for storing a container containing an article, and a container containing the article is taken out from the storage device according to the number of orders for the article, and a method for storing the container in the article storage facility. It is about.

従来、この種の物品保管設備においては、物品を収容した容器を保管装置へ入庫して保管し、保管装置に保管された容器を、物品の注文数に応じて、保管装置の下流側に設けられる複数の仕分けエリアに向けて出庫する。各仕分けエリアでは、保管装置から出庫された容器内の物品が仕分けられる。 Conventionally, in this type of goods storage facility, a container containing goods is stored in a storage device, and the container stored in the storage device is provided on the downstream side of the storage device according to the number of ordered goods. Deliver to multiple sorting areas. In each sorting area, the goods in the container delivered from the storage device are sorted.

例えば、特許文献１に示す自動倉庫の仕分けシステムにおいては、パレット（容器）に積載された物品をパレット単位で入出庫可能な自動倉庫（保管装置）と、複数のパレットを搭載可能な貯留コンベアを配置して成り且つ出庫したパレット上の物品をピッキングして仕分け作業を行う複数の仕分けゾーンと、自動倉庫と仕分けゾーンの間の循環経路を移動し且つこれらの間でパレットを受渡しする搬送台車と、を備え、仕分け作業開始の際には、該当するパレットを自動倉庫から出庫して搬送台車に載せ換えて、当該搬送台車を所定の仕分けゾーンへ移動させ、仕分け作業終了の際には、余剰の物品が積載されたパレットを仕分けゾーンから搬送台車に乗せ換えて、当該搬送台車を自動倉庫へ移動させる。 For example, in the automated warehouse sorting system shown in Patent Document 1, an automated warehouse (storage device) capable of loading and unloading articles loaded on pallets (containers) in pallet units and a storage conveyor capable of mounting a plurality of pallets are provided. Multiple sorting zones for picking and sorting items on pallets that have been placed and delivered, and a transport trolley that moves the circulation path between the automated warehouse and the sorting zone and delivers the pallets between them. When the sorting work is started, the corresponding pallet is taken out of the automated warehouse and transferred to the transport trolley, the transport pallet is moved to the predetermined sorting zone, and when the sorting work is completed, there is a surplus. The pallets loaded with the goods are transferred from the sorting zone to the transport trolley, and the transport trolley is moved to the automated warehouse.

特開２００９−１２６６６８号JP-A-2009-126668

しかしながら、従来の物品保管設備では、保管装置の下流側の複数の仕分けエリアに対して容器を出庫するにあたり、同一の物品の引き当てが複数の仕分けエリアで重複する場合があり、そのような場合には、１つの容器を複数の仕分けエリア間で搬送させながら物品の仕分け作業を行う。そのため、当該容器が搬送されている仕分けエリアにおける物品の仕分け作業が完了するまで、物品の仕分け作業を行うべき他の仕分けエリアには当該容器が搬送されず、当該容器が搬送されない他の仕分けエリアでは、当該容器が搬送されるまでの間は、物品の仕分け作業を行うことができない。ゆえに、仕分けエリア全体における物品の仕分け作業の効率が悪いという問題があった。 However, in the conventional goods storage facility, when the container is delivered to a plurality of sorting areas on the downstream side of the storage device, the same goods may be allocated in the plurality of sorting areas, and in such a case. Performs the sorting work of goods while transporting one container between a plurality of sorting areas. Therefore, until the sorting work of the goods in the sorting area where the container is transported is completed, the container is not transported to the other sorting area where the sorting work of the goods should be performed, and the container is not transported to the other sorting area. Then, the goods cannot be sorted until the container is transported. Therefore, there is a problem that the efficiency of sorting work of goods in the entire sorting area is poor.

そこで、本発明は、容器の保管装置の下流側での物品の仕分け作業において、同一の物品の引き当てが重複する場合であっても、当該保管装置の下流側における物品の仕分け作業全体の効率を向上可能な物品保管設備及び物品保管設備における容器の入庫方法を提供することを目的とする。 Therefore, the present invention improves the efficiency of the entire sorting work of articles on the downstream side of the storage device, even when the same articles are assigned in duplicate in the sorting work of articles on the downstream side of the container storage device. It is an object of the present invention to provide an improveable article storage facility and a container warehousing method in the article storage facility.

本発明の解決しようとする課題は以上であり、次にこの課題を解決するための手段を説明する。 The problem to be solved by the present invention has been described above, and next, the means for solving this problem will be described.

即ち、本発明は、物品を収容した容器を保管する保管装置を備え、前記物品の注文数に応じて前記物品を収容した容器を前記保管装置から搬送先へ向けて出庫する物品保管設備であって、前記保管装置に対して前記物品を収容した容器の入庫又は出庫を行う入出庫装置と、前記保管装置へ入庫する前記容器の入庫数を算出する算出装置と、前記入出庫装置の上流位置において、前記保管装置へ入庫する複数の容器に前記物品を収容する収容手段と、を備え、前記算出装置は、前記保管装置へ入庫する同一品種の物品の入庫数と、１つの前記容器に収容可能な前記同一品種の物品の数と、から前記入出庫装置に入荷された前記同一品種の物品の全てを収容するために必要な前記容器の数を算出し、前記保管装置から出庫する物品の注文数に対して設定する前記容器の入庫数であって、前記同一品種の物品の引き当てが複数の前記搬送先において重複する場合に、前記同一品種の物品が収容された容器を前記複数の搬送先に分散して搬送可能な前記容器の入庫数を、前記保管装置に保管可能な容器の保管数を考慮して設定し、前記算出した前記容器の数と、前記設定した前記容器の入庫数と、の大小を比較することによって、前記保管装置から出庫する物品の注文数に対する前記保管装置へ入庫する前記容器の入庫数を算出し、前記収容手段は、前記算出装置により算出された入庫数の容器に前記物品を振り分けて収容し、前記入出庫装置は、前記収容手段によって振り分けられた前記物品を収容した容器を前記保管装置へ入庫するものである。
上記構成では、保管装置から出庫する物品の注文数に応じて算出された入庫数の容器に物品を振り分け、物品を振り分けた容器を保管装置へ入庫させる。
上記構成では、入出庫装置が保管装置へ入庫する容器の入庫数を、保管装置へ入庫する物品の入庫数と、保管装置から出庫する物品の注文数と、から算出する。
That is, the present invention is an article storage facility provided with a storage device for storing a container containing an article, and delivering the container containing the article from the storage device to a transport destination according to the number of orders for the article. A warehousing / delivery device for warehousing or unloading a container containing the article with respect to the storage device, a calculation device for calculating the number of warehousing of the container to be warehousing in the storage device, and an upstream position of the warehousing / delivery device. In the above, a storage means for storing the article in a plurality of containers to be stored in the storage device is provided, and the calculation device includes the number of items of the same type to be stored in the storage device and the storage in one container. From the possible number of articles of the same type and the number of containers required to accommodate all of the articles of the same type that have arrived in the warehousing / delivery device, the items to be delivered from the storage device are calculated. When the number of warehousing of the container set with respect to the number of orders and the allocation of the articles of the same type overlaps at a plurality of the transport destinations, the container containing the articles of the same type is transported to the plurality of transport destinations. The number of containers that can be dispersed and transported first is set in consideration of the number of containers that can be stored in the storage device, and the calculated number of containers and the number of containers that have been set are stored. By comparing the size of the container, the number of containers stored in the storage device is calculated with respect to the number of orders for the goods to be delivered from the storage device, and the storage means is the number of containers calculated by the calculation device. The article is sorted and stored in the container, and the warehousing / delivery device stores the container containing the article sorted by the storage means into the storage device.
In the above configuration, the goods are distributed to the containers having the number of goods received calculated according to the number of orders for the goods to be delivered from the storage device, and the containers to which the goods are sorted are stored in the storage device.
In the above configuration, the number of containers received by the warehousing / delivery device into the storage device is calculated from the number of goods received in the storage device and the number of orders for the goods warehousing from the storage device.

本発明は、上記の物品保管設備において、前記算出装置が算出する前記容器の入庫数を、前記入出庫装置が前記保管装置へ入庫すべき容器の入庫数の推奨値として表示する表示装置を備えるものである。
上記構成では、表示装置は、算出装置が算出する容器の入庫数を、入出庫装置が保管装置へ入庫すべき容器の入庫数の推奨値として表示する。 The present invention includes a display device for displaying the number of warehousing of the container calculated by the calculation device in the above-mentioned article storage facility as a recommended value of the number of warehousing of the container to be warehousing in the storage device. It is a thing.
In the above configuration, the display device displays the number of containers warehousing calculated by the calculation device as a recommended value for the number of containers warehousing that the warehousing / delivery device should store in the storage device.

本発明は、上記の物品保管設備において、前記算出装置は、前記保管装置への入庫を予定している物品の入庫数に対する前記保管装置に保管されている物品の保管数の割合を、前記保管装置に保管されている物品毎に算出し、前記入出庫装置は、前記算出装置が算出した前記割合の少ない物品を収容した容器順に前記保管装置へ容器を入庫するものである。
上記構成では、入出庫装置は、保管装置へ入庫予定の物品の入庫数に対する保管装置に保管されている物品の保管数の割合の少ない物品を収容した容器順に、容器を保管装置へ入庫する。 According to the present invention, in the article storage facility, the calculation device stores the ratio of the number of articles stored in the storage device to the number of articles scheduled to be stored in the storage device. Calculated for each article stored in the device, the warehousing / delivery device stores the containers in the storage device in the order of the containers containing the articles with the smaller proportions calculated by the calculation device.
In the above configuration, the warehousing / delivery device stores the containers in the storage device in the order of the containers containing the articles in which the ratio of the number of articles stored in the storage device to the number of articles scheduled to be stored in the storage device is small.

本発明は、上記の物品保管設備において、前記表示装置は、前記算出装置が算出した前記割合の少ない物品順に、その物品名を表示するものである。
上記構成では、表示装置は、保管装置に保管されている物品の保管数に対する保管装置への入庫予定の物品の入庫数の割合の少ない物品順に、物品名を表示する。 According to the present invention, in the above-mentioned article storage facility, the display device displays the article names in ascending order of the proportions calculated by the calculation device.
In the above configuration, the display device displays the article names in ascending order of the ratio of the number of articles to be stored in the storage device to the number of articles stored in the storage device.

本発明は、上記の物品保管設備において、前記保管装置は、前記保管装置は、顧客から注文される全物品のうち顧客から注文される頻度が低い低頻度の物品を収容した容器のみを保管するものである。 According to the present invention, in the above-mentioned article storage facility, the storage device stores only a container containing low-frequency articles that are infrequently ordered by the customer among all the articles ordered by the customer. It is a thing.

本発明は、上記の物品保管設備において、前記保管装置は、単一種類の物品のみを収容した容器のみを保管するものである。 According to the present invention, in the above-mentioned article storage facility, the storage device stores only a container containing only a single type of article.

本発明は、物品を収容した容器を保管する保管装置を備え、前記物品の注文数に応じて前記物品を収容した容器を前記保管装置から搬送先へ向けて出庫する物品保管設備における容器の入庫方法であって、前記物品保管設備は、前記保管装置に対して前記物品を収容した容器の入庫又は出庫を行う入出庫装置と、前記保管装置へ入庫する前記容器の入庫数を算出する算出装置と、前記入出庫装置の上流位置において、前記保管装置へ入庫する複数の容器に前記物品を収容する収容手段と、を備え、前記算出装置が、前記保管装置へ入庫する同一品種の物品の入庫数と、１つの前記容器に収容可能な前記同一品種の物品の数と、から前記入出庫装置に入荷された前記同一品種の物品の全てを収容するために必要な前記容器の数を算出し、前記保管装置から出庫する物品の注文数に対して設定する前記容器の入庫数であって、前記同一品種の物品の引き当てが複数の前記搬送先において重複する場合に、前記同一品種の物品が収容された容器を前記複数の搬送先に分散して搬送可能な前記容器の入庫数を、前記保管装置に保管可能な容器の保管数を考慮して設定し、前記算出した前記容器の数と、前記設定した前記容器の入庫数と、の大小を比較することによって、前記保管装置から出庫する物品の注文数に対する前記保管装置へ入庫する前記容器の入庫数を算出し、前記収容手段が、前記算出装置により算出された入庫数の容器に前記物品を振り分けて収容し、前記入出庫装置が、前記収容手段によって振り分けられた前記物品を収容した容器を前記保管装置へ入庫する方法である。
上記方法では、保管装置から出庫する物品の注文数に応じて算出された入庫数の容器に
物品を振り分け、物品を振り分けた容器を保管装置へ入庫させる。 The present invention includes a storage device for storing a container containing an article, and stores the container in an article storage facility for delivering the container containing the article from the storage device toward a transport destination according to the number of orders for the article. In the method, the article storage facility includes a warehousing / delivery device for warehousing or unloading a container containing the article with respect to the storage device, and a calculation device for calculating the number of warehousing of the container to be warehousing in the storage device. And, at an upstream position of the warehousing / delivery device, a storage means for storing the article in a plurality of containers to be stored in the storage device is provided, and the calculation device warehousing the article of the same type to be stored in the storage device. From the number and the number of articles of the same type that can be accommodated in one of the containers, the number of the containers required to accommodate all of the articles of the same type that have arrived in the warehousing / delivery device is calculated. , The number of warehousing of the container set with respect to the number of orders for the goods to be delivered from the storage device, and when the allocation of the goods of the same type overlaps at a plurality of the destinations, the goods of the same type are used. The number of stored containers that can be distributed and transported to the plurality of transport destinations is set in consideration of the number of containers that can be stored in the storage device, and the calculated number of containers and the number of the containers are calculated. By comparing the size of the set number of containers to be stored, the number of containers to be stored in the storage device is calculated with respect to the number of ordered items to be delivered from the storage device. This is a method in which the article is sorted and stored in a container having a number of warehousing calculated by the calculation device, and the warehousing / delivery device stores the container containing the article sorted by the storage means into the storage device.
In the above method, the goods are distributed to the containers having the number of goods received calculated according to the number of orders for the goods to be delivered from the storage device, and the containers to which the goods are sorted are stored in the storage device.

本発明の物品保管設備及び容器の入庫方法によれば、保管装置から出庫する物品の注文数に応じて保管装置へ入庫する容器の入庫数を算出し、算出した入庫数の容器に物品を振り分けて保管装置に入庫させることから、保管装置の下流側において同一の物品の引き当てが重複する場合であっても、引き当てが重複する物品を、算出した入庫数の容器のそれぞれに振り分けて収容し、当該物品を振り分けて収容したそれぞれの容器を保管装置の下流側に搬送することができる。そのため、引き当てが重複する物品が特定の仕分け位置のみに滞留することがなく、それぞれの仕分け位置に振り分けて搬送することができる。ゆえに、保管装置の下流側における物品の仕分け作業の効率を向上させることができる。 According to the article storage equipment and the container warehousing method of the present invention, the number of containers to be stored in the storage device is calculated according to the number of orders for the articles to be delivered from the storage device, and the articles are distributed to the calculated number of warehousing containers. Since the goods are stored in the storage device, even if the same goods are assigned to each other on the downstream side of the storage device, the goods with the overlapping allocations are sorted and stored in each of the containers having the calculated number of warehousing. Each container in which the article is sorted and stored can be transported to the downstream side of the storage device. Therefore, the articles with overlapping allocations do not stay only in a specific sorting position, and can be sorted and transported to each sorting position. Therefore, it is possible to improve the efficiency of the sorting work of goods on the downstream side of the storage device.

本発明に係る物品保管設備を有する仕分け設備の平面図である。It is a top view of the sorting equipment which has the article storage equipment which concerns on this invention. 本発明に係る物品保管設備の制御構成を示すブロック図である。It is a block diagram which shows the control structure of the article storage equipment which concerns on this invention.

本発明に係る物品保管設備２０について説明する。
まず、物品保管設備２０を有する仕分け設備１０について説明する。
図１に示すように、仕分け設備１０は、顧客からの注文に応じて物品を仕分け、その仕分けた物品を店舗に納入するための設備である。仕分け設備１０においては、顧客から注文される全物品（顧客が注文可能な全物品）のうち顧客から注文される頻度が低い低頻度の物品（顧客からの注文数が少ない物品）が仕分けられる。なお、顧客から注文される頻度が高い高頻度の物品（顧客からの注文数が多い物品）及び顧客から注文される頻度が中間程度の中頻度の物品（顧客からの注文数が中間程度の物品）は、仕分け設備１０とは異なる別系統の仕分け設備（図示せず）において仕分けられる。
仕分け設備１０は、物品が収容された収容容器９０（「容器」の一例）を保管する物品保管設備２０と、物品の仕分け作業を行う仕分けエリア１１、１２と、物品保管設備２０内の自動倉庫２２（「保管装置」の一例）と仕分けエリア１１、１２との間で収容容器９０を搬送する収容容器搬送コンベヤ１３と、を主に備える。仕分け設備１０においては、物品保管設備２０内の入荷場２１に入荷された物品が収容容器９０に収容されて自動倉庫２２に保管される。物品を収容した収容容器９０は、店舗からの注文に応じて、自動倉庫２２から搬送対象である仕分けエリア１１、１２まで搬送される。仕分けエリア１１、１２の作業者Ｈは、搬送された収容容器９０に関して物品の仕分け作業を行う。 The article storage facility 20 according to the present invention will be described.
First, the sorting facility 10 having the article storage facility 20 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1, the sorting equipment 10 is equipment for sorting goods according to an order from a customer and delivering the sorted goods to a store. In the sorting equipment 10, among all the goods ordered by the customer (all the goods that the customer can order), the low-frequency goods that are ordered by the customer infrequently (the goods that the number of orders from the customer is small) are sorted. It should be noted that high-frequency goods that are frequently ordered by customers (goods that are frequently ordered by customers) and medium-frequency goods that are ordered by customers are moderately frequent (goods that are ordered by customers are moderately frequent). ) Is sorted by a sorting facility (not shown) of a different system from the sorting facility 10.
The sorting equipment 10 includes an article storage facility 20 for storing a storage container 90 (an example of a “container”) containing articles, sorting areas 11 and 12 for sorting articles, and an automated warehouse in the article storage facility 20. A storage container transport conveyor 13 for transporting the storage container 90 between the 22 (an example of a “storage device”) and the sorting areas 11 and 12 is mainly provided. In the sorting facility 10, the articles received in the receiving place 21 in the article storage facility 20 are stored in the storage container 90 and stored in the automated warehouse 22. The storage container 90 containing the goods is transported from the automated warehouse 22 to the sorting areas 11 and 12 to be transported in response to an order from the store. Worker H in the sorting areas 11 and 12 sorts the goods with respect to the transported storage container 90.

図１に示すように、収容容器９０を搬送する収容容器搬送コンベヤ１３は、自動倉庫２２から出庫された収容容器９０を仕分けエリア１１、１２に搬送する送りコンベヤ１４と、仕分けエリア１１、１２において仕分け作業が終了した収容容器９０を自動倉庫２２に搬送する戻りコンベヤ１５と、戻りコンベヤ１５に搬送されている収容容器９０を自動倉庫２２に戻すことなく送りコンベヤ１４に搬送する迂回コンベヤ１６と、により構成される。
仕分けエリア１１、１２は、物品保管設備２０の下流側に設けられ、送りコンベヤ１４の下流側端部（戻りコンベヤ１５の上流側端部）のそれぞれに対応して並列に設けられる。
第１仕分けエリア１１は、送りコンベヤ１４により搬送される収容容器９０に収容される物品を物品収容棚１７に仕分けし、物品収容棚１７に仕分けした物品を、店舗に出荷するための集品容器９５に再度仕分けするエリアである。
第２仕分けエリア１２は、収容容器搬送コンベヤ１３により搬送される収容容器９０に収容される物品を、店舗に出荷するための集品容器９５に直接仕分けするエリアである。 As shown in FIG. 1, the storage container transport conveyor 13 for transporting the storage container 90 is a feeding conveyor 14 for transporting the storage container 90 discharged from the automated warehouse 22 to the sorting areas 11 and 12, and the sorting areas 11 and 12. A return conveyor 15 for transporting the storage container 90 for which the sorting work has been completed to the automated warehouse 22, and a detour conveyor 16 for transporting the storage container 90 transported to the return conveyor 15 to the feed conveyor 14 without returning it to the automated warehouse 22. Consists of.
The sorting areas 11 and 12 are provided on the downstream side of the article storage facility 20, and are provided in parallel corresponding to each of the downstream end portions of the feed conveyor 14 (upstream end portion of the return conveyor 15).
The first sorting area 11 is a collection container for sorting the articles stored in the storage container 90 conveyed by the feed conveyor 14 into the article storage shelves 17 and shipping the articles sorted in the article storage shelves 17 to the store. This is an area for sorting into 95 again.
The second sorting area 12 is an area for directly sorting the goods stored in the storage container 90 carried by the storage container transport conveyor 13 into the collection container 95 for shipping to the store.

次に、本発明に係る物品保管設備２０について説明する。
物品保管設備２０は、仕分け設備１０に入荷された物品が収容された収容容器９０を保管（入庫）し、顧客からの物品の注文により物品を収容した収容容器９０を仕分けエリア１１、１２へ出庫する設備である。
図１に示すように、物品保管設備２０は、物品が入荷されるとともに、入荷された物品を収容容器９０に収容する入荷場２１と、物品を収容した収容容器９０を保管する複数の自動倉庫２２と、自動倉庫２２に対して物品を収容した収容容器９０の入庫又は出庫を行う入出庫装置３０と、を主に備える。
入荷場２１においては、入荷された単一種類（同一品種）の物品のみが収容容器９０に収容される。すなわち、１つの収容容器９０に対して１種類の物品のみが収容容器９０に収容され、複数種類の物品が入荷場２１に入荷された場合には、入荷された複数品種の物品のうちの１種類（同一品種）の物品のみが収容容器９０に収容される。
また、入荷場２１においては、顧客から注文される全物品（顧客が注文可能な全物品）のうち顧客から注文される頻度が低い低頻度の物品（顧客からの注文数が少ない物品）が収容容器９０に収容される。すなわち、自動倉庫２２には、低頻度の物品を収容した収容容器９０のみが保管される。
物品が収容された収容容器９０は、入出庫装置３０によって自動倉庫２２に入庫される。自動倉庫２２に入庫されて保管される収容容器９０は、顧客からの物品の注文数に応じて、入出庫装置３０によって自動倉庫２２から出庫される。自動倉庫２２から出庫された収容容器９０は、物品の仕分け作業が行われるいずれかの仕分けエリア１１、１２に、収容容器搬送コンベヤ１３の送りコンベヤ１４によって搬送される。仕分けエリア１１、１２において物品の仕分け作業が完了した収容容器９０は、収容容器搬送コンベヤ１３の戻りコンベヤ１５によって入出庫装置３０まで搬送され、入出庫装置３０によって自動倉庫２２に入庫され又は入荷場２１に払い出される。 Next, the article storage facility 20 according to the present invention will be described.
The goods storage facility 20 stores (stores) the storage container 90 containing the goods received in the sorting facility 10, and delivers the storage container 90 containing the goods to the sorting areas 11 and 12 in response to an order from the customer. It is a facility to do.
As shown in FIG. 1, the article storage facility 20 has an receiving place 21 for storing the received goods in the storage container 90 and a plurality of automated warehouses for storing the storage container 90 for storing the goods. 22 and a warehousing / delivery device 30 for warehousing or unloading a storage container 90 containing goods in an automated warehouse 22 are mainly provided.
At the arrival place 21, only the received single type (same type) of goods is stored in the storage container 90. That is, when only one type of goods is stored in the storage container 90 for one storage container 90 and a plurality of types of goods are received at the arrival place 21, one of the received plurality of types of goods is used. Only articles of the same type (same type) are contained in the storage container 90.
Further, in the arrival place 21, low-frequency items (articles with a small number of orders from customers) that are infrequently ordered by customers among all items ordered by customers (all items that can be ordered by customers) are accommodated. It is housed in the container 90. That is, only the storage container 90 containing the low-frequency articles is stored in the automated warehouse 22.
The storage container 90 in which the goods are stored is stored in the automated warehouse 22 by the warehousing / delivery device 30. The storage container 90 stored and stored in the automated warehouse 22 is delivered from the automated warehouse 22 by the warehousing / delivery device 30 according to the number of orders of goods from the customer. The storage container 90 delivered from the automated warehouse 22 is transported by the feed conveyor 14 of the storage container transfer conveyor 13 to any of the sorting areas 11 and 12 where the article sorting work is performed. The storage container 90 for which the sorting work of goods has been completed in the sorting areas 11 and 12 is transported to the warehousing / delivery device 30 by the return conveyor 15 of the storage container transport conveyor 13, and is stored in the automated warehouse 22 by the warehousing / delivery device 30 or the receiving place. It will be paid out to 21.

自動倉庫２２は、物品が収容された収容容器９０を収容する収容棚２３が並列に複数台配置される。自動倉庫２２は、収容棚２３間に形成される作業通路にスタッカークレーン２４が自動走行する。スタッカークレーン２４は、入出庫装置３０によって入庫された収容容器９０を収容棚２３に収容するとともに、顧客からの注文に応じて収容棚２３から収容容器９０を取り出して入出庫装置３０に出庫する。
入出庫装置３０は、入荷場２１において投入された収容容器９０を自動倉庫２２に入庫するとともに、自動倉庫２２に保管される収容容器９０を出庫し、又は収容容器搬送コンベヤ１３の戻りコンベヤ１５によって搬送される空の収容容器９０を入荷場２１に払い出す装置である。入出庫装置３０は、入荷場２１に入荷された物品が収容された収容容器９０を自動倉庫２２に搬送するための入荷コンベヤ３１と、自動倉庫２２に収容容器９０を入庫させるための入庫コンベヤ３２と、自動倉庫２２内の収容容器９０を出庫させるための出庫コンベヤ３３と、空の収容容器９０を入荷場２１に払い出すための払い出しコンベヤ３４と、各コンベヤ３１、３２、３３、３４を制御するコンベヤコントローラ３５（図２）と、を主に備える。
入荷コンベヤ３１は、その最上流位置に入荷場２１が設けられ、物品を収容した収容容器９０が投入される。入荷コンベヤ３１は、その下流側に入庫コンベヤ３２が接続され、入荷場２１から投入される収容容器９０を入荷コンベヤ３１に搬送する。
入庫コンベヤ３２は、その最下流位置に自動倉庫２２が設けられ、入荷コンベヤ３１又は収容容器搬送コンベヤ１３の戻りコンベヤ１５から搬送される収容容器９０を自動倉庫２２内に搬送する。
出庫コンベヤ３３は、収容容器搬送コンベヤ１３の送りコンベヤ１４に接続され、顧客からの注文に応じて自動倉庫２２から出庫した収容容器９０を送りコンベヤ１４に搬送する。出庫コンベヤ３３は、顧客からの注文に応じて、自動倉庫２２に収納される収容容器９０を出庫する。
払い出しコンベヤ３４は、その最下流位置に入荷場２１が設けられ、空の収容容器９０を入荷場２１に払い出す。払い出しコンベヤ３４は、入庫コンベヤ３２に接続され、自動倉庫２２に入庫されずに、収容容器搬送コンベヤ１３の戻りコンベヤ１５から搬送される収容容器９０を入庫コンベヤ３２から引き継いで搬送する。 In the automated warehouse 22, a plurality of storage shelves 23 for storing storage containers 90 in which articles are stored are arranged in parallel. In the automated warehouse 22, the stacker crane 24 automatically travels in the work passage formed between the storage shelves 23. The stacker crane 24 stores the storage container 90 stored by the warehousing / delivery device 30 in the storage shelf 23, and takes out the storage container 90 from the storage shelf 23 in response to an order from the customer and delivers the storage container 90 to the warehousing / delivery device 30.
The warehousing / delivery device 30 stores the storage container 90 put in at the receiving place 21 into the automated warehouse 22, and also unloads the storage container 90 stored in the automated warehouse 22 or by the return conveyor 15 of the storage container transport conveyor 13. It is a device that pays out the empty storage container 90 to be transported to the receiving place 21. The warehousing / delivery device 30 includes a warehousing conveyor 31 for transporting the storage container 90 containing the goods received in the warehousing area 21 to the automated warehouse 22, and a warehousing conveyor 32 for warehousing the storage container 90 in the automated warehouse 22. Controls the delivery conveyor 33 for discharging the storage container 90 in the automated warehouse 22, the payout conveyor 34 for discharging the empty storage container 90 to the receiving place 21, and the conveyors 31, 32, 33, and 34, respectively. Mainly includes a conveyor controller 35 (FIG. 2).
The arrival place 21 is provided at the most upstream position of the arrival conveyor 31, and the storage container 90 containing the goods is put into the arrival conveyor 31. A warehousing conveyor 32 is connected to the downstream side of the arriving conveyor 31, and the storage container 90 charged from the arriving place 21 is conveyed to the arriving conveyor 31.
An automated warehouse 22 is provided at the most downstream position of the warehousing conveyor 32, and the storage container 90 conveyed from the arrival conveyor 31 or the return conveyor 15 of the storage container transfer conveyor 13 is conveyed into the automatic warehouse 22.
The delivery conveyor 33 is connected to the feed conveyor 14 of the storage container transport conveyor 13, and transports the storage container 90 delivered from the automated warehouse 22 to the feed conveyor 14 in response to an order from a customer. The delivery conveyor 33 delivers the storage container 90 stored in the automated warehouse 22 in response to an order from the customer.
The payout conveyor 34 is provided with a receiving place 21 at the most downstream position thereof, and an empty storage container 90 is paid out to the receiving place 21. The payout conveyor 34 is connected to the warehousing conveyor 32, and instead of being warehousing in the automated warehouse 22, the storage container 90 conveyed from the return conveyor 15 of the storage container transfer conveyor 13 is taken over from the warehousing conveyor 32 and conveyed.

次に、物品保管設備２０の制御構成について説明する。
図２に示すように、物品保管設備２０の制御手段として、統括コントローラ５０と、コンベヤコントローラ３５（「算出装置」の一例）と、自動倉庫コントローラ５１と、収容容器搬送コンベヤコントローラ５２と、が設けられている。 Next, the control configuration of the article storage facility 20 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 2, as the control means of the article storage facility 20, a control controller 50, a conveyor controller 35 (an example of a “calculation device”), an automated warehouse controller 51, and a storage container transfer conveyor controller 52 are provided. Has been done.

統括コントローラ５０は、仕分け設備１０全体の制御を統括するコントローラであり、コンベヤコントローラ３５と、自動倉庫コントローラ５１と、収容容器搬送コンベヤコントローラ５２と、仕分けエリア１１、１２の各装置のコントローラ（図示せず）と、がハブ５３を介して接続されている。統括コントローラ５０は、コンベヤコントローラ３５、自動倉庫コントローラ５１、収容容器搬送コンベヤコントローラ５２に対して、入荷場２１に入荷される物品の情報（物品名、入庫数、注文数等）を出力する。統括コントローラ５０は、コンベヤコントローラ３５に対して、各コンベヤ３１、３２、３３、３４の起動指示及び停止指示を出力する。統括コントローラ５０は、収容容器搬送コンベヤコントローラ５２に対して収容容器搬送コンベヤ１３の起動指示及び停止指示を出力する。統括コントローラ５０は、自動倉庫コントローラ５１に対してスタッカークレーン２４の起動指示及び停止指示を出力する。
コンベヤコントローラ３５には、各コンベヤ３１、３２、３３、３４と、入荷場２１の作業者Ｈが入荷コンベヤ３１への収容容器９０の投入作業時に操作する作業端末３６と、入荷場２１の作業者Ｈに対して入荷コンベヤ３１への収容容器９０の投入作業に関する情報を表示する表示装置３７と、が接続されている。コンベヤコントローラ３５は、統括コントローラ５０より出力される起動指示及び停止指示によって各コンベヤ３１、３２、３３、３４の駆動を制御する。
自動倉庫コントローラ５１には、スタッカークレーン２４が接続されている。自動倉庫コントローラ５１は、統括コントローラ５０より出力される起動指示及び停止指示によってスタッカークレーン２４の駆動を制御する。
収容容器搬送コンベヤコントローラ５２には、収容容器搬送コンベヤ１３（送りコンベヤ１４、戻りコンベヤ１５、迂回コンベヤ１６）が接続されている。収容容器搬送コンベヤコントローラ５２は、統括コントローラ５０より出力される起動指示及び停止指示によって収容容器搬送コンベヤ１３の駆動を制御する。 The control controller 50 is a controller that controls the control of the entire sorting facility 10, and is a controller for each device of the conveyor controller 35, the automatic warehouse controller 51, the storage container transport conveyor controller 52, and the sorting areas 11 and 12 (shown in the figure). Is connected via the hub 53. The control controller 50 outputs information (article name, number of warehousing, number of orders, etc.) of goods to be received at the arrival place 21 to the conveyor controller 35, the automated warehouse controller 51, and the storage container transport conveyor controller 52. The control controller 50 outputs start instructions and stop instructions for the conveyors 31, 32, 33, and 34 to the conveyor controller 35. The control controller 50 outputs a start instruction and a stop instruction of the storage container transfer conveyor 13 to the storage container transfer conveyor controller 52. The control controller 50 outputs a start instruction and a stop instruction of the stacker crane 24 to the automated warehouse controller 51.
The conveyor controller 35 includes the conveyors 31, 32, 33, 34, a work terminal 36 operated by the worker H of the arrival place 21 when loading the storage container 90 into the arrival conveyor 31, and a worker of the arrival place 21. A display device 37 for displaying information regarding the loading operation of the storage container 90 into the arrival conveyor 31 is connected to H. The conveyor controller 35 controls the driving of the conveyors 31, 32, 33, and 34 according to the start instruction and the stop instruction output from the control controller 50.
A stacker crane 24 is connected to the automated warehouse controller 51. The automated warehouse controller 51 controls the drive of the stacker crane 24 by the start instruction and the stop instruction output from the control controller 50.
The storage container transport conveyor 13 (feed conveyor 14, return conveyor 15, detour conveyor 16) is connected to the storage container transport conveyor controller 52. The storage container transfer conveyor controller 52 controls the drive of the storage container transfer conveyor 13 by the start instruction and the stop instruction output from the control controller 50.

次に、自動倉庫２２への収容容器９０の入庫について説明する。
物品保管設備２０においては、自動倉庫２２への収容容器９０の入庫が入荷場２１にて行われる。物品保管設備２０においては、自動倉庫２２へ入庫する物品の入庫数と、自動倉庫２２から出庫する物品の注文数と、が予め決められており、自動倉庫２２の収容棚２３の総棚数（自動倉庫２２に保管可能な収容容器９０の保管数）を限度として、自動倉庫２２への物品の入庫数及び顧客からの物品の注文数に応じて収容容器９０を自動倉庫２２へ入庫させる。ここで、仕分け設備１０では、仕分けエリア１１、１２での物品の仕分け作業中に同一の物品の引き当てが仕分けエリア１１、１２で重複する場合に、当該物品を収容した収容容器９０がある特定の仕分けエリア１１、１２で滞留しないように、同一の物品を複数の収容容器９０に振り分けて収容して自動倉庫２２へ入庫させ、自動倉庫２２からの出庫時に、複数の収容容器９０をそれぞれの仕分けエリア１１、１２に分散して搬送する。このため、コンベヤコントローラ３５は、同一の物品を振り分けて収容する収容容器９０の数を、自動倉庫２２から出庫する物品の注文数に応じて算出し、算出した数の収容容器９０に物品を振り分けて収容して自動倉庫２２へ入庫させる。具体的には、以下のように収容容器９０の入庫数を算出して自動倉庫２２へ入庫させる。 Next, the storage of the storage container 90 in the automated warehouse 22 will be described.
In the article storage facility 20, the storage container 90 is stored in the automated warehouse 22 at the receiving place 21. In the article storage facility 20, the number of articles to be stored in the automated warehouse 22 and the number of orders for articles to be shipped from the automated warehouse 22 are predetermined, and the total number of storage shelves 23 of the automated warehouse 22 ( The storage container 90 is stored in the automated warehouse 22 according to the number of goods stored in the automated warehouse 22 and the number of ordered goods from the customer, up to the number of stored containers 90 that can be stored in the automated warehouse 22). Here, in the sorting facility 10, when the same articles are allocated in the sorting areas 11 and 12 during the sorting work of the articles in the sorting areas 11 and 12, the storage container 90 containing the articles is specified. The same article is distributed and stored in a plurality of storage containers 90 so as not to stay in the sorting areas 11 and 12, and is stored in the automated warehouse 22. When the goods are discharged from the automated warehouse 22, the plurality of storage containers 90 are sorted. It is distributed and transported to areas 11 and 12. Therefore, the conveyor controller 35 calculates the number of storage containers 90 for sorting and storing the same goods according to the number of orders for goods to be delivered from the automated warehouse 22, and sorts the goods into the calculated number of storage containers 90. And store it in the automated warehouse 22. Specifically, the number of storage containers 90 is calculated as follows and stored in the automated warehouse 22.

入荷場２１に物品が入荷されると、コンベヤコントローラ３５は、入荷された物品を収容容器９０に収容して自動倉庫２２へ入庫するために必要な収容容器９０の物理的な入庫数を算出する。すなわち、入荷された同一品種の全ての物品を収容するために必要な収容容器９０の数を算出する。具体的には、コンベヤコントローラ３５は、入荷場２１に入荷された物品の入荷数、すなわち、自動倉庫２２へ入庫する物品の入庫数と、１つの収容容器９０に収容可能な物品の数と、から自動倉庫２２へ入庫する収容容器９０の物理的な入庫数を算出する。例えば、自動倉庫２２へ入庫する物品の入庫数が２８０個、１つの収容容器９０に収容可能な物品の数が２０個、の場合には、自動倉庫２２へ入庫する収容容器９０の物理的な入庫数は、１４個となる。
また、コンベヤコントローラ３５は、自動倉庫２２を出庫する物品の注文数から自動倉庫２２へ入庫する収容容器９０の入庫数を算出する。ここで算出される収容容器９０の入庫数は、仕分けエリア１１、１２での物品の仕分け作業中に同一の物品の引き当てが仕分けエリア１１、１２で重複する場合であっても、当該物品を収容した収容容器９０がある特定の仕分けエリア１１、１２で滞留しないように、自動倉庫２２の収容棚２３の総棚数（自動倉庫２２に保管可能な収容容器９０の保管数）を考慮した自動倉庫２２を出庫する物品の注文数に対して最適な収容容器９０の入庫数である。例えば、顧客からの物品の注文数が１２４件の場合には、自動倉庫２２へ入庫する収容容器９０の入庫数を１２個とするように、自動倉庫２２から出庫する物品の注文数を基準に設定する。ここで、当該収容容器９０の入庫数を、自動倉庫２２を出庫する物品の注文数と同数とすることで、収容容器９０が特定の仕分けエリア１１、１２で滞留することを防止できるが、顧客からの物品の注文数が増加するにつれて、自動倉庫２２への収容容器９０の入庫数も増加するため、物品の注文数によっては自動倉庫２２の収容能力を超えることとなる。そのため、当該収容容器９０の入庫数は、自動倉庫２２の収容棚２３の総棚数（自動倉庫２２に保管可能な収容容器９０の保管数）を考量した上で、自動倉庫２２を出庫する物品の注文数に応じて算出される。
そして、コンベヤコントローラ３５は、自動倉庫２２へ入庫する物品の入庫数（入荷場２１に入荷された物品の入荷数）に応じて算出した収容容器９０の物理的な入庫数と、自動倉庫２２から出庫する物品の注文数に応じて算出した収容容器９０の入庫数と、を比較し、入庫数の多い方を自動倉庫２２へ入庫すべき収容容器９０の入庫数の推奨値として設定する。例えば、自動倉庫２２へ入庫する物品の入庫数に応じて算出した収容容器９０の物理的な入庫数が１４個、自動倉庫２２から出庫する物品の注文数に応じて算出した収容容器９０の入庫数が１２個、の場合には、入庫数の多い自動倉庫２２へ入庫する物品の入庫数に応じて算出した収容容器９０の物理的な入庫数（１４個）を、自動倉庫２２へ入庫すべき収容容器９０の入庫数の推奨値として設定する。コンベヤコントローラ３５は、自動倉庫２２へ入庫すべき収容容器９０の入庫数の推奨値を、自動倉庫２２へ入庫する物品毎に算出し、設定する。コンベヤコントローラ３５は、算出した当該収容容器９０の入庫数を推奨値として入荷場２１に設けられる表示装置３７に、自動倉庫２２へ入庫する物品毎に表示する。入荷場２１の作業者Ｈは、表示装置３７に表示される入庫数の収容容器９０に物品を振り分けて収容し、物品を収容した収容容器９０を入荷コンベヤ３１に投入する。
このように、物品保管設備２０においては、入荷場２１に入荷される物品を収容するために最低限必要な収容容器９０の物理的な入庫数と、自動倉庫２２から出庫する物品の注文数に対して最適な収容容器９０の入庫数と、を比較して、自動倉庫２２へ入庫すべき収容容器９０の入庫数の推奨値を算出することで、入荷場２１への物品の入荷数が多い場合には、物品の入荷数に合わせて収容容器９０の入庫数を決定し、入荷場２１への物品の入庫数は少ないが自動倉庫２２から出庫する物品の注文数が多い場合には、物品の注文数に合わせて収容容器９０の入庫数を決定することができる。 When the goods arrive at the arrival place 21, the conveyor controller 35 calculates the physical number of storage containers 90 required to store the received goods in the storage container 90 and store the goods in the automated warehouse 22. .. That is, the number of storage containers 90 required to store all the received articles of the same type is calculated. Specifically, the conveyor controller 35 includes the number of goods received in the receiving place 21, that is, the number of goods stored in the automated warehouse 22, and the number of goods that can be stored in one storage container 90. The physical number of storage containers 90 to be stored in the automated warehouse 22 is calculated from. For example, when the number of goods stored in the automated warehouse 22 is 280 and the number of goods that can be stored in one storage container 90 is 20, the physical storage container 90 stored in the automated warehouse 22 is physically stored. The number of warehousing will be 14.
Further, the conveyor controller 35 calculates the number of storage containers 90 to be stored in the automated warehouse 22 from the number of orders for goods to be delivered from the automated warehouse 22. The number of storage containers 90 calculated here can accommodate the same articles even if the same articles are allocated in the sorting areas 11 and 12 during the sorting work of the articles in the sorting areas 11 and 12. An automated warehouse that takes into consideration the total number of storage shelves 23 of the automated warehouse 22 (the number of storage containers 90 that can be stored in the automated warehouse 22) so that the stored containers 90 do not stay in specific sorting areas 11 and 12. This is the optimum number of storage containers 90 for the number of orders for goods to be delivered from 22. For example, when the number of orders for goods from a customer is 124, the number of orders for goods to be delivered from the automated warehouse 22 is used as a reference so that the number of storage containers 90 to be stored in the automated warehouse 22 is 12. Set. Here, by setting the number of warehousing of the storage container 90 to the same number as the number of orders for goods to be delivered from the automated warehouse 22, it is possible to prevent the storage container 90 from staying in the specific sorting areas 11 and 12, but the customer. As the number of orders for goods from the automated warehouse 22 increases, the number of storage containers 90 stored in the automated warehouse 22 also increases, so that the capacity of the automated warehouse 22 may be exceeded depending on the number of ordered goods. Therefore, the number of storage of the storage container 90 is an article to be delivered from the automatic warehouse 22 after considering the total number of shelves of the storage shelf 23 of the automated warehouse 22 (the number of storage of the storage container 90 that can be stored in the automated warehouse 22). It is calculated according to the number of orders.
Then, the conveyor controller 35 receives the physical number of storage of the storage container 90 calculated according to the number of goods received in the automated warehouse 22 (the number of goods received in the receiving place 21) and the number of goods received in the automated warehouse 22. The number of storage containers 90 calculated according to the number of orders for goods to be delivered is compared with the number of storage containers 90, and the one with the larger number of storages is set as the recommended value for the number of storage containers 90 to be stored in the automated warehouse 22. For example, the physical number of storage containers 90 calculated according to the number of goods received in the automated warehouse 22 is 14, and the number of storage containers 90 calculated according to the number of orders for goods delivered from the automated warehouse 22 is stored. When the number is 12, the physical number of storage containers 90 (14 pieces) calculated according to the number of goods stored in the automated warehouse 22 having a large number of warehouses is stored in the automated warehouse 22. It is set as a recommended value for the number of storage containers 90 to be stored. The conveyor controller 35 calculates and sets a recommended value of the number of storage containers 90 to be stored in the automated warehouse 22 for each article to be stored in the automated warehouse 22. The conveyor controller 35 displays the calculated number of stored containers 90 as a recommended value on the display device 37 provided in the receiving place 21 for each item to be stored in the automated warehouse 22. The worker H of the receiving place 21 distributes and stores the goods in the storage containers 90 of the number of warehousing displayed on the display device 37, and puts the storage containers 90 containing the goods into the receiving conveyor 31.
In this way, in the article storage facility 20, the number of physical receipts of the storage container 90, which is the minimum necessary for accommodating the articles received in the arrival place 21, and the number of orders for the articles to be delivered from the automated warehouse 22 are set. On the other hand, by comparing with the optimum number of storage containers 90 and calculating the recommended value of the number of storage containers 90 to be stored in the automated warehouse 22, the number of goods received in the storage area 21 is large. In this case, the number of items stored in the storage container 90 is determined according to the number of items received, and if the number of items received in the receiving place 21 is small but the number of items ordered from the automated warehouse 22 is large, the items are stored. The number of storage containers 90 can be determined according to the number of orders.

次に、自動倉庫２２へ入庫する収容容器９０の入庫数が、自動倉庫２２の収容棚２３の総棚数を超える場合の自動倉庫２２への収容容器９０の入庫について説明する。
物品保管設備２０においては、上述のように、仕分けエリア１１、１２での物品の仕分け作業中に同一の物品の引き当てが仕分けエリア１１、１２で重複する場合を考慮して、同一の物品を複数の収容容器９０に振り分けて収容し自動倉庫２２に入庫させる必要がある。そのため、コンベヤコントローラ３５は、上述の自動倉庫２２へ入庫すべき収容容器９０の入庫数の推奨値から、自動倉庫２２へ入庫すべき収容容器９０の総入庫数を算出し、算出した収容容器９０の総入庫数に対して必要となる自動倉庫２２の収容棚２３の必要棚数の合計を算出する。
一方で、物品保管設備２０においては、時期的な要因等によって物品の入荷数が多くなることにより、当該物品を収容する収容容器９０の自動倉庫２２への入庫数が、自動倉庫２２の収容棚２３の総棚数（自動倉庫２２に保管可能な収容容器９０の保管数）を超える場合がある。
そのため、物品保管設備２０においては、自動倉庫２２への収容容器９０の総入庫数に対する自動倉庫２２の収容棚２３の必要棚数の合計と、自動倉庫２２の収容棚２３の総棚数と、を比較することにより、自動倉庫２２へ入庫する収容容器９０の入庫数を制御する。
具体的には、コンベヤコントローラ３５は、上記比較により、自動倉庫２２の収容棚２３の総棚数が、自動倉庫２２への収容容器９０の総入庫数に対する自動倉庫２２の収容棚２３の必要棚数の合計より多いと判断した場合には、自動倉庫２２への収容容器９０の入庫数が自動倉庫２２の収容棚２３の総棚数を超えないとして、コンベヤコントローラ３５が算出した収容容器９０の入庫数の推奨値に従って、収容容器９０を自動倉庫２２へ入庫させる。
一方で、コンベヤコントローラ３５は、上記比較により、自動倉庫２２の収容棚２３の総棚数が、自動倉庫２２への収容容器９０の総入庫数に対する自動倉庫２２の収容棚２３の必要棚数の合計より少ないと判断した場合には、自動倉庫２２への収容容器９０の入庫数が自動倉庫２２の収容棚２３の総棚数を超えるとして、コンベヤコントローラ３５は、自動倉庫２２への収容容器９０の総入庫数が自動倉庫２２の収容棚２３の総棚数より少なくなるように、再度、自動倉庫２２へ入庫すべき収容容器９０の入庫数の推奨値を算出する。コンベヤコントローラ３５が、再度、自動倉庫２２へ入庫すべき収容容器９０の入庫数の推奨値を算出した結果、自動倉庫２２の収容棚２３の総棚数が、自動倉庫２２への収容容器９０の総入庫数に対する自動倉庫２２の収容棚２３の必要棚数の合計より多くなった場合には、コンベヤコントローラ３５が再度算出した収容容器９０の入庫数の推奨値に従って、収容容器９０を自動倉庫２２へ入庫させる。
一方で、コンベヤコントローラ３５が、再度、自動倉庫２２へ入庫すべき収容容器９０の入庫数の推奨値を算出した結果、自動倉庫２２への収容容器９０の総入庫数に対する自動倉庫２２の収容棚２３の必要棚数の合計が、依然として自動倉庫２２の収容棚２３の総棚数を超える場合には、コンベヤコントローラ３５が再度算出した収容容器９０の入庫数の推奨値をそのまま採用して、収容容器９０を自動倉庫２２へ入庫させる。ここで、コンベヤコントローラ３５は、入荷場２１に残っている入庫予定の物品を対象に、自動倉庫２２に保管されている物品の保管数（在庫数）に対する入荷場２１に残っている入庫予定の物品の残出荷数（自動倉庫２２への入庫を予定している物品の入庫数）の割合を算出する。すなわち、コンベヤコントローラ３５は、自動倉庫２２に保管されている物品の在庫数を、入荷場２１に残っている入庫予定の物品の残出荷数で除した値を算出する。コンベヤコントローラ３５は、当該割合を算出すると、当該割合の少ない物品順にその物品名およびその割合を表示装置３７に表示する。すなわち、表示装置３７は、自動倉庫２２において物品の在庫切れが発生しやすい物品順にその物品名およびその割合を表示する。入荷場２１の作業者Ｈは、表示装置３７に表示される当該割合の少ない物品順に物品を収容容器９０に収容し、収容した収容容器９０を入荷コンベヤ３１に投入する。これにより、自動倉庫２２において物品の在庫切れが発生しやすい物品順に、物品を自動倉庫２２に入庫させることができる。 Next, when the number of storage containers 90 stored in the automated warehouse 22 exceeds the total number of storage shelves 23 in the automated warehouse 22, the storage of the storage containers 90 in the automated warehouse 22 will be described.
In the article storage facility 20, as described above, a plurality of the same articles are used in consideration of the case where the same articles are assigned in the sorting areas 11 and 12 during the sorting work of the articles in the sorting areas 11 and 12. It is necessary to distribute and store the container 90 in the storage container 90 and store it in the automated warehouse 22. Therefore, the conveyor controller 35 calculates the total number of storage containers 90 to be stored in the automated warehouse 22 from the recommended value of the number of storage containers 90 to be stored in the automated warehouse 22 described above, and the calculated storage container 90 is calculated. The total number of required shelves of the storage shelves 23 of the automated warehouse 22 required for the total number of warehousing is calculated.
On the other hand, in the goods storage facility 20, the number of goods received in the storage container 90 for storing the goods increases due to a timing factor or the like, and the number of goods stored in the automated warehouse 22 increases. The total number of shelves in 23 (the number of storage containers 90 that can be stored in the automated warehouse 22) may be exceeded.
Therefore, in the article storage facility 20, the total number of required shelves 23 of the storage shelves 23 of the automated warehouse 22 and the total number of shelves 23 of the storage shelves 23 of the automated warehouse 22 with respect to the total number of storage containers 90 stored in the automated warehouse 22. By comparing the above, the number of storage containers 90 stored in the automated warehouse 22 is controlled.
Specifically, in the conveyor controller 35, according to the above comparison, the total number of storage shelves 23 of the storage shelves 23 of the automated warehouse 22 is the required shelves of the storage shelves 23 of the automated warehouse 22 with respect to the total number of storage containers 90 in the automated warehouse 22. If it is determined that the number is greater than the total number, the number of storage containers 90 stored in the automated warehouse 22 does not exceed the total number of storage shelves 23 in the automated warehouse 22, and the storage container 90 calculated by the conveyor controller 35. According to the recommended value of the number of warehousing, the storage container 90 is warehousing in the automated warehouse 22.
On the other hand, in the conveyor controller 35, according to the above comparison, the total number of shelves 23 in the storage shelves 23 of the automated warehouse 22 is the required number of shelves 23 in the storage shelves 23 of the automated warehouse 22 with respect to the total number of storage containers 90 in the automated warehouse 22. If it is determined that the number is less than the total, the number of storage containers 90 in the automated warehouse 22 exceeds the total number of storage shelves 23 in the automated warehouse 22, and the conveyor controller 35 determines that the number of storage containers 90 in the automated warehouse 22 is less than the total. The recommended value of the number of storage containers 90 to be stored in the automated warehouse 22 is calculated again so that the total number of storages in the automated warehouse 22 is smaller than the total number of storage shelves 23 in the automated warehouse 22. As a result of the conveyor controller 35 calculating the recommended value of the number of storage containers 90 to be stored in the automated warehouse 22 again, the total number of storage shelves 23 in the automated warehouse 22 is the total number of storage containers 90 in the automated warehouse 22. When the total number of storage shelves 23 of the automatic warehouse 22 exceeds the total number of required shelves, the storage container 90 is automatically stored in the storage container 90 according to the recommended value of the number of storage containers 90 recalculated by the conveyor controller 35. To be stocked in.
On the other hand, as a result of the conveyor controller 35 calculating the recommended value of the number of storage containers 90 to be stored in the automated warehouse 22 again, the storage shelf of the automated warehouse 22 with respect to the total number of storage containers 90 in the automated warehouse 22. If the total number of required shelves of 23 still exceeds the total number of shelves of the storage shelves 23 of the automated warehouse 22, the recommended value of the number of storage containers 90 recalculated by the conveyor controller 35 is adopted as it is and is accommodated. The container 90 is stored in the automated warehouse 22. Here, the conveyor controller 35 targets the goods scheduled to be stocked in the stockyard 21 and is scheduled to be stocked in the stockyard 21 with respect to the number of stored goods (stock quantity) stored in the automated warehouse 22. The ratio of the number of remaining shipments of goods (the number of goods to be received in the automated warehouse 22) is calculated. That is, the conveyor controller 35 calculates a value obtained by dividing the number of goods in stock stored in the automated warehouse 22 by the number of remaining shipments of goods scheduled to be stored in the arrival place 21. When the conveyor controller 35 calculates the ratio, the conveyor controller 35 displays the article name and the ratio on the display device 37 in ascending order of the articles with the smallest ratio. That is, the display device 37 displays the article names and their ratios in the order of articles in which the articles are likely to be out of stock in the automated warehouse 22. The worker H of the receiving place 21 stores the articles in the storage container 90 in the order of the articles displayed on the display device 37 in ascending order, and puts the stored storage container 90 into the receiving conveyor 31. As a result, the goods can be stored in the automated warehouse 22 in the order in which the goods are likely to be out of stock in the automated warehouse 22.

以上のように、物品保管設備２０においては、自動倉庫２２から出庫する物品の注文数に応じて自動倉庫２２へ入庫する収容容器９０の入庫数を算出し、算出した入庫数の収容容器９０に物品を振り分けて自動倉庫２２に入庫させることから、自動倉庫２２の下流側の仕分けエリア１１、１２において同一の物品の引き当てが重複する場合であっても、引き当てが重複する物品を、算出した入庫数の収容容器９０のそれぞれに振り分けて収容し、当該物品を振り分けて収容したそれぞれの収容容器９０を仕分けエリア１１、１２に搬送することができる。そのため、引き当てが重複する物品が特定の仕分けエリア１１、１２のみに滞留することがなく、それぞれの仕分けエリア１１、１２に振り分けて搬送することができる。ゆえに、仕分けエリア１１、１２における物品の仕分け作業の効率を向上させることができる。
物品保管設備２０においては、自動倉庫２２における保管数が少なく、且つ自動倉庫２２への入庫予定数の多い物品を優先して自動倉庫２２へ入庫させることができるため、物品の注文数に応じて、効率よく自動倉庫２２から物品を出庫させることができる。 As described above, in the article storage facility 20, the number of storage containers 90 to be stored in the automated warehouse 22 is calculated according to the number of orders for the articles to be delivered from the automated warehouse 22, and the calculated number of storage containers 90 is used. Since the goods are sorted and stored in the automated warehouse 22, even if the same goods are assigned in the sorting areas 11 and 12 on the downstream side of the automated warehouse 22, the goods in which the allocations are duplicated are calculated. Each of the number of storage containers 90 can be sorted and stored, and the respective storage containers 90 in which the articles are sorted and stored can be transported to the sorting areas 11 and 12. Therefore, the articles with overlapping allocations do not stay only in the specific sorting areas 11 and 12, and can be sorted and transported to the respective sorting areas 11 and 12. Therefore, it is possible to improve the efficiency of the sorting work of the goods in the sorting areas 11 and 12.
In the article storage facility 20, since the articles stored in the automated warehouse 22 in a small number and the articles scheduled to be stored in the automated warehouse 22 can be preferentially stored in the automated warehouse 22, the articles can be stored in the automated warehouse 22 according to the number of orders. , Goods can be efficiently discharged from the automated warehouse 22.

なお、本実施の形態においては、コンベヤコントローラ３５が自動倉庫２２への収容容器９０の入庫における各種判断、各数値の算出等を行っているが、これに限定されるものではなく、統括コントローラ５０が当該判断、当該算出等を行っても構わない。すなわち、本発明の算出装置は、コンベヤコントローラ３５に限定されるものではなく、統括コントローラ５０等の他のコントローラであっても構わない。
本実施の形態においては、自動倉庫２２の収容棚２３の総棚数が、自動倉庫２２への収容容器９０の総入庫数に対する自動倉庫２２の収容棚２３の必要棚数の合計より少ないとコンベヤコントローラ３５が判断した場合には、自動倉庫２２への収容容器９０の総入庫数が自動倉庫２２の収容棚２３の総棚数より少なくなるように、再度、自動倉庫２２へ入庫すべき収容容器９０の入庫数の推奨値を算出するが、これに限定されるものではなく、当該推奨値を再度算出することなく、初回に算出した当該推奨値をそのまま採用して、収容容器９０を自動倉庫２２へ入庫させても構わない。
本実施の形態においては、収容容器９０の入荷コンベヤ３１への投入を、入荷場２１の作業者Ｈにより行っているが、これに限定されるものではなく、投入装置等により自動で行っても構わない。 In the present embodiment, the conveyor controller 35 makes various determinations in the storage of the storage container 90 in the automated warehouse 22 and calculates each numerical value, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the control controller 50 is not limited to this. May make the judgment, the calculation, etc. That is, the calculation device of the present invention is not limited to the conveyor controller 35, and may be another controller such as the control controller 50.
In the present embodiment, if the total number of storage shelves 23 of the automated warehouse 22 is less than the total number of required shelves of the storage shelves 23 of the automated warehouse 22 with respect to the total number of storage containers 90 in the automated warehouse 22, the conveyor When the controller 35 determines, the storage container to be stored in the automated warehouse 22 again so that the total number of storage containers 90 in the automated warehouse 22 is smaller than the total number of storage shelves 23 in the automated warehouse 22. The recommended value for the number of warehousing of 90 is calculated, but the recommended value is not limited to this, and the recommended value calculated at the first time is adopted as it is without recalculating the recommended value, and the storage container 90 is used as an automated warehouse. You may store it in 22.
In the present embodiment, the storage container 90 is charged into the arrival conveyor 31 by the worker H at the arrival place 21, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the storage container 90 may be automatically charged by the loading device or the like. I do not care.

２０ 物品保管設備
２２ 自動倉庫（保管装置）
３０ 入出庫装置
３５ コンベヤコントローラ（算出装置）
９０ 収容容器（容器）
20 Goods storage equipment 22 Automated warehouse (storage equipment)
30 Entry / exit device 35 Conveyor controller (calculation device)
90 Storage container (container)

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物品を収容した容器を保管する保管装置を備え、前記物品の注文数に応じて前記物品を収容した容器を前記保管装置から搬送先へ向けて出庫する物品保管設備であって、
前記保管装置に対して前記物品を収容した容器の入庫又は出庫を行う入出庫装置と、
前記保管装置へ入庫する前記容器の入庫数を算出する算出装置と、
前記入出庫装置の上流位置において、前記保管装置へ入庫する複数の容器に前記物品を収容する収容手段と、
を備え、
前記算出装置は、
前記保管装置へ入庫する同一品種の物品の入庫数と、１つの前記容器に収容可能な前記同一品種の物品の数と、から前記入出庫装置に入荷された前記同一品種の物品の全てを収容するために必要な前記容器の数を算出し、
前記保管装置から出庫する物品の注文数に対して設定する前記容器の入庫数であって、前記同一品種の物品の引き当てが複数の前記搬送先において重複する場合に、前記同一品種の物品が収容された容器を前記複数の搬送先に分散して搬送可能な前記容器の入庫数を、前記保管装置に保管可能な容器の保管数を考慮して設定し、
前記算出した前記容器の数と、前記設定した前記容器の入庫数と、の大小を比較することによって、前記保管装置から出庫する物品の注文数に対する前記保管装置へ入庫する前記容器の入庫数を算出し、
前記収容手段は、前記算出装置により算出された入庫数の容器に前記物品を振り分けて収容し、
前記入出庫装置は、前記収容手段によって振り分けられた前記物品を収容した容器を前記保管装置へ入庫すること
を特徴とする物品保管設備。 An article storage facility provided with a storage device for storing a container containing an article, and delivering the container containing the article from the storage device to a transport destination according to the number of orders for the article.
A warehousing / delivery device for warehousing or unloading a container containing the goods with respect to the storage device.
A calculation device that calculates the number of warehousing of the container to be stored in the storage device, and
A storage means for storing the article in a plurality of containers to be stored in the storage device at an upstream position of the warehousing / delivery device.
With
The calculation device is
The number of items of the same type to be stored in the storage device, the number of items of the same type that can be stored in one container, and all of the items of the same type received in the warehousing / delivery device are stored. Calculate the number of the containers required to do this,
The number of warehousing of the container set with respect to the number of orders for the goods to be delivered from the storage device, and when the allocation of the goods of the same type overlaps at a plurality of the destinations, the goods of the same type are accommodated. The number of containers that can be distributed and transported to the plurality of transport destinations is set in consideration of the number of containers that can be stored in the storage device.
By comparing the size of the calculated number of containers and the set number of containers stored, the number of containers stored in the storage device relative to the number of orders for goods to be delivered from the storage device can be determined. Calculate and
The storage means distributes and stores the goods in containers having a number of warehousing calculated by the calculation device.
The warehousing / delivery device is an article storage facility characterized in that a container containing the articles sorted by the storage means is stored in the storage device. 前記算出装置が算出する前記容器の入庫数を、前記入出庫装置が前記保管装置へ入庫すべき容器の入庫数の推奨値として表示する表示装置を備えること
を特徴とする請求項１に記載の物品保管設備。 The first aspect of claim 1, wherein the warehousing / delivery device includes a display device that displays the number of warehousing of the container calculated by the calculation device as a recommended value of the number of warehousing of the container to be warehousing in the storage device. Goods storage equipment. 前記算出装置は、前記保管装置への入庫を予定している物品の入庫数に対する前記保管装置に保管されている物品の保管数の割合を、前記保管装置に保管されている物品毎に算出し、
前記入出庫装置は、前記算出装置が算出した前記割合の少ない物品を収容した容器順に前記保管装置へ容器を入庫すること
を特徴とする請求項１又は請求項２に記載の物品保管設備。 The calculation device calculates the ratio of the number of stored goods stored in the storage device to the number of goods stored in the storage device for each article stored in the storage device. ,
The article storage facility according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the warehousing / delivery device stores containers in the storage device in the order of containers containing the articles having a small proportion calculated by the calculation device. 前記表示装置は、前記算出装置が算出した前記割合の少ない物品順に、その物品名を表示すること
を特徴とする請求項３に記載の物品保管設備。 The article storage facility according to claim 3 , wherein the display device displays the article names in ascending order of the articles calculated by the calculation device. 前記保管装置は、顧客から注文される全物品のうち顧客から注文される頻度が低い低頻度の物品を収容した容器のみを保管すること
を特徴とする請求項１から請求項４のいずれか１項に記載の物品保管設備。 Any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the storage device stores only a container containing low-frequency articles that are infrequently ordered by the customer among all the articles ordered by the customer. Goods storage equipment described in the section. 前記保管装置は、単一種類の物品のみを収容した容器のみを保管すること
を特徴とする請求項１から請求項５のいずれか１項に記載の物品保管設備。 The article storage device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the storage device stores only a container containing only a single type of article. 物品を収容した容器を保管する保管装置を備え、前記物品の注文数に応じて前記物品を収容した容器を前記保管装置から搬送先へ向けて出庫する物品保管設備における容器の入庫方法であって、
前記物品保管設備は、
前記保管装置に対して前記物品を収容した容器の入庫又は出庫を行う入出庫装置と、
前記保管装置へ入庫する前記容器の入庫数を算出する算出装置と、
前記入出庫装置の上流位置において、前記保管装置へ入庫する複数の容器に前記物品を収容する収容手段と、
を備え、
前記算出装置が、前記保管装置へ入庫する同一品種の物品の入庫数と、１つの前記容器に収容可能な前記同一品種の物品の数と、から前記入出庫装置に入荷された前記同一品種の物品の全てを収容するために必要な前記容器の数を算出し、前記保管装置から出庫する物品の注文数に対して設定する前記容器の入庫数であって、前記同一品種の物品の引き当てが複数の前記搬送先において重複する場合に、前記同一品種の物品が収容された容器を前記複数の搬送先に分散して搬送可能な前記容器の入庫数を、前記保管装置に保管可能な容器の保管数を考慮して設定し、前記算出した前記容器の数と、前記設定した前記容器の入庫数と、の大小を比較することによって、前記保管装置から出庫する物品の注文数に対する前記保管装置へ入庫する前記容器の入庫数を算出し、
前記収容手段が、前記算出装置により算出された入庫数の容器に前記物品を振り分けて収容し、
前記入出庫装置が、前記収容手段によって振り分けられた前記物品を収容した容器を前記保管装置へ入庫すること
を特徴とする物品保管設備における容器の入庫方法。
A storage method for a container in an article storage facility, which is provided with a storage device for storing a container containing an article and delivers the container containing the article from the storage device toward a transport destination according to the number of orders for the article. ,
The article storage facility
A warehousing / delivery device for warehousing or unloading a container containing the goods with respect to the storage device.
A calculation device that calculates the number of warehousing of the container to be stored in the storage device, and
A storage means for storing the article in a plurality of containers to be stored in the storage device at an upstream position of the warehousing / delivery device.
With
The calculation device receives the same type of articles received in the storage device from the number of items of the same type that can be stored in one container of the same type, and the same type of articles received in the warehousing / delivery device. The number of containers required to accommodate all of the articles is calculated, and the number of containers received is set with respect to the number of orders for the articles to be delivered from the storage device. When the containers of the same type are stored in a plurality of the transport destinations, the number of containers that can be distributed and transported to the plurality of transport destinations is the number of containers that can be stored in the storage device. The storage device is set in consideration of the number of storages, and by comparing the size of the calculated number of containers with the number of containers stored in the set, the storage device with respect to the number of orders for goods to be delivered from the storage device. Calculate the number of warehousing of the container to be warehousing in
The storage means distributes and stores the goods in containers having a number of warehousing calculated by the calculation device.
A method of warehousing a container in an article storage facility, wherein the warehousing / delivery device stores a container containing the article sorted by the storage means into the storage device.
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