Walmart Inc.
ROUTE PLAN USING NON-HOMOGENOUS EQUIPMENT VIA OCEAN ROUTES

Abstract:

A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform: obtaining orders for fulfillment to physical stores from a distribution center, wherein the orders are associated with stacks comprising temperature-controlled pallets and non-temperature-controlled pallets; splitting the orders based on a type of each order; determining containers that are available for driver shifts, wherein the containers comprise temperature-controlled containers each having multiple compartments and dry containers each having a single compartment; generating potential routes by assigning, using a utilization-guided search, the non-temperature-controlled pallets and the temperature-controlled pallets to compartments of the containers; determining, from the potential routes, solution routes that are feasible and minimize costs; and outputting the solution routes. Other embodiments are disclosed.