Intelligent and Data-Driven Allocation of Storage Locations and Optimization of Picking Paths for Traditional Chinese Medicine Decoction Pieces
10.3870/j.issn.1004-0781.2025.12.025
- VernacularTitle:数智驱动的中药饮片货位分配与拣选路径优化
- Author:
Feng WANG
1
;
Weiqing NIU
;
Panke ZENG
;
Yonggang FENG
;
Hao XIN
;
Jianling ZHENG
;
Haiyan DONG
Author Information
1. 西安交通大学第一附属医院药学部,西安 710061
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces;
Informatics pharmacist;
Prescription picking;
Storage optimization;
Digital intelligence pharmacy
- From:
Herald of Medicine
2025;44(12):2051-2057
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To explore how digital and intelligent technologies can optimize the storage allocation and picking paths for Traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces.Methods Based on prescription information and medicine data from the hospital information system(HIS),this study employs MATLAB programming to use an integer linear programming(ILP)algorithm for optimizing the storage allocation of Traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces.Additionally,a greedy algorithm is applied to optimize the picking paths to reduce the picking distance for pharmacists.Finally,an independent samples paired t-test is used to analyze the experimental data to verify the significance of the optimizations.Results A total of 7 734 prescriptions were collected from the HIS.The results of storage optimization showed that the total distance before optimization was(87.58±0.29)m,which was reduced to(85.35±0.28)m after optimization(P﹤0.000 1).The picking path optimization results showed that the picking path was(85.35±0.28)m before optimization and(40.06±0.11)m after optimization(P﹤0.000 1).The results of the independent samples paired t-test indicate that the path was significantly reduced after both storage and picking path optimizations,with statistical significance.Conclusion By using digital and intelligent methods,informatics pharmacists can effectively shorten the picking paths for Traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces,improve dispensing efficiency,and reduce patient waiting times.
