Logical relocation of sort destinations

1. A system for use in directing a sorting operation, the system comprising:

a server comprising a memory, a processor, and a receptacle logical destination identification (ID) assignment engine;

a plurality of receptacles;

an automated transport device for transporting and depositing articles into the receptacles; and

an information acquisition device electronically coupled to the server, wherein the information acquisition device is configured to determine a product type of each article by interacting with each article;

wherein the system configured to:

assign a first logical destination ID to a first receptacle; and

direct an automated transport device to transport and deposit a first article into the first receptacle associated with the first logical destination ID.

2. The system of claim 1 , the system is further configured to:

determine that the first receptacle is full;

re-assign the first logical destination ID to a second receptacle; and

re-direct the automated transport device to transport and deposit the first article into the second receptacle associated with the first logical destination ID.

3. The system of claim 1 , the system is further configured to:

determine that the first receptacle is located beyond a predetermined distance from an article induction point;

re-assign the first logical destination ID to a second receptacle, wherein the second receptacle is located within the predetermined distance from the article induction point; and

redirect the automated transport device to transport and deposit the first article into the second receptacle associated with the first logical destination ID.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the automated transport device is an automated mobile robot (AMR) or a computer-controlled vehicle.

5. The system of claim 2 , wherein the server is configured to re-route the automated transport device to the second receptacle after the automated transport device commences travel towards the first receptacle.

6. The system of claim 2 , wherein the second receptacle is located within a predetermined distance from an article induction point.

7. The system of claim 2 , wherein the server is further configured to direct replacement of the first receptacle.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the server is further configured to receive confirmation of replacement of the first receptacle with an empty receptacle.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the server is in communication with a sensing device configured to sense that the empty receptacle is ready to receive articles.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein a robot is configured to transport the first receptacle to a location of further processing.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the first receptacle is removed manually.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the server is in communication with a sensing device configured to sense that the first receptacle is full.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein server is further configured to calculate a total volume of articles delivered by the automated transport device to the first receptacle to determine that the first receptacle is full.

14. The system of claim 1 , wherein a count of the receptacles or a count of physical locations associated with the receptacles is greater than a count of the logical destination IDs.

15. The system of claim 1 ,

wherein a count of physical locations associated with the receptacles is greater than a count of the logical destination IDs,

wherein a difference between the count of the physical locations and the count of the logical destination IDs is determined based on a time interval required for replacing a full receptacle with an empty receptacle.

16. The system of claim 1 , wherein a sensing device in communication with the server senses that the first receptacle is full.

17. The system of claim 1 , the system is further configured to:

determine that the first receptacle is located beyond a predetermined distance from an article induction point;

re-assign the first logical destination ID to a second receptacle, the second receptacle representing a receptacle available for assignment that is located nearest to the article induction point; and

redirect the automated transport device to transport and deposit the first article into the second receptacle associated with the first logical destination ID.

18. The system of claim 1 , wherein the system is further configured to assign a logical destination ID to each of the plurality of receptacles.

19. The system of claim 1 , wherein the system is further configured to verify that there is at least one non-full receptacle available for delivery of articles thereto.