Abstract: An automated warehouse system includes automated warehouses, work stations, a travel route, automated guided vehicles, and a controller. The travel route is accessible to the automated warehouses and the work stations. The automated guided vehicles travel along the travel route. The controller determines an area including at least a portion of the travel route as a travel area in which the automated guided vehicle travels, and controls the automated guided vehicle to transport an article between the automated warehouse and the work stations belonging to the travel area. The controller determines size of the travel area, in which the automated guided vehicle travels, based on the operating status of at least one of the automated warehouse and the work station.

Abstract: An automated warehouse includes shelves, a carrier, an elevator, and a controller. The shelves include a first shelf storing a first article and a second shelf which is larger than the first shelf and stores the first article and the second article. The carrier is provided at each shelf and transfers articles. The elevator moves articles up or down. When the vacancy rate of the second shelf is equal to or more than the predetermined ratio, the controller controls the carrier and the elevator to store the first article onto the second shelf. When the vacancy rate of the second shelf is less than the predetermined ratio, the controller controls the carrier and the elevator to store the first article only onto the first shelf.