JP2000339373A - Method and device for selecting transportation pattern and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily select a transportation pattern being suitable for a shipment condition by calculating the transportation result of each transportation pattern from a prescribed table based on the input of article shipment information. SOLUTION: In the case of truck transportation, for example, a case number, a data number and data of a shipment place are stored in a setting case DB 21 as an article shipment condition in a calculating condition setting processing n1 and a consecutive number, an arrival place, a number of articles and its weight are set in a calculation object DB 23. Moreover, a transportation businessman number is set and attribute data of a transportation system corresponding to the transportation businessman number is set in the calculating condition DB 22. Then a transportation distance and charge are calculated through the use of the respective tables of a weight/distance system distance DB 24, a charge DB 25, a number/district system distance DB 26, a charge DB 27 and a railroad container charge DB 28 based on the setting contents of DB 21-23 in a freight calculation processing n3 so that it is stored in a calculation result DB 29. Then calculation result data are displayed by a chart or a graph in a calculation result display processing n6.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for selecting a transportation pattern which makes it easy to select a transportation company most suitable for shipping conditions such as a fare or time required for transportation from a plurality of transportation companies. Regarding the medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in a company that produces articles, when the production volume is large, the product is temporarily stored in a warehouse, delivered from the warehouse to a seller, and the delivery is left to a carrier. .

[0003] The aforementioned carriers include transportation means (automobiles,
There are many companies with different freight systems, such as railroads, ships, and airplanes. For example, trucking stacking fares (route fares) Trucking chartered fares (area fares) Trucking courier freighting Freighting container freights Even carriers with the same fare structure have different fares and required travel times.

[0004] Therefore, in entrusting the delivery of the goods to the carrier, effective shipping and delivery can be achieved if a company suitable for shipping conditions, for example, a low fare or fast delivery can be selected.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a transportation pattern selection method and apparatus capable of easily selecting a transportation pattern suitable for shipping conditions, as well as a recording medium.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the weight of the articles to be transported, the transport distance, the number of articles,
A plurality of transport patterns in which a unique transport system is set for the transport of articles in a combination of predetermined items set by items such as a transport area, a transport fee, and a required time for transport are provided as a table, and a shipping location of the articles, Based on the input of the shipping information of the goods by the combination of the predetermined items set by the items such as the destination, the fare, the required time of the shipping, etc. It is a transportation pattern selection method for outputting a suitable transportation pattern or a combination of a plurality of transportation patterns.

[0007] The invention according to claim 2 of the present invention is a method of combining articles by a combination of predetermined items set by items such as weight of articles to be transported, transport distance, number of articles, transport area, transport fee, and time required for transport. A table that stores a plurality of transport patterns in which a unique transport system is set for transport, and an item based on a combination of predetermined items set by items such as an item's shipping place, destination, fare, and required time for transportation. Input means for inputting shipping information; calculating means for calculating a transport result of each transport pattern from the table based on the shipping information of the article input from the input means; and shipping conditions of the article from the calculation result of the calculating means Output means for outputting a transportation pattern or a combination of a plurality of transportation patterns most suitable for the above. According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a transportation pattern selection method or apparatus for setting the transportation system to a fare and / or required time according to the configuration of the first or second aspect of the invention. It is characterized by.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a transport pattern selection method or apparatus for executing each process by a computer in accordance with the configuration of the first, second or third aspect of the present invention. I do.

[0009] The invention according to claim 5 of the present invention is characterized in that the articles are transported in a combination of predetermined items set by items such as the weight of the articles to be transported, the transport distance, the number of articles, the transport area, the transport fee, and the time required for transport. A table that records a plurality of transport patterns with a unique transport system for transport and a predetermined item set based on items such as the destination, destination, fare, and required time for transportation of the item. A transport program which calculates a transport result of each transport pattern from the table based on the input of the shipping conditions, and outputs a transport pattern or a combination of a plurality of transport patterns that best matches the shipping conditions of the article; It is a processing information recording medium.

[0010]

According to the present invention, according to the present invention, each carrier having a different freight system, a unit price of freight, or a required transit time is used for transporting the goods, by using the weight of the goods to be transported, the transport distance,
Analyze items such as the number of items, the transportation area, the transportation fee, and the required time of transportation, and capture and register (store as a table) the transportation pattern in which a unique transportation system is set. In addition to the destination, the transportation result of each transportation pattern is calculated on the condition that the transportation pattern is cheap or the transportation time is short (fast transportation). Alternatively, by outputting a transportation pattern of a transportation system with a short required time (fast transportation) or a combination of the transportation patterns, it is possible to easily select a transportation company most suitable for shipping conditions of the article.

If the above-described processing program is converted into a processing word that can be processed by a computer and stored in a recording medium such as a CD-ROM or a floppy disk, the processing program can be installed on a personal computer and processed by the personal computer. , You can easily select the carrier.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. The drawing shows an example in which the transport pattern selection device is constituted by a personal computer (hereinafter abbreviated as PC). In FIG. 1, the PC 10 includes a main body 11, a display 12, a keyboard 13, and a mouse 14, and the printer 15 is Connected to

The tables and processing programs described below required for the transport pattern selection processing are stored on a CD-ROM.
16 and the PC main unit 1 via the CD-ROM 16.
1 is installed on a hard disk (not shown) provided in the inside of the PC 1. In addition, instead of the CD-ROM 16,
It is also possible to use a floppy disk or another recording medium.

FIG. 2 shows various tables necessary for the transport pattern selection processing, and these tables are stored in a predetermined area set on the hard disk.

A setting case DB (abbreviation of database, the same applies hereinafter) 21, a calculation condition DB 22, and a calculation target DB 23
Is a database (or table) for storing the set shipping conditions of the article, and is input from the screen by the keyboard 13 or the mouse 14.

The setting case DB 21 stores case number, data number, and setting data of the place of dispatch. When the goods are transported, the contents of the transportation differ depending on the trader. The number is set in advance and assigned to each setting. The data number is specified by a specific number roughly classifying a shipping request (for example, a requester), and the sorting of the shipped articles is specified by a serial number described later. The shipping place is data of a shipping place when goods are transported, and is represented by, for example, a prefecture code, a postal code, or the like.

The above-mentioned calculation target DB 23 stores data numbers,
A serial number can be set, and the data number is a specific number roughly classifying the above-mentioned shipment request. The serial number is a number set for the article to be shipped in the shipment request with the data number, and the data number is When set, serial numbers are automatically assigned.

Further, in the calculation target DB 23, an arrival place (data of an arrival place when goods are transported, for example, represented by a prefecture code, a postal code, etc.), a number,
The weight (data of the number of transported articles and the total weight) is set and stored.

The above-mentioned calculation condition DB 22 is provided for each case number, and a case number and a carrier number can be set. The case number corresponds to the above-mentioned transportation case (case) and carrier transportation system. Set.

That is, the calculation of the distance and the calculation of the fee differ for each carrier, and one carrier may provide a plurality of calculation methods. Therefore, the carrier number sets the transportation system (in this case, the fare system), and the transportation conditions of the carrier are stored. For example, the following condition is satisfied.

Carrier name (fare system name such as route, home delivery, area (district) charter, etc. adopted by the carrier corresponding to the carrier number), distance / district pointer (type for calculating distance or district) , Data indicating one of them), fee pointer (data indicating one of a plurality of types for calculating the fee), weight (upper limit, lower limit of articles handled), number (upper limit of articles handled) , Lower limit), pickup and delivery distance, relay section (data of that section when there is a relay in this transportation case), winter extra section, ferry section (section using ferry), toll (for when there is a discount or extra) Multiplication rate data), distance (upper limit, lower limit), calculation method.

Therefore, since these transportation conditions may be plural for each carrier or one carrier may have a plurality of cases, a DB is prepared for each of the transportation conditions with a case number and a carrier number.

The following types are set for the fare calculation. 1) Weight / distance system calculated based on the weight and distance of goods 2) Quantity / district system calculated based on the number of articles and districts 3) Rail transport containers.

In the above-mentioned weight / distance system, there are a distance calculation standard and a charge calculation standard adopted in the system, and these are set as the distance DB 24 of the weight / distance system described above and the weight / distance system.
This is a distance DB25. Further, in the number / district system, there are a distance calculation standard and a charge calculation standard adopted in the system, and these are set in the aforementioned number / district system distance DB 26 and number / district system charge DB27. . The railway container fee DB 28 sets a fee for transporting goods by a railway container. These DBs 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 are prepared for each carrier.

The above-described distance DB 24 of the weight / distance system sets data of a shipping place, a transportation company, and a destination. Further, as detailed data, a distance (distance from the shipping place to the destination), collection and delivery are provided. Distance (collection and delivery distance at the place of departure and arrival), relay section, winter extra section, ferry section, distance + α (adjustment distance of the dispatch and destination), district extra section (geographical distance must be divided Category), delivery area category (category requiring home delivery), and required time (time required for transportation). The above-mentioned fee DB 25 of the weight / distance system sets the items of the fee corresponding to the year, distance and weight indicating the fee system.

The above-mentioned number / district system distance DB 26 also sets the data of the shipping place, the shipping company and the destination, and further sets the data of the district corresponding to the shipping place and the destination and the required time. ing.

The number / area-based charge DB 27 also includes the number of articles, the number of articles, the shipping place, the shipping company, and the destination.
Weight and required time data are set, and further, charge data corresponding to these set data is set.

The above-mentioned fare of a railway transportation container is calculated by a shipping fee, a railway fee, and an arrival fee, and the railway fee is a rail fare from a departure station to a destination station. The charge DB 28 sets the following items. In other words, conversion of destination station (converted to destination station code of destination), destination station work (set collection and delivery fee, winter surcharge, etc.), container distance, content fee, and required time.

The calculation result DB 29 stores necessary items for inputting predetermined shipping conditions and outputting a calculation result indicating that a fare has been calculated based on the input as a transportation pattern selection output. And this calculation result DB29
Is a case number, a carrier number, a data number, and a serial number. In addition, as detailed data, the calculation result (when calculated in several transportation cases (cases), the most suitable case, for example, when the fare is low, Alternatively, if the required time is fast (short), if both are good, etc.), the applicable classification, the basic fare (excluding extra charges and discounted charges), the total fare (sum of various charges), the required time Is set.

The processing operation of the PC 10 for selecting the optimum transportation pattern of the fare by the transportation pattern selection device configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. For example, it is assumed that a truck is used for transportation.
In order to execute the calculation condition setting process (step n1) necessary for the transportation, the shipping conditions for the transportation of the articles are set on the keyboard 1
Using the mouse 3 or the mouse 14, input is made from the screen of the display 12 (step n2).

The shipping conditions to be input are the case number, the data number, the shipping place, the destination, the number of articles to be transported, and the quantity of articles to be transported.

When the data of the case number, the data number, and the sending place are inputted, the case number “1”, the data number “1”, the sending place “27000” (the code number for each prefecture, Or postal code).

The calculation target DB 23 shown in FIG.
By setting the data number, the serial number “1-1”, the destination “12000” (code number by prefecture, or postal code), the number “3”, the weight “15” (total weight, unit kg), etc. Is set. The serial number is automatically given by setting the data number.

Next, the carrier number is input as the input shipping condition. The carrier number sets the carrier's fare system (the freight system is adopted by the carrier, so that the carrier company name is obtained as a result). Route 1 (If there are multiple routes in the route fare, identify them by number) 2. Home delivery 1 (If there is more than one in the home delivery fare, identify by number) Area 1 (If there is more than one in the district fare, identify by number) Charter 1 (If there are multiple charter fares in the system, identify them by number). When these are set, the calculation condition DB 22 shown in FIG. 6 stores the attributes of the fare system corresponding to this carrier number. Setting of data (each item of various calculation conditions) is allowed,
If the attribute data is pre-installed, the set contents are displayed. If the data is not determined, the attribute data is entered on the screen using the keyboard 13 or the mouse 14 according to the contents of the notification from the trader, and the calculation conditions are set. Set.

The calculation conditions shown in FIG. 6 are set by selecting the carrier numbers 1 to 4 in case number “1” and selecting four routes, namely, route 1, home delivery 1, area (district) 1, and charter 1. Cases are set.

When the setting of the calculation conditions is completed as described above, the process proceeds to the fare calculation process (step n).
3). The instruction for the fare calculation process is input from the screen of the display 12 (step n4).

In the fare calculation process, the weight / distance-based distance DB 24, the weight / distance-based fee DB 25, the number / district-based distance DB 26, Quantity / district system fee DB2
7. P using each table of railway container fee DB28
The CPU of C10 executes the fare calculation processing (calculation processing) according to the program.

In the above-described fare calculation process, the fare system includes, as described above, 1) a weight / distance system calculated based on the weight and distance of the article 2) a calculation based on the district of the number of articles. Number / District system 3) There are containers for railway transportation, and these designations are determined by setting the calculation method in the calculation condition DB22.

When the weight / distance system is set, the transport distance and the fee based on the distance are calculated using the tables of the weight / distance system distance DB 24 and the weight / distance system fee DB 25, and the number / district system is set. When set, the number / district system distance DB 26 and the number / district system fee DB 27 are used,
The transport distance and the fee based on the distance are calculated, and when a railway transport container is set, the railway container fee DB2
8, the transport distance and the fee based on the distance are calculated.

When the fare calculation process described above is completed, the calculation result is stored in the case number “1” and the carrier number 1
4 are selected and four cases of route 1, home delivery 1, area (district) 1, and charter 1 are set, and as shown in FIG. 7, each case is stored in the calculation result DB 29 (step S1). n5).

In the above calculation results, of the four cases, the carrier 1 has the lowest total fare of 1130 yen, so the calculation result is flagged as “1” and the lowest fare (optimum). Is shown. In the case of selecting the company with the fastest (shortest) required time, the selection setting may be changed from the fare to the required time. In this case, since the required time of the carrier number 2 is 13 hours, which indicates that the required time is the fastest (optimum), the calculation result of the carrier 2 is flagged as "1". .

Next, a calculation result display process is executed (step n6). In this process, the calculation result data stored in the above-described calculation result DB 29 is displayed on the display 12 as a chart (step n7) or as a graph (step n8). ) Display each. Further, the printout can be performed by the printer 15.

By displaying the calculation result as described above, even if the flag of the calculation result in the display data is set to "1", the carrier can detect that the fare is most suitable. it can.

As described above, according to this embodiment, by checking the flag "1" of the calculation result, it is possible to easily select a carrier having a fare most suited to the shipping conditions of the article.

In the present invention, the freight system of the carrier is captured and selected as one transportation pattern.
The speed of the time required for transportation (short transportation) can be selected as the transportation pattern, and the transportation pattern that most suits the shipping conditions of the article can be selected based on the combination of the fare and the required time.

In addition, it is also possible to use a route provider halfway and a courier service thereafter, and such a transportation method will be born if the transportation time is shortened. Therefore, the transportation pattern is not always constituted by a single trader, and may be a combination of plural traders.

In the embodiment, the transport pattern selecting device is constituted by using the PC 10. However, the transport pattern selecting device can be constituted by a control device dedicated to the device. The present invention including other structures is limited to the embodiment. Instead, the present invention can be applied in accordance with the technical concept described in the claims.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a transportation pattern selection device.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a database and a table.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a transportation pattern selection process.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a setting case DB.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a calculation target DB.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a calculation condition DB.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a calculation result DB.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 personal computer (PC) 16 CD-ROM 21 setting case DB 22 calculation condition DB 23 calculation target DB 24 weight / distance-based distance DB 25 weight / distance-based fee DB 26 number / district distance DB 27: Quantity / district system fee DB 28: Railway container fee DB

[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] June 2, 1999 (1999.6.2)

[Procedure amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0019

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

The above-mentioned calculation condition DB 22 is provided for each case number, and a case number and a carrier number can be set. The case number corresponds to the above-mentioned transportation case (case), transportation business.
The carrier number sets the transportation system.

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Claims (5)

[Claims] A unique transport system is set for the transportation of an article by a combination of predetermined items set by items such as weight of the article to be transported, transport distance, number of articles, transport area, transport fee, and required time for transport. A plurality of transportation patterns are provided as a table. Based on the input of shipping conditions of the goods by a combination of predetermined items set by items such as a shipping place, an arrival place, a freight, and a required time of the transportation of the goods, A transport pattern selection method for calculating a transport result of each transport pattern from the above and outputting a transport pattern or a combination of a plurality of transport patterns that best matches the shipping conditions of the article. 2. A transport system specific to the transportation of goods is set by a combination of predetermined items set by items such as weight of goods to be transported, transportation distance, number of goods, transportation area, transportation fee, and time required for transportation. Input means for inputting shipping conditions of the goods by a combination of predetermined items set by items such as a shipping place of the goods, an arrival place, a fare, a required time for the transportation, etc.
Calculating means for calculating the transport result of each transport pattern from the table based on the shipping condition of the article input from the input means; and a transport pattern or a plurality of transport patterns most suitable for the shipping condition of the article from the calculation result of the calculating means. An output means for outputting a combination of transport patterns; 3. The transportation pattern selection method or apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transportation system is set to a fare and / or a required time. 4. The transportation pattern selection method or apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each processing is executed by a computer. 5. A transport system specific to the transportation of an article is set by a combination of predetermined items set by items such as a weight of the article to be transported, a transport distance, an article quantity, a transportation area, a transportation fee, and a time required for transportation. The table based on the input of the shipping condition of the article by the combination of the table which records the plurality of transported patterns and the predetermined items set by the items such as the shipping destination, the destination, the fare, the required time of the shipping, etc. And a processing program for calculating a transport result of each transport pattern and outputting a transport pattern or a combination of a plurality of transport patterns most suitable for the shipping conditions of the article.