JP2021147149A - Delivery method and delivery system of cold insulation article - Google Patents

Abstract

To improve efficiency of a sorting work between an accumulation and collection point and a delivery service office by introducing an automatic sorting facility to the point, when articles such as cold packages are delivered.SOLUTION: A cold insulation container is previously warehoused in an automatic sorting facility installed in a cold insulation room of an accumulation and collection point to cool, and cold packages transferred to the point are sorted for each operation course of delivery vehicles to store them into the cold insulation container, and re-warehoused in an automatic warehouse facility to store. The cold insulation container in which the cold package is stored is discharged from the automatic warehouse facility to load on a pallet, and the pallet is transferred to a delivery service office, and loaded on a delivery vehicle as it is at the office, for delivery work of the package.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a method for delivering a cold storage article as a cold storage baggage to a recipient by home delivery, and a system for that purpose.

For the delivery of cargo by a courier, the cargo received from the client is collected at the area base that is the collection store, and this is sent to the cargo collection / aggregation base in the area to which the area base belongs, and the delivery destination of the luggage is far away. Sends the cargo to the collection / aggregation base in the delivery destination area, sorts the cargo by the area base in charge of delivery within the jurisdiction at the collection / aggregation base, and then sends the sorted cargo to the area base in charge of delivery. It is sent, and the cargo is sorted according to the delivery route that divides the jurisdiction at the area base, and the sorted cargo is loaded on the delivery vehicle and delivered to the recipient's house.

In the sorting of cargo at the collection / aggregation base, the cargo sent from the area base in the area or another collection / aggregation base is supplied to the automatic sorting machine, transferred to the chute conveyor set for each destination, and transferred. The sorting worker describes the sorting code (hereinafter, simply referred to as "sorting code") such as numbers, symbols, and marks given to sort the goods that have been sent, and the delivery address of the delivery slip attached to the goods. After visually checking, the cargo is loaded on the pallet of the area base that is in charge of delivery of the cargo among the roll box pallets for each group (hereinafter, also simply referred to as "pallets") arranged beside the chute conveyor. I'm going at.
In this case, since the cargo is loaded on the pallet in the order in which the cargo is transferred to the chute conveyor, for example, when loading bulky or heavy cargo on the pallet after loading a plurality of relatively small cargo, or on the pallet. When the loading of the cargo is poor, it may be necessary to take the loaded cargo out of the pallet, load the transported luggage on the pallet, and then reload it. It sometimes took time to load the luggage on the pallet. In addition, when there is a large amount of cargo to be delivered, such as during the busy season, the sorting worker mistakes the cargo transferred to the chute conveyor and loads the cargo on a pallet at an area base different from the pallet at the area base that handles delivery. Sometimes it ended up being.

In addition, at the area base, the cargo loaded on the pallet at the collection / aggregation base, loaded on the delivery vehicle, and sent is taken out from the pallet and arranged on the sorting table in the facility, sorted by delivery route, and further sorted. The cargo is placed on the floor of the luggage compartment of the delivery vehicle used for delivery or on the drainboard laid on the floor.
Therefore, it requires man-hours to re-sort these packages and transship them to the delivery vehicle, and it is necessary to spend a lot of man-hours on the work to prepare for delivery before delivering the packages by the delivery vehicle. It was the actual situation.

As a conventional technology, it is not necessary to sort work at the area base in charge of delivery, and with the aim of improving the efficiency of loading work on the delivery vehicle, when delivering home delivery cargo, an automatic warehouse facility is installed at the base that handles the delivered cargo. Introduced, using this automatic warehouse facility, the cargo sent from the handling base to the area base in charge of delivery is sorted according to the delivery route at that area base, loaded on the pallet, and transferred to the area base, and then transferred to the area base. There is known a delivery procedure in which a transferred pallet is loaded on a delivery vehicle as it is and the cargo is delivered (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2019-11226

Cold storage packages that require temperature control during transportation, such as fresh food, are delivered through the same delivery process as general room temperature packages that do not require temperature control, but the packages are kept cold during all delivery processes. Must be. Normally, cold storage luggage is in charge of area bases that are put in a cold storage and collect luggage from the client, cargo collection / aggregation bases in the area to which the area base belongs, collection / aggregation bases in the delivery destination area, and delivery. The cargo is sequentially transferred to the area base, and at the area base in charge of delivery, the cold storage luggage is sorted according to the delivery route divided within the jurisdiction, stored in the cold storage container, loaded on the delivery vehicle, and delivered to the recipient's house. I am trying to do it.

As mentioned above, by introducing an automated warehouse facility at the cargo handling base and using this to sort by delivery route divided within the jurisdiction of the area base in charge of delivery, the cargo at that area base can be re-shipped. Although it is possible to reduce the work man-hours such as sorting and transshipment to delivery vehicles, it is still necessary to sort by delivery route and transship to delivery vehicles at area bases for delivery of cold storage luggage. .. The cold storage luggage is transferred in a cold storage box, and the cold storage luggage transferred to the area base is not placed directly on the floor or the drainboard placed on the floor in the area base to maintain the temperature. It also takes time and effort to move it to a temporary cold storage container and then transfer it to the refrigerator of the delivery vehicle for each delivery route.
In addition, since the worker visually confirms the description of the destination of the delivery slip attached to the cargo when sorting the cold storage luggage at the area base, both normal temperature and cold storage luggage such as in the summer and the end of the year During the busy season when the handling volume increases, it is easy to misunderstand the description of the destination of the delivery slip and make a sorting error. There was also a risk of degrading quality.

In view of such problems of the prior art, the present invention aims to improve the efficiency of sorting work at the collection / aggregation base and the area base in charge of delivery when delivering the cold storage baggage, and from the collection / aggregation base. The subject is to be able to use the cold storage package sent to the area base in charge of delivery as it is for delivery processing.

As a means of solving the above-mentioned problems, as in the case of improving the efficiency of the cargo sorting work at room temperature, an automated warehouse facility for cold storage was introduced at the cargo collection / aggregation base, and the cold storage was stored in this automatic warehouse facility. It is conceivable to reduce the work at the delivery area base by sorting the cargo according to the delivery route of the delivery area base and then sending the cargo to the delivery area base.

Here, about 80% to 90% of the amount of parcel delivered to home is room temperature, and the amount of cold storage is usually not so large, but as mentioned above, during the busy season of summer and the end of the year. The amount of cold storage luggage handled will increase dramatically.
When sorting cold storage equipment with automated warehouse equipment, if the automated warehouse equipment to be introduced is made large enough to store and store the entire amount of cold storage luggage handled during the busy season, the amount of cold storage luggage handled during non-busy seasons. The operating rate of automated warehouse equipment becomes extremely low when there is little space, and the installed equipment and its installation space cannot be effectively utilized, resulting in less cost effectiveness.
In order to efficiently sort cold storage luggage whose handling volume fluctuates in small and medium-sized automated warehouse equipment, an operation method different from that in the case of sorting cargo at room temperature by the automated warehouse equipment is required.

Therefore, in the present invention, the automatic warehouse equipment is installed at the handling base of the cold storage equipment to sort the cold storage luggage to be delivered to the recipient, but only one cold storage luggage is stored in one article storage space of the automatic warehouse equipment. Instead of doing so, before warehousing in the automatic warehouse equipment, the cold storage luggage is sorted by delivery route, the cold storage luggage with the same delivery route is stored together in the cold storage container, and this cold storage container is stored in the automatic warehouse equipment. This cold storage container was taken out of the automatic warehouse facility and loaded into a delivery vehicle operating the corresponding delivery route at the time of delivery so that the cold storage baggage was delivered to the recipient.

The method of delivering the cold storage article of the present invention is a method of loading the cold storage article to be delivered by home on a moving body and delivering it to the recipient.
A cold storage room is set up at the handling base for cold storage goods, an automated warehouse facility is placed in this cold storage room, and a sorting shelf equipped with a picking information display is placed at the receiving port of the automated warehouse facility.
The delivery information file of the control means that controls the operation of the automated warehouse equipment and the sorting shelf is linked to the management information of the cold storage goods, and the information about the delivery destination of the cold storage goods and the information about the goods delivery route of the moving body used for delivery. Enter and
The cold storage article transferred to the handling base is read into the information input terminal with the management information of the article and input to the control means.
Cold storage goods of the same goods delivery route are stored in a cold storage container, and the cold storage container is stored in an automated warehouse facility.
Of the cold storage containers stored in the automated warehouse equipment, the cold storage containers in which the cold storage goods are delivered along the same package delivery route are transferred to the delivery port of the automated warehouse equipment.
The cold storage container transferred to the delivery port is loaded into the same transport unit, and the container is loaded.
The transport unit is transferred to the delivery area base, and is loaded as it is on a moving body that operates the goods delivery route of the delivery area base to be used for delivery of the cold storage goods to the recipient.

In the above-mentioned delivery method of cold storage luggage, when an empty cold storage container is stored in the automated warehouse facility in advance with the opening / closing port open, and the cold storage goods transferred to the handling base are arranged on the sorting shelf and sorted by the goods delivery route. , The stored cold storage container can be processed so as to be transferred to the delivery port of the automated warehouse equipment.

In addition, the delivery system used to implement the delivery method is
The automated warehouse equipment installed in the cold storage warehouse, which is the base for handling cold storage goods,
Sorting shelves equipped with a light emitting display and
An information input terminal that reads the identification information of the article set for the cold storage article,
It has a delivery information processing device that processes information input from the information input terminal as delivery information.
The delivery information processing device has a function of controlling the operation of the automatic warehouse facility and the sorting shelf, and at least the identification information of the article set for the cold storage article to be delivered, the information on the delivery destination of the cold storage article, and the moving article. It is characterized in that a delivery information file in which information about a delivery route is input is provided in a storage unit.

In the delivery method and delivery system for goods, the moving body means a means of transportation used for delivery of cold storage goods, and includes vehicles, trains, airplanes, and the like provided with a space for loading the goods. Includes carts such as rear cars, wheelbarrows, and trolleys.
The management information of the cold storage article refers to the identification information of the article such as the slip number set for the cold storage article.

The area base is a base that collects and delivers goods. Of the area bases, the departure area base is the area base that receives the goods delivered to the recipient from the client, and the arrival area base is the base that receives the goods to the recipient. Area base in charge of delivery. In addition to the delivery company's stores, the departure area bases also include agencies such as convenience stores that accept delivery goods through business alliances, delivery lockers, and temporary agency facilities (for example, distribution warehouses and event venues). Is done. Area bases are also called collection offices, delivery offices, departure centers, arrival center stores, and the like.
The collection / aggregation base collects the goods collected at each departure area base and sorts them according to the area base in charge of delivery, or if the recipient's place of residence is far away, sorts the goods to the collection / consolidation base in that region. The base to send. Goods sorted by area base in charge of delivery include goods transferred from other collection / aggregation bases. Aggregation / aggregation bases are called base stores, terminals, hub centers, etc.
The bases for handling goods include the departure area bases, delivery area bases, and collection / aggregation bases.

The automated warehouse equipment installed at the collection / aggregation base or the goods handling base has an area for storing the goods collected at the base, and has a function of storing and storing goods in this area. Equipment is preferably used to have a function of delivering goods, a function of sorting goods according to area bases for delivering goods to recipients, and a function of taking out stored goods from a storage area under predetermined conditions.
A transport unit is a container that can store a plurality of articles and can be loaded and unloaded on a moving body, and includes a roll box pallet, a wagon, a trolley, a pallet with casters, a transport trolley, and the like.
Further, the delivery slip, the sticker, the label, and the unit, which will be described later, are given an identifier used for optical mark recognition such as a barcode, a two-dimensional code, and a QR code (registered trademark). Instead of a bar code or a two-dimensional code, a medium such as an RFID tag or an IC tag that can write or read information in a non-contact manner can be used as the identifier to equip a unit or the like. In this case, for example, writing and reading of information to the medium installed in the unit is provided at each base handling the unit, such as in the collection / aggregation base, sorting equipment, and each area base in charge of acceptance / delivery. Performed by reader / writer equipment.

According to the present invention, the cold storage goods to be loaded into the moving body of the delivery area base are sorted at the accumulation / aggregation base, and the cold storage goods loaded in the transportation unit at the base are used as the transportation unit at the delivery area base. Since it can be loaded onto the moving body as it is and used for delivery of goods, it is possible to improve the efficiency of the sorting work between the collection / aggregation base and the delivery area base and the loading work on the moving body.
The cold storage goods transferred to the collection / aggregation base are sorted according to the delivery route of the delivery area base in the cold storage room and stored in a cold storage container, and this cold storage container is stored in the automated warehouse equipment also installed in the cold storage room. Since it is stored, it is kept at a cold storage temperature even during sorting and transshipment, and the cold storage container delivered from the automated warehouse equipment is stored in a transportation unit, loaded on a moving body at a delivery area base, and delivered to the recipient. Therefore, it is possible to maintain an appropriate cold storage temperature in the process of delivery from the collection / aggregation base to the delivery area base and the recipient, which is extremely effective in suppressing the deterioration of the quality of the goods due to the deviation of the cold storage temperature.

By storing the cold storage container in the automatic warehouse in advance before storing the cold storage article and cooling it at a refrigerating or freezing temperature to sufficiently cool the core temperature of the container, the cold storage article to be stored can be efficiently stored. This makes it possible to reduce the amount of heat insulating material constituting the container, reduce the manufacturing cost of the container, and reduce the weight of the cold storage container so that it is easy to handle.
Further, according to the present invention, even when the moving body is not equipped with a refrigerating / freezing facility for cold storage such as a refrigerator, the cold storage article can be transported. This eliminates the cost of installing and maintaining the cold insulation equipment, and enables delivery with high loading efficiency according to the load capacity of the moving body.

Further, the cold storage goods are transferred to the collection / aggregation base, and are sorted according to the delivery route of the delivery area base before being stored in the cold storage container in the automated warehouse facility. In this way, by sorting by delivery route to the recipient of the cold storage goods, which is the delivery destination, before the goods are stored in the automated warehouse equipment, the cold storage goods delivered from the automated warehouse equipment are stored in the same cold storage container. It is possible to deliver to the recipient at the delivery area base, and after warehousing in the automated warehouse equipment, there is no need to sort cold storage items or stack them in the transportation unit, and the delivery process is complete. It is possible to distribute the labor and work load.

It is a schematic block diagram of the delivery information processing system of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which showed the layout of an example of the cold storage room provided in the handling base of the cold storage baggage. It is a figure for demonstrating the pick-up delivery route of a arrival center store. It is a figure which illustrated the structure of the vehicle information file. It is a figure which illustrated the structure of the vehicle information file for each delivery route. It is an external view of the form of an example of a cold storage container. It is an external view of the form of an example of a sorting shelf. FIG. 5 is an external view of a rack portion constituting the sorting shelf of FIG. 7. FIG. 5 is an external view of a gate portion constituting the sorting shelf of FIG. 7. FIG. 5 is an external view of an operating portion constituting the sorting shelf of FIG. 7. It is an external view of an example of a delivery slip. It is a figure which shows an example of the mode in which a cold storage container is stored in an automated warehouse facility in advance. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the acceptance processing of the cold storage baggage in the arrival base store. It is a figure for demonstrating the state which the cold storage baggage is temporarily put in a rack. It is a figure for demonstrating the state which the cold storage baggage is temporarily put on the sorting shelf. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the process of sorting cold storage baggage and storing it in a cold storage container. It is an external view of an example of a label attached to a cold storage container. It is an external view of an example of a state in which a cold storage container is housed in a pallet.

A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The illustrated form is a mode in which the client (shipper) sends a cold-packed package, which is a cold-packed item, to the recipient (consignee). The process of delivering to the recipient using a transport trolley and a delivery vehicle will be described.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of an example of a delivery information processing system of this embodiment. In the figure, code number 1 is a delivery information processing device, and 2, 3, 4, and 5 are departure center stores that are handling bases for luggage. , Information processing terminals installed in each of the departure base store, arrival base store, and arrival center store, 6 is a portable information processing terminal installed in each of the stores and carried by workers who collect and deliver luggage and sort. The automatic warehouse equipment installed in the arrival base store, 8 indicates the information processing terminal owned by the client who is the delivery requester of the package.

Here, the departure center store is the departure area base, the receiving office that has jurisdiction over the collection of the luggage issued by the client, and the arrival center store is the arrival area base, and the baggage in the area where the recipient who receives the luggage resides. It is a delivery office that has jurisdiction over delivery and is in charge of delivering packages to recipients. In addition, the departure base store and the arrival base store are the areas where the departure base store is the departure accumulation / aggregation base and the departure center store belongs, and the arrival base store is the arrival accumulation / aggregation base and the arrival center store belongs. Both are bases for collecting and consolidating delivery packages.
The delivery of luggage through each of these stores is as follows. That is, the luggage collected from the client at the departure center store is transferred to the departure base store, and the departure base store sorts the luggage brought in from the departure center store according to the delivery direction and loads it on the freight car for each arrival base store. Transport to the arrival base store. At the arrival base store, the transferred luggage is sorted by the arrival center store that has jurisdiction over collection and delivery by region, the sorted luggage is transferred to each arrival center store, and the luggage sent at the arrival center store is delivered by the delivery vehicle. It is loaded on No. 9 and taken out, and then carried to the recipient's house for delivery (see Fig. 1). In this embodiment, a cold box is used as a transport trolley for storing luggage.
The client is a person who ships the refrigerated baggage and entrusts the delivery to the delivery company. Includes food distributors who deliver and sell refrigerated packages to designated recipients.

The delivery information processing device 1 and each of the information processing terminals are connected via a communication line N by wired communication or wireless communication such as a dedicated line, the Internet, or a mobile phone network, and various data and information can be transmitted and received to each other. It constitutes a communication network.
Even if the portable information processing terminal 6 possessed by the collection / delivery worker is configured to transmit / receive data to / from the delivery information processing device 1 via the communication line N, the departure center store, the departure base store, the arrival base store, and the arrival The information processing terminals 2, 3, 4, 5 of the center store are connected to each other via other communication means such as BLUETOOTH (registered trademark), and the data of the mobile information processing terminal 6 is collected from the information processing terminals 2, 3, 4 , 5 may be configured to be transmitted to the delivery information processing apparatus 1. Further, the automated warehouse facility 7 installed in the arrival base store is provided with communication means so that various data and information can be transmitted and received to and from the information processing terminal 4 of the arrival base store.
In the illustrated form, the client requesting the delivery of the package uses his / her own information processing terminal 8 to directly input the package delivery request and the package delivery destination information into the delivery information processing device 1. It shows a configuration for issuing a delivery slip to be attached to a package. The client requests the departure center store near his / her location to collect the delivered parcel, and the information processing terminal 6 of the collection / delivery worker of the departure center store or the information processing terminal 2 of the departure center store via the communication line N. The delivery information processing device 1 may be configured to input information related to the delivery of the package.

The delivery information processing device 1 is a computer having a function of providing a file, data, or the like to each of the information processing terminals connected via a communication line N, and includes, for example, a data input unit such as a keyboard, a mouse, or a scanner. A display unit such as a monitor that displays data, a communication unit that transmits / receives data via the communication line N, and a storage device that stores and stores various data, files, and processing programs for processing delivery information described later. The configuration may include 1a and each processing unit such as a control unit that controls the processing unit according to a processing program stored in the storage device 1a. Further, the delivery information processing device 1 has a function as a Web server that transmits Web information through the Internet, which is one of the communication lines N, and has a Web browsing function through a website established on the Internet or through transmission / reception of e-mail. It can be configured to be able to send and receive files, data, and the like to and from each of the information processing terminals provided with the above.
The delivery information processing device 1 and the storage device 1a may be composed of a plurality of computers, a set of servers, and a set of a plurality of storage devices, each of which is connected via a communication line N.

The information processing terminals 2, 3, 4, and 5 installed in the departure center store, departure base store, arrival base store, and arrival center store are, for example, data input units such as a keyboard, a mouse, a barcode reader, and a scanner. , A display output unit such as a monitor for displaying data or a printer for printing, a communication unit for transmitting and receiving data via a communication line N, a storage unit for storing and storing various data, files, and processing programs, and storage. Each processing unit such as a control unit that controls the processing unit according to a processing program stored in the unit may be provided, and a function of transmitting and receiving files, data, and the like via the Internet by a Web browsing function can be provided. As the information processing terminal 8 of the client, one having the same configuration as described above can be used.

The portable information processing terminal 6 is connected to, for example, a data input function, a storage function, a display output function, a barcode reader function for reading a barcode or a two-dimensional barcode, an image capturing function, a call function, and a communication line N for data. It is a portable data reading / collecting terminal having a function of transmitting / receiving data and a function of printing / outputting data as a label, and a portable terminal such as a known handy terminal can be used.
In a mode in which the client brings a delivery package with a handwritten delivery slip attached to the departure center store and requests the package delivery, the mobile information processing terminal 6 reads the slip number of the delivery slip attached to the package with a bar code reader. , The read data is converted into numerical data and transmitted to the delivery information processing device 1, and among the delivery destination information displayed on the delivery slip, for example, the postal code which is the location of the recipient is input to read the data. It is possible to convert the slip number and the delivery address information into a two-dimensional code, and print out this code and the sorting code of the arrival center store on the displayed label. The printed label is attached to the package together with the delivery slip.

The information processing terminals 2, 3, 4, 5 and the portable information processing terminal 6 installed in each of the delivery information processing device 1, the departure center store, the departure base store, the arrival base store, and the arrival center store are stored in their respective storage units. An application program for performing baggage delivery processing, which will be described later, is stored in the box, and by operating this, various data processing means are configured, and processing for sending and receiving baggage delivery information between each device and terminal is performed. It has become like.

The automated warehouse facility 7 installed in the arrival base store is a three-dimensional automated warehouse having a large number of luggage storages, which is a storage space of a predetermined size for storing luggage, and is input from the delivery information processing device 1 described later. Based on the cargo sorting information, the transport mechanism consisting of rails, conveyors, etc. is operated and controlled, and the cargo put into the cargo receiving port is transferred to the luggage storage and stored, and the stored luggage is stored. It is configured to be taken out of the warehouse and transferred to the cargo delivery port.
The control means for controlling the operation of the automatic warehouse equipment 7 is mainly composed of the delivery information processing device 1, but may be composed of a control device equipped in the automatic warehouse equipment 7, and the delivery information processing device is used as the control means. Information processing terminals 2, 3, 4, and 5 of each store connected to 1 via a communication line N may be included.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the installation layout of the automated warehouse equipment 7 in the arrival base store, and the automated warehouse equipment 7 is arranged in a cold storage room 10 provided in a corner of the arrival base store.
Specifically, the cold storage room 10 is divided into a cold storage room 10a, which is a cold storage for refrigerated articles, a freezing room 10b, which is a cold storage for frozen articles, an anterior room 10c, and a work area 10d. Automatic warehouse facilities 7 and 7 are arranged in the freezer compartment 10b, and the luggage is transferred into the warehouse from the luggage receiving port 7a provided in the work area 10d and stored, and the stored luggage is discharged and delivered. It is provided so that it can be transferred to 7b.

In the storage device 1a of the delivery information processing device 1, various master data necessary for the delivery process of the cold storage package are stored in a database. In this embodiment, data files of various information such as information on the delivery destination of the package and dealer information, vehicle management information, area in charge and vehicle association information, and package sorting information, which will be described later, are registered in the database of the storage device 1a. ..

Dealer information is based on the name, address and contact information of the departure center store, departure / arrival base store, arrival center store, data that identifies each delivery base consisting of the sorting code of each store, and data corresponding to the zip code and sorting code. It has become.

The area information in charge of the delivery vehicle consists of information on the course (baggage delivery route) and the area where each center store performs the collection and delivery work in the area under the jurisdiction of the collection and delivery of the cargo.
For example, as shown in Fig. 3, the area where a certain arrival center store has jurisdiction over collection and delivery is divided into five courses, A, B, C, D, and E, of which A course is area (a) -area. Register separately as (b) -area (c) -area (d) -area (e) -area (f). Areas (a) to (f) correspond to the order in which the delivery vehicle operates to deliver the cargo. The area information in charge is registered for all areas under the jurisdiction of collection and delivery by each center store.

The vehicle management information consists of information that identifies the delivery vehicle deployed at each center store and information about the pallets that are loaded on the delivery vehicle. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, numbers and symbols that identify the center store, The mark (hereinafter referred to as "store code"), the control number (W1234, etc.) that is the identification code of the vehicle used at the center store, the type of pallet loaded on the vehicle (60BOX, etc.), and multiple vehicles. When loading the pallets of, it is composed of information such as branch numbers (0001, etc.).

The area in charge and vehicle association information consist of information related to the registered course with information on delivery vehicles operating in the order of the areas at each center store. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the center store is specified. It is composed of information such as the store code, the course number, the course name (OOOO course, etc.), and the management number (W1234000, etc.), which is the identification code of the delivery vehicle used in each course. When multiple courses are set for one car number, the information that sets the priority for each course is also included. As shown in the figure, if the priorities of "1, 2, 3" are set in order in the courses A, B, and C, the same delivery will be made within the jurisdiction of collection and delivery shown in Fig. 3. Using the vehicle (control number 1234000), the vehicle will be operated in the order of the areas a, b, and c, and the collection and delivery work will be performed.

The cargo sorting information is information necessary for the automated warehouse facility 7 to automatically sort the cargo, such as the slip number of the delivery slip attached to the package to be delivered, the desired delivery date and time of the package, the name of the recipient, and the like. Information such as the delivery address, postal code, and contact information, and the area in charge of the delivery vehicle, the vehicle management information, the area in charge, and the vehicle association information of the delivery center store that has jurisdiction over the delivery of the cargo to the recipient. It is configured to include. In this embodiment, sorting and delivery are possible as long as there is at least information including the slip number and address.

In this embodiment, since the client operates the information processing terminal 8 of the client to input the information related to the delivery of the cold storage baggage into the delivery information processing device 1, the sorting information of the baggage is created by issuing the delivery slip. Then, it is registered in the storage device 1a of the delivery information processing device 1. In the mode in which the client delivers the package using a handwritten delivery slip, when the package is collected, the information of the slip number and the postal code of the delivery destination, which is the recipient's whereabouts, is sent from the mobile information processing terminal 6 of the collection / delivery worker. The missing information and data are input from the information processing terminal 4 and the portable information processing terminal 6 at the arrival base store. For information on the area in charge of the delivery vehicle at the arrival center store, refer to these information files registered in advance in the storage device 1a along with the input of the zip code and delivery address written on the delivery slip, and the arrival center under the jurisdiction. The store and the course / area where the package is delivered are specified and set automatically.

FIG. 6 shows an example of a cold storage container for accommodating cold storage luggage.
The cold insulation container 11 is formed in a box shape using a heat insulating material, and the container body 11a having a square opening at the top is covered with a lid 11b to seal the inside, and the lid 11b is removed to enter the container body 11a. It is formed so that the stored luggage can be taken out.

FIG. 7 shows an example of a sorting shelf arranged in the cold storage chamber 10 provided in the wearing base store, and the sorting shelf 12 temporarily temporarily stores the cold storage luggage transferred to the wearing base store. It is composed of a rack 13 to be stored and a gate 14 which is superposed on the front side of the rack 13 to form a pickup device for cold storage luggage.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 8, in the rack 13, a plurality of shelf boards 13b on which cold storage luggage is placed are erected in the roll box pallet 13a to which casters are attached at the lower part, and the inside of the pallet 13a is divided into upper and lower stages. , The cold storage luggage can be placed on each shelf board 13b from the front of the rack 13.
A barcode label 15 is attached to the front part of each shelf board 13b, in which location information that identifies the position when a load is placed on the shelf board is converted into a one-dimensional or two-dimensional code. Although not, a bar code label obtained by converting the individual code into a code is provided at an appropriate position on the rack 13.

Further, as shown in FIG. 9, the gate 14 has a horizontal rail 14b in which a plurality of actuating portions 14c for picking operation are mounted between the left and right vertical rails 14a and 14a to which casters are attached at the lower part. It is constructed by erection in multiple stages above and below. The erection position of the cross rail 14b and the attachment position of the operating portion 14c correspond to the erection position of the shelf plate 13b of the rack 13 and the attachment position of the barcode label 15, respectively.
As shown in FIG. 10, each operating unit 14c of the gate 14 includes a display 14c1 for specifying a picking position and a push switch 14c2 for notifying the completion of picking, and is wired with the delivery information processing device 1. Alternatively, it is configured so that information can be transmitted and received wirelessly, and as described later, the location information from the delivery information processing device 1 is received to control the lighting and extinguishing operations of the display, and the push switch is pressed. It is provided so that the notification of the completion of picking is transmitted from the operating unit 14b to the delivery information processing apparatus 1 by the operation.
Further, although not shown, a bar code label obtained by converting the individual code into a code is provided at an appropriate position of the gate 14.

Next, the procedure of the delivery processing of the cold storage package using the delivery information processing system configured in this way will be described by dividing it into the steps of processing the information.

(Preset)
First, information on the area in charge of the delivery vehicle in the area where the arrival center store has jurisdiction over delivery, information on the identification code of the delivery vehicle deployed at the arrival center store, information on the roll box pallet loaded on the vehicle, and the area in charge. Information about the delivery vehicle that operates according to the information is transmitted from the information processing terminal 5 of the arrival center store to the delivery information processing device 1 and registered in the storage device 1a of the delivery information processing device 1.

(Delivery request by client)
When the client sends a refrigerated package to the recipient, the client connects the information processing terminal 8 owned by the client to the package delivery request acceptance website established by the delivery information processing device 1 on the Internet, and the site is connected. Above, enter the information related to the delivery address such as the item name of the cold storage package to be shipped, the name and address of the recipient, the scheduled shipping date and time of the package, the desired delivery date and time zone, and other information necessary for package delivery, and the delivery information processing device. Send to 1 to request package delivery. The information received by the delivery information processing device 1 is registered in the storage device 1a as delivery information.

Further, when the information is input to the delivery information processing device 1, the slip number of the cold storage package to be delivered is set and transmitted to the information processing terminal 8 of the client, and the client uses his / her own information processing terminal 8. Issue a delivery slip to be attached to the package by operating.
FIG. 11 shows an example of a delivery slip issued by the client, and the delivery slip includes information about the client including the client's name, address, zip code, etc., recipient's name, address, zip code, etc. The barcode of the slip number, the identification code including the information about the slip number and the delivery address are displayed together with the information about the delivery address including, the slip number, and the like.
By issuing the delivery slip, the delivery information processing device 1 creates the sorting information of the package, and the created information is associated with the slip number together with the delivery information and registered in the storage device 1a.
Further, based on the information on the delivery destination of the recipient, the information on the package delivery route of the delivery vehicle that delivers the cold storage package is specified, and the information is linked to the slip number and registered in the storage device 1a.

(Processing at the departure center store)
The fact that the requester has requested the delivery of the package is notified from the delivery information processing device 1 to the information processing terminal 2 or the portable information processing terminal 6 of the departure center store that has jurisdiction over the collection and delivery of the client's residential area, and the collection and delivery work. The person goes to the client's house and receives the baggage put out by the client.
At this time, the collection / delivery worker reads the slip number of the delivery slip 11 attached to the baggage by the mobile information processing terminal 6, and transmits the read information from the mobile information processing terminal 6 to the delivery information processing device 1. The delivery information processing device 1 associates the received slip number information with the slip number as pickup work information together with the date and time data, and registers the received slip number in the pickup data of the delivery information.
The collected cold storage luggage is stored in a cold box, loaded on a delivery vehicle, and sent from the departure center store to the departure base store.

(Processing at departure base stores)
Cold baggage carried to the departure base store is sorted by destination area in the cold storage room of the base store. At this time, the slip number of the package is taken into the information processing terminal 3 of the departure base store and transmitted to the delivery information processing device 1. Cold storage luggage sorted by destination area is stored in a cold box and sent from the departure base store to the arrival base store.

(Processing at the arrival base store)
First, the cold storage baggage carried from the departure base store to the arrival base store is processed for receiving the baggage in the cold storage room 10.
Before the cargo receiving process, as shown in FIG. 12, the cold storage container 11 is placed in the refrigerating chamber 10a and the freezing chamber 10b with the lid 11b removed from the container body 11a and the upper part of the container body 11a open. The inside of the cold storage container 11 is pre-cooled by storing in both automatic warehouse facilities 7.

In the cold storage baggage acceptance process, as shown in FIG. 13, the cold storage baggage 16 is taken out from the cold box 17 transferred to the arrival base store, and information such as the slip number written on the delivery slip attached to the baggage is carried. The cold storage baggage 16 taken out is transferred to the shelf board 13b of the rack 13 while being taken into the information processing terminal 6. At this time, the description information of the barcode label 15 attached to the shelf board 13b is also taken into the portable information processing terminal 6.
The information taken into the portable information processing terminal 6 is input to the delivery information processing device 1, linked to the slip number, and registered in the storage device 1a.

As shown in FIG. 14, when all the cold storage luggage 16 housed in the cold box 17 are transferred to the rack 13, the individual code of the rack 13 is taken into the portable information processing terminal 6 and sent to the delivery information processing device 1. Send. The delivery information processing device 1 creates a location information file of the cold storage baggage 16 arranged in the rack 13 from the received information and the information of the bar code label 15, and registers it in the storage unit 1a.

Next, as shown in FIG. 15, the gate 14 is assembled on the front surface of the rack 13 in which the cold storage luggage 16 is temporarily placed on the shelf board 13b, and the individual codes of the rack 13 and the gate 14 are taken into the portable information processing terminal 6. , Input to the delivery information processing device 1.
As a result, the cold storage cargo 16 is ready to be sorted according to the delivery route, and the delivery information processing device 1 transmits an operation signal to the automated warehouse facility 7 to control the operation, and is stored as shown in FIG. The cold storage container 11 that had been used is transferred to the luggage delivery port 7b.

When the cold storage container 11 is transferred to the work area 10d of the cold storage room 10, the cold storage bag 16 is sorted.
Specifically, the delivery information processing device 1 delivers the same cargo among the cold cargo 16 arranged in the rack 13 from the information on the cargo delivery route registered in association with the slip number of the delivery slip of the cold cargo 16. In order to identify the routes and accommodate them in the same cold storage container 11, the location information file is referred to to identify the arrangement of the rack 13 of the cold storage luggage 16, and the gate 14 corresponding to the position is specified. In order to control the operating unit 14c of the above and identify the cold storage baggage 16 to be picked up, the indicator is turned on to notify the sorting operator.
The sorting worker takes out the cold storage baggage 16 at the position where the indicator is lit and stores it in the cold storage container 11. When the transfer to the cold storage container 11 is completed, the sorting operator pushes the push switch of the operating portion 14c. Then, the fact that the pickup is completed is input from the operating unit 14c to the delivery information processing device 1.
When the cold storage bag 16 of the same cargo delivery route is stored in the cold storage container 11, the delivery information processing device 1 transmits an operation signal to the automatic warehouse facility 7 to control the operation, and the cold storage bag 16 is stored. The cold storage container 11 is transferred to the automatic warehouse facility 7 again and stored.
When all the cold storage luggage 16 temporarily stored in the sorting shelf 12 is transferred to the cold storage container 11 and the cold storage container 11 is restocked in the automated warehouse facility 7, the sorting process for each cargo delivery route is completed.

The cold storage baggage 16 housed in the cold storage container 11 and stored in the automated warehouse facility 7 is discharged from the automated warehouse facility 7 when it is transferred from the arrival base store to the arrival center store together with the luggage at room temperature.
At this time, the delivery information processing device 1 converts the information of all the cold storage packages 16 housed in the cold storage container 11 shown in FIG. 17 from the printer installed in the work area 10d of the cold storage room 10 into a two-dimensional code. The label 18 displayed is printed out, and the label 18 is attached to the side surface of the cold storage container 11.
Then, as shown in FIG. 18, the cold storage container 11 is housed in the pallet 19, and is sent from the arrival base store to the arrival center store by a delivery vehicle.

(Processing at the arrival center)
When the cold storage container 11 containing the cold storage baggage 16 arrives from the arrival base store to the arrival center store, the mobile information processing terminal 6 of the arrival center store reads the barcode of the label 18 attached to the cold storage container 11 and reads the barcode. The read information is transmitted to the delivery information processing device 1. Then, the pallet 19 containing the cold storage container 11 is loaded as it is into the corresponding delivery vehicle, and the delivery vehicle is operated to deliver the package to the recipient's house.
At this time, the delivery information processing device 1 that has received the information described on the label 18 transmitted from the portable information processing terminal 6 carries information on the slip number of the cold storage baggage stored in the cold storage container 11 and the delivery address. It is transmitted to the information processing terminal 6 and stored in the storage unit. Then, when the collection / delivery worker inputs the parcel delivery completion information into the portable information processing terminal 6 in the eaves work of the recipient's house, the information regarding the delivery destination of the parcel to be delivered is displayed and output on the information processing terminal, and the display is viewed. You can check the next recipient and drive the delivery vehicle for delivery.

The configuration of the information processing system shown is an example, and the present invention can be configured in other appropriate forms.

1 Delivery information processing device, 2, 3, 4, 5.8 Information processing terminal, 6 Mobile information processing terminal, 7 Automated warehouse equipment, 9 Delivery vehicle, 10 Cold storage room, 11 Cold storage container, 12 Sorting shelf, 13 racks, 14 Gate, 15 barcode label, 16 cold storage, 17 cold box, 18 label, 19 pallet

Claims (3)

It is a method of loading cold storage goods to be transported by home on a moving body and delivering them to the recipient.
A cold storage room is set up at the handling base for cold storage goods, an automated warehouse facility is placed in this cold storage room, and a sorting shelf equipped with a picking information display is placed at the receiving port of the automated warehouse facility.
The delivery information file of the control means that controls the operation of the automated warehouse equipment and the sorting shelf is linked to the management information of the cold storage goods, and the information about the delivery destination of the cold storage goods and the information about the goods delivery route of the moving body used for delivery. Enter and
The cold storage article transferred to the handling base is read into the information input terminal with the management information of the article and input to the control means.
Cold storage goods of the same goods delivery route are stored in a cold storage container, and the cold storage container is stored in an automated warehouse facility.
Of the cold storage containers stored in the automated warehouse equipment, the cold storage containers in which the cold storage goods are delivered along the same package delivery route are transferred to the delivery port of the automated warehouse equipment.
The cold storage container transferred to the delivery port is loaded into the same transport unit, and the container is loaded.
A method for delivering cold-insulated goods, which comprises transporting the transport unit to a delivery area base and loading it as it is on a moving body operating a goods delivery route at the delivery area base to deliver cold-insulated goods to a recipient. An empty cold storage container is pre-stored in the automated warehouse facility with the opening and closing opening open.
The first aspect of claim 1, wherein when the cold storage goods transferred to the handling base are arranged on the sorting shelves and sorted by the goods delivery route, the stored cold storage containers are transferred to the delivery port of the automated warehouse equipment. Delivery method for cold storage goods. It is a system for loading cold storage goods to be transported by home on a moving body and delivering them to the recipient.
The automated warehouse equipment installed in the cold storage warehouse, which is the base for handling cold storage goods,
Sorting shelves equipped with a light emitting display and
An information input terminal that reads the identification information of the article set for the cold storage article,
It has a delivery information processing device that processes information input from the information input terminal as delivery information.
The delivery information processing device has a function of controlling the operation of the automatic warehouse facility and the sorting shelf, and at least the identification information of the article set for the cold storage article to be delivered, the information on the delivery destination of the cold insulation article, and the moving article. A delivery system for cold storage goods, characterized in that a storage unit is provided with a delivery information file in which information about a delivery route is input.

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