CN101828194A - Transportation management system - Google Patents

Abstract

An inland freight management module manages inland moves of freight from a plurality of vendor supply locations to port and includes a profile maintenance component, a load planning component, and a load routing and booking component. The load planning component is programmed for planning field consolidation of one or more container loads via a multi-stop route between the plurality of vendor supply locations. A gateway balancing module balances shipments of a plurality of containers between a plurality of associated gateways and includes a determine demand subcomponent, a calculate containers subcomponent, a determine capacity subcomponent, and a generate balance recommendations subcomponent. The generate balance recommendations subcomponent is adapted to provide a user with a gateway balancing recommendation based upon a comparison of a handicapped gateway demand and de-consolidation capacities of each of the plurality of associated gateways.

Description

Transportation management system

Background technology

Actively and effectively participate in the ability of global trade and purchase goods from supplier, this is essential to many industries.The goods of purchasing from supplier experienced the various haulage stages before arriving their final places.Described goods generally experiences the inland transport from supplier to the harbour of starting.Subsequently, described goods is by assembly unit and be loaded into shipping container (for example, sea-freight equipment container) to be transported to the import critical point from start harbour or outlet critical point.At last, described goods is transported to their final destination from described critical point.Exist improvement plan and execution to purchase the also demand of the complexity of shipping goods from supplier.

Summary of the invention

Some embodiments relate to and are used for Care for Cargo and supply the landlocked freight traffic management module that transport to the inland at harbour in the place from a plurality of suppliers.Described landlocked freight traffic management module comprises File Maintenance assembly, loading plan assembly and loads route selection and subscription component.Described File Maintenance assembly is applicable to safeguards landlocked plan area archives, comprises and close based on one or more customs the relevant information of a plurality of landlocked plan area of district's generation.Described loading plan assembly and described File Maintenance component communication, and be applicable to that the shipping goods that will supply the place part cargo shipment from a plurality of suppliers constitutes container cargo.Described loading plan assembly is programmed the scene that is used to plan through a plurality of suppliers supply one or more container loadings of the multistation route between the place and pieces together case, and wherein said multistation route is generation in one of them zone in described a plurality of landlocked plan areas.Described loading route selection and subscription component comprise that one or more are used to subscribe the landlocked hauler's who is suitable for described multistation route interactive menu.

Some other embodiment relates to the critical point balance module of the shipment that is used for a plurality of containers between a plurality of critical points that are associated of balance.Described critical point balance module comprises to be determined the demand sub-component, calculate the container sub-component, determines the capacity sub-component and generates balance suggestion sub-component.Described decision demand sub-component is applicable to the demand of devaning of determining in described a plurality of critical point that is associated each according to the total number of the container relevant with each described critical point.Described calculating container sub-component is applicable to the interrupted demand of devaning of determining in described a plurality of critical point that is associated each according to the complexity of devaning.Described definite capacity sub-component is applicable to the available capacity of determining for each critical point in described a plurality of critical points that are associated of devaning.Described generation balance suggestion sub-component is applicable to according to the interrupted critical point demand at each critical point in more described a plurality of critical points that are associated and the capacity of devaning provides critical point balance suggestion for the user.

Although disclose a plurality of embodiments, (show and described the illustrative embodiment of the present invention) according to the following detailed description, still have other embodiments will be readily apparent to persons skilled in the art.Therefore, the drawings and specific embodiments are illustrative rather than restrictive in essence.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the synoptic diagram according to the comprehensive transportation management system of some embodiments.

Fig. 2 is the synoptic diagram according to the landlocked freight traffic management module of the system shown in Figure 1 of some embodiments.

Fig. 3 is the synoptic diagram according to a plurality of landlocked plan areas of the described landlocked freight traffic management module of some embodiments.

Fig. 4 is the synoptic diagram that has shown the facility information of some kinds relevant with described landlocked freight traffic management module according to some embodiments.

Fig. 5 has shown according to some embodiments and has been used to check loading and transporting plan information and formulates loading plan and the feature of the plan menu that foundation is selected.

Fig. 6 is the synoptic diagram that gathers the feature of inventory according to the loading that some embodiments illustrate described landlocked freight traffic management module.

Fig. 7 has shown the feature of the scene assembly case counterfoil of described landlocked freight traffic management module according to some embodiments.

Fig. 8 has shown the interactive route selection of described landlocked freight traffic management module and the feature of subscription component menu according to some embodiments.

Fig. 9 is the synoptic diagram of promising to undertake the balance flow process according to the minimum goods amount of the system shown in Figure 1 of some embodiments.

Figure 10 is the synoptic diagram according to the demonstration import critical point of some embodiments.

Figure 11 is the synoptic diagram according to three grades of balances of the described critical point balanced component of some embodiments.

Figure 12 has shown the File Maintenance assembly according to some embodiments.

Figure 13 has shown the embodiment of some critical point associations of described critical point balanced component according to some embodiments.

Figure 14 is the synoptic diagram according to the manual control sub-component of the described critical point balanced component of some embodiments.

Figure 15 has shown that according to some embodiments the balance suggestion of described critical point balanced component generates sub-component.

Although the present invention stands various modifications and selects and replaces, embodiment is still shown by the embodiment in the accompanying drawing and is discussed in more detail below.Yet the present invention is not limited to described specific implementations.On the contrary, the invention is intended to cover all modifications, equivalent, and fall into the interior alternative of the scope of the invention that claims limit.

Embodiment

Fig. 1 is the synoptic diagram figure of comprehensive transportation management system 20.System 20 comprises landlocked freight traffic management module 22, MQC balance module 24 and critical point balance module 26.In some embodiments, system 20 is fully by big retail brick (LRE) management, and wherein LRE has directly or indirectly and/or operates retail points different on a plurality of geography.In some other embodiment, system 20 is by a plurality of entity managements.

In general, system 20 is used for the transportation of Care for Cargo (being also referred to as commodity or product) from supplier to one or more harbours of starting, goods loads and transports to the commodity that arrive the harbour from the harbour of starting, and from arriving harbour devaning and transporting to retail or other final place of shipments.As used herein, " harbour " general expression sea-freight acknowledgement of consignment port, air transport terminal point or the like.Though manually control also can be considered, the various piece of system 20 is based on software, comprises database, network and other relevant technology.In some embodiments, if need, the explanation relevant with various different system flow processs described herein and other information stores are in computer-readable medium and/or hand-written document.

Will be understood that with reference to following description the various different characteristics of system 20 realize by the interactive menu that is shown to one or more system users.The interactive menu of these kinds utilizes user interface randomly to provide to system user, and user interface comprises that computer hardware, software, computer-readable medium and being used to such as computer workstation show and the related elements of receiving system information.As used herein, " user interface " includes but not limited to single website, perhaps for example single workstation.In some embodiments, if need, randomly check and/or operate described user interface from a plurality of places.For example, described user interface randomly comprises on a plurality of separate areas geographically by one or more system user network operating equipment.

As shown in Figure 1, randomly with respect to " date in the shop " orientation, these dates and goods will be transported to retail location in system 20.Thereby the arrow that the transportation management flow process between the indicating module 22,24,26 (perhaps installing 22,24,26) flows to is with respect to the Shipping Date orientation of retail location.In other words, to Shipping Date of retail location be target, system 20 is orientated to those targets and transports.

Fig. 2 has schematically shown the various different assemblies of landlocked freight traffic management module 22.Landlocked freight traffic management module 22 comprises File Maintenance assembly 40, loading plan assembly 42, loads route selection and subscription component 44 and consolidator's information management assembly 46.In general, the landlocked freight traffic management module of big retail brick (LRE) management and utilization 22 shipping goods transport to the inland at the harbour of starting from supplier's (be also referred to as supplier and supply place, manufacturer or supply place), and this is more detailed description below.

File Maintenance assembly 40 comprises the equipment that is used to safeguard landlocked plan area archives 60, landlocked appraisal area archives 62, vendor profile 64, facility archives 66, subscription profile 68, equipment files 70, container loading archives 72 and reservation formation archives 74.In some embodiments, archives generate and safeguard that assembly 40 comprises is used to receive and one or more databases of store archive information.Archive information randomly utilizes hand input-data and/or receives electronic data (for example, connecting by network) from one or more long-range source points and generates.

In general, each information in various different archives of randomly being used to is predicted for landlocked shipment, international freight transportation people and/or sea-freight import and dispensing and is planned in the module 22,24,26.For reference, " international freight transportation people " generally is meant ocean carrier, aviation carrier or the like as used herein, is called the pallet loading carrier alternatively.This will more detailed description, and landlocked plan area archives 60, and other system assembly are applicable to promote to reduce the landlocked goods assembly unit on the assembly unit facility and realize network efficiency.Especially, the on-site consolidation of container loading has been promoted in effective utilization of multistation inland carrier route, this so that reduced use needs to the consolidator.

For reference, the consolidator is the goods assembly unit enterprise that is usually located at one or more harbours of starting.Container freight station (CFS) facility is consolidator's a example, also can be described as central consolidator or shipping agent.Otherwise Container Yard (CY) facility is positioned at the harbour of starting, and manages loading container to the carrier that is used for overseas shipment.As used herein, " CFS goods " generally is meant the shipping goods of part container loading or other goods that is used for the assembly unit candidate (also be described as part cargo shipment goods or for example segment set vanning product goods)." CY goods " is container cargo or supplies the place in supplier and load and be appointed as the goods that directly is transported to the harbour fully, for example also be described as Full Container Load.

Landlocked plan area archives 60 comprise plan area information.Fig. 3 has shown the synoptic diagram of supplying place 80 according to a plurality of suppliers relevant with a plurality of port of departures or harbour 82 of one or more plan areas 84.Utilizing with supplier supplies place 80 relevant geographical frontier, government border (for example, border, state, province border, border, city or similar border) and longitude and latitude coordinate generation plan area 84.Described plan area can or be other zone of closing the district based on customs according to customs's Guan Qu border generation also.

In some embodiments, one or more plan area 84 is closed by customs distinguishes the boundary, this will forbid, hinder or other reduces the advantage that the multistation route crosses the pass district, for example the expense, licence or other requirements that are used to cross customs pass district by increasing.For reference, it is all over the world that the district is closed in various dissimilar customs, for example comprises those zones relevant with the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region with the China Shenzhen special zone.Should be appreciated that the influence of distinguishing is closed in customs can depend on the product type of shipment, device type and other factors that is used to load and transport described product.In this regard, in some embodiments, customs pass district is not the factor in the multistation route.

Landlocked appraisal area archives 62 comprises the appraisal area information.In some embodiments, appraisal zone forms according to following factor, these factors comprise at from based on the unified expense freight cost (supplying the shipment cost of place) of the goods in the supplier place at contiguous harbour to specific harbour from the supplier who evaluates in the zone, calculate by weight to the port freight charges, by distance calculation to the port freight charges and by the definite freight charges of other ways.Landlocked freight traffic management module 22 randomly consider landlocked plan area and landlocked assessment area or one of.

Vendor profile 64 comprises with one or an above supplier supplies the place relevant information, for example supply place dot address, working time, supplier supplies the number of packages of the carrier loader that can operate in the place in the given time, whether described supply place provides the supplier information of leaving container loading or on-the-spot container loading, device-restrictive and other types.

Facility archives 66 comprise the information relevant with shipping facilities with various different assembly units, and described collection dress and shipping facilities be container freight station (CFS), foreign trade zone (FTZ) consolidator, outlet port and pier, ocean carrier's harbour and pre-custom clearance facility for example.Described facilities information comprises facility address, working time, the facilities information of number of packages, device-restrictive and the other types of manipulable carrier loader in preset time.

In some embodiments, subscription profile 68 comprises the grade of available landlocked hauler (for example landlocked trucking company).In some embodiments, subscription profile 68 also contains for example voluntary relevant with landlocked hauler's contract minimum number information.

Equipment files 70 comprises the facility information relevant with the various different assemblies of system 20.Equipment files 70 comprises the availability information according to device class, size, type, weight threshold, minimum and maximum quantitative range and other carrier loader information.Fig. 4 is the synoptic diagram that has shown the data screen of the facility information that is included in some kinds in the equipment files 70, although other facility information also can be considered.

In some embodiments, facility information also comprises various business rule.Give one example, facility information may comprise business rule: landlocked some multimodal transport (IPI) order should only use 40 feet shipment container.As mentioned above, can be from the information of equipment files 70 randomly by other module 24,26 visits.For example, described business rule (landlocked some multimodal transport (IPI) order should only use 40 feet shipment container) randomly for critical point balance module 26 use limit with the potential chassis of avoiding refuting haul from the people's that devans weak point.

Container loading archives 72 comprise and packaging carton direction, project loading order and the relevant container loading information of other container loading exclusive requirements.For example, in some embodiments, container loading information comprises various container loading rule.Optional rule is: the project mark that the carton of landlocked shipment is equipped with purchase order and loads and transports the container tail end towards described inland.In some embodiments, container loading archives 72 can obtain between landlocked hauler's period of subscription, wherein load rule by e-mail, printing or other means of communication for described landlocked hauler provides one or more.For example, randomly such business rule is notified described landlocked hauler to help to guarantee execution.

Optional rule in addition is: the retail project is placed on the front end of landlocked shipment container but not the retail project is placed on the tail end of described landlocked shipment container.In some embodiments, this rule or relevant information are shown to system user in route selection with during setting up.Use this information, described system user can select to set up the order that stops that supplier supplies the multistation route between the place to consider whether extract retail purchase order project or non-retail purchase order project, and this loads at last so that help to guarantee non-retail project.In some other embodiment, such business rule is automatically to be realized by suitable algorithm by one or more system component.

Subscribe formation archives 74 and comprise and the relevant subscription information of landlocked shipping goods, big retail brick (LRE) is responsible for constituting container cargo.This goods tabulation is also referred to as the reservation formation.(for example quantity, cargo type, loading are Container Yard (CY) goods or container freight station (CFS) goods and are that to be responsible for being shipped to port (FCA: the Free Carrier) or described supplier is responsible for being shipped to port (FOB: free on board) and other subscription informations) be to subscribe flow process by employed one or more suppliers of described big retail brick (LRE) to produce to described big retail brick (LRE) described subscription information.Though FCA and FOB, are to be understood that shipment information and the indication of using other types in this article as example and can consider, comprise all that and the relevant information of approving in the world of international rules for the interpretation of trade terms (Incoterms).

Loading plan assembly 42 comprises that the CY goods is handled sub-component 80, the scene is pieced together chest assembly 82, concentrated and piece together chest assembly 84, safeguard loading sub-component 86 and fulfil the on-the-spot case responsibility sub-component 88 of piecing together.In general, loading plan assembly 42 comprises and is used for and will be built into the equipment of container cargo from supplier's landlocked shipping goods.Loading plan assembly 42 is used to help by using multistation route (for example, with different at the landlocked shipping goods of container freight station assembly unit) that shipping goods on-site consolidation is become container cargo from the information of File Maintenance assembly 40.Generally speaking, and in appropriate circumstances, arrange described container cargo with the round number of times that reduces to the port, produce fuller container cargo and/or available container be described need be to satisfy special shipment needs (for example, chill car).Some embodiments also promote the utilization of big container in appropriate circumstances.For example, a kind of container planning grade comprises: at first be 45 feet container cargo, subsequently be 40 feet high counter container cargo, be 40 feet TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit) or the like then, yet other grade also can be considered.

In some embodiments, described sub-component is to use and is similar to those series of interactive menus realizations to system user display message and the available shipments options of permission selection noted earlier.Described as required container cargo and relevant landlocked freightways randomly automatically or are semi-automatically made up by loading plan assembly 42.

In some embodiments, loading plan assembly 42 comprises that being used for visit subscribes 74 (for example network connections) of formation archives, then dwindles according to various different cargo loading and transporting choice criteria (comprising by the standard of safeguarding that archives assembly 40 generates) or filters described subscription information.Fig. 5 has shown and is applicable to and allows system user to check loading and transporting plan information and the various different loading plans of formulation and set up some features of the plan menu 92 of option.As more detailed description, plan menu 92 comprises one or more interactive menu group, they from various different system assemblies information extraction or otherwise with the interaction of described various different system assembly, yet the interface of other types also can be considered.During loading plan and setting up, described system user randomly on the select planning menu 92 various shipment choice criteria in case dwindle to system user can with landlocked shipping goods plan and set up loading.

The CY goods is handled sub-component 80 and is comprised and be used to discern the equipment of supplying the Container Yard goods of subscribing in the place (being also referred to as CY goods or container load) from supplier.In some embodiments, the CY goods handle sub-component 80 comprise be used for specifying automatically the Free Carrier in the goods of Container Yard (FCA CY) as the one or more algorithm for the treatment of fixed line/bid.The FCA CY goods of described appointment is automatically deleted from described reservation formation subsequently, handles sub-component and international freight transportation people (for example, sea-freight or aviation carrier) contact by the CY goods, walks around additional multistation route loading plan.

In some other embodiment, the CY goods is handled sub-component 80 and is utilized the user's choice criteria (for example planning those choice criteria on the menu 92) on one or more interactive menus to realize.For example, described system user randomly filters FCA CY goods down from described reservation formation, then described FCA CY goods is built into the CY goods that directly is transported to the port.

Though the FCA CY goods of plan directly is transported to the port usually, but various different problems occur, has caused " underloading " like this.For example, may there be the product problem of last minute, makes the still unripe extraction of some goods in supplier's supply place.In some embodiments, provide this category information by the alarm on one or more interactive menus to described system user.Presenting to described system user subsequently allows described underloading directly to go to the harbour according to plan or described underloading is built into the multistation route to obtain the option of better plant factor.

The on-the-spot chest assembly 82 of piecing together comprises the equipment that is used to discern and select to be suitable for the goods of on-the-spot assembly case.In some embodiments, the on-the-spot chest assembly 82 of piecing together comprises that being used to filter described reservation queuing message pieces together the interactive menu of the landlocked shipping goods (for example be also referred to as and be part container loading shipping goods or CFS goods) of case to show needs.Just as previously mentioned, in some embodiments, supplier subscribe flow process pre-defined the part cargo shipment goods, will use two or more lades to be equal to mutually with container or CY goods.

In some embodiments, described system user can select to make up the goods of lade according to plan area archives 60.For example, described reservation formation goods randomly filters out the part cargo shipment goods, and filter in the zone according to schedule subsequently.In general, the multistation route in the plan area is planned in the following manner: supply the place since first supplier, set up the multistation route that other suppliers that comprise in the described plan area supply the place.In some other embodiment, in appropriate circumstances, set up the multistation route across plan area.Described multistation route is the quantity of goods for example considering to extract in each supplier's place expection, supply the cargo item in place from supplier time limit/availability and other information are planned.

As previously mentioned, on one or more interactive menus (for example foregoing those menus), randomly provide available plan information to system user.The goods that described system user selects various different suppliers to supply the place subsequently is used for the on-the-spot multistation route of piecing together case with foundation.In some other embodiment, the on-the-spot chest assembly 86 of piecing together comprises and is used for assessing automatically algorithm and other equipment that described plan information and multistation transport the shipping goods of part cargo shipment.The result of described automatic Evaluation randomly offers described system user and loads as the one or more suggestion along corresponding multistation route.

Make up in one or more plan areas after the lade, as required, the CFS goods that remaining needs are building up in the lade can make up across being suitable for the on-the-spot plan area of piecing together case.In some embodiments, which described system user specifies in the described remaining goods be fit to carry out scene assembly case across plan area.As more detailed description, be not selected as the on-the-spot goods of piecing together case and come assembly unit by other mechanism, for example carry out assembly unit by container freight station (CFS).In some embodiments, the on-the-spot chest assembly 82 of piecing together comprises and is used for assessing automatically described plan information and algorithm or other equipment across the on-the-spot less than contained load route of plan area that one or one or more suggestion are provided.

According to various embodiment, some loading patterns are applicable to the on-the-spot case of piecing together, and perhaps multistation transports.For example, in some embodiments, the container load that the multistation route produces directly is transported to the harbour subsequently.The information (for example goods weight, cube volume, ready date of goods, city, supplier supply place and/or other information) that described system user is used to from described archives makes up goods and stopping in proper order along described multistation route to use one or more interactive menus.

Additional embodiments is, the multistation route randomly causes partial cargo (" head loading thing "), and it is transported to the consolidator subsequently, and for example, foreign trade zone (FTZ) consolidator is fully loaded with or fuller loading combine with " binding " goods further to reach.In order to promote effective assembly unit, be ready to be transported to " binding " goods of described consolidator in advance with collaborative with " head dress " goods that leaves the multistation route.

According to some embodiments,, then provide the option that changes one of them destination, critical point or those container loading part shipping goods of refusal pairing to described system user if described head loading thing is different critical points, destination with the goods that binds.In other embodiment, the on-the-spot chest assembly 88 of piecing together is applicable to also whether " bind " goods and " head dress " goods of automatic decision is fit to combination.If described head loading thing is the result of overflowing of Container Yard (CY) goods, then provide the described goods that overflows to other carrier and/or be placed on the option of other ship/flight number to described system user.

Concentrate to piece together chest assembly 84 and comprise that being used for assembly unit is not selected as the equipment of the on-the-spot FCA partial cargo of piecing together case and the equipment that is used for the partial cargo of spliced ship free on board (FOB).In some embodiments, described system user can be chosen in before consolidator's receipt or make up afterwards and load.In some embodiments, concentrated assembly chest assembly 84 is applicable to identification and selects a plurality of part cargo shipment shipping goods and plan the route of described a plurality of part cargo shipment shipment to central consolidator.

For the FCA goods, big retail brick (LRE) is in charge of the route of the described part cargo shipment goods of planning to described consolidator usually.For example, described system user randomly uses one or more interactive menu or other suitable method reservation device, and for example truck or lorry are to deliver to described consolidator with described part cargo shipment goods.

For the FOB goods, supplier is in charge of described part cargo shipment goods is delivered to described consolidator, although provide and the relevant information of immigration FOB partial cargo to described system user, comprises the notice about the goods time limit.For example, on one or more interactive menus of concentrating assembly chest assembly 84, provide such information so that goods is pieced together the management of case.Especially, if described immigration FOB goods information is also known, described system user can be selected goods better and be created to the departure goods at harbour from the immigration tabulation.In case create described goods, just distribute described carrier and ship/flight number then.

In some embodiments, for example after a plurality of cargo loadings have been set up, safeguard that loading sub-component 86 provides loading to gather inventory 94 with the form of one or more interactive menus to system user.Fig. 6 illustrates the synoptic diagram that loads the feature that gathers inventory 94.For example, loading gathers inventory 94 and comprises that for example system specifies container number, loading ID, loading condition, the goods number of composition loading, total cube volume and other information of loading.In some embodiments, the size and the type that gather the equipment that selection is used to load on the inventory 94 at loading.In some other embodiment, in loading plan with set up the size of selecting equipment early stage and the type of flow process.The tabulation of access means size and type randomly is provided to system user by the mode of access means archives 70.

Safeguard that loading sub-component 86 comprises that also being used for system user uses one or more interactive menus from loading the equipment that adds or remove goods.In one embodiment, safeguard loading sub-component 86 forbids adding or the deletion shipment from the loading that wherein goods has been subscribed by landlocked hauler.For example, randomly warn one or more goods of described system user to be subscribed, and provide transmission to subscribe the option of cancellation notice to suitable landlocked hauler to described system user.In addition, when when described loading adds additional goods, safeguard and load sub-component 86 visits and upgrade described reservation formation.Especially, if delete one or more goods from described loading, then described goods can be put back to described reservation formation to be used to make up other loadings.

Fulfil on-the-spot assembly case responsibility sub-component 88 and comprise that being used for system user checks that the on-the-spot case efficiency information of piecing together is to help to guarantee to piece together at loading plan and the scene of setting up the realization q.s equipment of case.In some embodiments, the described on-the-spot case efficiency information of piecing together is presented at on-the-spot the assembly on the case counterfoil 96.Fig. 7 shows on-the-spot a kind of embodiment of piecing together case counterfoil 96 prevailingly, however except shown in randomly comprise some other numerical value and data.Described efficiency information randomly comprises the ratio of the cube volume of the actual field less than contained load that the CFS candidate loads and creates.For example, in daystart, comprise and calculate the algorithm of cube volume that the words of not taking measures will be delivered to all goods of consolidator if fulfil the on-the-spot case responsibility sub-component 88 of piecing together.

Set up and/or after loading plan finished loading, the ratio of the shipping goods of on-the-spot less than contained load thing and total part container loading is estimated to be gone out.In some embodiments, during loading plan, described ratio information is shown to described system user on one or more interactive menus, how described like this system user has a notion from maximum on-the-spot angle of piecing together case to the efficient of the loading set up.In some embodiments, fulfil the on-the-spot case obligation sub-component 88 of piecing together and require predetermined minimum efficiency or the on-the-spot case utilization factor of piecing together.If described predetermined minimum efficiency or target do not satisfy described system user, with suitable alarm mode provide the supervision or other.In at least a mode, sub-component 88 randomly comprises the requirement of one or more threshold value efficient.

Described efficiency information comprises that sum and the actual scene of setting up that can deliver to the consolidator but be not used in the cargo transport thing of the on-the-spot part cargo shipment dress of piecing together case piece together the ratio of the loading of case, and the number percent of being pieced together case by the scene that said two devices calculates.In some embodiments, described calculating is based on total cube volume of the shipping goods of the shipping goods of potential part container loading and substantial portion container loading.This efficiency information is also randomly estimated by plan area.In some embodiments, cost saving additionally or alternatively uses the assembly case calculation of price of the every cube volume relevant with one or more consolidators to obtain.

Route selection and subscription component 44 comprise the equipment that is used to subscribe the landlocked hauler who is used to extract and transport the goods that forms the container loading goods.Assembly 44 also comprises and is used to produce and delivery routes selects explanation to give the landlocked hauler's of described reservation equipment.As shown in Figure 8, in some embodiments, described equipment comprises one or more interactive route selections and subscribes menu 98, for example, this route planning with subscribe menu 98 provide for described system user relevant available landlocked hauler, described landlocked hauler available devices information and from other information of various different archives.

For example, described system user can select to be used to use the landlocked hauler of the loading that the loading plan assembly 42 that comprises one or more interactive menus sets up.In some embodiments, when available equipment is selected for the described landlocked shipping of transportation, the archives 70 of updating the equipment.

Fig. 8 illustrates some features by the interactive menu 98 of employed route selection of described system user and subscription component 44.In some embodiments, choice criteria is used to the route selection and the reservation of specifying various loading to be used for landlocked hauler.For example, described system user selects filter criteria that the loading tabulation that needs the goods that the inland carrier subscribes is arranged with minimizing.Described system user is selected one or more options, and for example device category and inland carrier, and transmission reservation requirement and route selection explanation for example pass through the electronics reservation requirement of e-mail or other electronicallies transmission.

In some embodiments, described reservation requirement and route selection explanation offers described landlocked hauler with the form of urgent document or dispatch report.As required, described route selection explanation randomly comprises subscription time along each bill of lading of multistation route, the bill of lading order along the supplier place of described multistation route, all necessary addresses, order form information, the quantity that will extract in each supplier place and other the information of appropriate languages form (for example, English and local language).So described landlocked hauler extracts described part container loading shipping goods, and, for example, be loaded into truck container or other suitable shipment containers with described cargo loading.

Route selection and subscription component 44 also randomly comprise the loading allocation set vanning haulier that is used to plan and the equipment of ship/flight number, for example one or morely are similar to foregoing interactive menu.

As top mentioned, described container loading randomly has the international freight transportation people and the ship/flight number of distribution before using container load plan (CLP) and setting up assembly 42.For the goods that is spliced to container cargo, route selection and subscription component 44 provide to described system user and require to distribute automatically international freight transportation people and ship/flight number or according to from the suitable international freight transportation people of Information Selection of MQC balance module 24 and the option of ship/flight number, below more detailed description.

In some embodiments, if the manual option that the selection of described system user is used to distribute, the minimum goods amount that route selection and subscription component 44 are determined according to a plurality of carriers' contract promises to undertake that (MQC) advises the pallet loading carrier automatically.Described MQC information is randomly provided by MQC balance module 24, below with more detailed description.Route selection and subscription component 44 additionally or alternatively comprise other equipment that are used for determining suitable carrier, for example obtain availability and pricing information on Internet or other sources.

Transporting something containerized is gone into information management assembly 46 and is comprised that use consolidator place receives the information updating loading plan assembly 42 of one or more goods and/or the equipment of route selection and subscription component 44.For example, manually or electronics receive from described consolidator's reception information and be input to archives and generate and safeguard in assembly 40 or the other system assembly.

In some embodiments, consolidator's information management assembly 46 comprises the equipment that is used to follow the tracks of, write down and pass on the shipment incident, and described shipment incident relates to when goods is received, when assembly unit is to loading and/or when being transported to the harbour from described consolidator.For example, consolidator's information management assembly 46 comprise safeguard stop and the timestamp information of the bill of lading, with the encapsulation of particular container, relevant information, the shipping time stamp at harbour and the equipment of other information of affirmation of consolidator's container freight station (CFS) receipt.

In some embodiments, RFID technology, bar code, GPS and/or other technologies are used to follow the tracks of, write down and pass on the shipment event information.Consolidator's information management assembly 46 also comprises the processing power of safeguarding landlocked problem incident, described incident is for example: because goods does not have ready described goods to be extracted on the station on time, perhaps make the extraction on time of described goods because landlocked hauler incurs loss through delay.

MQC balance module 24 according to the international freight transportation people for promising to undertake that the obligation of contract of (MQC) carries out work by the minimum goods amount of the container of this international freight transportation people shipment.As described below, MQC balance module 24 comprises and is used for that MQC determines and expenses management, distributes MQC (wherein loading and transporting the course line comprises from more specific to the route of any in addition), determined the equipment of MQC loading and tracking MQC ad factum praestandum by the international freight transportation people by the shipment course line.The equipment that is used to carry out these tasks randomly comprises and one or more similar interactive menus described above.

Fig. 9 illustrates that in a schematic way MQC handles.For example, MQC determines and the processing of expenses management provides by contracting annual minimum quantity volume.So for example for each ocean carrier, the pallet loading task can be monthly, week or day determine.The MQC that determines assigns according to the shipment course line, and wherein, extend between harbour and the critical point, destination starting in the shipment course line.

The Flow Record of container of finishing carrier's MQC task is updated and record.For example, MQC balance module 22 randomly comprises one or more processors that are used for the database of store M QC data and are used to receive and upgrade the MQC data.As required, MQC balance module 24 is integrated and/or mutual mutually with the module 22,26 of sharing information and/or Processing tasks alternatively.

Critical point balance module 22 helps according to load balance between the critical point of critical point resource container cargo of arriving in Hong Kong.Figure 10 schematically shows various inlets critical point.For reference, for " critical point " of the goods of arriving in Hong Kong of the commodity that are transported to retail point 100 by for example arriving the harbour 102 (inland port that comprises arrival, for example be positioned at landlocked airport or sea-freight port, sea-freight port, Chicago as Lake Michigan (Lake Michigan)), the people 104 that devans, import warehouse, Freight Transport and home-delivery center 106 support.Generally speaking, critical point balance module 22 is provided for the goods of a plurality of containers of balance on the one or more container cargo carriers between a plurality of related critical points.In case the pallet loading carrier is assigned the delivery container goods, then one or more container cargoes are loaded onto on pallet loading carrier's the ship.By sea the delivering to of container cargo recommended the critical point and unloaded at this recommendations critical point then.

In some embodiments, the critical point that is used for U.S.'s import comprises: critical point, pacific rim (for example the Pacific Northwest seashore critical point, seashore critical point, southwest, the Pacific Ocean, seashore critical point, middle part, the Pacific Ocean, Prince Rupert (Prince Rupert) critical point and Lhasa sieve Howard Gardner are reined in (Lazaro Cardenas) critical point), seashore critical point, the Atlantic (for example southeast, the Atlantic seashore critical point, northeast coast critical point, the Atlantic, Middle Atlantic seashore critical point) and Gulf (Gulf of Mexico) critical point (for example middle and south seashore critical point).

As previously described, by landlocked freight traffic management module 22 and MQC management of balance module 24 both or one of predetermined pallet loading carrier (for example ocean carrier or aviation carrier) with delivery container.Critical point balance module 22 is included in alternatively that the pallet loading carrier subscribes before the processing, the pallet loading carrier subscribes during the processing and the pallet loading carrier subscribes various other balances of level after handling.Though described various balance ranks, should be appreciated that according to the more a spot of rank of various embodiments, relatively large rank or the balance rank of any combination be admissible.

First order critical point balance comprises alternatively according to various factors gives the named place of destination critical point, harbour (place of Containers For Export) (place of receiver container) of starting, and various factors for example is derived from the expection order form amount in the specific market of starting.For reference, " order form " relates to the product of ordering from one or more suppliers, and those products are as the one or more container cargo imports on one or more pallet loading carriers.

Critical point, second level balance comprises alternatively uses order form separating treatment or " SPO processing ", and wherein, big order form is divided into little order form automatically to send between a plurality of critical points.

Third level critical point is equilibrated at hereinafter and describes in greater detail.In some embodiments, the balance of the third level occurs in before carrier's reservation, finishes to be confirmed to be the international freight transportation man-hour in carrier's reservation.

Fourth stage critical point balance after the carrier subscribes, is finished before container cargo (for example by ocean carrier or aviation carrier) sets out alternatively.In some embodiments, because international freight transportation people subscription cost again, fourth stage balanced use rate is low.For example, in some embodiments, in subscribing shipment, be less than 5% reservation shipment generation use fourth stage balance.

Level V critical point balance is finished by the ship transfer processing alternatively, and wherein one or many cargo ships are shifting in the route at critical point.The level V balance is seldom utilized usually.The level V balance may cause high relatively expense to be imposed by the carrier so that allow this class ship to shift, and this occurred in the relative later stage during sea-freight was handled.

As shown in figure 12, third level critical point balance comprises File Maintenance assembly 110, manually Control Component 112 and balance suggestion formation component 114.Figure 13 shows in detail each feature of File Maintenance assembly 110.As shown in figure 12, File Maintenance assembly 110 comprises and is used for generation and safeguards critical point capacity archives 120, change priority archives 122, the related archives 124 in critical point/harbour, container complexity archives 126, equipment files 128, alarm archives 130, the means of archives 134 are assigned in related archives 132 in many critical points and order form shipment.

In some embodiments, archives assembly 110 comprises one or more electronic databanks that are used for store archive information, and archives assembly 110 is suitable for receiving by system user electronic information manually input or that otherwise receive from other sources, for example receive from module 22,24 and/or by network service.Especially, the generation of various archives and maintenance are automated to expected degree by the hardware that uses a computer, software and correlation technique.

In some embodiments, the processing that generates and safeguard critical point capacity archives 120 comprises and collects and safeguard people's container cubic information, the container cubic information and the Freight Transport market capacity information in import warehouse of devaning.In some embodiments, though capacity information can estimate that the critical point capacity information exists according to the other times frame when particular day.

For reference, the thing that the people that devans will hold from the container of pallet loading separates and is categorized into a small amount of goods so that dispensing.In some embodiments, each people's facility of promising one or more customer services usually of devaning, one of these clients are big retail brick (LRE).In some embodiments, for one or more people that devan, big retail brick (LRE) is indicating the minimum amount of devaning.

The container people's capacity information of devaning comprises that prediction gives the minimum number and the minimum number threshold value of the common carrier of devaning.The minimum number representative offers the people's that devans the minimum total number of target; The minimum number threshold value is represented with number percent, for example, represents the downward deviation of the relative minimum number that self-imposed maximum allows.

In some embodiments, the people's information of devaning also comprises maximum quantity and maximum quantity threshold value.Maximum quantity is the maximum total number of target that the people should have of devaning; The maximum quantity threshold value is represented with number percent, for example, represent relative maximum quantity that self-imposed maximum allows to the upper deviation.The capacity information of devaning also comprises ideal quantity alternatively, and this ideal quantity is based on the planning volume of the container that is transported to specific critical point.

People and/or the maximum retail brick (LRE) of devaning set up minimum and maximum container cubic value by assessing following factor, and these factors comprise: devan other factors of people work of the minimizing of people's volume capacity of devaning of the expection amount of the devaning demand of LRE, the people's total amount of devaning volume, other people's that devan client and influence.

Import warehouse capacity information and/or Freight Transport market capacity information are set up alternatively in a similar manner, comprise for example minimum, maximum and/or ideal quantity information.Perhaps, analyze market trend, historical data and/other information are with prediction import warehouse capacity and/or Freight Transport market capacity.

Change priority archives 122 and comprise information with the pallet loading rank correlation, concerning the critical point changed, described pallet loading grade was that tool qualification is to least having qualification.In some embodiments, change priority archives 122 and also comprise kind of information.Whether qualification is divided into groups and classification generates kind of information by the critical point is changed, wherein generate during first order critical point balance 100 as the order form that separates according to product type and/or the order form that relates to pallet loading and come the critical point to change that qualification is divided into groups and classification.

Change priority archives 122 and comprise alternatively also and the information of subscribing supplier's minimum fate before that critical point balance module 22 should consider to be fit to the corresponding pallet loading of balance for the container project.In some embodiments, minimum fate is 0.That is to say that in some embodiments, pallet loading is not suitable for carrying out balance, supply the place for thing of answering container to hold and/or whole order form volume up to subscribing supplier.

Change the information that reservation state that priority archives 122 also comprise pallet loading when considering no longer that at critical point balance module 26 pallet loading is fit to the critical point balance between a plurality of related critical points and timing alternatively is correlated with.In some embodiments, when pallet loading carrier (for example ocean carrier or aviation carrier) sent the predetermined affirmation of delivery container, pallet loading no longer was fit to the critical point balance.

The related archives 124 in critical point/harbour comprise and import critical point and the relevant information in arrival harbour that is associated with this import critical point alternatively.In some embodiments, described archives also comprise and the relevant information in outlet harbour that exports the critical point and be associated with this outlet critical point.Described archives also comprise alternatively and relate to one or more people of devaning information related with the import critical point and one or more consolidator and outlet critical point or export the related information in harbour.

Container complexity archives 126 comprise and the relative complex degree of the aspect of devaning or the container relevant information of complexity factor of devaning.For reference, the one or more factors relevant with the complexity of devaning combine assessment alternatively and piece together the case complexity.Especially, multiple factor devan at container (and piece together case) how long need/play effect in making great efforts.For example, in some embodiments, container is pieced together the case factor in (for example during loading plan and the route selection) during the landlocked freight traffic management, is used to realize the on-the-spot case of piecing together in the mode of devaning with similar container effectively.

In some embodiments, multiple factor on average or is otherwise in addition carried out classification to the container of a plurality of goods relevant with one or more critical points mutually on relative complex degree scope.As described in more detail below, balance suggestion formation component 114 visit suitable data, for example archive information, and calculating container complexity factor.In some embodiments, have appropriateness and devan the container of complexity alternatively as starting point or baseline complexity, its basic rate is 1.00.Complicated container has higher ratio, and for example, 3.0 ratio equals to tear open the goods in three containers, even it is an entity device.The container of less complexity has lower ratio, is 0.05 for example, equals 1/20 of general container.

Container complexity factor of devaning relates to the carton complexity.Carton complexity factor is assessed with respect to the ratio of the cube volume of the container of the described carton of transportation according to the quantity of cartons alternatively.Less carton has littler complexity usually for devaning.Particularly, the less physics of less carton demand during devaning moves, thereby has reduced the relative complex degree of devaning.

As a nonrestrictive example, in some embodiments, the ratio of selecting three scopes is corresponding to low complex degree grade 1, intermediate complexity grade 2 and high complexity level 3.That is to say that ratio is high more, complicated more carton need be devaned, and the carton complexity level is high more.Have three kinds of corresponding three ratio ranges though described, the assessment of the complexity of greater or lesser level and appointment also are considered.

Another container complexity factor relates to the project complexity.Alternatively, the project complexity is assessed according to the quantity of the project in the order form relevant with container, and wherein the thing that holds of container is abundant more, and the time of classification and reception aspect needs is many more.For example, the thing that the people that devans often must hold according to container during devaning is classified so that receive and check the order form project, and scans according to project when creating the emigrant ship notice manifest for example be used to transport to retail point (Fig. 1).In addition, generally speaking, project is many more, and complexity is big more and time consumption is many more, yet that the few more physics of project moves number of times is few more.

In some embodiments, project complexity factor is by selecting to specify complexity level to assess at a plurality of scopes of the order form number of entry and to each scope.As a nonrestrictive example, select four scopes or organize as follows: every container 1-5 the corresponding project complexity level 1 of different order form projects, 6-10 the corresponding project complexity level 2 of different projects, 11-20 3,21 different of project correspondence project complexity level or the how different corresponding project complexity level 4 of project.Should be understood that, can consider multiple other scopes and relevance grades, for example 100 or the corresponding project complexity level 4 of more items or other grades.

Home-delivery center's complexity factor relates to the quantity of the home-delivery center that goods is assigned with in the container.If container cargo is related with the home-delivery center of relatively large number amount, devan so the people need devan finish larger amt between the delivery period task to guarantee to be transported to these home-delivery centers.In some embodiments, by specifying complexity level to assess home-delivery center's complexity for the related home-delivery center of order form selection multiregion quantity and to each scope.

As a nonrestrictive example, optionally select 4 scopes or organize as follows: 1-5 corresponding home-delivery center of home-delivery center complexity level 1,6-10 corresponding home-delivery center of home-delivery center complexity level 2,11-20 corresponding home-delivery center of home-delivery center complexity level 3,21 or more polygamy send the corresponding home-delivery center in center complexity level 4, and do not have home-delivery center or do not distribute corresponding neutral home-delivery center complexity level 1.Should be understood that, can consider multiple other scopes and relevance grades, for example 100 or more polygamy send the corresponding home-delivery center's complexity level 4 in center or other grades.

The type that the project that another kind of container complexity factor relates to needs is handled.For example, project handle the complexity factor relate to alternatively the thing that container holds whether transportable, can not carry, need to surpass people's carrying with other tupes.As a nonrestrictive example, in some embodiments, have three projects and handle the grouping of complexity factors: have project to handle the complexity factor be transportable grouping of 1, have a project to handle the complexity factor be 2 the grouping that can not carry and have project to handle the complexity factor be team's carrying grouping of 3.

Sometimes, order form can comprise the carried project that will locate the people that devans to devan with automatic sorting device.In some embodiments, cancellation is used for all container complexities of described order form, and all containers are given neutral grade 1.

In some embodiments, all container complexity factors are by average total complexity value with the acquisition container relevant with order form.If desired, previously described one or more complexity factor is weighted with the calculating to total container complexity and has bigger or lower influence.For example, can determine it is that carton complexity factor is more important than other factors, thereby the weighting multiplier is applied to carton complexity factor.

In any case, the relative specification of the complexity of container is set up by setting up scope for all order form containers.So, overall range is divided into a plurality of subranges or kind, for example 5.Corresponding different " artificially " container of each subrange hinders level.For reference and as mentioned above, the people's that devans capacity is assumed that it is complexity for general container.

For example, handicapping level 1.00 shows the complexity of general container.As a nonrestrictive example, in some embodiments, artificial container obstruction level comprises following: have value and be " super complexity " container of 4 (container of one of them super complexity equal to devan 4 general containers), has value and is " very complicated " container of 3 (one of them very complicated container equal to devan 4 general containers), has value and is " complexity " container of 2 (one of them complicated container equal to devan 2 general containers), have value and be " appropriateness " container (one of them appropriate container is a general container) of 1, have value and be " uncomplicated " container of 0.5 (wherein uncomplicated container equal to devan 0.5 general container).As hereinafter describing in detail, artificial container handicapping level be used to the critical point balance period between adjust or prediction is used for the more practicable assessment of the capacity of devaning at one or more critical points.

The information processing that generation is included in the container archives 126 realizes automatically by one or more algorithms that in some embodiments described algorithm is suitable for handling the archive information of being safeguarded by File Maintenance assembly 110 and/or other modules 22,24.For example, described information is randomly by File Maintenance assembly 110, and other parts that generate balance suggestion assembly 114 or system 20 are set up.

Equipment files 128 comprises the available container information by harbour and carrier's shipment.In some embodiments, equipment files 128 equipment files 70 with landlocked freight traffic management module 22 in fact is the same, for example, comprises information similar and/or is stored in same position (as central database).

Alarm archives 130 comprise the information of the alarm of relevant each component accesses by critical point balance module 26.For example, the alarm that is used for balance exception critical point is maintained in alarm archives 130, then by for example manually system user is visited and be shown to Control Component 112 or generation balance suggestion assembly 114.

The related archives 132 in many critical points comprise and the relevant related information in various inlets critical point.Especially, various critical points are according to the qualification of the pallet loading of balance between it and interrelated.In some embodiments, related information comprises the relative grade of the priority ranking of specifying the balance association.For example, first critical point is that first level, second level, the 3rd level, the 4th level, exception 1 are to exception 5 and onrelevant degree alternatively concerning a plurality of critical points, wherein, the first level degree of association is meant most critical position in the balance of the critical point at first critical point, and the onrelevant degree is meant the balance that is unsuitable for from first critical point.

Figure 14 provides a nonrestrictive example of the data display screen 138 that shows the association of many critical points.As mentioned above, " first " related critical point is the first most probable candidate critical point for the critical point balance.In some embodiments, first critical point is next immediate critical point and/or has the most comparable reception of transporting balanced critical point and the critical point of the resource of devaning.The onrelevant critical point is not the candidate critical point that is used for the critical point balance usually." exception " critical point is the candidate critical point that in particular cases is used for balance.For example, in some embodiments, the balance at exception critical point is triggered the user alarm for example be maintained in the alarm archives 130.

Order form shipment distribute archives 134 to comprise to relate to supplier subscribe and/or pallet loading fortune people subscribe processing during which critical point encased conveying by the information of original allocation.For reference, during during the one or more suppliers that used by big retail brick (LRE) subscribe processing and/or by the pallet loading fortune people that LRE uses, subscribing processing, those that use with MQC balance module 22 for example, encased conveying and critical point initial association.

In some embodiments, the pallet loading carrier reservation to one or more encased conveyings causes being subscribed at whole order forms at single critical point.In other some embodiments, if the order form part is with CY (container load from supplier to the harbour) shipment with partly with CFS shipment (the on-the-spot goods of piecing together case and/or concentrating the assembly case), than Container Yard (CY) part of order form pallet loading, (CFS) part of order form pallet loading may be subscribed at different critical points so.

Figure 15 shows the various features of manual Control Component 112.In some embodiments, manually Control Component 112 comprises the equipment that is used to generate manual allocation 140 and manual eliminating 142.Manually Control Component 112 comprises one or more interactive menus that are shown to system user alternatively, for example at user interface, describes in front as those.

By manually distributing the critical point, for example, generate manual allocation 140 by using menu to select to pallet loading.Manual allocation 140 locks together critical point and order form as required.In some embodiments, pinning manual allocation makes manual Control Component 112 specify the pallet loading of manual allocation to be not suitable for described balance.Yet as hereinafter more detailed description, the container volume of the pallet loading of manual allocation still is balanced suggestion formation component 114 and considers.As required, manually Control Component 112 also is suitable for allowing the release of pallet loading, and the critical point changes and locks.

Generate manually eliminating 142 by the one or more pallet loadings of considering by balance suggestion formation component 114 of manual eliminating.Especially, manual Control Component is suitable for removing the container volume of manual eliminating pallet loading from consider during Balance Treatment.In some embodiments, manually Control Component 112 is suitable for specifying automatically various pallet loadings to get rid of 142 for artificial.For example, " multimodal transport of landlocked point " order (" IPI " order) is got rid of from balance suggestion formation component 114 alternatively automatically.

As mentioned above, balance suggestion formation component 114 comprises that the one or more pallet loadings that are used to import generate the critical point balance and are proposed to be used in and devan and provide and deliver.As shown in figure 16, balance suggestion formation component 114 comprises determines demand sub-component 150, calculate container sub-component 152, use PO business rule sub-component 154, obtain manually control sub-component 156, determine affirmation demand sub-component 158, determine capacity sub-component 160, use critical point business rule sub-component 162, generate balance suggestion sub-component 164, generate alarm sub-component 166 and transmit balance suggestion sub-component 168.

Determining that demand sub-component 150 comprises is used for determining the equipment of critical point demand by being identified in container volume that initial reservation in the frame sometime is shipped to the pallet loading at specific critical point.In some embodiments, be used for determining that the equipment of pallet loading volume comprises one or more interactive menus, described interactive menu distributes archives 134 to obtain the encased conveying inventory from initial order buying order transportation, then according to date range (as the date of the data estimator that arrives the harbour or the people that devans) filtered listings.As required, for the initial demand prediction by this way at first at the specific critical point of specific date, date range or other times section.

Calculating container sub-component 152 comprises and is used for the unit that the container to the prediction volume that will shipped to a plurality of critical points carries out handicapping or adjustment.Especially, task the critical point of pallet loading for initial branch, handicapping demand (also be described to the adjustment demand or increase the weight of demand) determines that by adopting the initial requirement that demand sub-component 150 obtains determines.For example, but from a or two actual container handicappings of the many parts of order forms that will be loaded and transported or increase the weight of so that they with use TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit) suitable from six common complexities of complexity obstruction information processing of container complexity archives 126.In some embodiments, calculate container sub-component 152 and comprise that software, one or more algorithm, network function or other are used for visiting necessary order form information as required, calculate handicapping information and at the equipment of container complexity archives 126 storage handicapping information and visit handicapping information.

The single business rule sub-component 154 of applications subscribe comprise be used for from change priority archives 122 visit informations and this information is applied to pallet loading so as the tool qualification that the critical point is changed according to encased conveying to least having the equipment of qualification to the pallet loading classification.In some embodiments, sub-component 154 comprises one or multinomial interactive menu and the appropriate algorithm that is used to select to change the application of priority archives 122 or change priority archives 122 can be used.

Obtain manual control sub-component 156 and comprise manual allocation 140 and manual 142 the equipment of getting rid of that is used to visit manual Control Component 112 generations of use.Especially, obtain manually to control sub-component 156 and be suitable for assisting in ensuring that manual allocation 140 is got rid of from balance, be used to determine the critical point demand though the container volume of pallet loading comprises.And then, manually get rid of 142 container volumes and from the consideration at balance critical point, remove fully.

Determining that affirmation demand sub-component 158 comprises is used to consider the affirmation demand at critical point and the equipment of demand unconfirmed that the pallet loading container is represented at the critical point.Determine that affirmation demand sub-component 158 is suitable for filtering affirmation demand (by shipment having been sent predetermined carrier's representative of confirming) and/or demand unconfirmed (common carrier is confirmed shipment as yet) with according to balance qualification estimated time that arrives the critical point.

As previously mentioned, the affirmation demand at critical point is not suitable for balance usually.In some embodiments, with respect to the estimated time of determining to arrive this specific critical point the estimated time that arrives the people that devans at critical point specially, this is the fate (for example more than 2 days) that begins estimated time from the arrival of ship at the harbour, critical point that arrives.In some embodiments, determine that affirmation demand sub-component 158 comprises one or multinomial interactive menu and association algorithm, for example describe before those, be used for calculating and assessing the affirmation and/or the demand unconfirmed of critical point resource (comprising the resource of devaning) by system user.

In some embodiments, determine that affirmation demand sub-component 158 pieces together the case people forbid pallet loading in the preliminary election estimated time that is suitable for balance arriving the critical point.Correspondingly, in some embodiments, sub-component 158 provides and will be suitable for the demand unconfirmed at the critical point of balance, and pieces together the case people, the estimated time of arrival harbour or other pass notch portion no matter arrive.

Determine that capacity sub-component 160 comprises the equipment that is used for determining corresponding to the people's capacity of devaning of the special time period of arrival estimated time of the pallet loading of balance.In some embodiments, sub-component 160 comprises being used to calculate and devans the suitable algorithm of people's capacity and one or multinomial interactive menu by the system user operation to make such decision.As required, the described time period is designated as one day or the fate scope alternatively.

Using critical point business rule sub-component 162 comprises and is used to use the related archives 132 in mutual critical point to determine which critical point is the equipment that is suitable as the selection scheme at the initial appointment critical point that is used for pallet loading.For example, sub-component 162 comprises the interactive menu selection of the potential alternative critical point inventory that is provided for balance alternatively.

Generate balance suggestion sub-component 164 and comprise container complexity and the critical point container volume of balance and the equipment that calculates the recommendation critical point that is used for pallet loading according to other conditions of critical point Balance Treatment that is used for according to critical point capacity (the people's capacity of for example devaning), requirement (requirement of for example devaning), business rule, pallet loading.As the part of critical point Balance Treatment, sub-component 164 is offered suggestions: change to related critical point from initial appointment critical point or continue encased conveying to initial appointment critical point.Sub-component 164 comprises the suitable algorithm that is used to visit various archives and communicates by letter, and is included in or the multinomial interactive menu of being browsed and operating by system user during the Balance Treatment of critical point alternatively.

The critical point Balance Treatment is set in (for example every day) operation automatically in the ticket reserving time alternatively.The critical point Balance Treatment also can begin based on customer requirements, for example passes through interactive menu.Sub-component 164 sends advisory information to storage vault, and network data base for example is so that the user browses summary information or details as required.In some embodiments, if surpass the capacity of devaning that has distributed in the demand of devaning at specific critical point, the immigration demand, the order volume must be transferred to another people and/or must generate the other requests for capacity of devaning of devaning so.

Generating alarm sub-component 166 comprises and is used to warn the people's Balance Treatment of devaning not reach the people's that devans of the other capacity of devaning of suitable devan balance and needs equipment.For example, in some embodiments, sub-component 166 visit alarm archives 130 also generate suitable alarm, for example, send to the e-mail of the capacity of the one or more people's of devaning requirements.Generate visual alarm, e-mail and/or audible alarm that alarm sub-component 166 also is included on the interactive menu alternatively, thereby warning system user or other suitable entities are not realized balance according to one or multinomial business rule or other criterions.As an example, alarm is provided alternatively, pallet loading is balanced to the exception critical point, needs the system user input whether to proceed the critical point task that makes an exception.

Transmitting balance suggestion sub-component 168 comprises and is used to notify the new critical point of other system assembly to divide the unit of tasking one or more pallet loadings.Provide information to system user or other suitable entities, other system component (for example landlocked freight traffic management module 22, MQC balance module 24).In some embodiments, Top Line Report generates automatically and is provided at one or multinomial interactive menu with electronic format.

In view of the above, the various embodiments of system 20 provide and have been used to manage the means that landlocked freightways is handled, and are used for the means of the concentrated reservation of direct import, and the means that are used to load and transport the ratio management.The embodiment of system 20 provides automatic prediction processing to provide in time and shipment information accurately alternatively, based on the MQC obligation encased conveying branch is tasked international freight transportation people's Systematization method, and calculate the critical point demand in advance and the Systematization method of (comprise the people that devans work load management) is used at the management critical point.

Illustrative embodiments discussed above can be done various changes and interpolation without departing from the scope of the invention.For example, though above-described embodiment has been mentioned special characteristic, scope of the present invention also comprises embodiment with the different combinations of described feature and the embodiment that does not comprise the feature of all descriptions.Therefore, scope of the present invention is intended to comprise that all such possibilities, change and variation fall into the scope of claim, together with its all equivalency range.

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1. landlocked freight traffic management equipment, described equipment comprises:

Be used to generate the device that closes the zone in district based on customs;

Be used to discern device from the shipping goods of a plurality of part cargo shipments to be received of a plurality of suppliers;

Be used for by generating the device that at least one route becomes the shipping goods on-site consolidation of described part cargo shipment FCL between described a plurality of suppliers and described closing in the zone of distinguishing based on customs;

Be used for the shipping cargo consolidation of described part cargo shipment being assembled into the device of FCL by many transporting something containerized routes of generation from described supplier to the consolidator; And

Be used for determining the on-the-spot device of piecing together case efficient.

2. equipment as claimed in claim 1, the wherein said device that is used to discern from the shipping goods of a plurality of part cargo shipments to be received of a plurality of suppliers comprises interactive menu.

3. one kind is used for the landlocked freight traffic management module that Care for Cargo transports to the inland at harbour from a plurality of suppliers' supply place, and described landlocked freight traffic management module comprises:

The File Maintenance assembly is applicable to and safeguards landlocked plan area archives that wherein said landlocked plan area archives comprise and close according to one or more customs the relevant information of a plurality of landlocked plan area of district's generation;

The loading plan assembly, this loading plan assembly and described File Maintenance component communication and be suitable for the shipping goods from the part cargo shipment in a plurality of suppliers' supply place is constituted container cargo, described loading plan assembly is programmed the scene that is used to plan through one or more container cargoes of the multistation route between described a plurality of suppliers' the supply place and pieces together case, and described multistation route generates in the zone in described a plurality of landlocked plan areas; And

Load route selection and subscription component, it comprises the one or more interactive menu that is used to subscribe the landlocked hauler who is suitable for described multistation route.

4. module as claimed in claim 3, wherein said File Maintenance assembly also is suitable for safeguarding reservation formation archives, these reservation formation archives comprise the shipping detailed list of goods of the part cargo shipment that the landlocked hauler of needs subscribes, and wherein said loading plan assembly comprises:

Container load is handled sub-component, this container load processing sub-component is programmed and is used for identifying the shipping goods that the Free Carrier loads in Container Yard from described reservation formation archives, and described container load processing sub-component is programmed the shipping goods that is used to described Free Carrier is loaded in Container Yard and walks around the multistation route.

5. module as claimed in claim 3, wherein said loading plan assembly comprises:

The on-the-spot chest assembly of piecing together is used to discern and selects first to be suitable for the on-the-spot shipping goods of piecing together a plurality of part cargo shipments of case, and carries out the multistation route selection for the shipping goods of described first a plurality of part cargo shipments; And

Concentrate and piece together the chest assembly, be used to discern and select the shipping goods of second batch of a plurality of part cargo shipment, and choose central consolidator's route for the shipping goods of described second batch of a plurality of part cargo shipment.

6. module as claimed in claim 3, wherein said loading plan assembly comprise that programming is used to calculate and shows the on-the-spot on-the-spot case responsibility sub-component of piecing together of fulfiling of case efficiency information of piecing together.

7. module as claimed in claim 3, wherein said File Maintenance assembly also are suitable for safeguarding and the relevant inland appraisal area archives information of unified expense freight cost based on the supplier's who closes on the harbour supply place.

8. module as claimed in claim 3, wherein said File Maintenance assembly also is suitable for the service equipment archives, and this equipment files comprises the information information-related with equipment availability.

9. module as claimed in claim 3, wherein said loading plan assembly comprises at least one interactive menu, and this interactive menu is suitable for presenting cargo loading and transporting information and filtering described cargo loading and transporting information according to one or more shipping shipment choice criteria to system user.

10. one kind will be transported to the method at the harbour of starting from the product in a plurality of product-feeds place, and described method comprises:

A plurality of plan areas in district are closed in generation based on one or more customs;

Identification is from the product goods of a plurality of part container loadings to be received in a plurality of product-feeds place;

By generating at least one multistation route in the zone in described a plurality of plan areas the product goods on-site consolidation of described part container loading is become container load;

By many transporting something containerized routes that generate from described product-feed place to the consolidator product cargo consolidation of described part container loading is assembled into container load; And

Determine the on-the-spot case efficient of piecing together.

11. method as claimed in claim 10, the product goods of wherein discerning from a plurality of part container loadings to be received in a plurality of product-feeds place comprises:

Always in the inventory of the product goods to be received of product supply place point, filter out the product goods of described a plurality of part container loadings.

12. method as claimed in claim 10 wherein becomes container load to comprise the product goods on-site consolidation of part container loading by generating at least one multistation route in the zone in a plurality of plan areas:

On interactive menu, provide plan information to system user;

At the inventory that always in the inventory of the product goods to be received of product supply place point, filters out the product goods of part container loading on the described interactive menu;

On described interactive menu, filter out the inventory of the product goods of part container loading according to the plan area of selecting; And

Create the multistation route to constitute described container load by at least two in the product goods of a plurality of part container loadings of selecting to filter out according to the plan area of selecting.

13. method as claimed in claim 10 determines that wherein the on-the-spot case efficient of piecing together comprises:

Comparison is from the total amount of the product goods of the part container loading to be received in a plurality of product-feeds place and the amount of the product goods of the part container loading for the treatment of on-site consolidation.

Described on-the-spot assembly case efficient is lower than the reservation minimum efficiency then generates alarm 14. method as claimed in claim 13, described method also comprise.

15. method as claimed in claim 13, wherein, be suitable in reservation before the one or more landlocked product carrier of described multistation route and described transporting something containerized route, determine the described on-the-spot case efficient of piecing together, if and the described on-the-spot case efficient of piecing together is lower than the reservation level, then described method also comprises: for the product goods on-site consolidation with described part container loading becomes described container load, determine one or multistation route that one or more is different.

16. method as claimed in claim 10 wherein, uses a plurality of interactive menus to implement described method, described method also comprises:

Use described a plurality of interactive menu to present the product goods information to system user;

Use described a plurality of interactive menu input product goods choice criteria; And

Filter described product goods information according to described a plurality of product goods choice criteria.

17. one kind is assembled into the method for container cargo with goods, described method comprises:

The a plurality of landlocked plan area in district is closed in generation based on one or more customs;

Identification is from a plurality of partial cargos to be received in a plurality of supplies place;

By generating at least one multistation route in the zone in described a plurality of landlocked plan areas described partial cargo on-site consolidation is become container cargo, and will be loaded on the truck to constitute described container cargo from the partial cargo in described a plurality of supplies place.

18. method as claimed in claim 17, described method also comprises:

To at first distribute to an import critical point in a plurality of imports critical point for the described container cargo of shipment; And

Generate critical point balance suggestion for described container cargo by the following method: the critical point demand of determining each critical point in a plurality of imports critical point, determine interrupted critical point demand in the described critical point demand at each critical point from a plurality of imports critical point, determine the critical point capacity at each critical point in a plurality of imports critical point.

19. method as claimed in claim 18, described method also comprises:

Appointment is the container cargo carrier of the described container cargo of carrying, and described container load is loaded on this container cargo carrier's the ship.

20. method as claimed in claim 19 wherein, is promised to undertake the described container cargo carrier of appointment according to minimum goods amount.

21. a critical point balance module that is used for a plurality of pallet loadings of balance between a plurality of critical points that are associated, described module comprises:

Determine the demand sub-component, be applicable to the demand of devaning of determining each critical point in described a plurality of critical points that are associated according to the container sum that is associated with each critical point;

Calculate the container sub-component, be applicable to the interrupted demand of devaning of determining each critical point in described a plurality of critical point that is associated according to the complexity of devaning;

Determine the capacity sub-component, be applicable to the capacity of determining for each critical point in described a plurality of critical points that are associated of effectively devaning; And

Generate balance suggestion sub-component, be suitable for providing critical point balance suggestion for the user according to the interrupted critical point demand at each critical point in more described a plurality of critical points that are associated and the capacity of devaning.

22. module as claimed in claim 21, the wherein said complexity of devaning comprise the carton complexity factor by the ratio decision of the cubic space of the shipping container in the container and this container.

23. module as claimed in claim 21, the wherein said complexity of devaning comprise the project complexity factor by the sum decision of the disparity items type of each container.

24. module as claimed in claim 21, the wherein said complexity of devaning comprise that wherein, the goods in the container is assigned to described home-delivery center by home-delivery center's complexity factor of the sum decision of home-delivery center.

25. comprising by the project of the tupe decision relevant with goods in the container, module as claimed in claim 21, the wherein said complexity of devaning handle the complexity factor.

26. module as claimed in claim 25, wherein said tupe is with following one of at least relevant:

Whether the goods in the described container can be carried;

Goods in the described container whether need a people with on carry.

27. module as claimed in claim 21, wherein, average described a plurality of complexity factors are to obtain total complexity numerical value of each container in described a plurality of container.

Determine affirmation demand sub-component 28. module as claimed in claim 21, described module also comprise, this definite affirmation demand sub-component is suitable for discerning and specifying the fixed pallet loading that is not suitable for the critical point balance.

Use critical point business rule sub-component 29. module as claimed in claim 21, described module also comprise, this application critical point business rule sub-component is suitable for determining which critical point is the optional critical point that is suitable for the critical point balance in described a plurality of critical points that are associated.

30. module as claimed in claim 21, described module also comprises:

It is that the pallet loading of distributing to the import critical point generates critical point balance suggestion that balance suggestion assembly, this balance suggestion assembly are suitable for according to the critical point capacity of prediction and interrupted critical point demand;

Manual Control Component, this manual Control Component are suitable for generating at least a to order form pallet loading manual allocation and in manually getting rid of under breaking away from the condition that generates the balance suggestion of described critical point.

31. module as claimed in claim 21, described module also comprises:

File Maintenance assembly, this File Maintenance assembly are suitable for safeguarding critical point capacity archives and container complexity archives;

Wherein, the described File Maintenance assembly of described balance suggestion component accesses is to determine critical point capacity and interrupted critical point demand.

32. a method that is used for balance pallet loading between a plurality of critical points, described method comprises:

Determine the container at each critical point in a plurality of critical points demand of devaning according to the container relevant sum with each critical point;

Determine the container of the adjustment at each critical point demand of devaning according to the container complexity of devaning;

For determining the effective container capacity of devaning in each critical point;

Critical point demand and the container capacity of devaning according to the adjustment at each critical point in more described a plurality of critical points are the recommendation critical point that system user is provided for transporting container cargo;

Appointment is transported to described container cargo in the ship at described recommendation critical point;

With described ship described container cargo is transported to described recommendation critical point; And

At described recommendation critical point described container cargo unshiped and to carry.

33. method as claimed in claim 32, described method also is included in the place of devaning, critical point described container cargo is devaned.

34. a method that is used for balance pallet loading between the critical point, described method comprises:

Determine the demand of devaning at each critical point in a plurality of critical points that are associated according to the container quantity of distributing to each critical point that is associated;

Determine container complexity factor for each container of distributing to each critical point that is associated;

The container of adjusting each critical point according to the described container complexity factor demand of devaning;

For determining the effective container capacity of devaning in each critical point that is associated; And

Provide critical point balance suggestion according to devan demand and the container capacity of devaning of the container of the adjustment at described each critical point that is associated for system user.

35. method as claimed in claim 34 determines that wherein described container complexity factor comprises that average a plurality of complexity factor is to obtain total container complexity factor of each container.

36. method as claimed in claim 35, described method also comprise according to the qualification that is used for balance pallet loading between the described critical point that is associated classification is carried out at the described critical point that is associated.

37. method as claimed in claim 35 is wherein determined for each critical point that is associated that the effective container capacity of devaning comprises and is determined for the maximum at each critical point that the is associated quantity of devaning.

38. method as claimed in claim 37 wherein determines that to each critical point that is associated the maximum quantity of devaning comprises the capacity of devaning that has distributed that pre-determines each critical point that is associated.

39. also being included in to break away from, method as claimed in claim 37, described method generate at least a to the pallet loading manual allocation and in manually getting rid of under the EQUILIBRIUM CONDITION of critical point.

40. method as claimed in claim 37, described method also comprise identification and specify the fixed pallet loading that is not suitable for the critical point balance.

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