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• the invention relates to a method for evaluating a freight order for a
• Trucks by means of a freight order evaluation system in which a waiting time of the truck is recorded and a route of the truck is determined as a function of the recorded waiting time and the freight order is determined as a function of this by means of an electronic computing device of the
• Freight order evaluation system is evaluated.
• the invention also relates to a freight order evaluation system.
• US 2014/0324633 A1 discloses a computer system and associated method for implementing an online freight service marketplace.
• the freight service offers published by the freight forwarders on the marketplace are tailored to the requests of the shippers.
• Compound service offers are formed from freight service offers that have service parameters that take into account the loading parameters of the freight service request. Selected by the shipper
• Freight transactions include the processing of payments by the shipper and the creation of shipping documents.
• the status tracking function can be through alarm messages and / or Rescheduling in transit can be added to minimize the impact of common problems that threaten to defeat an ongoing shipment.
• US 2011/0119200 A1 discloses a method for determining a freight rate and fee system and a system for the fact that additional fees for additional distances, dwell times and distances of overtime transports that are not the time and distance for an individual service of the agreed transports, can determine. According to the method, one receives
• vehicle-mounted device after receiving wait, load, completion, rest, discharge, addition times, and additional charging instructions
• Position information of a transport vehicle from a GPS satellite linked information that corresponds to the received instructions with the
• the server determines a reference freight rate based on specific loading and unloading points.
• the server determines an additional route in order to determine an additional distance fee for it.
• the server determines a period of time in which the time required at each of the loading and unloading points exceeds a prescribed reference time to be a holding time to be
• the server determines a distance traveled during the late night and early morning hours and a distance traveled on regular and public holidays by one
• the object of the present invention is to provide a method for evaluating a
• This task is accomplished through a process as well as through a
• One aspect of the invention relates to a method for evaluating a freight order for a truck by means of a freight order evaluation system in which a waiting time of the truck is recorded and a route of the truck is determined as a function of the detected waiting time and the freight order is determined as a function of which by means of an electronic computing device of the
• a load condition of the truck is recorded during the route and, in addition, the freight order is evaluated as a function of the recorded load condition by means of the electronic computing device.
• a full load, a partial load or an empty trip can be viewed as the load state.
• variable costs and fixed costs can also be entered into the freight order evaluation system by the dispatcher using an input device.
• costs for evaluating the freight order can thus be determined.
• the truck can drive from a first destination, at which, for example, a first freight order is received, to a second destination, where, for example, a second freight order is accepted.
• a first destination at which, for example, a first freight order is received
• a second destination where, for example, a second freight order is accepted.
• Freight orders are completed.
• empty trips for example, can be recorded as a load condition or only a partial load condition. This means that loading and unloading times can be taken into account when evaluating the freight order.
• the freight order evaluation system enables the freight orders to be evaluated accordingly by a transport provider, and for example in the electronic computing device of the
• Freight order evaluation system can be saved. These can then be listed, with a freight order that is rated particularly positively being rated higher than a negative freight order.
• the freight order is automatically accepted by means of the electronic computing device.
• the electronic computing device In other words, the
• Freight order evaluation system the freight order are received, then the freight order is evaluated and can then automatically by means of the electronic
• Computing device are accepted.
• the freight order should have been assessed in monetary terms so that a decision is made on the basis of a monetary threshold value as to whether or not the freight order is automatically accepted.
• Freight order evaluation system the freight order can be accepted automatically.
• the freight order evaluation system has an input device, and by input of a user of the
• Freight order evaluation system the waiting time and / or the loading status can be recorded. In other words, it can be provided, for example, that the waiting times and / or the load status are entered manually by the user.
• this involves historical data relating to the waiting time and / or the load status.
• this enables this freight order or a similar freight order to be reliably assessed in the future.
• This allows an improved freight order evaluation system to be provided.
• position information from the navigation device of the truck is used to determine the waiting time and / or load status information is used to determine the loading condition.
• a GPS position can thus be determined by means of the navigation device. This enables the current position of the truck to be reliably determined. In particular, waiting times at a national border, loading and unloading times and rest times can be reliably determined. These can then be taken into account when evaluating the freight order. It is also possible that a
• Load status information in particular with regard to a weight, a
• Volume of a date of delivery, a loading counter and / or a loading date can be specified.
• This data can be used, for example, by a transport management system (TMS). This enables information regarding the freight and start and delivery times as well as the position related to it by means of the TMS.
• TMS transport management system
• the freight order is additionally evaluated as a function of a driver's occupation status of a driver of the truck during the travel route.
• Driving the truck the driver taking a break or loading and unloading as well as further waiting times can be viewed as the driver's occupation status. This makes it possible for these parameters to be taken into account when evaluating the freight order.
• the freight order can thus be assessed in an improved manner.
• the mobile terminal can be designed, for example, as an intelligent telephone, a so-called smartphone. This means that the transport job can be assessed with reduced effort and yet reliably.
• type of freight fixed costs and variable costs as well as the profit on the freight can be taken into account.
• customs regulations and the Waiting times at loading ramps can be used on the basis of the freight. If, for example, profitable freight is loaded, longer empty trips can be made.
• the data relating to the freight are encrypted. This improves the evaluation of the freight order.
• At least the waiting time and / or the loading state is stored in a storage device of the
• the freight order evaluation system and depending on the
• the storage device can be provided internally in the truck or, alternatively, the storage device can be used as a
• Storage device external to the truck are provided.
• the storage device can be provided in the form of a backend server or in the form of a cloud server. This makes it possible for the information relating to the waiting time and the load status to be provided, for example by means of a
• Transmission device of the truck are transmitted to the backend server, whereby a user of the freight order evaluation system can access this information directly and evaluate the freight order at an early stage.
• a user of the freight order evaluation system can access this information directly and evaluate the freight order at an early stage.
• the respective freight order can be reliably assessed.
• this enables the respective freight orders to be listed with regard to their profitability. This enables a reliable evaluation of the freight order to be carried out.
• the route is determined as a function of at least two evaluated freight orders, in particular as a function of a large number of evaluated freight orders, by means of the freight order evaluation system.
• a large number is to be understood as meaning in particular more than two freight orders.
• the freight order evaluation system is used to determine an optimal travel route as a function of the large number of freight orders.
• the corresponding waiting time and the corresponding load condition can then also be taken into account when determining the driving route, whereby the driving route can be determined in an improved manner.
• the profitability of the route can be determined in an improved manner. It has also proven to be advantageous if, depending on one
• the waiting time and / or the loading condition are weighted, and the freight order is evaluated as a function of the weighted waiting time and the weighted loading condition.
• the waiting time and the loading condition can be weighted differently.
• a monetary value can be assigned to both the waiting times and the loading conditions. These values can be different.
• the loading status can be weighted less than the waiting times.
• a corresponding listing with the corresponding weights for example a monetary evaluation of the freight orders, can then be carried out. This enables an improved evaluation of the freight order to be carried out.
• Another aspect of the invention relates to a freight order evaluation system for evaluating a freight order for a truck with an electronic computing device, the freight order evaluation system being designed to carry out a method according to one of the preceding aspects. In particular, the method is carried out using the freight order evaluation system.
• the freight order evaluation system has objective features which enable the method or an advantageous embodiment thereof to be carried out.
• FIGURE shows a schematic side view of an embodiment of a freight order evaluation system. Identical or functionally identical elements are provided with the same reference symbols in the figure.
• Freight order evaluation system 10 is designed to evaluate a freight order 12 for a truck 14.
• the freight order evaluation system 10 has an electronic computing device 16.
• the electronic computing device 16 is designed to be external to the truck.
• the electronic computing device 16 is designed to be external to the truck.
• Computing device 16 are provided as a back-end server or as a cloud server.
• the waiting time 18 of the truck 14 is recorded and a route 20 of the truck 14 is determined as a function of the recorded waiting time 18.
• the freight order 12 is in
• a loading state 22 of the truck 14 is detected during the route 20 and additionally as a function of the detected
• Computing device is evaluated.
• the freight order 12 can also be evaluated in monetary terms, for example.
• a dispatcher can thus decide whether or not the freight order 12 is accepted. An assessment with regard to the waiting times 18 and the load status 22 is therefore carried out.
• a full load, a partial load or an empty trip can be viewed as the load state 22.
• variable costs and fixed costs can also be entered into the freight order evaluation system 10 by the dispatcher through an input device 24.
• costs for evaluating the freight order 12 can thus be determined, for example. It can preferably be provided that a large number of freight orders 12 are processed during a travel route 20. In other words, several can
• Freight orders 12 can be carried out with a route 20.
• Truck 14 from a first destination at which, for example, a first
• Freight order 12 is received, drive to a second destination, where
• both freight orders 12 can then be concluded.
• empty journeys for example, can thereby be recorded as load status 22 or only a partial load status. This means that loading and unloading times can also be taken into account when evaluating freight order 12.
• the freight order evaluation system 10 enables the freight orders 12 to be evaluated accordingly by a transport provider and, for example, in the electronic computing device 16 of the
• Freight order evaluation system 12 are stored. These can then be listed, with a freight order 12 rated as particularly positive being rated higher than a negative freight order 12. Thus, for example, an output relating to the client's assessment can also take place. In particular, this makes it possible for the customer to be evaluated accordingly for a user of the freight order evaluation system 10, so that in particular corresponding order conditions can be negotiated in an improved manner.
• Freight order 12 the freight order 12 is automatically accepted by means of the electronic computing device 16.
• historical data relating to the freight order 12 can be available for this, which enable the freight order 12 to be assessed.
• the freight order evaluation system 10 has the input device 24, and by input of a user of the
• the waiting time 18 and / or the load status 22 can be detected.
• a Position information of a navigation device 26 of the truck 14 and / or loading status information can be used to determine the loading condition 22.
• the waiting times 18 and / or the load status 22 are entered manually by the user.
• this involves historical data relating to the waiting time 18 and / or the load status 22.
• this enables this freight order 12 or a similar freight order 12 to be reliably evaluated in the future. This allows an improved
• a cargo 28 can be evaluated with regard to its properties for this purpose.
• a volume of the freight 28, a weight of the freight 28, a form of the freight 28 or a monetary value of the freight 28 can be used accordingly for evaluating the freight order 12.
• Driver employment status of a driver of the truck 14 while the route 20 of the freight order 12 is evaluated is evaluated. For example, by means of an application on a mobile terminal device 30 of the driver, the
• Driver employment status can be determined. In particular, detailed information relating to the current state of employment of the driver can thereby be given. In particular, this can be done for waiting times 18 for the driver
• the mobile terminal device 30 can be designed, for example, as an intelligent telephone, a so-called smartphone. As a result, the travel task 12 can be evaluated with reduced effort and yet reliably.
• the freight order 12 is evaluated during the travel route 20.
• Freight order evaluation system 10 are stored, and the freight order 12 is evaluated as a function of the stored waiting time 18 and / or the stored load status 22. In particular, the order 12 can thus also be evaluated on the basis of historical data relating to the freight order 12.
• the Storage device 32 can be provided internally in the truck or alternatively the storage device 32 can be provided as a storage device 32 external to the truck, as in the present case.
• the storage device 32 can be provided in the form of a backend server or in the form of a cloud server.
• the respective freight order 12 can be reliably assessed on the basis of the historical information, that is to say the stored waiting time 18 and / or the stored load status 22.
• a listing of the respective freight order 12 is to say the stored waiting time 18 and / or the stored load status 22.
• Freight orders 12 are carried out with regard to their profitability. A reliable evaluation of the freight order 12 can thereby be carried out.
• the travel route 20 is dependent on at least two evaluated freight orders 12, in particular depending on a multiplicity of evaluated freight orders 12, by means of the
• Freight order evaluation system 10 is determined.
• a multiplicity is to be understood in particular as more than two freight orders 12.
• Freight order evaluation system 10 determines an optimal driving route 20 as a function of the large number of freight orders 12.
• the large number of freight orders 12 the number of freight orders 12.
• Determination of the driving route 20, the corresponding waiting time 18 and the corresponding load condition 22 are also taken into account, whereby the driving route 20 can be determined in an improved manner.
• a profitability of the route 20 can be determined in an improved manner.
• the waiting time 18 and / or the loading condition 20 are weighted, and the freight order 12 is evaluated as a function of the weighted waiting time 18 and in the weighted loading condition 20.
• the waiting time 18 and the loading condition 22 can be weighted differently.
• Loading states 22 are assigned a monetary value. These values can be different. For example, the loading state 22 can be weighted less than the waiting times 18. In particular, a corresponding listing with the corresponding weights, for example a monetary evaluation of the Freight orders 12 are carried out. This allows an improved evaluation of the freight order 12 to be carried out.
• the freight order evaluation system 10 can be designed to support a dispatcher.
• weekly profiles can be created which can determine the ineffectiveness or profitability of an individual driving route 20 in the future.
• a similar driving route 20 or the same driving route 20 can be used for this depending on historical data.
• the freight orders 12 are evaluated, for example, with regard to their loading and unloading times.
• a list 34 can be created which assigns a rank to the respective freight orders 12.
• the freight order 12 is accepted as a function of the corresponding rank.
• a corresponding transparency is created for the dispatcher, for example by means of the input device 24, which indicates to the dispatcher in which region, for example, the truck 14 is currently located.
• the freight 28 can, for example, be valued in monetary terms, in which case in particular the load status 22 and the waiting time 18 are assigned monetary values, the freight order evaluation system 10 then being able to determine, for example, whether the freight order 12 is correspondingly profitable.
• a future travel route 20 can thus also be determined and evaluated by means of the freight order evaluation system 10.
• the dispatcher can be given an overview, for example on the input device 24, of the corresponding waiting times 18 and loading conditions 22, in particular of the future waiting times 18 and future loading conditions 22 along the route 20 of route 20 and take into account accordingly.
• the list 34 it can be provided, for example, that the freight order 12 is evaluated with regard to a highest loading time, a highest unloading time or a longest empty journey. Alternatively or in addition, all three assessments can be taken into account.
• the freight order evaluation system 10 can be used to create an overview in which a dispatcher or a user of the Freight order evaluation system 10 receives an overview of the location at which, for example, a freight 28 is being unloaded or loaded. Furthermore, corresponding limits and customs regulations can also be taken into account when determining the route 20.
• the freight order evaluation system 10 thus enables, for example, a user of the freight order evaluation system 10 or a dispatcher to accept or negate a corresponding freight order 12 in a simplified manner. Furthermore, it can be provided that, for example as a function of a threshold value for the evaluation, for example as a function of a ranking position of the evaluation of the freight order 12, the
• Freight order evaluation system 10 automates the freight order 12

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