JP2000030179A - Method for planning allocation of freight car - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To establish a freight car allocation plan for efficiently and really delivering freights by giving a priority order for operating freight car allocation or freight loading according to the designated items of freights, and operating freight car allocation or freight loading according to the priority order for preparing a freight car allocation plan. SOLUTION: An in-deliverable range loading processing part 130 operates the loading of freights within the loadable weight of temporarily allocated freight cars while successively calculating a deliverable range. A freight car real allocation processing part 140 operates real freight car allocation, and certifies the allocation of the freight cars suitable for each kind of designated item and the total loadable weight. An each route worker sorting processing part 150 sorts freights to be requested to route workers for each line worker. That is, a priority order at the time of freight loading is added to each kind of designated item and constraint condition so that the freight car allocation and freight loading can be operated according to the content of the preferentially decided designated item. Thus, a freight car allocation plan for efficiently and really delivering the freights can be established.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle allocation planning method for allocating vehicles for cargo delivery and stacking cargo, and more particularly to a vehicle allocation planning method for creating a vehicle allocation plan for short-distance delivery centered on a delivery base. And effective technology.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, there has been an increasing demand for more efficient distribution and cost reduction. As a part of this, various techniques and devices for automatically creating and supporting creation of a vehicle allocation plan have been found.

[0003] In a vehicle allocation plan creating apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-212494, a vehicle allocation plan can be easily created interactively using a computer.
It is said to be suitable for use in distribution centers with many trucks.

[0004] The vehicle allocation plan creation device extracts a delivery destination that is farthest in time from the center, and specifies various specified items and restrictions (vehicle type specification, If the stacking is possible, it will be added to the delivery route in view of the restrictions on the total weight of the stacking, restrictions on the delivery time, running restrictions such as one-way traffic, and the like.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional vehicle allocation plan creation device, priorities are not assigned to various specified items and constraints, so that it is necessary for a human to specify the information in an interactive manner.

In actual vehicle allocation planning work, fixed rental cars (vehicles that are fixedly leased, such as term contracts) including their own vehicles (vehicles owned by the company) and temporary rental cars (needed to be needed). It is common practice to create a vehicle allocation plan while appropriately using the vehicles that are temporarily hired for each time) and the line operators, but the transport companies are also different, and the types of vehicles (10-ton vehicles, 4-ton vehicles, refrigerated vehicles, etc.) However, it is difficult to formulate a vehicle delivery plan that can be actually delivered unless the use of various vehicles having different maximum load capacities is taken into consideration even if they are the same. Of course, the resulting vehicle allocation plan also requires improved loading efficiency.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problem and to provide a technique capable of drafting a vehicle allocation plan that enables efficient and actual delivery.

[0008]

According to the present invention, in a dispatching planning method for creating a dispatching plan for delivering cargo, prioritization is performed when allocating or stacking vehicles according to designated items of cargo. A vehicle allocation plan is created by performing vehicle allocation and cargo stacking according to the priority order.

In the dispatching planning method of the present invention, first, delivery freight information is generated from order information, and the delivery freight information of the cargo to be dispatched is read out, and vehicle allocation and loading are performed according to the designated items of the read delivery freight information. Prioritize when matching.

Next, when allocating the vehicles to which the cargo to be dispatched is to be loaded according to the priority order, a temporary allocation that allocates the vehicle having the largest loadable weight according to the designated items according to the priority order is performed. Do.

[0011] Then, the cargo to be distributed is stacked within the loadable weight of the temporarily allocated vehicle, and the total weight of the stacked cargo can be loaded according to the specified items. During the allocation, a vehicle allocation plan is created by allocating a vehicle having the smallest loadable weight.

In addition, vehicle information on the own vehicle or the fixed charter vehicle and the standard temporary charter are registered, and a process of preferentially assigning the own vehicle or the fixed charter vehicle when allocating the vehicle is performed. .

As described above, according to the vehicle allocation planning method of the present invention, the priority of the transportation company, the vehicle number, the vehicle type, etc. is determined preferentially by adding the priority of stacking to various designated items and constraints. Since vehicle allocation and stacking are performed in accordance with the contents of the designated items, it is possible to draft a vehicle allocation plan that can be delivered efficiently and practically.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A vehicle allocation planning method according to one embodiment for allocating vehicles for delivering cargo and stacking a plurality of cargoes to the allocated vehicles to formulate a vehicle allocation plan will be described below.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a vehicle allocation planning system according to this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle allocation planning system of the present embodiment includes an input device 10 and a screen display device 20.
, A processing device 30, a storage device 40, and an output device 50.

The input device 10 is a device for inputting an operation instruction for performing execution control of the vehicle allocation planning system and for inputting / correcting various table information. The screen display device 20 is a device that displays a processing result by the processing device 30. Processing unit 3
Reference numeral 0 denotes a device that controls the operation of the entire vehicle allocation planning system.

The storage device 40 is a device for storing various processing programs executed by the processing device 30, various files and data. The output device 50 is a device that outputs a processing result of the processing device 30 in a form.

The processing device 30 includes a delivery freight information generation (additional registration) / extraction processing unit 100, a delivery freight prioritization processing unit 110, a vehicle temporary allocation processing unit 120, and a stackable processing unit 130 within a deliverable range. And a main vehicle allocation processing section 140 and a sorting processing section 150 for each line operator.

The delivery freight information generation (additional registration) / extraction processing unit 100 generates (additionally registers) a delivery freight information file 42 based on the information of the order receiving information file 41 and the delivery area information table 43 in a pre-processing manner. This is a processing unit for extracting the delivery cargo information of the cargo.

The delivery freight prioritizing section 110 includes a delivery area information table 43 and a priority condition information table 46.
According to this information, the priorities at the time of vehicle allocation and stacking according to the specified items of the cargo are added to the delivery freight information of the delivery freight information file 42, and the priorities are temporarily registered in the stacking result file 49. This is a processing unit.

The vehicle temporary allocation processing unit 120 performs temporary allocation (the maximum loadable weight according to various designated items) based on information in the priority condition information table 46, the vehicle information table 47, the vehicle operation schedule information file 48, and the stacking result file 49. (Allocation of own vehicle or fixed charter vehicle).

The in-delivery area stacking processing unit 130 includes a stacking reference information table 44, a location information table 45, a priority condition information table 46, and a vehicle information table 4.
7. A processing unit that stacks cargo within the loadable weight of the temporarily allocated vehicle while sequentially calculating a deliverable range based on the information in the vehicle operation schedule information file 48 and the stacking result file 49.

The vehicle main allocation processing unit 140 performs the main allocation (for various designated items) based on information in the delivery area information table 43, the priority condition information table 46, the vehicle information table 47, the vehicle operation schedule information file 48, and the stacking result file 49. Then, assigning the vehicle with the smallest loadable weight during your own vehicle or fixed-hire vehicle capable of loading the total weight of stacking) to determine the allocation of vehicles according to the various designated items and the total weight of stacking It is a processing unit.
The route trader-specific sorting processing unit 150 is a processing unit that sorts the cargo requested to the route trader by the route trader based on the information in the delivery area information table 43 and the stacking result file 49.

The processing apparatus 30 includes a delivery freight information generation (additional registration) / extraction processing unit 100, a delivery freight prioritization processing unit 110, a vehicle temporary allocation processing unit 120, a deliverable area stacking processing unit 130, and a vehicle real allocation. Processing unit 140
In addition, a program for functioning as the sorting company-by-router processing unit 150 is recorded on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM, stored on a magnetic disk or the like, and then loaded into a memory and executed. The medium on which the program is recorded may be a medium other than the CD-ROM.

The storage device 40 stores an order information file 41
A delivery freight information file 42, a delivery area information table 43, a stacking reference information table 44, a location information table 45, a priority condition information table 46,
Vehicle information table 47 and vehicle operation schedule information file 4
8 and a stacking result file 49.

The order information file 41 is a file for storing information on the cargo for which the delivery service has been ordered. The delivery freight information file 42 is a file for storing information on the freight to be delivered. The delivery area information table 43 is a table for storing information on delivery areas.

The stacking reference information table 44 is a table for storing stacking reference information used for stacking in the stackable processing section 130 within the deliverable range. The location information table 45 is a table for storing location information of a destination for calculating / checking the deliverable range at the time of stacking in the deliverable range stacking unit 130.

The priority condition information table 46 includes a series of stacking processes (the vehicle temporary allocation processing unit 120, the deliverable area stacking processing unit 130, and the vehicle main allocation processing unit) starting with the processing of the delivery freight prioritization processing unit 110. 140
3) is a table for storing priority condition information used in the process (1).

The vehicle information table 47 stores a vehicle operation schedule information file 4 mainly used in the series of stacking processes.
8 is a table for storing vehicle information serving as basic information of No. 8; The vehicle operation schedule information file 48 is a file for storing the operation schedule information of each vehicle identified by the shipping company code and the vehicle number for each allocation date. The stacking result file 49 is a file for storing the stacking results indicating the vehicles assigned as the delivery plan and the cargos stacked on the vehicles.

The order receiving system 60 is a system for receiving an order for a delivery service, and is a system that is connected as an acquisition source of the order receiving information file 41 to a vehicle dispatching planning system online or the like.

FIG. 2 shows an order information file 41 according to this embodiment.
It is a figure showing the example of setting of. As shown in FIG. 2, the order information file 41 of the present embodiment includes a delivery date 201, a destination code 2
02, destination name 203, destination address 204, and JIS
Code 205, product code 206, product name 207
, A package 208, a number 209, and a weight 210.

The delivery date 201 is the delivery deadline of the cargo specified by the destination. The destination code 202 is a code for uniquely identifying the destination of the cargo for which the delivery business has been ordered. Destination name 2
03 is a destination name of the delivery cargo. Delivery address 20
Reference numeral 4 denotes a destination address of the delivery cargo.

The JIS code 205 is a code indicating the destination address 204 of the delivery cargo. The product code 206 is a code for uniquely identifying the delivery cargo. Product name 2
07 is the name of the delivery cargo. The package 208 is an appearance / shape for identifying the delivery cargo. The number 209 is the number of products of the delivery cargo. The weight 210 is the product weight of the delivery cargo.

The destination name 203, destination address 204, and product name 207 in FIG. 2 are used as supplements when confirming the stacking result by screen display or form output, and the information of the number 209 and the weight 210 is stacked. It is used at the time of.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a setting example of the delivery freight information file 42 of this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, the delivery freight information file 42 of this embodiment includes a delivery date 301, a dispatch date 302, a destination code 303, and a destination name 304.
, Delivery address 305, delivery area 306, product code 307, product name 308, packing style 309, and quantity 3
10 and a weight 311.

The delivery date 301 is the delivery deadline of the cargo specified by the destination. The dispatch date 302 is the date when the dispatch is calculated from the delivery lead time, which is the number of days required in the delivery area, and the delivery date 301, and is used when the delivery cargo information generation (additional registration) / extraction processing unit 100 extracts the dispatch target cargo. Is the date used for

The destination code 303 is a code for uniquely identifying the destination of the cargo to be delivered. The destination name 304 is the name of the destination of the delivery cargo. The destination address 305 is the location of the destination of the delivery cargo. The delivery area 306 is a code indicating an area to which the delivery cargo is delivered.

The product code 307 is a code for uniquely identifying the delivery cargo. The product name 308 is the name of the delivery cargo. The packing style 309 is the appearance / shape for identifying the delivery cargo. The number 310 is the number of products of the delivery cargo. The weight 311 is the product weight of the delivery cargo.

In the delivery freight information file 42 shown in FIG. 3, the items other than the dispatch date 302 and the delivery area 306 are copied from the order information file 41.
The destination name 304, the destination address 305, and the product name 308 are used as supplements for checking the stacking result.
10 and weight 311 are used for stacking.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a setting example of the delivery area information table 43 of the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, the delivery area information table 43 of the present embodiment includes a delivery area 40
1, address range 402, vehicle / route sorting weight 40
3, the line agent code 404, and the line agent name 405
, Vehicle minimum weight 406, delivery lead time 407
And

The delivery area 401 is the name of an area where delivery is performed. The address range 402 is a JIS code 205 corresponding to the range indicated by the delivery area 401. The vehicle / route sorting weight 403 is a cargo weight used as a boundary value when sorting the vehicle-building stacking candidates and the route candidates by checking the total weight by destination at the time of prioritization in the delivery cargo prioritization processing unit 110. is there.

The route company code 404 is a code for uniquely identifying a route company corresponding to each delivery area. The route supplier name 405 is the name of a route supplier used as a supplement to the check of the stacking result. The vehicle-building minimum weight 406 is the minimum weight used for checking the vehicle-building in the main vehicle allocation processing unit 140. The delivery lead time 407 is the number of days required for delivery according to each delivery area.

The prioritization based on the boundary value of the vehicle / route sorting weight 403 is specifically, when the total weight per destination is equal to or greater than the vehicle / route sorting weight, the vehicle candidate (priority order “1” to “3”). )), And if the weight is less than the vehicle / route sorting weight, it is determined as a route candidate (priority order “4” or “5”).

The minimum weight check based on the value of the minimum vehicle weight 406 is, specifically, when the stacking result weight from the stackable processing unit 130 within the deliverable range is equal to or more than the minimum weight of the vehicle, the vehicle is fixed and the vehicle is designated. If the cargo is less than the minimum weight of the vehicle without including the cargo, the route will be confirmed. Note that the term "car-building" here refers to delivery by own or chartered car.
"Route" indicates a delivery request to a route trader.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a setting example of the stacking reference information table 44 of the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 5, the stacking reference information table 44 of the present embodiment has a stacking reference name 501, a reference value 502, and a unit 503.

The stacking reference name 501 is the name of an item serving as a reference for stacking. The reference value 502 is a reference value corresponding to the item of the stacking reference name 501. The unit 503 is each unit corresponding to the reference value 502. The data records 510 to 513 are records indicating specific data used for stacking.

The stacking reference information table 44 shown in FIG.
Is a table used at the time of stacking in the stackable processing unit 130 within the deliverable range. Specifically, as shown in data records 510 to 513, the reference delivery time is 8 hours and the average moving speed is 40 km / hour. The upper limit of the number of items to be stacked is set to three, and the average unloading time is set to one hour.

FIG. 6 shows the location information table 4 of the present embodiment.
It is a figure showing the example of 5 setting. As shown in FIG. 6, the location information table 45 of the present embodiment includes a destination code 601, a destination name 602, a destination address 603, and a delivery area 604.
, Latitude 605, and longitude 606.

The destination code 601 is used to calculate the delivery range.
This code uniquely identifies the destination to be checked. The destination name 602 is the name of the destination indicated by the destination code 601. The destination address 603 is the location of the destination. The delivery area 604 is an area to which the destination address belongs. The latitude 605 is the latitude of the destination address. Longitude 6
06 is the longitude of the destination address.

The destination name 602, destination address 603 and delivery area 604 in FIG. 6 are used for confirming the registered contents, and the latitude 605 and longitude 606 calculate the distance between the destinations or the distance between the destination and the delivery base. Used for

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a setting example of the priority condition information table 46 of the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 7, the priority condition information table 46 according to the present embodiment includes a condition specifying unit 710.
And an item section 720.

The condition specifying section 710 is a field for specifying conditions such as a destination, a product or a combination of a destination and a product. The item section 720 is a field indicating an item that is preferentially determined when the condition of the condition specifying section 710 is satisfied.

The condition specifying section 710 receives the destination code 701
, A destination name 702, a product code 703, a product name 704, and a package 705.

A destination code 701 is a code for uniquely identifying a destination for specifying conditions. The destination name 702 is the name of the destination corresponding to the destination code 701. The product code 703 is a code for uniquely identifying a product for specifying conditions. The product name 704 is the name of the product corresponding to the product code 703. The packing style 705 is an appearance / shape for identifying a product for specifying conditions.

The item section 720 contains vehicle-designated information 711.
, Route designation information 712, a shipping company code 713,
It has a shipping company name 714, a car number 715, and a car type 716.

The vehicle-building designation information 711 is a designation item indicating that the vehicle must be built regardless of the weight or the like. The route designation information 712 is a designation item indicating that the route is always set regardless of the weight or the like. The shipping company code 713 is a code indicating a designated shipping company or route company.

The transportation company name 714 is the transportation company code 71
3 is the name of the transportation company or route company. The vehicle number 715 is a number for uniquely identifying the designated vehicle. The vehicle type 716 is information indicating the type of the specified vehicle.

The destination name 702, product name 704, and shipping company name 714 in FIG. 7 are used to confirm the registered contents.
In the condition specifying unit 710 based on the destination, product, and combination of the destination and the product, the destination code 701, the product code 70
The condition is specified by any one of the contents 3 and 705 or a combination thereof.

FIG. 8 shows a vehicle information table 47 according to this embodiment.
It is a figure showing the example of setting of. As shown in FIG. 8, the vehicle information table 47 of the present embodiment includes a section 801, a shipping company code 802, a shipping company name 803, a car number 804, a vehicle type 805, and a maximum load capacity 806. I have.

The section 801 is an item indicating the contents of the section of the vehicle.
This is information for reserving a temporary rental car when the vehicle is insufficient. The shipping company code 802 is a code for uniquely identifying the shipping company.

The transportation company name 803 is the transportation company code 80
This is the name of the shipping company corresponding to 2. The vehicle number 804 is a number for uniquely identifying the vehicle. The vehicle type 805 is information indicating the type of the vehicle. The maximum loading capacity 806 is the maximum weight of the cargo that can be loaded on the vehicle.

The transportation company code 802 and the vehicle number 80 in FIG.
4 is used to uniquely identify a vehicle.
5 and the maximum load 806 are used for stacking.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a setting example of the vehicle operation schedule information file 48 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 9, the vehicle operation schedule information file 48 of the present embodiment stores
01, the shipping company code 902, and the shipping company name 903
, A car number 904, a dispatch availability 905, a car type 906,
It has a maximum load capacity 907 and a loadable weight 908.

The dispatch date 901 is the date when the vehicle is scheduled to operate. The transportation company code 902 is a code for uniquely identifying a transportation company scheduled to operate the vehicle. Shipping company name 903
Is the name of the transportation company corresponding to the transportation company code 902.

The vehicle number 904 is a number for uniquely identifying a vehicle to be operated. The allocation possibility 905 is information indicating whether or not the vehicle can be allocated on the day of the allocation date.
The vehicle type 906 is information indicating the type of the vehicle to be operated.

The maximum load capacity 907 is the maximum weight of the cargo that can be loaded on the vehicle scheduled to operate. The loadable weight 908 is the loadable weight of the vehicle on the day of the dispatch.

It is to be noted that the registration of the vehicle operation schedule information is limited to the information relating to the own vehicle and the fixed vehicle. If the vehicle is not sufficient with only the own vehicle / fixed charter, a standard temporary charter registered in the vehicle information table 47 is used.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a setting example of the stacking result file 49 according to this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 10, the stacking result file 49 of the present embodiment has a delivery date 100
1, vehicle allocation date 1002, and vehicle / route classification 1003
, Shipping company code 1004 and shipping company name 1005
, Car number 1006, destination code 1007, destination name 1008, destination address 1009, delivery area 1010
, Product code 1011, product name 1012, packing style 1013, number 1014, and weight 1015.

The delivery date 1001 is the delivery deadline of the cargo specified by the destination. The vehicle allocation date 1002 is a date on which vehicle allocation is performed. The vehicle-building / route classification 1003 is information indicating the classification result of the vehicle-building or route. Shipping company code 100
Reference numeral 4 denotes a code for uniquely identifying a transportation company or a line company corresponding to the vehicle / route division 1003.

The transportation company name 1005 is the transportation company code 1
004 is the name of the shipping company or route company. The vehicle number 1006 is a number for uniquely identifying the allocated vehicle. The destination code 1007 is a code for uniquely identifying the destination of the stacked delivery freight.

The destination name 1008 is the name of the destination of the delivery cargo. The destination address 1009 is the location of the destination of the delivery cargo. The delivery area 1010 is an area where the delivery cargo is delivered. The product code 1011 is a code for uniquely identifying the delivery cargo.

The product name 1012 is the name of the delivery cargo. The packing style 1013 is the appearance / shape for identifying the delivery cargo. The number 1014 is the number of products of the delivery cargo. The weight 1015 is the product weight of the delivery cargo.

In the stacking result file 49 of FIG. 10, the vehicle / route classification 1003, the transportation company code 10
Items other than 04, the transportation company name 1005 and the vehicle number 1006 are copied from the delivery freight information file 42.

The delivery freight prioritizing section 110 temporarily stores and temporarily registers the priorities at the time of vehicle allocation and stacking in the car / route section 1003. As a result of the series of stacking processing and the sorting processing section 150 by route trader, information indicating a result of sorting a vehicle or a route is set in the vehicle-building / route classification 1003.

In the case of a vehicle, the information of the assigned vehicle is represented by a transport company code 1004 and a transport company name 1005.
And vehicle number 1006, and in the case of a route, the information of the route company is represented by a transport company code 1004 and a transport company name 100.
Set to 5.

Also, the shipping company name 1005 and the destination name 10
08, the destination address 1009, and the product name 1012 are used as supplements when confirming the stacking result.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an outline of a processing rule according to the present embodiment. Delivery base 1100 is a place where delivery starts. The first destination 1110 is a destination to which the first cargo is delivered. The second deliverable range 1111 is a range in which the second cargo can be delivered. The second address 1120 is 2
This is the address to deliver the cargo.

The third deliverable range 1121 is a range in which the third cargo can be delivered. Setting rules 1151-11
55 is a rule for setting priorities according to the designated contents of the cargo and the total weight of the cargo.

First, priorities are set prior to stacking of cargo as shown by setting rules 1151 to 1155 in the figure. If there is a freight with a designated transportation company / vehicle number, it is handled with the highest priority as priority "1". Among them, it shall be handled in order of larger total weight. Hereafter, priority order "2" (priority), priority order "3" (medium), priority order "4" (lowest), followed by priority "5", because the route is specified for cargo Does not match. This prioritization makes it possible to stack items while complying with various designated items.

Further, in order to realize stacking that can be actually delivered in terms of distance and time, the range that can be delivered is also limited.
Specifically, when the cargo of the first destination 1110 is selected according to the priority order and the cargo of the second destination 1120 or later is selected, the standard delivery of one day in the data record 510 of the stacking reference information table 44 is performed. From the time, the deliverable range within the remaining time when the stacked cargo is delivered is calculated.

Within the deliverable range, the cargo having the highest loading efficiency of the loaded vehicle is selected according to the priority order. Due to the limitation of the range that can be delivered, it is possible to plan a vehicle allocation plan that can be delivered without difficulty in practical terms.

Next, FIG. 12 describes a flowchart of the overall processing in the vehicle allocation planning method of this embodiment, and FIG. 13 to FIG. 18 show detailed processing of each flowchart.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the vehicle allocation planning method according to this embodiment. In the flowchart of the overall processing in FIG. 12, in step 1210, the generation (additional registration) / extraction processing of delivery cargo information is performed in advance (see FIG. 13 for details), and in step 1220, priority processing of cargo is performed (details). Is FIG. 14).

In step 1230, a temporary allocation process for the vehicle is first performed (details are shown in FIG. 15). In step 1240, cargo within the deliverable range is stacked (details are shown in FIG. 16). By performing this allocation (see FIG. 17 for details), the stacking of one vehicle is determined.

The provisional allocation and the real allocation of the vehicle are performed by searching for a vehicle having the largest loadable weight 908 (temporary allocation) among the vehicles according to the designated items and re-searching the vehicle according to the weight as a result of stacking ( This allocation is intended to realize stacking with high loading efficiency under various designated items and restrictions.

At step 1260, it is determined whether or not the stacking has been completed for all the cargoes, and the processing of steps 1230 to 1250 is repeated until the stacking is completed. Finally, in step 1270, a sorting process is performed for each route operator (see FIG. 18 for details), and a series of dispatching plans is completed.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the delivery cargo information generation (additional registration) / extraction processing unit 100 for generating delivery cargo information (additional registration) and extracting a delivery target cargo according to the present embodiment. At step 1310, data of one case is read from the order information file 41 (FIG. 2). At step 1320, the delivery area 306 is obtained from the JIS code 205 of the order information file 41 and the address range 402 of the delivery area information table 43 (FIG. 4). Is added to the read data.

At step 1330, the order information file 41
The delivery date 302 of the delivery freight information file 42 is calculated from the delivery time 201 of the delivery area information table 43 and the delivery lead time 407 of the delivery area information table 43, and is added to the data. The following formula 1 is applied to the calculation formula at that time.

[0089]

(Equation 1) Delivery date 302 = Delivery date 201-Delivery area 30
6, the delivery lead time 407 to step 1340
The data to which the dispatch date 302 and the delivery area 306 are added are additionally registered in the delivery freight information file 42 (FIG. 3).

In step 1350, it is determined whether or not all the data in the order information file 41 has been processed, and the processing in steps 1310 to 1340 is repeated until the processing is completed.

In step 1360, the dispatch date 302 in the delivery cargo information file 42 is compared with the system date, and information on the cargo whose dispatch date 302 is equal to the system date on the dispatch day is extracted as information on the cargo to be dispatched.

In step 1370, the extracted cargo is sorted by destination according to the destination code 303, and in step 1380, the number 310 and the weight 311 are totaled for each destination.

FIG. 14 is a flow chart showing the processing procedure of the delivery cargo prioritization processing section 110 for prioritizing cargo according to the present embodiment. Regarding the stacking priority, the setting rule 115 of the vehicle allocation planning system shown in FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 1155, various designation items prior to the prioritization are registered in the priority condition information table 46 (FIG. 7).

In step 1410, data of one cargo to be dispatched is read from the delivery cargo information file 42 and collated with the priority condition information table 46.

In step 1420, when the data indicates the freight company specified by the transportation company and the car number (the destination code 303, product code 307, package 309 of the data and the condition specification section 710 of the priority condition information table 46) Matches,
When the shipping company code 713 and the car number 715 are specified in the item section 720 corresponding to the condition specifying section 710),
In step 1421, a priority order “1” is added to the data as the vehicle / route division 1003, and the data is provisionally registered in the stacking result file 49 (FIG. 10).

At step 1430, if the data indicates a cargo specified by a carrier or a vehicle type (the data and the condition specification part 710 match, and the transportation company code 713 or the vehicle type 716 is specified in the corresponding item part 720) ), In step 1431, the vehicle / route classification 100
A priority of "2" is added to the data as 3, and the data is temporarily registered in the stacking result file 49 (FIG. 10).

In step 1440, the data indicates the cargo designated by the vehicle (the data and the condition designation unit 710).
And the corresponding item section 720 indicates the vehicle-building designation information 7
11 is added), or when the total of the weights 311 for each destination is equal to or larger than the value of the vehicle / route sorting weight 403 in the delivery area information table 43 (FIG. 4), the vehicle / route classification 1003 is determined in step 1441. And a priority "3" is added to the data, and the data is temporarily registered in the stacking result file 49.

In step 1450, if the data indicates a cargo for which the route is specified (the data and the condition specifying unit 71
0 matches, and the route designation information 7 is entered in the corresponding item section 720.
In step 1451, a priority order "5" is added to the data as a vehicle / route classification 1003, and the data is finally registered in the loading result file 49 as route cargo.

If the data does not correspond to any of the above, a priority "4" is added to the data as a vehicle / route classification 1003 in step 1460, and the data is temporarily registered in the stacking result file 49.

In step 1470, it is determined whether or not all the data to be dispatched in the delivery freight information file 42 has been processed.
Step 60 is repeated.

Finally, in step 1480, the stacking result file 49 as the vehicle allocation target data is rearranged in the descending order of the priority of the car / route section 1003, and further in the descending order of the weight 1015.

FIG. 15 is a flow chart showing the processing procedure of the vehicle temporary allocation processing section 120 for performing the temporary allocation of the vehicle according to the present embodiment. In step 1510, the stacking result file 4 is stored in the order rearranged as described above.
From FIG. 9 (FIG. 10), the delivery cargo information of the undelivered cargo is read for one case.

If the check in step 1520 indicates that the vehicle / route division 1003 of the cargo is priority "1" (if the cargo is specified by a transportation company and a car number), step 1520 is executed.
At 21, a vehicle of the designated transport company / designated car number (the carrier company code 902 and the car number 904 match the designated contents) is searched from the vehicle operation schedule information file 48 (FIG. 9), and the loadable weight 908 of the vehicle is searched. To get.

If the vehicle / route division 1003 of the cargo has priority "2" in the check in step 1530, the designated contents are checked in steps 1531 and 1532, and if only the vehicle type is the designated cargo, At step 1533, the vehicle of the specified vehicle type (the vehicle type 906 matches the specified content) from the vehicle operation schedule information file 48
Among them, a vehicle having the largest loadable weight 908 is searched.

If only the transportation company is the designated cargo, the vehicle operation schedule information file 48 is set at step 1534.
A vehicle having the largest loadable weight 908 is searched for among vehicles of the designated transportation company (having the transportation company code 902 matching the designated contents).

In the case of a cargo whose transportation company and vehicle type are designated, in step 1535, the vehicle operation schedule information file 48
From the designated carrier / vehicle model (transporter code 9
02. The vehicle having the largest loadable weight 908 is searched for among those whose vehicle type 906 matches the specified contents.

If the cargo at the step 1540 is determined to have priority “3” (if the cargo is designated by the vehicle or if the condition of the vehicle / route sorting weight 403 in the delivery area information table 43 is satisfied), the step is executed. Fifteen
At 41, a vehicle having the largest loadable weight 908 is searched from the vehicle operation schedule information file 48. It should be noted that stacking is not performed only for cargo of priority “4” or lower.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the in-delivery-area stacking processing unit 130 for stacking one vehicle in the deliverable range in the present embodiment. FIG.
In the processing of No. 6, stacking is performed within the loadable weight of the temporary vehicle searched as a result of the above-mentioned temporary allocation of the vehicle. First, in step 1610, the deliverable range of the next stacking candidate cargo is calculated from the destination of the stacked cargo using the information of the stacking reference information table 44 (FIG. 5) according to the following equation (2). It is to be noted that what is calculated by the equation 2 is the radius when the deliverable range is a circle.

[0109]

[Equation 2] In the case of the second stacking Delivery range = (Reference delivery time-Distance from delivery base to destination of first shipment / Average moving speed-Average unloading time)
× Average moving speed For the third and subsequent shipments Delivery range = (Reference delivery time-Total distance from delivery base to destination of stacked cargo / Average moving speed-
(Average unloading time x number of items to be stacked) x average moving speed The above formula takes into account the time required for moving from departure from the delivery base 1100 and the time required for unloading when the standard delivery time per day is, for example, 8 hours. In order to limit the delivery range.

For each distance, the location information table 4
5 is calculated from the latitude 605 and longitude 606 of the delivery base 1100 or the destination in FIG. In Equation 3, the unit of each distance is km, and 111.11 is a coefficient for calculating the distance from the latitude difference and the longitude difference between the radius of the earth and the destination. Here, each distance is calculated by Equation 3, but a table of the actual distance may be separately prepared, and each distance may be obtained by searching the table.

[0111]

(Equation 3)

At step 1620, a stacking candidate cargo is extracted. However, stacking candidates are limited to those meeting the following conditions.

The distance from the destination of the last loaded cargo to the destination of the loading candidate cargo ≤ deliverable range Weight of loading candidate cargo 1015 ≤ loadable weight 9
08 Delivery area 1010 of loading candidate cargo = Delivery area 1010 of loading completed cargo In step 1630, only one loading cargo is selected from the loading candidate cargo. The processing order is as follows.

If the car / route division 1003 has the priority "1" and there is a candidate cargo with the same transport company / vehicle designation as the provisionally assigned vehicle, the cargo with the largest cargo weight is selected. Search and consider as stacked cargo.

The vehicle / route classification 1003 has a priority of “2”, and the vehicle temporarily assigned by specifying only the transportation company and the specification of the transportation company are the same, or the vehicle and vehicle type temporarily allocated by specifying only the vehicle type are specified. If there is a candidate cargo with the same designation, or with the same designation of carrier and model as the vehicle provisionally assigned by the designation of carrier and model, search for the cargo with the largest cargo weight among those, and stacking. Cargo.

If there is a stacking candidate cargo with the priority order "3" or "4" in the vehicle / route division 1003, the cargo with the largest cargo weight is searched for and designated as the stacking cargo.

At step 1640, the presence or absence of the stacked cargo is checked, and at step 1641, the number of stacked cargoes and the subtraction of the loadable weight 908 are performed as in the following formula 4.

[0118]

## EQU4 ## Number of stacked items = Number of stacked items + 1 Stackable weight 908 = Stackable weight 908-Weight 101
5 In step 1650, the stacking reference information table 4
Step 1610 to Step 1 until there is no cargo that can be stacked within the upper limit of the number of stacks, the loadable weight 908 of the vehicle, and the limit of the deliverable range in FIG. 4 (FIG. 5).
Step 640 is repeated.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the vehicle book allocation processing section 140 for re-searching for a vehicle according to the stacking result of this embodiment and determining the allocation of one vehicle. If the stacking result includes the cargo of priority "1" in the check in step 1710 (including the freight company and the freight designated by the car number), the vehicle information of the designated freight company and designated car number is added in step 1711. Finalize the dispatch.

Specifically, the stacking result file 49
For the shipping company code 1004, the shipping company name 1005, and the car number 1006 for the stacking end in (FIG. 10), the designated shipping company and the carrying company of the designated car number in the vehicle operation schedule information file 48 (FIG. 9). Code 902
The transportation company name 903 and the vehicle number 904 are added, and information indicating "vehicles" is added to the vehicle-building / route division 1003, so that the vehicle allocation is determined.

If the check at step 1720 indicates that the stacking result includes the cargo of priority “2”, step 17
In step 21 and step 1722, the designated contents are checked.

If only the vehicle type is designated, in step 1723, the vehicle of the designated vehicle type is searched from the vehicle operation schedule information file 48 for a vehicle capable of loading the total stacking weight and having the smallest loadable weight 908.

In the case of the cargo specified only by the transportation company, in step 1724, the vehicle of the specified transportation company is searched from the vehicle operation schedule information file 48 for a vehicle capable of loading the total stacking weight and having the smallest loadable weight 908. .

In the case of freight for which the transportation company and the vehicle type are designated, in step 1725 the vehicle operation schedule information file 48
From the vehicles of the designated transportation company / designated vehicle type, a vehicle with the smallest total loadable weight 908 that can be loaded with the total stacking weight is searched.

If the stacking result in the check in step 1730 is equal to or greater than the value of the minimum built-in weight 406 in the delivery area information table 43 (FIG. 4), or if the stacking result includes the cargo designated by the vehicle, the vehicle is checked in step 1731 From the operation schedule information file 48, a vehicle which can load the total weight of the stack and has the smallest loadable weight 908 is searched.

In step 1740, step 1723
The results of the search in steps 1725 and 1731 are determined, and if there is a vehicle that satisfies the designated condition, the vehicle information is added to determine the vehicle allocation.

Specifically, the stacking result file 49
With respect to the shipping company code 1004, the shipping company name 1005, and the car number 1006 of the stacking end in (FIG. 10), the search result vehicle's shipping company code 902, the shipping company name in the vehicle operation schedule information file 48 (FIG. 9). 90
3. Vehicle number 904 is added, and vehicle / route division 1
Information indicating "vehicle building" is added to 003, and the allocation is treated as fixed.

At step 1740, if there is no vehicle that satisfies the designated condition, the temporary vehicle allocation information is added to determine the vehicle allocation. Specifically, the standard temporary merchandise in the vehicle information table 47 (FIG. 8) is compared with the shipping company code 1004, the shipping company name 1005, and the vehicle number 1006 for the end of the stacking in the stacking result file 49 (FIG. 10). Car carrier company code 802, carrier company name 803, and provisional car number 804 are added, and "car building" is added to car / route classification 1003.
Is added, and the allocation is treated as fixed. The temporary vehicle number 804 of the temporary charter is added each time it is used as shown in the following Expression 5.

[0129]

(Formula 5) Temporary car number = temporary car number + 1 In step 1750, when the stacking result is not to be built in a car, information indicating that a delivery request is to be made to a route trader is added to make a final decision. Specifically, the vehicle-building / route classification 1003 in the stacking result file 49 (FIG. 10)
Is added to “Route” to be treated as a route. The addition of the transportation company code 1004 and the transportation company name 1005 of the route is performed in a later-described sorting process for each route company.

FIG. 18 is a flow chart showing the processing procedure of the route trader-specific sorting section 150 for sorting by route trader according to the present embodiment. In step 1810, the route cargo (the content of the vehicle / route segment 1003 is “route”) in the stacking result file 49 is extracted.

In step 1820, the extracted route cargo is sorted according to the contents of the delivery area 1010. At step 1830, from the delivery area information table 43 (FIG. 4), the route trader code 40 of the route trader corresponding to each area.
4 and the name of the route agent 405 are added back to the stacking result file 49.

By the above processing, the stacking result file 49 (FIG. 10) has registered the stacking result for the vehicle and the sorting result for each route operator, and the screen display or form output is performed as necessary. Yes, the dispatch plan can be referenced and modified.

As described above, according to the dispatching planning method of the present embodiment, the priority of stacking is added to various designated items, so that the destination, the product, the combination of the destination and the product, and the load are included in the order information. If there is a condition that satisfies the specification conditions such as the figure, the contents of the specification items that are determined preferentially such as the shipping company, car number and model (specifying the shipping company and car number, specifying only the shipping company, specifying only the car model) The vehicle allocation and the stacking are performed in accordance with the designation of the vehicle or no designation of the vehicle, so that it is possible to create a real-time vehicle allocation plan.

Further, vehicle information about the own vehicle or the fixed charter vehicle and the standard temporary charter are registered, and the provisional allocation and the real charter are separately set, so that the own vehicle or the fixed charter vehicle is preferentially used. Thus, the loading efficiency can be improved.

In addition, the standard delivery time per day, average moving speed,
By registering the standard information for stacking such as the average unloading time and the upper limit of the number of stacks, by sequentially calculating the deliverable range and selecting from the cargo within the deliverable range,
Stacking that can be delivered without difficulty in terms of distance, time, and number of items becomes possible.

[0136] Even a light-weight cargo is within a deliverable range from the destination of another heavy-weight cargo, it is considered as a stacking candidate, and a final judgment is made based on the total weight of the stacked cargoes. There is an effect that automatic sorting of a vehicle and a route can be realized.

As described above, according to the dispatching planning method of the present embodiment, the priority of stacking is added to various designated items and constraints, thereby giving priority to the transportation company, the car number, the car type, and the like. Vehicle allocation and stacking are performed in accordance with the content of the determined designated items, so that a vehicle allocation plan that can be delivered efficiently and practically can be made.

[0138]

According to the present invention, priority of stacking is added to various designated items and constraints, so that the contents of the designated items, such as the transportation company, the vehicle number, and the vehicle type, which are preferentially determined. Since the vehicle allocation and stacking are performed, it is possible to formulate a vehicle allocation plan that can be delivered efficiently and practically.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a vehicle allocation planning system according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a setting example of an order information file 41 according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a setting example of a delivery cargo information file 42 according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a setting example of a delivery area information table 43 according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a stacking reference information table 44 according to the present embodiment.
It is a figure showing the example of setting of.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a setting example of a location information table 45 according to the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a setting example of a priority condition information table according to the embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a setting example of a vehicle information table 47 of the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a setting example of a vehicle operation schedule information file 48 according to the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a setting example of a stacking result file 49 according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an outline of a processing rule according to the embodiment;

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a vehicle allocation planning method according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a delivery cargo information generation (additional registration) / extraction processing unit 100 for generating delivery cargo information (additional registration) and extracting a delivery target cargo according to the embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a delivery freight prioritization processing unit 110 that prioritizes freight according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a vehicle temporary allocation processing unit 120 that temporarily allocates a vehicle according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a deliverable area stacking processing unit 130 that performs stacking for one vehicle within the deliverable range according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the vehicle book allocation processing unit 140 for re-searching for a vehicle according to the stacking result according to the embodiment and determining the allocation of one vehicle.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a sorting company processing section 150 that sorts by route company according to the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Input device, 20 ... Screen display device, 30 ... Processing device, 40 ... Storage device, 50 ... Output device, 100 ... Delivery freight information generation (additional registration) / extraction processing unit, 110 ... Delivery freight prioritization processing unit , 120: vehicle temporary allocation processing unit, 130: stacking processing unit within the deliverable range, 140
... Vehicle allocation processing section, 150 ... Sorting processing section by route supplier, 41 ... Order information file, 42 ... Delivery information file, 43 ... Delivery area information table, 44 ... Stacking reference information table, 45 ... Location information table, 4
6 ... priority condition information table, 47 ... vehicle information table,
48: vehicle operation schedule information file, 49: stacking result file, 60: order receiving system, 201: delivery date, 20
2 ... destination code, 203 ... destination name, 204 ... destination address, 205 ... JIS code, 206 ... product code, 20
7 ... Product name, 208 ... Packing style, 209 ... Number, 210 ...
Weight, 301: delivery date, 302: dispatch date, 303: destination code, 304: destination name, 305: destination address, 306
... Delivery area, 307 ... Product code, 308 ... Product name, 309 ... Package, 310 ... Number, 311 ... Weight, 40
1: delivery area, 402: address range, 403: car /
Route sorting weight, 404: Route contractor code, 405: Route contractor name, 406: Minimum vehicle weight, 407: Delivery lead time, 501: Stacking reference name, 502: Reference value, 503: Unit, 510-513: Data Record, 601: destination code, 602: destination name, 603 ...
Delivery address, 604: delivery area, 605: latitude, 606
... Longitude, 710 ... Condition designation part, 720 ... Item part, 701
... destination code, 702 ... destination name, 703 ... product code, 704 ... product name, 705 ... packing style, 711 ... vehicle designation information, 712 ... route designation information, 713 ... transportation company code, 714 ... transportation company name, 715 … Car number, 716…
Vehicle type, 801… Segment, 802… Transport company code, 803
... transport company name, 804 ... car number, 805 ... car type, 806
... Maximum loading capacity, 901 ... Delivery date, 902 ... Transport company code, 903 ... Transport company name, 904 ... Car number, 905 ...
Availability of dispatch, 906: car type, 907: maximum load capacity, 908
... Loadable weight, 1001 ... Delivery date, 1002 ... Delivery date, 1003 ... Vehicle / route classification, 1004 ... Transport company code, 1005 ... Transport company name, 1006 ... Car number, 1
007: destination code, 1008: destination name, 1009 ...
Delivery address, 1010 ... delivery area, 1011 ... product code, 1012 ... product name, 1013 ... packing style, 1014 ...
Number, 1015 ... weight, 1100 ... delivery base, 1110
… First address, 1111… Second deliverable range, 1
120: second destination, 1211: third deliverable range, 1151-1155: setting rule.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Keiji Tadokoro 2-4-1, Ichibancho, Aoba-ku, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture Inside Hitachi Tohoku Software Co., Ltd. (72) Yoshiaki Okutsu Kagahara, Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 2-Chome No. 2 Hitachi, Ltd. System Development Division (72) Inventor Masahiko Okumura 2-2-2 Kagahara, Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Hitachi-System Co., Ltd. System Development Division (72) Inventor Masaaki Suzuki Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 4-20-3 Ebisu Japan Fat & Oil Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Atsushi Nishito 4-20-3 Ebisu Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Japan Fat & Oil Co., Ltd. F term (reference) 5B049 BB31 CC05 CC21 CC31 DD05 EE01 EE05 FF02 FF03 FF04 FF07 5H180 AA15 FF01 FF11

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A dispatch planning method for creating a dispatch plan for delivering a cargo, comprising the steps of: generating delivery cargo information from order information and reading delivery cargo information of the cargo to be dispatched; Carry out priorities when conducting vehicle allocation and stacking according to the specified items, allocate vehicles to which the cargo to be distributed is loaded according to the priority, and within the loadable weight of the allocated vehicles, A dispatch planning method, which comprises stacking cargo to be dispatched and creating a dispatch plan. 2. When allocating a vehicle to which the cargo to be dispatched is loaded according to the priority, provisional allocation is performed to allocate a vehicle having the largest loadable weight according to the designated items according to the priority. Carrying the cargo to be dispatched within the loadable weight of the provisionally allocated vehicle, and among the vehicles capable of loading the total weight of the loaded cargo, the most loaded cargo according to the designated items The vehicle allocation planning method according to claim 1, wherein the allocation is performed by allocating a vehicle having a small possible weight to create a vehicle allocation plan. 3. The vehicle information of the own vehicle or the fixed charter vehicle and the standard temporary charter are registered, and the own vehicle or the fixed charter vehicle is preferentially assigned when the vehicle is allocated. The vehicle allocation planning method according to any one of claims 1 and 2. 4. When the cargo to be distributed is stacked within the loadable weight of the allocated vehicle, the cargo whose delivery destination is within a deliverable range determined from standard information on the stacking is determined. The vehicle allocation planning method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein stacking is performed selectively. 5. When stacking the cargo to be distributed within the loadable weight of the allocated vehicle, a plurality of sorting processes of whether the vehicle is to be delivered by its own vehicle or a chartered vehicle or a delivery request is made to a line company are provided. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the determination is performed based on a total weight of the cargo stacked.
Vehicle allocation planning method described in section.