JP2002068424A - Delivering method and physical distribution center applying the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a delivering method for extremely reducing physical distribution cost by efficiently performing a shipping work and a physical distribution center applying the method. SOLUTION: This delivering method for delivering products shipped from a plurality of working places from the physical distribution center corresponding to a plurality of shipping instructions has a process for preparing stock information by collecting single product information on a product from the plurality of working places, a process for dividing contents of the plurality of shipping instructions into 'stock products', 'stock and working products' and 'working products' based on the stock information, a process for collecting time of delivery information from the plurality of working places for the division of 'stock and working products' and 'working products', a process for setting a shipment possible date for the plurality of shipment instructions based on the collected time of delivery information, a process for making a product shipped on the shipment possible date as a shipping object on that day as much as possible and a process for recognizing shipping amount classified by regions on the shipment possible date, increasing cargo in scale as much as possible and selecting a proper shipping means.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a delivery method for delivering products shipped from a plurality of processing sites from a distribution center in accordance with a plurality of shipping instructions, and a distribution center using the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art It is important to carry out shipping based on shipping instructions in order to meet product orders. It is difficult to reduce logistics costs when each processing factory ships products directly to users in response to shipping instructions from a plurality of sales departments.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a conceptual configuration of a conventional delivery system. The products are processed in a plurality of processing sites 1 to 3 and the products are shipped according to shipping instructions from a plurality of sales departments 4 and 5.

Further, in the system shown in FIG. 1, since shipment is performed from each of the processing sites 1 to 3 based on a shipping instruction for each, the user groups 8, 9 or the user 1
The delivery of products to 0 and 11 is performed in many small lots and is performed by using the stacking trucks 120 to 122. Therefore, it is inevitable that the delivery cost increases.

In addition, shipping workers are assigned to each of the processing plants 1 to 3, thereby increasing the overall distribution costs.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a delivery method in which the size of a shipping unit is increased to significantly reduce distribution costs, and a distribution center using the same. .

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a delivery method which can reduce the number of delivery procedures and a distribution center using the same.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a delivery method capable of improving the accuracy of distribution cost management as a result and a distribution center using the same.

[0009]

A delivery method according to the present invention for achieving the above object is a delivery method for delivering a product shipped from a plurality of processing sites from a distribution center in accordance with a plurality of shipping instructions. Collecting the single item information of the product from the plurality of processing plants to create inventory information, and the contents of the plurality of shipping instructions based on the inventory information, "inventory products", "inventory and in-process products" and , The step of dividing into "products in process", and the "stock and products in process",
Collecting the delivery date information from the plurality of processing sites for the category of “products being processed”; setting a shippable date for the plurality of shipping instructions based on the collected delivery date information; The process of shipping the products that arrived on the possible date on the same day as much as possible, and the process of selecting the appropriate shipping means by increasing the size of the cargo as much as possible by grasping the amount of shipment by district on the day of the possible shipment. It is characterized by having.

[0010] In a preferred form of the delivery method according to the present invention that achieves the above object, the step of selecting the appropriate shipping means includes the step of collecting the shipment amount by area on the identified shippable date at a predetermined collection deadline time. The method is characterized in that the amount is corrected by the estimated amount of the negative fluctuation, and based on the correction, shipping and delivery are performed by using a large-sized shipping means that is inexpensive.

In a preferred form of the delivery method according to the present invention for achieving the above object, the stock information of the product is obtained by receiving single item information at the time of picking up the product from the plurality of processing sites, and before receiving the product. It is characterized in that it is recorded in stock.

Further, as a preferred embodiment of the delivery method according to the present invention that achieves the above object, when the contents of the shipping instruction and the stock information based on the previous single item information are compared and the same day shipping is possible, A picking instruction for a product corresponding to the stock information is issued, and an accurate and quick withdrawal (picking) operation is performed.

Further, features of the present invention will be apparent from embodiments of the present invention described below with reference to the drawings.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The embodiments of the invention shown in the drawings are for understanding the present invention, and the application of the present invention is not limited to such embodiments.

FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of the delivery method according to the present invention. In the present invention, one distribution center 100 is provided for a plurality of processing plants 1 to 3.

Further, small trucks 101 to 104, which are pickup means, are operated periodically between each of the plurality of processing sites 1 to 3 and between the processing sites 1 and 3 and the distribution center 100. . Therefore, a plurality of processing sites 1
3 can be appropriately collected.

Here, the plurality of processing stations 1 to 3 perform predetermined processing steps in order to manufacture a product manufactured in a plurality of processing steps, in addition to processing a member to output a finished product. And a processing plant that uses an intermediate product for processing to be sent to the next processing step as a processing output.

FIG. 3 shows a configuration example of the distribution center 100. Computer system 100-1 as a basic configuration
And sends and receives data on product shipment to and from a plurality of processing sites 1 to 3 through a communication line, and further receives shipping instructions from a plurality of sales departments 4 and 5.

Further, the distribution center 100 includes the output device 1
00-2 and a database 100-3.

The steps of an embodiment of the delivery method according to the present invention controlled by the configuration of the distribution center 100 will be described below.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the steps of an embodiment of the delivery method according to the present invention.

In FIG. 4, the distribution center 100 receives shipping instructions from a plurality of sales departments 4 and 5 (processing step P).
1). The contents of the received shipping instruction are classified into “inventory products”, “inventory and in-process products”, and “in-process products” based on the inventory information recorded in the distribution center 100 (processing step P2). .

Further, the distribution center 100 receives and collects the delivery date information from the corresponding processing plant for the "stock and processing products" and the "processing products" in the above categories (processing step P3).

On the basis of the obtained delivery date information, the shipping dates of the products included in all the shipping instructions are set (processing step P
4). Products that arrive on the day that can be shipped are to be shipped on the day as much as possible (processing step P
5).

Here, FIG. 5 shows a detailed process P5 in which a product arrives on a date corresponding to a date on which the product can be shipped is to be shipped on the same day as much as possible.

In FIG. 5, the distribution center 100 receives single item information from a plurality of processing sites 1 to 3 (processing step P).
50). Here, the single item information is information in which an identification code is assigned to each pallet, and is information sent from a corresponding processing site before the cargo arrives at the distribution center 100.

Therefore, the distribution center 100 performs a process of adding the product for the single item information to the inventory before it arrives (processing step P51).

Next, it is determined whether or not it is possible to ship on the day by comparing the shipping instruction with the stock information based on the single item information (processing step P52). Compare the shipping instruction with the stock information and if it can be shipped on the day, pull out (picking) the corresponding product when it arrives
Is issued (processing step P54), and the corresponding product is picked using the pallet identification code as a clue (processing step P55). As a result, shipping is possible, and a shipping result report is created (processing step P56).

On the other hand, if the shipment is not possible (if it is not a product to be shipped), it is carried into the warehouse and added to the stock (processing step P53).

Returning to the flow of FIG. 4, the product to be shipped on the day is obtained (processing step P5).
Next, the amount of shipment per region on the day is grasped from the obtained information on the product to be shipped, and an appropriate shipping means, that is, a transport truck or the like is selected (processing step P6).

For example, selection of an appropriate shipping means is performed as follows.

On the basis of the set shippable date, the amount of shipment by district on that day is tabulated. The shipment amount for each district is adjusted based on the expected negative fluctuation of the collection amount at the collection deadline time determined from this aggregation.

Therefore, it is possible to apply the adjusted shipment amount for each district to the inexpensive large truck 105 to the maximum. [Application Example] A specific example of application according to the delivery method of the present invention will be described. In order to facilitate understanding, the current sales offices, namely, the sales departments 4 and 5, and the distribution center 1
An application example will be described with reference to FIG. 6, which shows a data flow sequence between the data processing apparatus 10 and the processing sites 1, 2, and 3.

In FIG. 6, a processing order is sent from a plurality of sales departments on the sales department side I to the processing factory side III, and processing is performed on the processing factory side III (step S1). In addition,
In FIG. 6, two processing stations 7716 and 77
Assume there are seventeen.

The distribution center II keeps track of warehouse stock information (step S2). As an example, 20
The inventory information of the warehouse ascertained at the distribution center II at 15:00 on August 24, 2000 is as shown in Table 1 below.

[0036]

[Table 1]

On the other hand, two processing plants 771 on the processing plant side III
Prior to delivery of the product to the distribution center II from 6,7717, the product information is transmitted to the distribution center II as single item information before the product arrives.

That is, at 15:00 on August 24, 35 commodities are loaded on a pickup truck that departed from the processing plants 7716 and 7717, and the product information having the contents shown in Table 2 below is separately obtained from each processing plant. The information is transmitted to the distribution center II (step S3).

[0039]

[Table 2]

In the distribution center II, the transmitted single item information and the previous warehouse inventory information are updated to new inventory information (step S4). Table 3 below shows the updated new stock information.
It seems.

[0041]

[Table 3]

In this state, shipping instructions are sent to the distribution center II from a plurality of sales departments on the sales department side I (step S5). The contents of the shipping instruction sent by 15:00 on August 24 are as shown in Table 4.

[0043]

[Table 4]

The distribution center II changes the instruction contents to "inventory", "inventory and processing" and "processing" based on the new stock information updated earlier and the shipping instruction from the sales department side I. Classification is performed (step S6). Table 5 shows the classification results of the instruction contents obtained from Tables 3 and 4 described above.

[0045]

[Table 5]

Here, in Table 5, the desired shipping date of the shipping instruction is today (August 24) or has already passed.
Since the product corresponding to the category "stock" can be immediately extracted (picked), a picking instruction is issued and the picking operation is performed (step S7).

Table 6 shows the issued picking instruction.

[0048]

[Table 6]

For example, out of the 95 stocks of the product number T45S59 in this picking instruction, 15 stocks listed on the pallet identification code 1122 are being transported from the processing plant side III to the distribution center II, and as soon as the truck arrives. , Picking at a cargo handling place.

On the other hand, with regard to the products which are being processed, the order information is transmitted to each processing site only for the products whose desired shipping date has already passed or is within one week before, and the delivery date information is collected (step S8). .

The shippable date is set from the delivery date information (step S9). Table 7 shows the set shippable dates.

[0052]

[Table 7]

In Table 7, the shipping date is today (August 2
4th), and preparation for shipment is performed assuming that the final cargo can be shipped even at the time of 15:00 for which the single item information has not been transmitted to the distribution center II (however, minus correction is performed).

Next, a picking instruction for the product corresponding to the “stock category” generated in step S7,
From the shipping available date set in step S9, the amount of shipment for each district on the day is grasped, and an appropriate shipping means (truck) is selected (step S10). Then, shipping is performed by the selected truck (step S11).

Further, as a result of carrying out the picking work in the distribution center II, a shipping result report is transmitted to the sales department I (step S12). At the same time, the stock information of the warehouse is updated, and the process ends.

Here, the economic effect when the above-described delivery method of the present invention is applied will be compared with the conventional method.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the delivery cost in the conventional method shown in FIG. Shipment volume from the first processing plant 1 to users a, b, and c on one day is 4
It is assumed that the shipment quantities from the second processing plant 2 to the users a, b, and d are 120, 80, and 40, respectively.

Table 8 below shows the relationship between the transportation means and the fare at this time. All loading trucks are used as transportation means. In this case, the total average fare unit price is 237.

[0059]

[Table 8]

On the other hand, FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining the delivery cost in the method of the present invention compared with FIG. According to the present invention, the collection amounts 110 and 240 are sent to the distribution center 100 from the first processing plant 1 and the second processing plant 2, respectively. Next, assuming that the users a and b exist in the district A, the distribution center 100 sends the users a and b to the district A.
As a minute, the shipment amount 290 is collectively delivered.

Further, the shipment amount 20 is sent to the user c and the shipment amount 40 is sent to the d user.

At this time, a large (chartered) truck with a fare set for each car is used for the distribution center 100.
Stack trucks are used only for delivery from the distribution center 100 to each user.

As a result, according to the present invention, the total average fare unit price is not 166 as shown in Table 9 below, and it is possible to greatly reduce the transportation cost as compared with the related art.

[0064]

[Table 9]

[0065]

As described above with reference to the drawings, as described in the embodiment, the distribution method according to the present invention can provide a distribution method capable of collective transportation and storage.
The efficiency of shipping operations can be reduced, and distribution costs can be significantly reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a conceptual configuration of a conventional delivery system.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a delivery system using a delivery method according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a distribution center 100.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing steps of an embodiment of a delivery method according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a detailed process of a process P5 shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an application example of the present invention, which illustrates a data flow sequence between a sales department, a distribution center, and a processing plant.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a delivery cost in the conventional method shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a delivery cost in the method of the present invention compared with FIG. 7;

[Explanation of symbols]

 1-3 Processing plant 4,5 Sales department 100 Distribution center 101-104 Stacking truck 105 Large (chartered) truck 110 Distribution center 10-14 Users

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A delivery method for delivering a product shipped from a plurality of processing sites from a distribution center in accordance with a plurality of shipping instructions, wherein information on a single item of the product is collected from the plurality of processing sites and inventory is obtained. The step of creating information, and the contents of the plurality of shipping instructions based on the stock information,
The process of classifying into "in-stock products", "in-stock and in-process products", and "in-process products", and regarding the "in-stock and in-process products" and "in-process products" categories, A step of collecting delivery date information; a step of setting a shippable date for the plurality of shipping instructions based on the collected delivery date information; and And a step of grasping the amount of shipment by district on the day when the ship can be made, increasing the size of the cargo as much as possible, and selecting an appropriate shipping means. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of selecting an appropriate shipment means corrects the identified shipment amount by area on a shippable date by an estimated negative change in the collection amount at a predetermined collection deadline. A delivery method that makes maximum use of low-cost, large-scale shipping means based on the modification. 3. The delivery according to claim 1, wherein the stock information of the product is obtained by receiving single item information from the plurality of processing sites before the product arrives, and recording the stock information before the actual arrival. Method. 4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the contents of the shipping instruction are compared with the stock information based on the single item information, and when the product can be shipped on the same day, an instruction for extracting (picking) a product corresponding to the stock information is issued. A delivery method that issues a letter and performs an accurate and quick picking operation. 5. A distribution center for delivering products shipped from a plurality of processing stations in accordance with a plurality of shipping instructions, wherein the distribution center collects the shipping instructions of the plurality of products and outputs the products from the plurality of processing stations. Collect single item information to create inventory information, the contents of the plurality of shipping instructions, based on the inventory information created by the single item information of the product, "stock products", "stock and processing products", and " Collecting delivery date information from the plurality of processing plants for the categories of "in-process and in-process products" and "in-process products", and shipping dates for the plurality of shipping instructions Products that arrive on the shippable date are set to be shipped on the same day as much as possible, the amount of shipment by region on the shippable date is grasped, the size of the cargo is increased as much as possible, and an appropriate shipping method is selected. Logistics center .