JP2003081436A - Physical distribution information managing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a physical distribution information managing system enabling large-scaled physical distribution management capable of checking a collection and delivery status in real time, facilitating data processing, and facilitating management of collection and delivery operation. SOLUTION: The physical distribution information managing system includes a database 12 connected to a physical distribution network N for accumulating information on cargo, an Internet server 14 for providing the information in the database 12, a mobile communication terminal Ph connected to a local area network Na connected to the Internet server 14, for connecting to information service provided from an IP (an information service provider) in the local area network Na, and a terminal 20 for connecting to the physical distribution network N.

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a physical distribution information management system in which the distribution status of physical distribution is managed by information communication equipment. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, basic operations for transportation include a pickup / delivery instruction operation (planning for loading / unloading, etc.) and a collection / delivery operation (implementation of loading / unloading). As information transmission means used to carry the information, generally, a form exchange or a voice exchange means such as a telephone or a radio is used. [0003] Information transmission by voice exchange means can be reported immediately. As information transmission means using such a communication line, other than the voice exchange means, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-1
Japanese Patent No. 91612 discloses a method in which a mobile terminal such as a facsimile is connected to a registration terminal of a pickup and drop-off point to a public telephone network, and when a new package is generated at the time of delivery, the delivery is performed using the public network. This is to contact the mobile terminal of the car. [0004] For example, when carrying out a transportation business within a transportation company, first, before collection and delivery, data such as a planned delivery destination and its planned delivery time are prepared in advance for each delivery vehicle, and a collection and delivery instruction business is performed. Performs a collection and delivery operation in accordance with the sorted data, and when the operation is completed, reports a delivery completion by the above means. According to this reporting means, the data reported at the time of completion of delivery is written in a form each time, so that it is difficult to use the recorded data for data communication using a digital device such as a computer. Is generally transmitted by hand exchange or the like. Therefore, the distribution information management system disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-268101 is intended to make use of business reports and the like by using communication, and creates delivery instruction data called job data on a local computer.
The delivery job instruction created from the job data is distributed to each driver. The delivery business instruction sheet includes a number indicating a delivery route, a number indicating a delivery destination, a delivery destination name, the number of deliveries, a delivery order, a scheduled delivery completion time, and the like. Do
When the delivery of the job data is completed, the mailing function of the mobile phone distributed to each driver is used to send the delivery number attached to the package that has been delivered to the mail server. Data processing is performed for each delivery vehicle based on the email. When the shipping company receives the delivery destination number and the information of the mobile phone to which the delivery destination number has been sent, the local computer creates and updates information that can be referred to, such as the delivery status such as the actual delivery completion time, from the data. And uploads the data processed by the local computer to a homepage on the Internet to notify the shipper and the delivery destination of the delivery status. The requester who is the shipper and the delivery destination browse the homepage to grasp the status of the package. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0008]
According to 000-268101, when a mail server receives a mail from each delivery vehicle, it converts the received data into data on a local computer and then uploads it. Therefore, a time lag occurs as information, and the shipper, shipping company, or delivery destination cannot It was difficult to keep up-to-date with regard to luggage. In addition, since this work is often carried out intensively by a computer of a transportation company, there is a problem that the data conversion work is troublesome and management is troublesome. Further, since the data processing is performed by the local computer of the transportation company and the data is uploaded as described above, the data before the processing is wasted. It is intended for the delivery business performed by one carrier, and the delivery status home page is displayed by transmitting the delivery destination number from each operator to the delivery route created by the carrier. The development of a logistics information management system that can be widely used has been awaited. [0010] The present invention has been developed as a result of intensive studies in view of the conventional circumstances, and its purpose is to enable real-time confirmation of the pickup / delivery status and to facilitate data processing. Another object of the present invention is to provide a physical distribution information management system capable of managing a large-scale physical distribution that can easily manage a collection and delivery operation. [0011] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a database for connecting to a physical distribution network and storing information on packages, and providing information in the database. An internet server, a mobile communication terminal for connecting to a local network connected to the internet server and connecting to an information service provided by an IP (information service provider) in a local area network, and a connection to a physical distribution network Is a logistics information management system including terminals for performing DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A distribution information management system according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the physical distribution information management system according to the present invention. In the figure, the entire system is formed as a communication network by a physical distribution network N. The _NL has a server capable of storing various information services provided by an IP (information service provider) that can be connected to the Internet. By registering as a member, only registrants can connect to this information service. It is an area-based local network. The administrator provides information called a logistics management site (program) as the information service provider, and this site is used to transfer mobile phones and the like distributed from carriers to drivers of each delivery vehicle on the local network _NL . It is connected by the body communication terminal Ph and provided so as to be browsed. Reference numeral 11 denotes a delivery management system for managing the entire distribution information management system, which manages data relating to the distribution status of carriers registered in the system, and includes a delivery vehicle 19 in each carrier. The data such as the operation schedule or the operation result is made into a database as the arrival management database 12 and these information are accumulated. The arrival management system 11 connects an Internet server 14 and a physical distribution network N via the Internet. The Internet server 14 has a terminal 2 such as a personal computer terminal capable of connecting to the Internet.
The delivery instruction data uploaded from 0 is accumulated in the arrival management database 12, and the arrival schedule / actual data by shipper classified by shipper, the arrival scheduled / actual data by course classified by delivery course, and the product classified by loading destination The data is provided so that it can be viewed as arrival schedule / actual data by wholesaler and arrival schedule / actual data by crew classified by crew. The respective data are as follows: a screen for viewing arrival schedule / actual data by shipper in FIG. 12, a screen for viewing arrival schedule / actual data by course in FIG. 13, and a screen for viewing arrival schedule / actual data by loading destination in FIG. 15 can be viewed on the crew-by-crew arrival arrival / result data browsing screen, which can be viewed through the browser 20a of the terminal 20 such as a personal computer that can be connected to the Internet, and enter an ID and password (not shown). Is to be queried. The original transporter, who is the shipper, has this terminal 20. The terminal 20 may be any computer that can be connected to the physical distribution network N via the Internet via a telephone line. There is no need to build. A subcontractor (hereinafter referred to as a “carrier”) that receives a delivery request from a shipper has a terminal 18 that can be connected to a physical distribution network N. Via the browser 18a of the terminal 18, data in the Internet server 14 can be browsed. The terminal 18 can be connected to the local network _NL via the Internet as described above. The local network _NL is, for example, a so-called eye mode center.・ Provides sites that can be used under the trademark of DoCoMo. When trying to connect to the site from the i-mode screen, the ID and password are checked at the i-mode center.
The display is made for the case where D and the password are predetermined ones registered in the center. The site is connected using a mobile communication terminal Ph, and the driver of each delivery vehicle carries this mobile communication terminal Ph. Each driver uses the mobile communication terminal Ph to connect to the local network _NL using the eye mode from a destination or the like, browses a site in the server 17 installed in the local network _NL , The data on the site can be updated and registered. Next, the system will be described with reference to a flowchart. As shown in FIG. 2, when the shipper requests delivery of the package, the delivery instruction data 16 as shown in FIG. 16 to FIG. 18 to which data such as the destination regarding the package to be delivered is attached is transmitted by FTP (File Transfer Prot).
ocol), and sends a delivery request e-mail to the carrier by e-mail on the screen as shown in FIG. 5 based on the delivery instruction data. As shown in FIG. 3, when the carrier confirms that the delivery request has been received by receiving the delivery request mail, the carrier confirms the delivery confirmation processing shown in FIG. (Less than,
HP). As the processing for confirming the delivery, the setting of the provisional vehicle number or the actual vehicle number is input on the actual vehicle number setting screen in FIG. 6, or the change of the delivery order rearranged by the delivery course or the like on the delivery order rearrangement screen in FIG. Is input and displayed on the HP. Subsequently, the carrier sends a delivery instruction mail (not shown) for instructing the driver of each delivery vehicle 19 to deliver the package to the driver of each delivery vehicle 19 via the local network _NL in the eye mode with respect to the delivery confirmation data thus determined. I do. On the other hand, when this mail is received by the driver's mobile communication terminal Ph and connected to the delivery confirmation data screen shown in FIG. 8A, which is a site registered in advance in the eye mode, each destination name in the delivery order is displayed. Since the estimated arrival time and the like are displayed, for example, when the driver arrives at the destination, the mobile communication terminal Ph is operated to display a registration screen for registering each situation as shown in (b). , Register that it has arrived. In this way, if the driver selects a situation from the eye mode according to the current delivery situation, this data is stored as data on the Internet server 14. By registering the arrival as described above, the arrival and the actual arrival time, which is the actual arrival time, can be viewed from the Internet server 14 as shown in FIGS. 12 and 15. The eye mode screen in each of FIGS. 8 and 11 shows an example in which the number of lines displayed on the screen is different, and these screens are displayed on the mobile communication terminal Ph.
Can be easily switched by a button (not shown). In addition, ↓ lower upper ↑ in the figure shows the display part displayed when the screen is scrolled. As described above, the driver of each delivery vehicle 19 can report, for example, a departure departure report at the time of departure from a loading destination, a destination arrival report at the time of arrival at a destination, an inquiry about the delivery status, and a completion of business. Each report such as a business end report and inquiries regarding luggage are made via the eye mode. Information registered by the driver via the eye mode is stored in the local network _NL , and this information is further transmitted via the Internet. The data can be reflected on the distribution network N. At this time, the data in the eye mode is HTML (H
hyper Text Markup Languag
Since the data is created according to e), the data can be browsed from the terminal 18 or 20, and since this data is updated at any time, the latest situation can be displayed. Therefore, the shipper, carrier or driver can view necessary data stored in the Internet server 14 when necessary by inputting a predetermined ID and password, and can check the delivery status of each package. You can check. It should be noted that the data of the Internet server 14 is further stored in the arrival management database 12 to enable unified data management. Next, the operation of the above-described distribution information management system will be described. In the physical distribution information management system of the present invention, since the shipper creates the delivery instruction data using the terminal 20 which is a local computer, and uploads this data to the Internet server 14, the data relating to the package for which the delivery instruction has been issued is stored by the shipper or A carrier or a delivery destination can perform data processing such as browsing in real time or changing this data. In addition, by automatically notifying the driver of a delivery instruction using an e-mail, it is possible to quickly process each package. In addition, since the driver can directly register the data on the delivery status of each package by using the eye mode function of the mobile communication terminal Ph, the shipper and the carrier take time to perform the registration work. Without the above, each data stored in the Internet server 14 is automatically updated by the driver as described above, and thus can be easily managed. Moreover, the data stored in the Internet server 14 is HTML
Therefore, the data can be directly used by the terminals 18 and 20, and the data can be shared and used. Further, the manager can manage the delivery business between the original carrier and the plurality of carriers, which are the shippers, so that the system can be used as a management system in a wider range. As is apparent from the above description, the physical distribution information management system of the present invention can check the status of collection and delivery of packages in real time, and can easily process this data, such as updating. This is a logistics information management system capable of large-scale logistics management that can manage the collection and delivery business from both the shipper who is the original contract carrier and the carrier who is a subcontractor.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a distribution information management system according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a process of a logistics operation in a shipper. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a process of a logistics business in a carrier. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a process of a logistics business in a delivery vehicle. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a delivery request mail reception screen. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a delivery confirmation data screen. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a delivery confirmation data screen. FIGS. 8A to 8C are explanatory diagrams showing display screens of the mobile communication terminal. FIGS. 9A to 9C are explanatory diagrams showing display screens of the mobile communication terminal. FIGS. 10A and 10B are explanatory diagrams showing display screens of a mobile communication terminal. FIGS. 11A to 11C are explanatory diagrams showing display screens of the mobile communication terminal. FIGS. 12A and 12B are explanatory diagrams showing a web inquiry screen. FIGS. 13A and 13B are explanatory diagrams showing a WEB inquiry screen. FIGS. 14A and 14B are explanatory diagrams showing a web inquiry screen. FIGS. 15A and 15B are explanatory diagrams showing a web inquiry screen. FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing a delivery instruction data registration screen. FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram showing a delivery instruction data registration screen. FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram showing a delivery instruction data registration screen. [Description of Signs] 12 Database 14 Internet server 20 Terminal N Distribution network Na Local network Ph Mobile communication terminal

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Claims: 1. A database connected to a physical distribution network for storing information on packages, an Internet server for providing information in the database, and a local network connected to the Internet server. And a mobile communication terminal for connecting to an information service provided by an IP (information service provider) in a local network, and a terminal for connecting to a physical distribution network.