JP2003141675A - System for vehicle allocation plan - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow use in collection and delivery sites in respective areas, to make a cargo loaded on each vehicle without loss to be collected and delivered efficiently, and to allow collective control by centralizing a situation of the allocation of vehicles. SOLUTION: This car allocation plan system is provided with a vehicle allocation regulating means 13 for receiving distribution indication from a consigner or the like, for allocating a plurality of destinations to types of the vehicles according to the frontages of houses in the destinations, and for preparing cargo information, distribution order and the like for the individual vehicle, and a display means 1 for displaying an overall distribution plan for the vehicles and the distribution order to the destinations along a lateral direction, and for displaying the using vehicles and the like of vehicle information along a vertical direction, so as to display operation conditions of the vehicles, for displaying names, addresses, scheduled arrival times and the like of the collection and delivery destinations in the each vehicle corresponding to the prescribed collection and delivery destinations, and for displaying a content of the collected and delivered cargos to the collection and delivery destinations in response to the selection of each frame.

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 system which is installed at each base where vehicles are allocated for collecting and delivering packages and which makes a vehicle allocation plan according to a delivery destination of the packages to be collected and delivered.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a distribution center, parcels from each shipper are divided into delivery destination areas, and further,
It is loaded on a predetermined vehicle and delivered to each delivery destination. At this time, in order to facilitate delivery of parcels to be loaded on each vehicle, a delivery plan is determined in advance, and the packages are loaded and delivered according to this delivery plan. An example of such a delivery planning system is that disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 2710573.

This system is installed in a distribution center, receives a package delivery request from a shipper, and creates a delivery order of vehicles to be delivered to the delivery destination of the package, and in a predetermined time zone of a predetermined berth. This is a system in which each vehicle located is displayed in a frame format and the main plan items of each vehicle are displayed in this frame so that the state of each berth at each time can be grasped.

On the other hand, when each delivery company collects and delivers packages at each collection / delivery destination, these packages are collectively stored at each business office of the delivery companies provided in each surrounding area, and at the time of package collection and delivery. , The collection and delivery schedule is created for each sales office, and each sales office is in charge of the collection and delivery work in the area of the surrounding area.

[0005] The parcels to be delivered are collectively stored at each business office, and when the parcels are distributed to the vehicles assigned to the respective business offices, usually the parcels of each vehicle are distributed to each collection area and distributed to the vehicles. The vehicles are loaded, and at this time, the loads are sorted so that the maximum load that can be loaded in each vehicle is not exceeded.

[0006]

However, according to Japanese Patent No. 2710573, this delivery planning apparatus is
Allocate the time zone when the vehicle will stop for a predetermined number of berths located in the distribution center,
This is for knowing the presence or absence of vehicles and the loading status of the vehicles during this time period, so when managing the collection point of luggage placed on the site in a certain place such as a distribution center. Its use was limited.

On the other hand, in the case where each delivery company shares the parcels managed by each sales office with the vehicles, it is always wasteful for each vehicle depending on the weight, the number of the parcels, the delivery destination and the like. It was difficult to sort so that it would not exist.

[0008] For example, since the maximum load capacity is determined for each type of vehicle, the load may exceed the load even if the delivery destinations are close to each other. In order to do so, it was necessary to drive the vehicle to the same area again. In addition, when the delivery destination is only one place away, the vehicle has to be purposely driven to collect and deliver the luggage, which results in wasteful costs such as labor costs and fuel costs.

On the other hand, even if the goods are collected and delivered to the same area, if there is a small amount of cargo to be loaded with respect to the maximum load of the vehicle, there will be a space available for loading, which may cause waste. Was becoming.

At the time of parcel delivery, although the parcels are divided by region, the order of collection and delivery is not taken into consideration, so if the order of collection and delivery is not correct, it may take time even for the same region. As a result, the collection and delivery efficiency may deteriorate, or the loading space may run out.

[0011] In most cases, the distribution of luggage to each vehicle is carried out manually on the day before or on the day before collection and delivery of the slips attached to the luggage at each business office. The efficiency of the sorting work was poor. In addition, as described above, the distribution work needs to be carried out in consideration of the collection / delivery area of the cargo and the cargo so that the cargo can be loaded on each vehicle, which is more troublesome. Therefore, it has been desired to develop a vehicle allocation planning system that can be used at each sales office of each delivery company and can carry out an efficient vehicle allocation plan.

The present invention has been developed as a result of intensive studies in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and an object of the present invention is a vehicle dispatch planning system which can be used at a delivery point in each area. An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle dispatch planning system capable of efficiently loading and unloading luggage on each vehicle and collectively managing the situation of vehicle dispatch.

[0013]

In order to achieve the above object, the vehicle allocation planning system according to the present invention is installed at a base for controlling transportation and delivery, receives a delivery instruction from a shipper or the like, and installs the luggage at the location. In a vehicle allocation planning system that creates a delivery plan from the eaves conditions of the delivery destination, receiving delivery instructions from the shipper, etc., assigning multiple applicable destinations to usable vehicle types according to the eaves conditions of the delivery destination, luggage information by vehicle, delivery order, etc. The vehicle allocation adjustment means for creating the vehicle, a summary of the vehicle delivery plan in the horizontal direction on the screen, the order of delivery to the destination and the estimated arrival time, etc. are displayed, and the vehicle used, which is the vehicle information, is displayed in the vertical direction. , Displays the operating status of the vehicle, displays the name, address, estimated time of arrival, etc. of the destination of each vehicle in a frame format corresponding to the designated destination, and delivers to the destination according to the selection of each frame Package contents It is provided with a display means for displaying.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the result of each evaluation item such as the loading efficiency with respect to the delivery plan provided for each vehicle is displayed in a different display mode such as color according to the result. An evaluation means and an operation means for selecting each item displayed on the display means or inputting various data for each item are provided, and the operation means is manually operated based on the evaluation result of the evaluation means. Then, a part of the plan items can be adjusted, and after the adjustment, the evaluation result is displayed again on the display means.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the vehicle allocation adjusting means is provided at one place, and the delivery plan adjusted by the vehicle allocation adjusting means is browsed from an external base having a display means and an operating means via a network. This is a vehicle allocation planning system that is possible.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the vehicle allocation adjusting means, the display means, the evaluating means, and the operating means are provided in a distribution center.

[0017]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of a vehicle allocation planning system according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Figure 1
FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a vehicle allocation planning system according to the present invention. In the figure, 10 is a base for collecting and delivering parcels, and in the present embodiment, the base 10 is a center for collectively managing other bases 11.
Each base 11 other than the center 10 is provided for each collection / delivery area, and is connected to the base 10 by required connecting means to build a network. As this connection means,
For example, if the connection is made using the communication network 12 such as the Internet, and in this case, the connection is made to the communication network 12 through the telephone line, it is not necessary to newly construct a dedicated line.

The center 10 collectively plans a collection and delivery plan of the center 10 and each base 11, and centrally manages the entire vehicle dispatch planning system. Center 10 is
The vehicle allocation adjusting unit 13 and the evaluation unit 15 are provided, and the vehicle allocation adjusting unit 13 and the evaluation unit 15 perform automatic vehicle allocation processing.

The vehicle allocation adjusting means 13 and the evaluating means 15 are
Data is acquired from the host data 18 including the shipping instruction data 18a and the vehicle allocation result data 18b so as to be connectable to the host data 18. The data is acquired from the host data 18 and the automatic vehicle allocation processing is performed from this data. I have to.

When receiving an instruction to deliver a package from a shipper or the like, the vehicle allocation adjusting means 13 determines a plurality of corresponding delivery destinations from the host data 18 according to eaves conditions of the delivery destinations and the like.
0, or the available vehicle type of a vehicle (not shown) provided in the base 11 is assigned. At this time, the vehicle-specific luggage information that is the information of the luggage to be loaded on the vehicle and the delivery order that is the order of delivering the luggage The data such as is created at the same time.

When operating the vehicle allocation adjusting means 13, when operating from the main menu screen shown in FIG. 5 and clicking the data acquisition frame in the figure, the data acquisition processing screen of FIG. 6 is displayed. The host data 18 is taken in by clicking the host data take-in frame at. In the main menu screen, you can open the processing screen corresponding to each frame by clicking the frame showing each process, and in addition to the above data import processing screen, shipping instruction input, automatic dispatch, dispatch result, It is possible to open the screens such as setting the actual vehicle number information, printing the form, and master maintenance, and perform the processes corresponding to the respective screens.

The evaluation means 15 evaluates the results of each evaluation item in the pick-up and delivery work such as the loading efficiency for each vehicle, the vehicle usage status by base 11, and the operating status by vehicle, and the evaluation results are displayed by the display means 16, 26. The display mode is such that the color of each result is changed or displayed in a graph form in a different display manner.

The shipping instruction data 18a is the same as that shown in FIG.
This shipping order data 18a is input from the shipping order input screen shown in Fig. 5 and stores the shipping destination information, the shipping destination information, the product code of the goods to be delivered and received, and other information regarding the packages to be delivered and received. It is called by clicking the shipping instruction input frame on the main menu screen shown, and is registered before the host data 18 is acquired from the data acquisition frame.

The vehicle allocation result data 18b is data after the vehicle allocation is adjusted by the vehicle allocation adjusting means 13. The base 10 can register, delete, browse, etc. the data of the shipping instruction data 18a and the vehicle allocation result data 18b from the operating means 17, while the base 11 operates the data registered in each base 11 by the operating means 27. Shipping instruction data 18 via communication network 12
The vehicle allocation result data 18b that is registered as a or is subjected to vehicle allocation processing by the vehicle allocation adjusting means 13 is provided so as to be viewable. A browser or the like is used for this browsing.

The operating means 17 and 27 are composed of keyboards and the like, and various data are input from the operating means 17 and 27 to the display results displayed on the display means 16 and 26. In addition, the operation means 17 in the center 10 manages the data in the host data 18 in addition to the vehicle adjustment means 1 in particular.
3, and each means can be operated by connecting with the evaluation means 15.

Display means 16 and 26 comprising displays
Are installed in the center 10 and the base 11, and the display means 16 and 26 are, as shown in FIG. 3, summarizing the delivery plan of the vehicle in the horizontal direction on the screen, the delivery order to the destination and the arrival schedule. The time and the like are displayed, while the vehicle in use, which is the vehicle information, is displayed in the vertical direction so that the operating state of the vehicle can be displayed. Further, the name, address, estimated arrival time, etc. of the collection / delivery destination in each vehicle corresponding to the predetermined collection / delivery destination are displayed in a frame format.

Reference numerals 19 and 29 are various master data stored in a storage means (not shown) provided in the display means 16 and 26. For example, the delivery destination master data includes information about a business partner (customer) who is a delivery destination. Stores various supplier information such as supplier name, supplier code, address, and telephone number. These pieces of information are operated by the operating means 1 each time a new supplier or an update of input information of a registered supplier occurs.
The latest master data 19 and 29 are stored in the center 10 or the base 11, respectively.

The master data 19 and 29 are, in addition to the delivery destination master data, a base master for setting a code called a predetermined base code, a city master for setting a city code, a warehouse master, Trader master,
It comprises various data such as a vehicle type master, an actual vehicle number master, a vehicle master, a supplier master, a product master, and a time designation pattern master, and these master data 19, 29 are registered from the operating means 17, 27.

Next, the operation and action of the vehicle allocation planning system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, master maintenance is performed in advance in the center 10 and each base 11, and master data 19 and 2 are acquired.
Create 9. The master data 19 and 29 are stored and managed in the center 10 and the bases 11, respectively. Therefore, in order to make the contents of the master data consistent between each base 11 and the center 10, when registering the shipping instruction input data as the shipping instruction data 18a, the difference between the master data is transmitted to the center 10 at the same time. There is. It should be noted that this difference is received from the center 10 at the time of displaying a vehicle allocation result described later.

In FIG. 5, the shipping instruction input frame is clicked to input the shipping instructions shown in FIGS. 7 and 8. The shipping instruction input is performed for each delivery request requested by the shipper. As shown, whether to input only for delivery or to input and receive is to be input according to the slip of each package.

Each shipping instruction is input from the center 10 or each base 11 according to the slip of the area in charge, and each data input by this shipping instruction input is stored in the host data 18 as the shipping instruction data 18a. Saved.

As described above, the master data 19, 2
9 is sent to the center 10 to be registered as delivery destination information, and at the same time, the center 10 carries out the data fetching process of the shipping instruction information, thereby sending the shipping instruction data 18
a is accumulated.

Subsequently, the vehicle dispatch adjusting means 1 in the center 10
The automatic vehicle dispatching process is carried out by 3. Automatic dispatch processing
It is possible to execute a vehicle allocation plan for each center 10 or each base 11, or for all bases. Further, this processing can be performed only in the center 10, and the automatic vehicle allocation processing cannot be executed in each base 11 other than the center 10.

In the automatic vehicle allocation process, a vehicle allocation plan is instructed in advance from the automatic vehicle allocation plan instruction screen shown in FIG. 10, and the process is performed based on this plan. In this operation, if you enter the reference date, which is the date for picking up and delivering in the figure, a list of information such as the name of all sites or each site, the number of unprocessed / processed slips, etc. is displayed. Select the desired base, and then set the conditions for automatic vehicle allocation for each base. As setting conditions, enter the priority classification of the vehicle to be used, which is either small vehicle or large vehicle, priority order of automatic dispatch consisting of own company or other company's vehicle, target loading efficiency, lower limit loading efficiency, etc., and then execute By clicking the frame, the automatic dispatch processing can be executed for the selected base.

The processing contents in the automatic vehicle allocation processing are as follows:
First, for normally delivered parcels, a delivery date is specified after the automatic delivery process for normal delivery is executed in the order of the designated bases, and name identification is performed for the same shipping instruction data as the reference date. In the name identification process, after dividing the shipping instruction slips into the attribute categories of the products, the shipping instruction slips are further grouped into the destination units, and then the time group designation and the vehicle type designation are performed.

Next, a dispatch plan is prepared for each vehicle in consideration of the shipping instruction data thus identified and the set automatic dispatch conditions. The operation plan for each vehicle is allocated up to the number of times each vehicle can be operated within the operating time in which the vehicle operates for one day.

Next, the allocation process of the delivery delivery voucher in which the collection date is the same as the designated reference date is executed for all the designated bases 11. As the processing at this time, first, regarding the destination to be collected and delivered, or the slip for which the destination is set, the maximum load and the maximum load capacity of the vehicle at each base are considered, and Are assigned sequentially.

For a delivery delivery voucher in which only one destination or destination is designated, the required time from the destination to the destination is calculated, and the designated base 1 is designated according to the required time.
Assign to 0 or 11 vehicles. In this way, the vehicle allocation result data resulting from the vehicle allocation is created, and the screen of the vehicle allocation result data is shown in the vehicle allocation plan list screen in FIG. Vehicles can be assigned, and at the same time as the vehicle allocation result data, which is the data after vehicle allocation, individual delivery is required to perform optimal allocation to each vehicle, so it is extracted from the vehicle allocation plan. , Unallocated data that has not been allocated is created at the same time, and this unallocated data can be confirmed on the same screen as the vehicle allocation result data.

On the vehicle allocation result data screen, the used vehicle to which the collection and delivery baggage is allocated is displayed in the vertical direction, and in the frame representing this vehicle, the base name to which the vehicle belongs as vehicle information and the vehicle It shows the operational status such as load capacity, loading efficiency, and operating time. In addition, the name / address of the collection / delivery destination of each vehicle corresponding to the designated collection / delivery destination of each vehicle
Estimated arrival times, etc. are displayed in a frame format in the order of collection and delivery. By clicking each frame, the detailed information screen shown in Fig. 4 can be displayed. This detailed information screen displays the delivery / collection destination name, package collection and delivery information. It is possible to display the contents of the package delivered to the destination such as the designated time, the slip number, the contents of the package, and the actual weight.

Further, since the unallocated information is displayed on the lower side of the divided screen, it may be manually allocated to each vehicle according to the content of the unallocated area.

This screen is displayed from the operation means 17 to the display means 19
As the screens that can be displayed in addition to those described above, for example, a delivery destination list screen, an actual vehicle number setting screen, a form output instruction screen, a data output instruction screen, and the like can be displayed. The actual vehicle number setting screen can call up the actual vehicle number information set screen shown in FIG. 14, and in this actual vehicle number information set screen, information such as the vehicle type (ton number) of the vehicle used for pickup and delivery, the shipping company, and the driver is displayed. It is provided for confirmation.

The form output instruction screen is a print instruction screen which can print a vehicle delivery list, a load schedule, an unallocated list, etc., which are not shown, while the data output instruction screen is a delivery data for delivery. Can be displayed.

Here, by clicking on the site-by-site vehicle usage status list frame in FIG. 3, the site-by-site vehicle usage status list screen shown in FIG. 12 can be called up, and vehicles used (operated) for each site 11 are displayed. Can be represented by a graph, and it is possible to easily check how many vehicles have been assigned to each base 11 and how many vacant vehicles there are in the upper row. When one of the existing bases 11 is selected, the usage status of each vehicle type belonging to the base 11 is shown in the lower row. In this way, the vacancy of the vehicle type can be confirmed at a glance.

Further, by clicking the vehicle-specific operation status list frame in FIG. 3, the vehicle-specific operation status list screen of FIG. 13 can be displayed. The operation status of each base and each vehicle is displayed in a chart format using a Gantt chart. In the figure, each chart shows the operating status of the vehicle on the day, and it is possible to easily confirm the detailed operating time of the vehicle and the number of round trips between the sales office and the collection / delivery destination. The loading efficiency and the like at this time can be easily identified by adding various colors to the chart.

In the present embodiment, the loading efficiency is 1-2.
0%, 21-40%, 41-60%, 61-80%, 8
It is divided into 5 stages such as 1 to 100%, and different patterns are attached according to each stage, but the ratio of the loading efficiency in each stage can be set freely, and the display mode of the chart at this time is In addition to the display modes with different patterns and colors, the evaluation unit 15 can freely select and display an appropriate display mode.

The evaluation means 15 is capable of displaying in different display modes other than the vehicle usage status list for each site and the operating status list for each vehicle, and can correspond to various evaluation items as necessary. It should be noted that, as the evaluation items, in addition to the operating state of each vehicle and the loading efficiency, for example, mileage, running time, departure time, return time, total weight of loaded luggage, sales amount, etc. are displayed. The results can be displayed on the same screen or another screen after the evaluation means 15 processes each item.

As described above, the vehicle allocation planning system of the present invention receives the parcel delivery request from the shipper, and then the center 1
0 and the master data 19 and 29 obtained from each base 11 and the shipping instruction data 18a, the vehicle allocation adjustment means 13 performs automatic vehicle allocation processing from the center 10 and then the evaluation means 15 performs the vehicle allocation adjustment by manual input. The evaluation is performed for each evaluation item, and the operating means 17, 27 are manually operated again based on the evaluation result of the evaluation means 15 so that a part of the plan items can be corrected and the adjusted evaluation result can be obtained. It is possible to perform a vehicle allocation planning process such as an optimal vehicle delivery order, delivery route, delivery time, etc. at the time of delivery to a delivery destination of a package or at the time of collection.

Therefore, it is possible to easily carry out a vehicle allocation plan for each of the bases 11 existing so as to be distributed in each collection / delivery area.
Centralized management is possible by. On the other hand, each base 11 does not need to make a troublesome vehicle allocation plan and can perform efficient collection and delivery work.

[0049]

As is apparent from the above, the vehicle allocation planning system of the present invention is a vehicle allocation planning system that can be used at various places such as each base of a sales office where vehicles are allocated. It is possible to sort the luggage at each base while calculating the loading efficiency of the vehicle, load the luggage without waste, and efficiently deliver the luggage to each destination. It is a vehicle dispatch planning system that can centrally manage the situation of vehicle dispatch.

Moreover, when sorting the parcels, it is possible to check again after the input, and the optimum adjustment can be performed.

Further, the vehicle allocation planning system according to the present invention can be used even in the areas where the respective bases are distant from each other, and can cope with the increase of the new bases.

Further, the vehicle allocation planning system of the present invention can be used, for example, in a place such as a physical distribution center on a certain site, and can be applied to any place as long as it is connected by an appropriate network. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a vehicle allocation planning system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing operation in the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a vehicle allocation result display screen.

FIG. 4 is a detailed information display screen showing detailed information on vehicle allocation results.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a main menu screen.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a data import processing screen.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a shipping instruction input screen.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a shipping instruction input screen.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a collection / delivery order confirmation screen.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an automatic vehicle allocation planning instruction screen.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing an automatic vehicle allocation condition setting screen.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory view showing a vehicle usage status list screen for each site.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation status screen for each vehicle.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing a vehicle allocation result list screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 locations 13 Vehicle allocation adjustment means 15 Evaluation means 16, 26 Display means 17, 27 Operating means

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A vehicle dispatch planning system, which is installed at a base for controlling transportation and delivery, receives a delivery instruction from a shipper, etc., and creates a delivery plan from the location of the package and the eaves conditions of the delivery destination. In response to the instructions, according to the eaves conditions of the delivery destination, the corresponding delivery destinations are assigned to the available vehicle types, and the vehicle allocation adjustment means that creates baggage information and delivery order etc. for each vehicle, and a summary of the vehicle delivery plan in the horizontal direction on the screen. Display the order of delivery to the destination, estimated time of arrival, etc., display the used vehicle, etc., which is the vehicle information in the vertical direction, and display the operating status of the vehicle, etc. in each vehicle corresponding to the specified collection and delivery destination. Display the name, address, estimated arrival time, etc. of the delivery destination in a frame format,
A vehicle dispatch planning system, comprising display means for displaying the contents of a package delivered to a destination according to the selection of each frame. 2. Evaluation means for displaying the result of each evaluation item such as loading efficiency for a delivery plan provided for each vehicle in different display modes such as colors according to the result, and the display. The operating means is provided for selecting each item displayed on the means or inputting various data for each item, and based on the evaluation result of the evaluating means, the operating means is manually operated to The vehicle allocation planning system according to claim 1, wherein a part of the vehicle is made adjustable, and the evaluation result is displayed again on the display means after the adjustment. 3. The vehicle allocation adjusting means is provided at one place, and the delivery plan adjusted by the vehicle allocation adjusting means is provided so as to be viewable via an network from an external base having a display means and an operating means. The vehicle dispatch planning system according to claim 1 or 2. 4. The vehicle allocation planning system according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle allocation adjusting means, the display means, the evaluation means, and the operating means are provided in a distribution center.