JP2016170690A - Seaborne cargo management system and method for managing seaborne cargo - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently manage a transportation state of a seaborne cargo.SOLUTION: A seaborne cargo management system 10 includes accumulation means 20 for accumulating operation support data, management means 12 for generating and managing cargo management data, and a management terminal 26 for inputting/outputting information relating to the management of the cargo management data in/to the management means 12. The management means 12 comprises a data output function part 42 that outputs the cargo management data to an external terminal 28 on the basis of stored external user data. The cargo management data includes photo data of the seaborne cargo and photo data of a container. Thus, the photo data of the seaborne cargo and the container can be shared between a management user who operates the management terminal 26 and an external user who operates the external terminal 28. Accordingly, even when the photo data is required by the external user, there is no need to use an E-mail or a facsimile, which enables the management of the transport state of the seaborne cargo to be efficiently performed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a shipping cargo management system and a shipping cargo management method for managing the shipping status of shipping cargo.

  As a large-scale system related to the management of marine freight, for example, Sea-NACCS (import / export / port-related information processing system) can be cited. This system is an electronic information communication system that connects customs offices, transporters, customs brokers, warehouses, shipping companies, shipping agents, financial institutions, etc., in customs and imports in international trade. It is built for the purpose of efficiently processing the payment of customs duties. On the other hand, as a smaller system used between traders involved in the transportation of marine freight, for example, a system for automatically notifying bill of lading information (see Patent Document 1) and a system for retrieving freight tracking information (See Patent Document 2) and the like have also been developed.

JP 2002-189882 A JP 2002-31446 A

However, in order to enhance the information on the bill of lading, the system used between the merchants involved in the transportation of the above-mentioned maritime cargo, when exchanging photos of the marine cargo linked to the bill of lading, For example, it is necessary to use an attached file of an e-mail or use a FAX, which is troublesome. In addition, since sharing of transportation information is limited to contractors set in advance in the system, for example, it is possible to respond flexibly to requests such as disclosing transportation information to the ultimate consignee of maritime cargo. It was difficult.
The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to efficiently manage the transportation status of marine cargo.

(Aspect of the Invention)
The following aspects of the present invention exemplify the configuration of the present invention, and will be described separately for easy understanding of various configurations of the present invention. Each section does not limit the technical scope of the present invention, and some of the components of each section are replaced, deleted, or further while referring to the best mode for carrying out the invention. Those to which the above components are added can also be included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  (1) A marine freight management system for managing the status of shipping freight, including bill of lading data including the bill number of the bill of lading issued for the marine freight, and containers containing the marine freight Storage means for storing business support data, including container data including the container number, and performing data communication with the storage means via a dedicated network, acquiring the business support data from the storage means, Management means for generating and managing freight management data associated with support data; and a management terminal for inputting / outputting information relating to management of the freight management data to / from the management means via the dedicated network; The management means uses management user data of a management user who uses the management terminal and the system via a general-purpose network. A user data holding function unit that holds user data including external user data of a user, and, based on the external user data, determines whether or not an external terminal accessed via the general-purpose network is accessible, and A data output function unit that outputs at least a part of the cargo management data to an authorized external terminal; and container information that is input from the management terminal and is not included in the business support data. A management data registration function unit for registering as new data, and the cargo management data includes shipping cargo photo data linked to the bill of lading number and container photo data linked to the container number Shipping freight management system (Claim 1).

  The marine freight management system described in this section includes storage means for accumulating business support data, management means for generating and managing freight management data, and information relating to management of freight management data. And a management terminal for output. These are connected to an appropriate dedicated network constructed by an in-house LAN or the like, and perform data communication with each other via the dedicated network as necessary. The business support data stored by the storage means includes bill of lading data including the bill of lading of the bill of lading issued for the shipping cargo, and container data including the container number of the container containing the shipping cargo. It is. Further, the cargo management data generated and managed by the management unit is generated in association with the business support data acquired from the storage unit by the management unit via the dedicated network. That is, the cargo management data is generated, for example, in association with the bill of lading data and the container data, and with an appropriate data form and additional information for managing the shipping status of the shipping cargo.

  The management means has a user data holding function unit for holding user data, and this user data includes management user data and external user data. Here, the management user data is data related to the management user who mainly performs the above-described management operation of the cargo management data by inputting / outputting information to / from the management means from the management terminal. ID and password are included. The external user data is data relating to an external user who uses the system via a general-purpose network such as the Internet, and includes, for example, an external user ID and a password. Furthermore, the management means includes a data output function unit that determines whether or not the external terminal can be accessed and outputs at least a part of the cargo management data to the external terminal that has permitted access. That is, based on the external user data described above, it is determined whether or not an external user operating the external terminal can access the system. If the external user operating the external terminal is an external user registered in the external user data, at least part of the cargo management data requested via the external terminal is sent to the external terminal. Output. The management means has a management data registration function unit for registering new data in the cargo management data. That is, in addition to the freight management data generated in association with the business support data, container information that is input from the management terminal by the management user and is not included in the business support data is registered as new data for the freight management data. To do. As a result, for example, even information related to containers for which information is not stored as business support data is registered as cargo management data by being input from the management terminal. It will spread.

  In addition, the shipping cargo management system described in this section is managed by a management user via a management terminal, and is associated with a bill of lading number in cargo management data output to an external user via an external terminal. Photo data of marine freight and container photo data associated with the container number are included. In other words, the marine freight photo data linked to the bill of lading number and added to the bill of lading data and the container photo data linked to the container number and added to the container data via the system via the management user It will be shared with users. Therefore, it is not necessary to send photo cargo data or container photo data from an external user using e-mail or fax, so it is possible to efficiently manage the status of shipping cargo. To do. Also, the management data registration function unit of the management means described above registers the photo data of the container in which information is not stored as business support data as new data of the cargo management data together with the container number input from the management terminal. . As described above, it is possible to flexibly cope with registration of photo data associated with a container in which information is not stored as business support data.

  (2) In the above item (1), in response to a request from the external user, the management means sets the external user information as a child user whose parent is the external user who made the request. Add to the data and add new external users including this parent-child relationship based on the external user addition function unit that supports up to any number of parent-child hierarchies and the parent-child relationship between multiple external users in the external user data , Dividing each of the plurality of external users into a plurality of hierarchies, and outputting the at least part of the cargo management data to the external terminal to the hierarchies of external users accessing using the external terminal Accordingly, a shipping freight management system having an output content restriction function unit for restricting the output content.

  In the shipping freight management system described in this section, the management means restricts the output contents to the external terminal based on the external user addition function unit that adds a new external user including the parent-child relationship and the parent-child relationship of the external user. And an output content restriction function unit. Here, for example, there is a receiving / ordering relationship between traders involved in the transportation of marine freight, and the ordering contractor has requested information on the status of the transportation of marine freight from the ordering contractor registered in the external user data of this system. Suppose In this case, the external user addition function unit adds the ordering agent as a new external user to the external user data in response to a request from the ordering agent registered in the external user data. The orderer is registered as a child user. That is, in the external user data, a parent-child relationship between an external user who is an ordering contractor and an external user who is an ordering contractor is registered together with information on an ordering contractor who is a new external user. Furthermore, the external user addition function unit corresponds to the addition of new external users including the parent-child relationship between external users up to the number of parent-child hierarchies that can be arbitrarily set for the system. That is, a new external including a multi-level parent-child relationship such as addition of a new external user having a child user as a parent user as a grandchild user and addition of a new external user having the grandchild user as a parent user. It corresponds to the addition of a user up to an arbitrary number of parent-child hierarchies.

  On the other hand, the output content restriction function unit divides each of the plurality of external users into a plurality of hierarchies based on the parent-child relationship between the plurality of external users included in the external user data as described above. For example, when a three-level parent-child relationship is set between three external users: a parent user, a child user, and a grandchild user, the parent user is the parent user and the child user is the child user. Divide external users who are hierarchies and grandchild users into grandchild hierarchies. Then, as described in the above section (1), when outputting at least a part of the cargo management data to the external terminal permitted to access, the hierarchy of the external user accessing using the external terminal, for example, The output contents are limited depending on which of the above-described parent hierarchy and child hierarchy. That is, for example, when a child user is accessing the system, only information that can be viewed by external users in the child hierarchy is output to the external terminal, and when a grandchild user is accessing the system, the grandchild hierarchy Only information that can be browsed by external users is output to the external terminal.

  Therefore, the marine freight management system described in this section, for example, even if there is a request for disclosure of transportation information from the final consignee of the marine freight, does the business directly or indirectly from the final consignee. In response to a request from a contractor who has received an order and is registered in the external user data of this system, the transportation information is disclosed while restricting the disclosed contents. For this reason, it is possible to flexibly respond to a request for disclosure of transportation information from an external user, and to smoothly manage the transportation status of maritime cargo.

(3) In the above paragraphs (1) and (2), the management means for taking a photograph, and the management means via the general-purpose network as the photographed photograph data of the shipping cargo and the photograph data of the container A marine freight management system including a portable terminal having a photographic data storage function unit for storing data (claim 3).
The marine freight management system described in this section includes a portable terminal having a photo shooting function unit for taking a photo and a photo data storage function unit for storing the taken photo in the management means. In other words, this portable terminal is used for transporting marine cargo associated with a bill of lading contained in a container at a remote location away from the management means or management terminal, such as a port where a ship carrying marine cargo arrives. It is used to take pictures, container pictures, etc., and keeps the taken pictures as data. Then, the photographed photograph data is managed from the above-mentioned remote location via a general-purpose network such as the Internet as marine cargo photograph data linked to the bill of lading number or container photograph data linked to the container number. To store. This allows, for example, taking pictures of marine cargo, containers, etc. with a digital camera at the port where the ship arrived, etc., moving the digital camera or photo data storage medium to the location where the management terminal is located, and managing it from the management terminal Compared with the case where photo data is stored in the means, the time is remarkably shortened. For this reason, the photographic data such as the shipping cargo and the container are stored in the management means without taking time from the arrival of the shipping cargo, and the shipping status of the shipping cargo is managed in real time. For example, when storing photo data associated with a container not registered as cargo management data, the mobile terminal stores the photo data in the management means as part of incomplete new data of the cargo management data. Is. And the management data registration function part of the management means described in the above section (1) is insufficient for incomplete data including photo data stored from the portable terminal based on information input from the management terminal. It is to satisfy the information.

  (4) In the above items (1) to (3), the management means is connected to the storage means and the management terminal via the dedicated network and provides a server-side function with the management terminal as a client side. And acquiring the business support data from the storage means, generating and holding the cargo management data, and being connected to the management server via the dedicated network, and via the general-purpose network A marine freight management system including a web server connected to the external terminal and providing an input / output display for outputting a part of the freight management data to a web browser of the external terminal (Claim 4). .

  In the shipping freight management system described in this section, the management means is connected to the management server connected to the storage means and the management terminal via the dedicated network, and connected to the management server via the dedicated network and via the general-purpose network. A web server connected to an external terminal. The management server provides a server-side function with the management terminal as the client side, and obtains business support data from the storage means to generate and hold cargo management data. In other words, in response to various requests input from the management terminal, freight management data associated with business support data is generated, updated, deleted, output, and the like. On the other hand, the web server is a connection server between the dedicated network and the general-purpose network, and provides various input / output displays for outputting a part of the cargo management data to the web browser of the external terminal. By utilizing such a management server and web server, the management of the shipping status of marine cargo can be performed more efficiently. When this system includes a portable terminal as described in the above section (3), the above-described web server is also connected to the portable terminal via a general-purpose network and performs data communication with the portable terminal.

  (5) In the above item (4), a file server connected to the dedicated network for storing file data including photo data of the shipping cargo and photo data of the container, and connected to the dedicated network, A mail server for delivering mail, and the management means is installed between the management server and the web server, the storage means, the file server, and the mail server in the dedicated network. A relay server for integrating input / output of each data including the business support data and the file data from the management server and the web server to the storage means, the file server and the mail server A marine freight management system (claim 5).

  The marine freight management system described in this section is connected to a dedicated network and is connected to a file server for storing file data including marine freight photo data and container photo data. And a mail server for delivery. That is, for example, file data including data that can be imported as part of cargo management data, such as marine freight photo data, container photo data, and file data provided by an external user, is stored in the file server. In addition, using a mail server, for example, a notification item for the external user is transmitted to the e-mail address of the external user included in the external user data.

  Further, the management means includes a relay server installed between the management server and the web server, the storage means, the file server, and the mail server in the dedicated network. That is, the management server and the web server, the storage unit, the file server, and the mail server are connected via the relay server. Then, the relay server integrates input / output of each data including business support data and file data from the management server and the web server to the storage unit, the file server, and the mail server. This effectively responds to requests from the management user via the management terminal and management server to the storage means, file server, and mail server, and requests from external users via the external terminal and web server, and more Smoothly manage the status of shipping cargo.

  (6) A marine freight management method for managing the shipping status of marine freight, comprising storage means, management means, and a management terminal, wherein the storage means, the management means and the management terminal are connected by a dedicated network. Business including the bill of lading data including the bill of lading of the bill of lading issued for the marine freight and the container data including the container number of the container that holds the marine freight Support data is stored in the storage means, and the management means acquires the business support data from the storage means, generates cargo management data in association with the business support data, and receives the management data from the management terminal. The cargo management data is managed by inputting / outputting information related to the management of the cargo management data to / from the means, and the management terminal is used by the management means Holding user data including management user data of a management user and external user data of an external user using the shipping freight management system via a general-purpose network, and via the general-purpose network based on the external user data Determining whether or not the external terminal that has been accessed is accessible, outputting at least a part of the cargo management data to the external terminal that is permitted to access, and the business support data input from the management terminal Information on containers not included is registered as new data of the cargo management data, shipping cargo photo data linked to the bill of lading number in the cargo management data, and container photo data linked to the container number A marine freight management method including claim (claim 6).

(7) In the above item (6), in response to a request from the external user, the management means sets the new external user information as a child user whose parent is the external user who made the request. Add to the data and add new external users including this parent-child relationship up to any number of parent-child hierarchies, and further, based on the parent-child relationship between multiple external users in the external user data, Each of the external users is divided into a plurality of hierarchies, and when outputting at least a part of the cargo management data to the external terminal, output according to the hierarchies of the external users accessing using the external terminal A marine freight management method for restricting the contents (Claim 7).
(8) In the above paragraphs (6) and (7), the marine freight management system includes a portable terminal, and the portable terminal takes a picture of the marine freight and the container associated with the bill of lading contained in the container, A marine freight management method for storing photographed photographs as photographic data of the marine freight and photographic data of the container in the management means via the general-purpose network (Claim 8).

(9) In the above (6) to (8), the management means includes a management server connected to the storage means and the management terminal via the dedicated network, and the management server via the dedicated network. A web server connected to the external terminal via the general-purpose network, and providing a server-side function with the management terminal as a client side by the management server; Obtain business support data, generate and maintain the cargo management data, and provide an input / output display for outputting a part of the cargo management data to the web browser of the external terminal by the web server Shipping freight management method (claim 9).
(10) In the above item (9), the marine freight management system is connected to the dedicated network and stores file data including photo data of the marine freight and photo data of the container; A mail server connected to a dedicated network for delivering electronic mail, wherein the management means includes the management server and the web server, the storage means, the file server, and the mail server in the dedicated network. The business support data and the file data for the storage unit, the file server, and the mail server from the management server and the web server are relayed by the relay server. Shipping freight management method that integrates the input and output of each data including (Claim 10).

  And the shipping cargo management method of (6)-(10) term is each performed using the shipping cargo management system as described in said (1)-(5) term, (1)-( Equivalent operation corresponding to the marine freight management system in item 5) is achieved.

  Since the present invention is configured as described above, it is possible to efficiently manage the transport status of maritime cargo.

It is an image figure showing roughly an example of composition of a shipping cargo management system concerning an embodiment of the invention. It is an image figure which shows a mode that an external user is added hierarchically in the shipping cargo management system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a processing image figure at the time of storing photo data from a portable terminal to a management means in the marine freight management system concerning an embodiment of the invention.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that the same portions are denoted by the same reference numerals throughout the drawings.
FIG. 1 schematically shows an example of the configuration of a marine freight management system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the shipping cargo management system 10 includes a management unit 12, a storage unit 20, a mail server 22, a file server 24, a management terminal 26, and a portable terminal 30. The management means 12 includes a management server 14, a relay server 16, and a web server 18, and these are connected by a dedicated network PN 1, and the web server 18, the management server 14, and the relay server 16 are connected to each other. In the meantime, a firewall 32 is constructed.

  The management server 14 is connected to the management terminal 26 (three management terminals 26a, 26b, and 26c in the example of FIG. 1) via the dedicated network PN3, and the relay server 16 is connected via the dedicated network PN2. The storage means 20, the mail server 22, and the file server 24 are connected. The web server 18 is connected to the mobile terminal 30 (two mobile terminals 30a and 30b in the example of FIG. 1) and any external terminal 28 (FIG. 1) that can be connected to the general-purpose network GN via the general-purpose network GN. In this example, it is connected to two external terminals 28a and 28b). Here, the dedicated networks PN1, PN2, and PN3 are internal networks constructed by an in-house LAN or the like, and the general-purpose network GN is an external network such as the Internet.

  The storage means 20 stores business support data. The business support data includes the bill of lading data of the bill of lading issued for the shipping cargo, the container data of the container accommodating the shipping cargo, and the like. It is included. More specifically, the business support data includes, for example, a bill of lading number, a container number, the name of the ship carrying the marine freight, the date of arrival of the ship, the name of the user who ordered the shipment of the marine freight, etc. ing.

  The management server 14 acquires the above-described business support data from the storage unit 20 via the relay server 16, and generates and holds the cargo management data associated with the acquired business support data as, for example, a database. Here, the cargo management data is associated with the business support data and is added with various information necessary for managing the shipping status of the shipping cargo. Specifically, for example, in addition to the data included in the business support data, the freight management data includes photo data of shipping cargo linked to the bill of lading number, photo data of the container linked to the container number, and D / This includes the presence / absence of an O LESS instruction (instruction to deliver cargo without issuing a delivery instruction), the amount billed to the user who ordered the shipping of the shipping cargo, and the like.

  Furthermore, the management server 14 provides a server-side function in which each management terminal 26 is a client side. That is, in response to a request from each management terminal 26, data is transmitted to and received from each management terminal 26. In each of the management terminals 26 (26a, 26b, 26c), an application for inputting / outputting various information for managing the cargo management data to the management server 14 is introduced. For example, input, change, and deletion of data included in the cargo management data are executed on the cargo management data held by the management server 14 via the management terminal 26.

  The relay server 16 is installed at a position that relays between the dedicated network PN1 and the dedicated network PN2, and inputs / outputs each data from the management server 14 and the web server 18 to the storage means 20, the mail server 22, and the file server 24. Are integrated. The mail server 22 is for transmitting an electronic mail transmitted from the shipping cargo management system 10, for example, a notification mail transmitted to an external user, which will be described later, via the general-purpose network GN. The file server 24 is for storing arbitrary file data including data that can be imported as part of the cargo management data. For example, marine freight photo data, container photo data, arbitrary file data provided by an external user, and the like are stored in the file server 24.

  The web server 18 provides an input / output display for outputting a part of the cargo management data to the web browser of the external terminal 28 (28a, 28b) accessed via the general-purpose network GN. For example, a login display for logging in to the shipping cargo management system 10, a list display of bill of lading data, a list display of container data, and the like are provided. Further, the web server 18 relays the acquisition of cargo management data from the management server 14 and relays the storage of photo data to the management server 14 and the file server 24 in response to a request from the portable terminal 30. The portable terminal 30 (30a, 30b) includes a photo shooting function unit 50 that takes a photo, and a photo data storage function unit 52 that stores the taken photo in the management server 14 and the file server 24 as photo data. For example, an application for realizing each function including the above-described photo data storage function unit 52 is installed in the mobile terminal 30 in advance.

  The management unit 12 includes a plurality of functional units (five functional units 40, 42, in the example of FIG. 1) realized by the management server 14, the relay server 16, and the web server 18 functioning with each other. 44, 46, and 48 are shown). For example, the user data holding function unit 40 manages the management user data of the management user who manages the cargo management data using the management terminal 26 and the outside of the external user who uses the shipping cargo management system 10 via the general-purpose network GN. It holds user data including user data. The management user data includes, for example, the ID, password, and department of each management user. The external user data includes, for example, the ID, password, company name, mail address, etc. of each external user. In addition, the data output function unit 42 determines whether or not an external user who has accessed through the external terminal 28 can access based on the external user data described above. A part of the cargo management data requested from the external terminal 28 is output. On the other hand, the management data registration function unit 48 registers new data of the cargo management data based on the information input from the management terminal 26 instead of the business support data stored in the storage unit 22. For example, photographic data of a container in which information is not stored as business support data is registered as new data of cargo management data together with the container number of the container. At this time, the photograph data may be stored from the management terminal 26 or may be stored from the portable terminal 30 as will be described later. The external user addition function unit 44 and the output content restriction function unit 46 will be described in detail later.

  The management server 14, the relay server 16, the web server 18, the storage unit 20, the mail server 22, and the file server 24 each use an arbitrary computer that can be a server capable of executing the functions described above. Can do. Further, the management terminal 26 can use any computer capable of executing functions on the client side with the management server 14 as the server side, and the external terminal 28 can be connected to the general-purpose network GN as described above. Any computer can be used. In addition, as the mobile terminal 30, for example, a high-function mobile phone (smart phone) having a photography function can be used.

  Next, the external user addition function unit 44 and the output content restriction function unit 46 realized by the management unit 12 will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 2, the external user 36 a is a trader registered in the external user data of the shipping cargo management system 10, the external user 36 b is a trader who has requested the external user 36 a to perform a business related to shipping cargo, and the external user 36 c is an external user It is assumed that the contractor has requested the user 36b to perform a business related to the transportation of marine cargo.

  In response to an external user request, the external user addition function unit 44 adds new external user information to the external user data as a child user whose parent is the external user who made the request. That is, in the example of FIG. 2, the external user 36a requests that the external user 36b be registered as a new external user so as to be able to access the shipping cargo management system 10 via the external terminal 28a. The external user addition function unit 44 receives approval from the management user 34 via the management terminal 26, and adds the information of the external user 36b to the external user data as a child user whose parent user is the external user 36a. As a result, the external user 36b can access the shipping cargo management system 10. Further, the external user addition function unit 44, in response to a request from the external user 36b registered in the external user data as described above, converts the information of the external user 36c as a child user whose parent user is the external user 36b. Append to user data. As a result, information on the external users 36a, 36b, and 36c is registered in the external user data including the three-level parent-child relationship in which the external user 36a is the parent user, the external user 36b is the child user, and the external user 36c is the grandchild user. The As described above, the external user addition function unit 44 supports the addition of a new external user including the parent-child relationship as described above up to an arbitrary number of parent-child hierarchies set by the management user 34, for example.

  On the other hand, the output content restriction function unit 46 divides each of the plurality of external users into a plurality of hierarchies based on the parent-child relationship between the plurality of external users in the external user data. That is, in the example of FIG. 2, based on the parent-child relationship of the three external users 36a, 36b, and 36c registered in the external user data, for example, the external user 36a is the first hierarchy, and the external user 36b is the second The hierarchy and external user 36c are set to the third hierarchy. Then, the output content restriction function unit 46 uses the data output function unit 42 described above to output at least a part of the cargo management data to the external terminal 28 and the external user 36 who is accessing using the external terminal 28. Limit the output contents according to the hierarchy. That is, when outputting the cargo management data to the external user 36a set in the first hierarchy, only the contents permitted to be viewed by the parent user are output to the external terminal 28a of the external user 36a. . Similarly, for the external user 36b set in the second hierarchy, only the contents permitted to be viewed by the child user are output to the external terminal 28b of the external user 36b and set in the third hierarchy. For the external user 36c, only the contents permitted to be viewed by the grandchild user are output to the external terminal 28c of the external user 36c. In addition, the restriction | limiting of the browsing content with respect to the external user of each hierarchy is set by the external user who corresponds to the parent user of each external user, or the management user, for example.

Next, with reference to FIG. 3, processing in the case of storing photographic data from the portable terminal 30 in the shipping cargo management system 10 will be described.
First, the main menu M including the master download M1, the photo registration M2, the photo deletion M3, and the photo upload M4 is displayed on the portable terminal 30, for example, by the above-described application. The master download M1 is for acquiring the master data of the cargo management data from the management server 14. When the master download M <b> 1 is executed, the user ID and password of the operator of the mobile terminal 30 and the terminal ID of the mobile terminal 30 are transmitted from the mobile terminal 30 to the web server 18. After identifying the operator and the mobile terminal 30 based on the transmitted information, the web server 18 acquires master data of cargo management data from the database D1 of the management server 14. Here, the master data includes, for example, a bill of lading (BL) master including a bill of lading number, a container master including a container number, a department master of a company that owns the shipping cargo management system 10, and the like. . Then, the web server 18 transmits the master data acquired from the management server 14 to the mobile terminal 30. The portable terminal 30 stores the master data acquired from the web server 18 in the local database D2 constructed in the portable terminal 30.

Next, photo registration M2 and photo deletion M3 will be described. These explanations will be explained by taking an example of handling a photograph of shipping cargo.
The photo registration M2 is used to capture and store a photo in association with a bill of lading number, a container number, and the like. When the photo registration M2 is executed, the BL master and the container master are referred from the local database D2, and for example, a screen on which a bill of lading number and a container number for associating with the photo to be registered can be selected is displayed. Here, a photograph of the shipping cargo is taken by the photography function unit 50 of the portable terminal 30 in a state where the bill of lading issued for the shipping cargo to be photographed is selected. The photograph of the captured shipping cargo is converted into data and added to the photo storage folder F1 in the mobile terminal 30. At the same time, a storage path for the photo data linked to the bill of lading number is built in the mobile terminal 30. Stored in the local database D3.

  The photo deletion M3 is for deleting stored photo data. When the photo deletion M3 is executed, the BL master and the container master are referred from the local database D2, and for example, a screen for selecting a bill of lading number and a container number associated with the photo to be deleted is displayed. Here, the bill of lading number associated with the photo data of the shipping cargo to be deleted is selected, and if more than one photo data is linked to the same bill of lading number, the shipping cargo to be deleted is selected. Is selected. The photograph data of the selected shipping cargo is deleted from the photograph storage folder F1, and at the same time, the storage path of the photograph data associated with the bill of lading number is deleted from the local database D3.

On the other hand, the photo upload M 4 is for storing photo data in the management server 14 and the file server 24. When the photo upload M4 is executed, photo data is output from the photo storage folder F1 based on the photo storage path stored in the local database D3. The user ID and password of the operator of the portable terminal 30, the terminal ID of the portable terminal 30, the bill of lading number (BLNO) and container number (container NO) associated with the uploaded photo data, and the photo data file Is transmitted from the portable terminal 30 to the web server 18. The web server 18 identifies the operator and the portable terminal 30 based on the transmitted information, and then stores the photo data in association with the bill of lading number and the container number in the database D1 of the management server 14, Photo data is moved to the shared folder F2 of the file server 24 for storage.
In the above description, the case where photo data is stored in association with bill of lading data and container data that can be acquired as master data has been described. However, information that cannot be acquired as master data (not registered as cargo management data) It is also possible to register photo data corresponding to. In this case, when executing the photo registration M2, for example, manually inputting a container number or the like to be associated with the photograph data to be taken, or without inputting and selecting a container number or the like to be associated with the photograph data, Take a picture of the container. Then, when executing the photo upload M4, the photo data is stored in the database D1 of the management server 14 as incomplete data not associated with the master data. Thereafter, the incomplete data including the photo data stored from the portable terminal 30 may be input as missing information from the management terminal 26 and registered as new data of the cargo management data. Further, whether or not the photo data stored in the database D1 of the management server 14 is left as cargo management data is selected by the operation from the management terminal 26, and unnecessary photo data is deleted from the database D1. .

Subsequently, a part of functions realized by the marine freight management system 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention including the above-described functions and other functions will be briefly described. In addition, each function demonstrated below is an example of the function implement | achieved by the shipping cargo management system 10 which concerns on embodiment of this invention, and limits the shipping cargo management system 10 which concerns on embodiment of this invention is not.
(Functions provided to administrative users)
Bill of lading data management: Various information relating to the bill of lading is registered and managed as cargo management data in association with the bill of lading data of the business support data.
Container data management: Various types of information related to containers are registered and managed as cargo management data in association with container data of business support data.
Photo management of marine cargo and containers: The marine cargo photo data and container photo data are registered and managed as cargo management data in association with the bill of lading data and container data from the management terminal 26 or the like.

Photo registration from portable terminal: From the portable terminal 30, marine freight photo data and container photo data are registered as freight management data in association with bill of lading data and container data. For details, see the explanation using FIG. 3 described above.
D / O LESS acceptance registration: When a D / O LESS instruction is received from an external user, registration of receipt of a D / O LESS instruction for the target shipping cargo is registered as freight management data.
Message management: Registration of messages to external users, attachment of electronic documents and electronic data to messages, display of message history with external users, and the like.
Deposit data management: Registration, change, etc. of deposit data from external users.
External user management: Registration and modification of external user information, approval of registration of new external users requested by external users, setting of the number of users that can be registered as child users of external users, setting of disclosure range of cargo management data for external users Etc.

(Functions provided to external users)
Bill of lading data display: Various information related to the bill of lading included in the cargo management data is displayed (with limited disclosure scope).
Container data display: Displays various information about the container included in the cargo management data (with limited disclosure).
Photo display of shipping cargo and container: Display shipping cargo and container photos linked with bill of lading data and container data.
D / O LESS instruction registration: D / O LESS instruction for shipping cargo is registered.
Message management: Registration of a message for a child user or management user whose parent user is the parent user, attachment of an electronic document or electronic data to the message, display of a message history with the child user or management user, and the like.
Child user management: A registration request for a child user whose parent user is the external user, setting of a disclosure range of cargo management data for the child user, and the like are performed.

(Other features)
Regular acquisition of business support data: Acquisition of business support data from the storage means 20 to the management server 14 is performed by batch processing that is periodically started. At this time, depending on the situation, the business support data in the acquisition target range is completely acquired or only the updated part of the business support data in the acquisition target range is acquired.
User notification: An external user is notified by e-mail of the presence of a message addressed to the external user. In addition, the presence of a message addressed to the management user is notified to the management user by a pop-up display on the management terminal 26 or the like.

  Now, according to the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above, the following operational effects can be obtained. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the shipping freight management system 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a storage means 20 for accumulating business support data, a management means 12 for generating and managing freight management data, A management terminal 26 (26a, 26b, 26c) for inputting / outputting information relating to management of cargo management data to the management means 12 is included. These are connected to appropriate dedicated networks PN2 and PN3 constructed by an in-house LAN or the like, and perform data communication with each other via the dedicated networks PN2 and PN3 as necessary. The business support data stored by the storage means 20 includes bill of lading data including the bill of lading of the bill of lading issued for the shipping cargo and container data including the container number of the container accommodating the shipping cargo. include. Further, the cargo management data generated and managed by the management unit 12 is generated in association with the business support data acquired from the storage unit 20 by the management unit 12 via the dedicated network PN2. That is, the cargo management data is generated, for example, in association with the bill of lading data and the container data, and with an appropriate data form and additional information for managing the shipping status of the shipping cargo.

  The management means 12 has a user data holding function unit 40 that holds user data, and this user data includes management user data and external user data. Here, the management user data is data related to the management user 34 (see FIG. 2), which mainly performs the management operation of the above-described cargo management data by inputting / outputting information to / from the management means 12 from the management terminal 26. For example, the ID and password of the management user 34 are included. The external user data is data related to the external user 36 (see FIG. 2) that uses the system 10 via a general-purpose network GN such as the Internet, and includes, for example, the ID and password of the external user 36. . Furthermore, the management means 12 has a data output function unit 42 that determines whether or not the external terminal 28 (28a, 28b) can be accessed and outputs at least part of the cargo management data to the external terminal 28 that has permitted access. ing. That is, it is determined whether or not the external user 36 who operates the external terminal 28 can access the system 10 based on the external user data described above. If the external user 36 operating the external terminal 28 is an external user registered in the external user data, at least a part of the cargo management data requested via the external terminal 28 is Output to the terminal 28. The management means 12 has a management data registration function unit 48 for registering new data in the cargo management data. That is, in addition to the freight management data generated in association with the business support data, container information that is input from the management terminal 26 by the management user 34 and is not included in the business support data is used as new data of the freight management data. Register as Thereby, for example, even information related to containers for which information is not stored as business support data can be registered as cargo management data by being input from the management terminal 26. Can be expanded.

  Furthermore, in the shipping freight management system 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the freight management data managed by the management user 34 via the management terminal 26 and output to the external user 36 via the external terminal 28. 2 includes photo data of the shipping cargo linked to the bill of lading number and photo data of the container linked to the container number. In other words, via the present system 10, the management user 34 connects the photo data of the shipping cargo attached to the bill of lading data in association with the bill of lading number and the photo data of the container attached to the container data in association with the container number. And the external user 36. Therefore, even when the marine cargo photo data or container photo data is requested by the external user 36, it is not necessary to transmit it using e-mail or FAX. It can be done well. Also, the management data registration function unit 48 of the management means 12 registers the photo data of the container for which information is not stored as business support data as new data of the cargo management data together with the container number input from the management terminal 26. To do. As described above, it is possible to flexibly cope with registration of photo data associated with a container in which information is not stored as business support data.

  Further, in the marine freight management system 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the management means 12 has an external user addition function unit 44 for adding a new external user 36 including a parent-child relationship and a parent-child relationship of the external user 36. And an output content restriction function unit 46 for restricting the output content to the external terminal 28 based on the output content. Here, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, there is an ordering relationship between the traders 36 a, 36 b, 36 c involved in the transportation of the marine freight, and the contractor 36 a registered in the external user data of the system 10 is It is assumed that the orderer 36b has requested information on the shipping status of marine freight. In this case, the external user addition function unit 44 adds the orderer 36b as a new external user to the external user data in response to a request from the orderer 36a registered in the external user data. The orderer 36b is registered as a child user whose parent user is 36a. That is, in the external user data, the parent-child relationship between the external user 36a as the ordering contractor and the external user 36b as the ordering contractor is registered together with information on the ordering contractor 36b as a new external user. Furthermore, the external user addition function unit 44 corresponds to the addition of new external users including the parent-child relationship between external users up to the number of parent-child hierarchies that can be arbitrarily set for the system 10. That is, a multi-level parent-child relationship such as the addition of a new external user 36c having the child user 36b as a parent user as a grandchild user and the addition of a new external user having the grandchild user 36c as a parent user is described. It is possible to cope with addition of a new external user including any number of parent-child hierarchies.

  On the other hand, the output content restriction function unit 46 divides each of the plurality of external users 36 into a plurality of hierarchies based on the parent-child relationship between the plurality of external users 36 included in the external user data as described above. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, when a three-level parent-child relationship of a parent user, a child user, and a grandchild user is set between the external users 36a, 36b, and 36c, the external user 36a that is the parent user Are divided into a parent hierarchy, an external user 36b as a child user into a child hierarchy, and an external user 36c as a grandchild user into a grandchild hierarchy. Then, when outputting at least part of the cargo management data to the external terminal 28 permitted to access by the data output function unit 42 described above, the hierarchy of the external user 36 accessing using the external terminal 28, For example, the output contents are limited according to which hierarchy such as the parent hierarchy or the child hierarchy described above. That is, for example, when the child user 36b is accessing the system 10, only information that can be browsed by external users in the child hierarchy is output to the external terminal 28, and the grandchild user 36c is accessing the system 10. In this case, only information that can be browsed by an external user of the grandchild hierarchy is output to the external terminal 28.

  Therefore, the marine freight management system 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention can be directly or indirectly from the final consignee even when there is a request for disclosure of transport information from the final consignee of the marine freight. The transportation information can be disclosed while restricting the disclosure contents in response to a request from an ordering contractor who has received a business order and is registered in the external user data of the system 10. For this reason, it is possible to respond flexibly to the request for disclosure of transportation information from the external user 36, and it is possible to smoothly manage the transportation status of the shipping cargo.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the marine freight management system 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a photo shooting function unit 50 that takes a photo and a photo data storage function unit that stores the taken photo in the management means 12. And the mobile terminal 30 (30a, 30b). That is, the portable terminal 30 is associated with a bill of lading contained in a container at a remote location away from the management means 12 and the management terminal 26, such as a port where a ship carrying marine cargo arrives. It is used to take pictures of marine freight, pictures of containers, etc., and the taken pictures are stored as data (see M2 in FIG. 3). Then, the photographed photo data is managed from the above-mentioned remote location via the general-purpose network GN such as the Internet as shipping cargo photo data linked to the bill of lading number or container photo data linked to the container number. Store in the means 12 (see M4 in FIG. 3). Thereby, for example, a photograph of a shipping cargo or a container is taken by a digital camera in a port where the ship arrives, and the digital camera or a storage medium for the photo data is moved to a place where the management terminal 26 is located. Compared with the case where photo data is stored in the management means 12, the time can be remarkably shortened. For this reason, it is possible to store the photo data of the marine freight, containers, etc. in the management means 12 without taking time from the arrival of the marine freight, and it is possible to manage the transport status of the marine freight in real time.

  Furthermore, in the marine freight management system 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the management unit 12 is connected to the storage unit 20 and the management terminal 26 via the dedicated networks PN1, PN2, and PN3, and the dedicated network. The web server 18 is connected to the management server 14 via the PN1 and connected to the external terminal 28 and the portable terminal 30 via the general-purpose network GN. The management server 14 provides server-side functions with the management terminal 26 as a client side, and obtains business support data from the storage means 20 to generate and hold cargo management data. That is, in response to various requests input from the management terminal 26, cargo management data associated with the business support data is generated, updated, deleted, output, and the like. On the other hand, the web server 18 is a connection server between the dedicated network PN and the general-purpose network GN, and various input / output displays for outputting a part of the cargo management data to the web browser of the external terminal 28. I will provide a. Further, the web server 18 performs relay such as acquisition of master data from the management server 14 and storage of photo data in the management server 14 or the like in response to a request from the portable terminal 30 (see FIG. 3). By using the management server 14 and the web server 18 as described above, it is possible to more efficiently manage the shipping status of marine cargo.

  In addition, the marine freight management system 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention is connected to the dedicated network PN2 and is similar to the file server 24 for storing file data including marine freight photo data and container photo data. And a mail server 22 connected to the dedicated network PN2 for delivering electronic mail. That is, file data (photo data, a file provided by an external user, etc.) including data that can be imported as a part of the cargo management data is stored in the file server 24. Further, using the mail server 22, for example, a notification matter for the external user 36 is transmitted to the e-mail address of the external user 36 included in the external user data.

  The management unit 12 includes a relay server 16 installed between the management server 14 and the web server 18, the storage unit 20, the file server 24, and the mail server 22 in the dedicated network PN. That is, the management server 14 and the web server 18, the storage unit 20, the file server 24, and the mail server 22 are connected via the relay server 16. Then, the relay server 16 performs integrated input / output of data including business support data and file data from the management server 14 and the web server 18 to the storage unit 20, the file server 24, and the mail server 22. . Thereby, a request from the management user 34 via the management terminal 26 and the management server 14 to the storage unit 20, the file server 24 and the mail server 22, and a request from the external user 36 via the external terminal 28 and the web server 18. In addition, since it is possible to respond efficiently, it becomes possible to manage the shipping status of the marine cargo more smoothly.

On the other hand, the marine freight management method according to the embodiment of the present invention is executed by the marine freight management system 10 according to the above-described embodiment of the present invention, whereby the marine freight management system according to the embodiment of the present invention. Equivalent effects corresponding to 10 are exhibited.
The configuration of the shipping cargo management system 10 shown in FIG. 1 is an example, and the configuration of the shipping cargo management system 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention is not limited. For example, the quantity of each of the management terminal 26 (26a, 26b, 26c), the portable terminal 30 (30a, 30b), and the external terminal 28 (28a, 28b) accessing the system 10 is as shown in the example of FIG. It may be more or less. In addition, the storage unit 20 may be provided with a plurality of storage units 20, for example, for storing data separately according to the contents of the business support data. Furthermore, the management unit 12 is not limited to the configuration of the management server 14, the relay server 16, and the web server 18, and may be any configuration as long as the above-described functions of the management unit 12 can be realized.

10: Shipping freight management system, 12: Management means, 14: Management server, 16: Relay server, 18: Web server, 20: Storage means, 22: Mail server, 24: File server, 26 (26a, 26b, 26c) : Management terminal, 28 (28a, 28b, 28c): External terminal, 30 (30a, 30b): Portable terminal, 34: Management user, 36 (36a, 36b, 36c): External user, 40: User data holding function unit 42: Data output function unit 44: External user addition function unit 46: Output content restriction function unit 48: Management data registration function unit 50: Photo shooting function unit 52: Photo data storage function unit PN1, PN2 , PN3: Dedicated network, GN: General-purpose network

Claims (10)

A marine freight management system for managing the shipping status of marine freight,
A storage means for accumulating business support data including bill of lading data including a bill of lading of a bill of lading issued for maritime cargo, and container data including a container number of a container accommodating a maritime cargo;
Management means for performing data communication with the storage means via a dedicated network, acquiring the business support data from the storage means, generating and managing cargo management data in association with the business support data;
A management terminal for inputting / outputting information relating to management of the cargo management data to the management means via the dedicated network,
The management means has a user data holding function for holding user data including management user data of a management user using the management terminal and external user data of an external user using the shipping cargo management system via a general-purpose network. And at least a part of the cargo management data is output to the external terminal permitted to access, based on the external user data and the external user data. A data output function unit, and a management data registration function unit that registers, as new data of the freight management data, information on containers that are input from the management terminal and are not included in the business support data,
The marine freight management system, wherein the freight management data includes photo data of a marine freight associated with the bill of lading number and photo data of a container associated with the container number. In response to a request from the external user, the management means adds information on a new external user to the external user data as a child user whose parent is the external user who made the request, and includes this parent-child relationship. External user addition function unit that supports up to any number of parent and child hierarchies for adding new external users,
When each of the plurality of external users is divided into a plurality of hierarchies based on a parent-child relationship between the plurality of external users in the external user data, and at least a part of the cargo management data is output to the external terminal The marine freight management system according to claim 1, further comprising: an output content restriction function unit that restricts an output content according to the hierarchy of an external user who is accessing using the external terminal.   A mobile phone having a photo shooting function unit for taking a photo and a photo data storage function unit for storing the taken photo as photo data of the shipping cargo and photo data of the container in the management means via the general-purpose network The marine freight management system according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a terminal. The management means includes
The freight management unit is connected to the storage unit and the management terminal via the dedicated network, provides a server-side function with the management terminal as a client side, and obtains the business support data from the storage unit. A management server that generates and holds data;
Connected to the management server via the dedicated network and connected to the external terminal via the general-purpose network for outputting a part of the cargo management data to a web browser of the external terminal A marine freight management system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a web server that provides an input / output display. A file server connected to the dedicated network for storing file data including photo data of the shipping cargo and photo data of the container;
A mail server connected to the dedicated network for delivering electronic mail,
The management means includes
The storage unit and the file server from the management server and the web server are installed between the management server and the web server, the storage unit, the file server and the mail server in the dedicated network. 5. A marine freight management system according to claim 4, further comprising a relay server for performing integrated input / output of each data including said business support data and said file data with respect to said mail server. A marine freight management method for managing the shipping status of marine freight,
Using a shipping freight management system including a storage means, a management means and a management terminal, wherein the storage means, the management means and the management terminal are connected by a dedicated network;
Business support data including bill of lading data including the bill of lading of the bill of lading issued for the shipping cargo and container data including the container number of the container accommodating the shipping cargo is stored in the storage means. ,
The management means acquires the business support data from the storage means, generates cargo management data in association with the business support data, and manages the cargo management data from the management terminal to the management means. The cargo management data is managed by inputting and outputting information related to
The management means retains user data including management user data of a management user who uses the management terminal and external user data of an external user who uses the shipping cargo management system via a general-purpose network, and the external user Based on the data, it is determined whether or not the external terminal that has accessed through the general-purpose network is accessible, and at least a part of the cargo management data is output to the external terminal permitted to access, and the management terminal The container information that is not included in the business support data input from is registered as new data of the cargo management data,
A marine freight management method, wherein the freight management data includes marine freight photo data associated with the bill of lading number and container photo data associated with the container number.   In response to a request from the external user, the management unit adds new external user information to the external user data as a child user whose parent is the external user who made the request, and includes this parent-child relationship. In addition, it is possible to add new external users up to an arbitrary number of parent / child hierarchies, and further divide each of the plurality of external users into a plurality of hierarchies based on a parent-child relationship between the plurality of external users in the external user data. In addition, when outputting at least a part of the cargo management data to the external terminal, the output content is limited according to the hierarchy of the external user accessing using the external terminal. The marine freight management method according to Item 6. The shipping cargo management system includes a mobile terminal,
The portable terminal is used to take a picture of the shipping cargo and the container associated with the bill of lading contained in the container, and the taken pictures are used as the shipping cargo photo data and the container photo data via the general-purpose network. 8. The marine freight management method according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the shipping freight management method is stored in the management means. The management means is connected to the storage means and the management terminal via the dedicated network, and connected to the management server via the dedicated network and to the external terminal via the general network A connected web server,
The management server provides a server-side function with the management terminal as a client side, acquires the business support data from the storage means, generates and holds the cargo management data,
9. The input / output display for outputting a part of the cargo management data to the web browser of the external terminal is provided by the web server. Shipping cargo management method. The marine freight management system is connected to the dedicated network and is connected to the dedicated network and a file server for storing file data including photo data of the marine freight and photo data of the container, and delivers e-mail. And a mail server for
The management means includes a relay server installed between the management server and the web server, the storage means, the file server, and the mail server in the dedicated network,
The relay server integrates input / output of each data including the business support data and the file data from the management server and the web server to the storage unit, the file server, and the mail server. The marine freight management method according to claim 9.

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