JP2018203414A - Delivery planning device and delivery method - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a delivery planning device configured to shorten a period from production of products up to delivery.SOLUTION: A delivery plan of a product is made by processing freighter information 131 (an identifier for identifying a delivery origin of the product, and location information of the delivery origin), receiver information 132 (an identifier for identifying a delivery destination of the product, and location information of the delivery destination), delivery facility information 131 (an identifier for identifying the delivery facility as delivery means, and information about a parameter by which the delivery facility is possible to be controlled), and product management information 134 (an identifier for identifying the product, and product control information for designating parameters at a time of shipment of the product and at a time of delivery thereof). There are provided a delivery time operation part 121 for calculating the delivery time of a specified product from the freighter information and the receiver information when delivering the specified product from a specified delivery origin to a specified destination by a specified delivery facility, and a delivery facility control part 123 for calculating a control schedule with which the specified delivery facility controls the parameters from the product management information and the delivery time of the specified product.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a planning apparatus and a delivery method for moving an article.

  Since the 1980s, there has been a movement to outsource the entire logistics-related business in all types of business such as manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers. The business that contracts with the shipper company and undertakes logistics in a lump is called contract logistics. Logistics contractors who undertake contract logistics are making efforts to reduce costs, improve profits, and reduce the environmental burden by using their own and partner companies' logistics networks and carrying out efficient transport and delivery. In recent years, with the advancement of IoT (Internet of Things) technology, it has become an environment where data on the status of delivery can be collected. Examples of the collected data include temperature during transport, humidity, illuminance, vibration, speed of transport vehicles, and position information. Delivery management technology using these data has been developed.

  In Patent Document 1, “history and near-real-time detection” for the issue of “providing a supply chain management system that tracks and monitors products, staff, and assets in a supply chain accessible by one or more members via a network” Smart asset system that allows automatic control of product status by assets in the supply chain (display cases, merchandisers, transport units, warehouse storage units, etc.) Monitor the product state throughout the supply chain using the monitoring system 85 and control the product state by selectively changing the state in which the product is placed to optimize the quality of the product. Is possible. "

JP 2016-197420 A

  In the contract logistics business, cross-country trunk transportation is increasing with the globalization of the market. Due to the long distance at the land-bound crossing border, the delivery time is several days. Therefore, maintaining the quality of the product and shortening the period from production to delivery are problems.

  Patent Document 1 is a system that monitors products, staff, and assets so that the quality of the products is maintained, and does not mention shortening the period from production to delivery. In order to shorten the period from production to delivery, it is conceivable to use the period for delivery as a production process in addition to moving goods. For example, ripening period for fruits and vegetables, reaction time for bio-produced products (for example, cultured cells and fermented foods) produced by biological activities, thawing time for frozen storage products stored at 0 degrees or less, processing assembly If it is a product, it is processing and assembly time.

  The present invention has been made in view of these points, and an object thereof is to shorten the period from production to delivery.

  One aspect of the present invention is a delivery planning apparatus that includes an input device, an output device, a processing device, and a storage device, and that processes shipper information, delivery destination information, delivery facility information, and product management information to plan delivery of products. is there. The shipper information includes an identifier that identifies the delivery source of the product and location information of the delivery source. The delivery destination information includes an identifier for specifying the delivery destination of the product and location information of the delivery destination. The delivery facility information includes an identifier that identifies a delivery facility that is a delivery means for delivering a product from a delivery source to a delivery destination, and information regarding parameters that can be controlled by the delivery facility. The merchandise management information includes an identifier for identifying the merchandise, merchandise control information for designating parameters at the time of shipment of the merchandise and parameters at the time of delivery. A delivery planning device calculates a delivery time of a specific product from shipper information and destination information when a specific product is delivered from a specific delivery source to a specific delivery destination by a specific delivery facility. And a delivery facility control unit that calculates a control schedule for controlling parameters of the particular delivery facility from the product management information and delivery time of the particular product.

  Another aspect of the present invention uses an information processing apparatus including an input device, an output device, a processing device, and a storage device to process shipper information, delivery destination information, delivery facility information, and product management information, and deliver products. It is a delivery method for creating a plan. The shipper information includes an identifier that identifies the delivery source of the product and location information of the delivery source. The delivery destination information includes an identifier for specifying the delivery destination of the product and location information of the delivery destination. The delivery facility information includes an identifier that identifies a delivery facility that is a delivery means for delivering a product from a delivery source to a delivery destination, and information regarding parameters that can be controlled by the delivery facility. The merchandise management information includes an identifier for identifying the merchandise, merchandise control information for designating parameters at the time of shipment of the merchandise and parameters at the time of delivery. The information processing apparatus calculates a delivery time of a specific product from shipper information and destination information when a specific product is delivered from a specific delivery source to a specific delivery destination by a specific delivery facility. And a delivery schedule calculation process for calculating a delivery schedule including a departure time of a delivery source and an arrival time of the delivery destination when delivering a specific product from a specific delivery source to a specific delivery destination by a specific delivery facility; The control schedule calculation processing for calculating the control schedule for the specific delivery facility to control the parameters from the product management information and the delivery time of the specific product is performed.

  According to the present invention, the period from production to delivery of goods can be shortened.

It is a block diagram of the configuration of a delivery planning apparatus as an embodiment according to the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process of the delivery time calculating part and delivery equipment control part explaining the operation | movement of the delivery plan apparatus as one Embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is a table | surface figure which shows the shipper information explaining operation | movement of the delivery planning apparatus as one Embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is a table | surface figure which shows the destination information explaining the operation | movement of the delivery planning apparatus as one Embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is a table | surface figure which shows the delivery equipment information explaining operation | movement of the delivery plan apparatus as one Embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is a table | surface figure which shows the merchandise management information explaining operation | movement of the delivery plan apparatus as one Embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is a conceptual diagram explaining a delivery schedule and a control schedule by the delivery planning device as one embodiment according to the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process of the rescheduling part explaining operation | movement of the delivery plan apparatus as one Embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the hardware of the delivery plan apparatus as one Embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is a sequence diagram which shows an example of a process of the delivery system using the delivery plan apparatus as one Embodiment which concerns on this invention.

  An example of an embodiment described below has a storage unit and a communication unit, and when delivering a product at a delivery facility, a delivery time for calculating a delivery time from a distance from a shipping place to a destination and a route congestion state A delivery planning apparatus comprising: a computing unit; a delivery facility control unit that calculates a delivery facility control schedule and a delivery schedule from a delivery time, a state of a product at the time of shipment, and a state requested by a delivery destination.

  Hereinafter, a “delivery plan device” as an embodiment according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The delivery planning device can be configured by an information processing device (computer) such as a server, and includes an input device, an output device, a processing device, and a storage device. In this embodiment, functions such as calculation and control are realized in cooperation with other hardware by executing a program stored in a storage device by a processor. A program to be executed, its function, or means for realizing the function may be referred to as “function”, “means”, “unit”, “unit”, “module”, or the like. A storage device that stores a processor and a program may be collectively referred to as a processing unit. The above configuration may be configured by a single computer, or may be configured by another computer in which any part of the input device, the output device, the processing device, and the storage device is connected via a network.

  A delivery planning apparatus 100 as an example in the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. This apparatus communicates with a delivery destination 300, a delivery facility 400, or a shipper 500 through a display / input unit 110, a storage unit 130 for storing input / output information, a processing unit 120, an output unit 140, and a wired or wireless network 200. The unit 150 is configured.

  In the storage unit 130, shipper information 131 storing information about the shipper 500, destination information 132 storing information about the destination 300, delivery facility information 133 storing information about the control equipment 420 of the delivery facility 400 and the sensor 410, The product management information 134 stores the product management method. In FIG. 1, the display / input unit 110 that is included in the delivery planning apparatus 100 may be located away from the delivery planning apparatus 100 and connected to the delivery planning apparatus via the network 200 by the communication unit 150. In such a case, the display / input unit 110 corresponds to a terminal of a contract / logistics company using the delivery planning apparatus 100 or an operator of the delivery facility 410.

  The operation of the delivery planning apparatus 100 includes delivery time calculation, delivery facility control, and rescheduling. Hereinafter, operations of the delivery time calculation unit 121, the delivery facility control unit 122, and the rescheduling unit 123 that process these will be described.

<Delivery time calculation, delivery facility control>
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an operation flow of the delivery time calculation unit 121 and the delivery facility control unit 122. The delivery time calculation process performed by the delivery planning apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment operates when a processing command is received from the display / input unit 110.

  The delivery time calculation unit 121 of the delivery planning apparatus 100 reads information regarding the shipper (shipping source), delivery destination, delivery facility, product, delivery date, and other delivery conditions stored in the storage unit 130 (step S1001). An example of information to be read is shown in FIGS.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of the shipper information 131, in which an identifier for identifying the shipper and position information are stored.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of the delivery destination information 132, in which an identifier for specifying the delivery destination and position information are stored.

  FIG. 5 is an example of the delivery facility information 133. A delivery facility is a transportation means for delivering goods, for example, a car for transportation such as a truck, a ship such as a cargo ship, a drone or other transportation flight machine. The delivery facility information 133 stores an identifier for identifying the facility and a controllable parameter. For example, the delivery facility T1 is equipped with two control facilities, a refrigeration facility A01 and a cold insulation facility E01, and can control the temperature to -20 to -10 degrees and 10 to 25 degrees, respectively.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of the product management information 134, in which an identifier for specifying a product, a shipper, a delivery destination, a delivery facility, and a product control condition for delivery are stored. Of these pieces of information, the product control conditions are determined in advance in association with the product, and are separately prepared as a product database (not shown). What are the factory parameters? It may be considered that the parameter is synonymous with the parameter at the time of departure of the shipper (shipping source) of the product, and the parameter at the time of delivery is synonymous with the parameter at the time of arrival at the destination. The product, shipper, delivery destination, and delivery facility are determined based on a delivery plan that is generated based on order information that is prepared separately.

  The order information is information including a shipper (shipping source), a destination, a type and number of products to be delivered, a delivery date, and other conditions. In addition, inventory information indicating where and how much of each type of product is available, and delivery facility management information indicating the location and operating status of the delivery facility are also available. Based on this information, it is possible to create a delivery plan for which goods are transported from where to where using which delivery equipment. Since there are various known techniques for creating a delivery plan, in the present embodiment, merchandise management information is generated using them, and a detailed description of the delivery plan is omitted. In this embodiment, a delivery facility used for delivery of a certain product is selected that satisfies the product control condition (FIG. 6) of the product. This selection can be made with reference to the product database and the delivery facility information 133.

  Although FIGS. 5 and 6 have been described using the example of controlling the temperature parameter, various parameters that can be collected and controlled by the various sensors from the transport facility can be controlled. In addition to the temperature, there are, for example, humidity inside and outside the cargo compartment, light illuminance, speed of the transport vehicle, acceleration, vibration, gas concentration such as oxygen concentration and carbon dioxide concentration. In particular, if the product is a fruit and vegetable product, the sugar content and the odor level are indicated. These parameters can be collected by various sensors 410 installed in the transport facility 400, for example. The parameter to be controlled may be a combination of a plurality of types of parameters.

  In step S1002, a delivery route is searched from the location information of the shipper in the shipper information 131 and the location information of the delivery destination in the delivery destination information 132, and the delivery time is calculated. The method for calculating the delivery time is a well-known technique together with the method for creating the delivery plan, and therefore the description thereof is omitted. For example, a method of estimating a delivery time using past data of congestion / delivery results and selecting a route with a short delivery time can be considered. Information not shown in the figure, such as traffic jam, that is referred to for calculating the delivery time may be stored in the storage unit 130 or may be stored in the memory via the communication unit 150 each time this step processing is performed. Good.

  In step S1003, parameters for controlling the state of the product at the time of shipment and delivery are acquired from the product management information 134. In the case of PROD1 illustrated in FIG. 6, “temperature” is specified as a parameter to be controlled, and the control condition is −18 degrees or less at the time of shipment from the shipper and 10 degrees to 25 degrees at the time of delivery to the delivery destination. . At this time, information (for example, temperature) of the parameter to be controlled may be acquired from the sensor 410 of the delivery facility 400 via the network 200.

  In step S1004, a delivery schedule for the merchandise is determined, and a control schedule within the delivery time is calculated so that the delivery state becomes a designated control condition based on the delivery schedule. The delivery schedule in this embodiment refers to the shipment date / time of goods, the delivery date / time, and the delivery route of a delivery facility. Since these calculation methods can be realized by a known scheduling technique as a part of the delivery plan, the description thereof is omitted. Further, the control schedule in the present embodiment refers to a control schedule for parameters within the delivery time.

  Next, control schedule calculation processing will be described using PROD1 illustrated in FIG. Referring to the control conditions of PROD1 in the merchandise management information 134, it is in a state of -18 degrees or less at the time of shipment from the shipper and 10 degrees to 25 degrees at the time of delivery to the delivery destination. Next, when the delivery facility T1 in the delivery facility information 133 in FIG. 5 is used for delivery, the temperature in the control facility of the delivery facility T1 is referred to, and the temperature specified in FIG. 6 is the temperature of which control facility in FIG. And is determined as refrigeration equipment A01 at the time of shipment and refrigeration equipment E01 at the time of delivery.

  In this embodiment, since the temperature at the time of shipment from the shipper and the time of delivery to the delivery destination is different, the temperature is controlled during the delivery time to be -18 degrees or less (in this example, set to -18 degrees in the shipper 500). It is determined that the temperature needs to be changed from 10 degrees to 25 degrees (in this example, the target temperature is 20 degrees), and the temperature control schedule within the delivery time calculated in step S1002 is calculated. Specifically, the temperature change time is calculated based on the heat transfer coefficient, and the temperature is switched to the date and time when the time is subtracted from the delivery date and time. Additional information necessary for calculating the temperature change time, for example, heat flux, shall utilize past control results and state results collected from the delivery facility. Various statistical known techniques can be applied to the utilization method. For example, an average value, a representative value, or a statistical estimation value is used, and at least for each product to be delivered or for each arrival time zone for each product.

  If the temperature change time from -18 degrees to the target temperature of 20 degrees is calculated as 1 hour, a control schedule is determined so that PROD1 is moved from the freezing A01 to the cold storage E01 one hour before the delivery date. According to such a schedule, the product temperature can be set to the specified temperature at the time of delivery while maintaining the temperature at the time of shipment as much as possible, and the time for temperature change is absorbed in the delivery time, so the time There is no loss.

  In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the time required for the control for setting the designated parameter at the time of delivery is shorter than the delivery time. Change the time parameter and change the control method. In the modified example, in order to speed up the thawing time, put the product in a container with high thermal conductivity, etc.

  The delivery schedule and control schedule calculated in this process are held in the memory of the delivery planning apparatus 100. Alternatively, the data is output to the storage unit 130 and transmitted to the delivery facility 400 via the communication unit 150 to the delivery destination 300 and the shipper 500 as necessary.

  FIG. 7 shows a conceptual diagram of the delivery schedule and control schedule generated by the processing unit 120. A similar display can be displayed on the display / input unit 110 of the delivery planning apparatus 100 to notify the operator of the delivery planning apparatus of the control schedule. Further, a similar display can be notified to a display device of the delivery facility 410 and a terminal (not shown) of a worker of the delivery facility 410 to notify the worker of the schedule.

  In the example of FIG. 7, the product PROD1 is shipped at 10:00 on June 1 and is stored in the refrigeration facility A01 at a set temperature of -18 ° C. and stored at the cold storage facility E01 at 10:00 on June 4. It is moved and stored at a set temperature of 20 degrees, and delivered at 16:00 on June 4. For this reason, the operator of the delivery facility 410 is instructed to change the merchandise at 10:00 on June 4 using a schedule display as shown in FIG. Alternatively, if the equipment can be automatically transferred from the refrigeration equipment A01 to the refrigeration equipment E01, the equipment is instructed to automatically change the equipment. As a result, the temperature of the product rises with time in the cold insulation equipment E01, and can be set within a range of 10 to 25 degrees which is a specified temperature at the time of delivery.

<Reschedule>
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an operation flow of the rescheduling unit 123. The rescheduling unit 123 implemented by the delivery planning apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment starts when a processing command is received from the display / input unit 110.

  In step S2001, a rescheduling factor is specified. In the present embodiment, an example in which absence information is input from the delivery destination C1 of PROD1 via the communication unit 150 in FIG. 6 will be described. Such an input may be based on a contact from a delivery destination customer, or may be a form in which the delivery destination sensor 310 detects the absence of the customer and automatically notifies the delivery planning apparatus. Good.

Rescheduling triggers are events related to delivery equipment such as delivery equipment failures or accidents, events related to goods such as product theft, damage, and deterioration, and events obtained from information from control equipment such as abnormal temperature and humidity. May be. In addition to the above-mentioned postponement of the delivery time, it may be an external factor such as a delay in the shipping time or a delivery delay due to a traffic jam or the like. If it is in the absence time zone, the delivery date and time is adjusted to around the absence time zone, and the delivery schedule and control schedule of the delivery facility T1 are recalculated in step S2003.

  The recalculation method may be the same as step S1004 in FIG. 2 except that a constraint condition according to the rescheduling factor is added. Usually, it is easier to control the parameters of the delivery facility by shifting the delivery date and time after the absence time and rescheduling according to the delivery time.

<Hardware configuration>
FIG. 9 shows a hardware configuration example of the delivery planning apparatus 100 in the present embodiment. In the present embodiment, the delivery planning device 100 is an information processing device such as a personal computer, a workstation, or a server device. It may be an information terminal.

  That is, the delivery planning device 100 includes an input device 201, an output device 202, an external storage device 203, a computing device 204, a main storage device 205, a communication device 206, and a bus 207 that connects the devices to each other. It is the structure which has.

  The input device 201 is a device that receives input from, for example, a keyboard, mouse, touch pen, or other pointing device. The output device 202 is a device that performs display, such as a display. The external storage device 203 is a nonvolatile storage device such as a hard disk device or a flash memory. The arithmetic device 204 is an arithmetic device such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit).

  The main storage device 205 is a memory device such as a RAM (Random Access Memory). The communication device 206 is a wireless communication device that performs wireless communication via an antenna, or a wired communication device that performs wired communication via a network cable. The storage unit of the delivery planning device 100 is realized by the main storage device 205 or the external storage device 203 of the delivery planning device 100.

  The input unit, processing unit, and output unit of the delivery planning apparatus 100 are realized by a program that causes the arithmetic unit 204 of the delivery planning apparatus 100 to perform processing.

  This program is stored in the main storage device 205 or the external storage device 203, loaded onto the main storage device 205 for execution, and executed by the arithmetic device 204. Further, the delivery planning apparatus 100 may include a communication device 206 as necessary, and may transmit and receive information via the communication device 206.

<Example of processing sequence>
The specific processing sequence of the delivery method by the delivery system using the delivery planning device 100 of the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In the following description, the delivery schedule and control schedule shown in FIG. 7 will be described as an example.

  In processing S101 and processing S102, the delivery planning apparatus 100 notifies the delivery facility 400 of the delivery schedule and control schedule generated by the processing shown in FIG.

  The delivery facility 400 includes a small computer having a communication function. When the delivery schedule and the control schedule are received via the network 200, necessary instructions are transmitted to the delivery facility control facility 420 and workers according to the schedule. Or display.

  For example, in the process S103, the temperature of the refrigeration equipment A01 is set to −18 degrees according to the control schedule (FIG. 7).

  Further, the delivery facility includes a sensor 410, and information from the sensor is reflected in the control of the control facility 420 or transmitted to the delivery planning apparatus 100 as necessary. For example, in the processes S104 and S110, the delivery facility 400 (or the delivery planning apparatus 100) periodically instructs the sensor 410 to refer to the outside temperature, and acquires the outside temperature from the sensor 410 in the processes S105 and S111. The sensor information may be transmitted to the delivery planning apparatus 100. Information acquired by a sensor can also be used to create and execute a control schedule. In addition to the sensor information, parameter control information by the delivery facility may be transmitted.

  For example, past sensor information (status record) and information (control record) from the delivery facility control device are accumulated and can be used when calculating the above-described delivery schedule and delivery time. For example, when the sensor data is the outside air temperature and the control parameter is the temperature, the control based on the delivery schedule is corrected using the past outside air temperature data.

  In the example of FIG. 10, since the outside air temperature is 20 degrees and the target temperature at the time of delivery of the product PROD1 is 20 degrees, in step S106, the cold insulation equipment E01 is controlled at 20 degrees (room temperature) according to the original control schedule. In this case, since the room temperature is the target temperature, it is not necessary to operate the cold insulation equipment E01. If the outside air temperature by the sensor is 35 degrees, the cold insulation equipment E01 is controlled to cool to 20 degrees.

  In the processing S107, it is assumed that the absence notification is notified from the delivery destination 300 to the delivery planning apparatus 100. In this case, it is assumed that the sensor 310 of the delivery destination 300 automatically transmits the absence of the delivery destination via the network 200, but other notification methods may be used.

  Upon receiving the absence notification, the delivery planning apparatus 100 reschedules the process described with reference to FIG. 8, and notifies the delivery facility 400 in steps S108 and S109. In the case of this example, the factor specified in step S2002 of FIG. 8 is the absence of the delivery destination. Based on the factor, in step S2003, the delivery schedule is changed so that the delivery time avoids the absence time, and the control schedule is changed accordingly. Since the absence time is 13: 00-18: 00 on June 4, 16:00 on June 4, which is the initial delivery time of the delivery schedule, is changed to 19:00 on June 4.

  In the delivery planning apparatus 100, since the delivery time has been postponed by 3 hours, for example, the delivery schedule is rescheduled to a control schedule including control for maintaining the temperature of the product assumed from the current control schedule for 3 hours. That is, if the current assumed temperature is 15 degrees, the set temperature of the cold insulation equipment E01 is changed to 15 degrees, maintained for 3 hours, and returned to 20 degrees after 3 hours (process S112). Due to this rescheduling, the temperature of the product reaches 20 degrees at 19:00 on June 4 when the delivery time is changed.

  In the first embodiment, as illustrated in FIG. 1, the delivery planning apparatus 100 includes a delivery time calculation unit 121, a delivery facility control unit 122, and a rescheduling unit 123, and transmits the results of each processing to the delivery facility 400. did. However, all or part of the functions of the delivery planning apparatus 100 can be executed by the delivery facility 410.

  For example, the delivery time calculation unit 121, the delivery facility control unit 122, and the rescheduling unit 123 are realized by a small computer installed in the delivery facility 400, and information necessary for processing is acquired from the storage unit 130 via the network 200. It may be.

  In the above embodiment, an example in which a frozen storage product stored at 0 degrees or less is delivered in a thawed state, and a parameter indicating temperature is used as a controlled parameter. However, various parameters that can be detected by sensors such as temperature, humidity, illuminance, speed, acceleration, vibration, and gas concentration can be used as parameters, and can be selected according to the characteristics of the product.

  For example, when the product is a fruit or a fruit, a parameter indicating the growth or ripening state can be used as the parameter. Specifically, the sugar content, the odor content, or the gas concentration in the container is used as a parameter.

  In addition, when the product is a bioproduct produced by the action of a living thing, the change state of the product and the reaction time can be used as parameters. For example, in the case of cultured cells, it is the reaction time.

  In addition, when the product is a processed assembly and assembly or processing is performed in the delivery facility, a parameter indicating work progress such as the processing or the degree of assembly is used.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to above-described embodiment, Various modifications are included. For example, the above-described embodiment has been described in detail for easy understanding of the present invention, and is not necessarily limited to one having all the configurations described. Further, a part of the configuration of an embodiment can be replaced with the configuration of another embodiment, and the configuration of another embodiment can be added to the configuration of an embodiment. Moreover, it is possible to add / delete / replace other configurations for a part of the configurations of the embodiments.

  Each of the above-described configurations, functions, processing units, processing means, and the like may be realized by hardware by designing a part or all of them with, for example, an integrated circuit. Each of the above-described configurations, functions, and the like may be realized by software by interpreting and executing a program that realizes each function by the processor. Information such as programs, tables, and files for realizing each function can be stored in a recording device such as a memory, a hard disk, an SSD (Solid State Drive), or a recording medium such as an IC card, an SD card, or a DVD.

  Further, the control lines and information lines indicate what is considered necessary for the explanation, and not all the control lines and information lines are necessarily shown. Actually, it may be considered that almost all the components are connected to each other.

  Further, the technical elements of the above-described embodiments may be applied singly or may be applied in a plurality of parts such as program parts and hardware parts.

  100: Delivery planning device, 200: Network, 300: Delivery destination, 400: Delivery facility, 500: Shipper

Claims (13)

A delivery planning device that includes an input device, an output device, a processing device, and a storage device, processes shipper information, delivery destination information, delivery facility information, and product management information, and performs product delivery planning,
The shipper information includes an identifier that identifies a delivery source of the product, and location information of the delivery source,
The delivery destination information includes an identifier for specifying a delivery destination of the product, and location information of the delivery destination,
The delivery facility information includes an identifier that identifies a delivery facility that is a delivery means for delivering the product from the delivery source to the delivery destination, and information on parameters that the delivery facility can control,
The product management information includes an identifier that identifies the product, product control information that specifies a parameter at the time of shipment of the product and a parameter at the time of delivery,
A delivery time for calculating a delivery time of the specific product from the shipper information and the delivery destination information when the specific product is delivered from the specific delivery source to the specific delivery destination by the specific delivery facility. An arithmetic unit;
A delivery facility control unit that calculates a control schedule for the specific delivery facility to control the parameters from the product management information and the delivery time of the specific product;
A delivery planning apparatus comprising: The delivery facility control unit calculates a departure time of the delivery source and an arrival time of the delivery destination when delivering the specific product by the specific delivery facility from the specific delivery source to the specific delivery destination. Calculate delivery schedule including:
The delivery planning apparatus according to claim 1. The output device outputs information to be displayed as an image by combining the time axis of the control schedule and the delivery schedule.
The delivery planning apparatus according to claim 2. A rescheduling unit that recalculates the control schedule and the delivery schedule when an instruction to change the arrival time of the delivery destination is input;
The delivery planning apparatus according to claim 2. The parameter is at least one selected from temperature, humidity, illuminance, speed, acceleration, vibration, gas concentration,
The delivery planning apparatus according to claim 1. If the product is fruit and vegetables,
Using a parameter indicating the growth or aging state as the parameter,
The delivery planning apparatus according to claim 1. When the product is a frozen storage product used after thawing,
A parameter indicating temperature is used as the parameter.
The delivery planning apparatus according to claim 1. When the product is a bioproduct,
A parameter indicating the change state of the product is used as the parameter.
The delivery planning apparatus according to claim 1. If the product is a processed or assembled item,
The product is mounted on the delivery facility in a state before processing or assembly before shipping, and a parameter indicating the degree of processing or assembly of the product is used as the parameter.
The delivery planning apparatus according to claim 1. The delivery facility control unit uses data collected from sensors installed in the delivery facility for calculation of the control schedule,
The delivery planning apparatus according to claim 1. A delivery method for creating a product delivery plan by processing an information processing device including an input device, an output device, a processing device, and a storage device, and processing shipper information, delivery destination information, delivery facility information, and product management information. ,
The shipper information includes an identifier that identifies a delivery source of the product, and location information of the delivery source,
The delivery destination information includes an identifier for specifying a delivery destination of the product, and location information of the delivery destination,
The delivery facility information includes an identifier that identifies a delivery facility that is a delivery means for delivering the product from the delivery source to the delivery destination, and information on parameters that the delivery facility can control,
The product management information includes an identifier that identifies the product, product control information that specifies a parameter at the time of shipment of the product and a parameter at the time of delivery,
A delivery time for calculating a delivery time of the specific product from the shipper information and the delivery destination information when the specific product is delivered from the specific delivery source to the specific delivery destination by the specific delivery facility. Arithmetic processing,
Delivery for calculating a delivery schedule including a departure time of the delivery source and an arrival time of the delivery destination when delivering the particular product to the particular delivery destination from the particular delivery source by the particular delivery facility Schedule calculation processing,
From the product management information and the delivery time of the specific product, a control schedule calculation process for calculating a control schedule for the specific delivery facility to control the parameters;
The delivery method characterized by performing. The information processing apparatus and the delivery facility can communicate via a network,
The information processing apparatus transmits the delivery schedule and the control schedule to the delivery facility via the network,
The delivery facility executes at least one of display based on the delivery schedule and the control schedule and control of the parameter based on the control schedule;
The delivery method according to claim 11. When an instruction to change the arrival time of the delivery destination is input, a reschedule process for recalculating the control schedule and the delivery schedule is performed,
The result of the rescheduling process is transmitted to the delivery facility via the network.
The delivery method according to claim 12.

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