JP2019215643A - Transportation service management device and transportation service management method - Google Patents

Abstract

To improve efficiency of transportation service and to allow coping with subsequent condition changes flexibly regarding transportation.SOLUTION: A transportation service management device manages service to transport a transportation object using a common apparatus provided in each of a plurality of facilities while going round the facilities. The transportation service management device creates operation plan information showing an operation schedule of the common apparatus at each of the facilities at least on the basis of acceptance schedule information showing a transportation object acceptance schedule at each of the facilities and common apparatus restriction information showing restriction conditions of capacity of the common apparatus provided in each of the facilities; determines whether the common apparatus at each of the facilities can be used for each transportation plan information on the basis of the transportation plan information including a round schedule at each of the facilities created for each transportation company to be managed, the operation plan information for each of the facilities, and the common apparatus restriction information; and creates usage plan information showing a usage schedule of the common apparatus at each of the facilities by the transportation plan information determined to be usable.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a transportation operation management device and a transportation operation management method.

  Delivery of goods to commercial facilities such as shopping malls and department stores is performed by delivery vehicles such as trucks and route vans that go around a plurality of commercial facilities. In the operation plan of the delivery vehicle, an efficient delivery route is set in advance in consideration of traffic conditions and the like so that the waiting time such as the waiting time at the delivery destination is minimized.

  However, when multiple delivery vehicles compete for shared facilities such as a commercial elevator, delivery vehicle parking space, and unloading berths at the delivery destination, unexpected wait time occurs at the delivery destination and delays in the delivery plan. May occur. Also, when unexpected traffic congestion occurs in a preset delivery route, the schedule for visiting the delivery destination is disturbed, and a standby time that should not occur at the delivery destination may occur. In recent years, it has been difficult to secure the required number of drivers of delivery vehicles, and there is an increasing demand for operating the delivery vehicles according to a predetermined delivery plan.

  Under such a background, for example, in Patent Literature 1, a proposal has been made for the purpose of reducing or eliminating the waiting-for-get-off at the return point for vehicles that return after visiting a plurality of visit points. Patent Literature 1 states, "The dispatching planning means compares the dispatching plans of the respective vehicles prepared and, when it is determined that the waiting for the vehicle will occur at the return point, the vehicle dispatching schedule is reduced or eliminated. It has a correction unit that corrects the plan. " Further, the `` judgment unit compares the getting-off time zone of each vehicle calculated by the getting-off time zone calculating unit, and compares the getting-off required space of the vehicle having the same getting-off time zone with the getting-off space at the time of return. It is determined whether or not the vehicle has to wait for a drop-off at the point of return. "

JP 2006-350842 A

  As described above, Patent Literature 1 focuses on waiting for a drop-off at a return point. However, in general delivery work, since a plurality of delivery destinations are stopped, unexpected competition may occur at one of the delivery destinations when the contention of the supplementary facilities occurs. Examples of such ancillary equipment include a commercial elevator used for delivery, a parking space for unloading and a berth. In order to reduce the waiting time at the delivery destination of the delivery vehicle as much as possible, consider the number of commercial elevators installed, loading capacity, operation status, unloading parking space, berth occupancy, etc. It is necessary to set the patrol time of the delivery vehicle to the delivery destination.

  On the other hand, as described above, even if the visit time of the delivery vehicle is set in advance so that competition at the delivery destination does not occur, if there is a delivery vehicle that can not be visited as predetermined due to traffic conditions during delivery, etc., Unexpected competition occurs at one of the destinations, causing a waiting time. In order to avoid such a situation, when the operation status of the delivery vehicle fluctuates or is predicted to fluctuate, the delivery route is determined based on the utilization plan of the shared facilities at the destination. Actions such as changing are required.

  Patent Literature 1 does not disclose the viewpoint of competition of shared facilities at the delivery destination and the viewpoint of coping with the change in the operation status of the delivery vehicle, and thus solves the problem of reducing standby time at the delivery destination. It is considered impossible to do so.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a transportation operation management apparatus and a transportation operation management method capable of improving the efficiency of transportation operations and flexibly responding to subsequent changes in conditions relating to transportation.

  The present invention has been made based on the above and other problems, and one aspect of the present invention is to transport an object to be transported using a common facility provided in each of the facilities while traveling around a plurality of facilities. Transport management device for managing the business of transporting, the reception schedule information that is information indicating the schedule of receiving the transported object in each of the facilities, and the limitation due to the capacity of the shared facilities provided in each of the facilities An operation plan drafting unit that creates operation plan information that is information indicating an operation schedule of the shared facility of each facility based on at least the shared facility restriction information that is information indicating conditions, and transports while patroling each facility. Based on the transport plan information, which is information including a tour schedule of each of the facilities created for each carrier that transports the object, the operation plan information for each of the facilities, and the shared facility restriction information. Determining whether or not the shared facilities of each of the facilities are available for each of the transport plan information, and determining the shared facilities at each of the facilities based on the transport plan information determined to be available. The transportation operation management device includes a utilization plan drafting unit that creates utilization plan information that is information on a utilization schedule of the transportation business.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a transportation operation management apparatus and a transportation operation management method capable of improving the efficiency of transportation operations and flexibly responding to subsequent changes in conditions relating to transportation.
In addition, problems, configurations, and effects other than those described above will be clarified by the following description of the embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks of a delivery planning device and a delivery planning system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a sequence for creating an operation plan and a usage plan of the shared facility at the delivery destination. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a delivery plan adjustment sequence executed in consideration of the operation status of the shared facility at the delivery destination. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the delivery schedule information. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the delivery plan information. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the operation plan information of the common facility. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the usage plan information of the common facility. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of facility movement time information. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the shared facility restriction information. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the operation status information. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data processing flow of the operation planning unit. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data processing flow of the usage planning unit. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data processing flow for route adjustment in the delivery plan adjustment unit. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the delivery plan information of the delivery company. FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the delivery plan information of the delivery company. FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of delivery plan information of a delivery company. FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen for confirming the change of the delivery plan route. FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data processing flow of the usage plan adjustment unit. FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the corrected usage plan information. FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the corrected operation status information. FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data processing flow of the utilization planning unit of the shared facility in the second embodiment. FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the delivery plan information according to the second embodiment. FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of facility travel time information according to the second embodiment. FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the shared facility restriction information according to the second embodiment. FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the usage plan information according to the second embodiment. FIG. 26 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of operation status information according to the second embodiment.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings according to the embodiments.

<Example 1>
First, an embodiment of a transportation service management apparatus and a transportation service management system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, the transportation operation management device and the transportation operation management system are realized as a delivery planning device and a delivery planning device, respectively. FIG. 1 shows an example of functional blocks of the delivery planning system 1.

<Overall configuration of delivery planning system 1>
The delivery planning system 1 according to the present embodiment includes a delivery planning device 100, a delivery company terminal 200, a store clerk terminal 300, a facility manager terminal 400, and a management database 500. The delivery planning device 100, the delivery company terminal 200, the store clerk terminal 300, the facility manager terminal 400, and the management database 500 are communicably connected to each other by a communication network 600.

  The delivery plan drafting apparatus 100 is a computer having a communication function and having a main function of the delivery plan drafting system 1 of the present embodiment. The detailed configuration and operation will be described later using a configuration example of a data table and a data processing flow example.

  Each of the delivery company terminal 200, the store clerk terminal 300, and the facility manager terminal 400 is an information processing device such as a computer having a communication function, for example, a personal computer (PC), like the delivery planning device 100.

  The delivery company terminal 100 is a terminal device installed in a management center or the like of a delivery company that intends to use the delivery planning system 1 in the present embodiment. The delivery company terminal 200 inputs the delivery plan information of the delivery company, target date information that is information on the date when each delivery plan is implemented, and plan target time zone information that is information about the time zone when each delivery plan is implemented. And has the function of outputting to the delivery planning device 100 as delivery plan information on a certain date and time. This function can be executed by a computer program installed in the delivery company terminal 200. Note that the algorithm for automatically creating a specific delivery route for the delivery plan information is not limited. For example, a known routing algorithm employed in a car navigation system or the like can be used.

The store clerk terminal 300 is a terminal device installed in a store that is opening a delivery destination where the delivery planning system 1 is to be used in the present embodiment. The store clerk terminal 300 has a function of receiving delivery schedule information input by the store clerk and transferring the information to the delivery planning device 100. This function can be executed by a computer program installed in the store clerk terminal 300.

  The facility manager terminal 400 is a terminal device installed in a facility management center or the like where the delivery planning system 1 is to be used in the present embodiment. As such a facility, a commercial facility such as a department store or a shopping mall is typical. The facility manager terminal 400 instructs the delivery plan drafting apparatus 100 to draft an operation plan for the shared facilities provided in the facility, a distribution plan for each delivery company, and a plan for using the shared facilities based on the operation plan. Has functions. This function can be executed by a computer program installed in the facility manager terminal 400.

  The delivery company terminal 200, the store clerk terminal 300, and the facility manager terminal 400 display various information output by the delivery planning device 100 to the delivery company, the store clerk, and the facility manager in addition to the above. The terminal also has a function, and this function can be executed by a computer program mounted on each terminal and an appropriate output device. The various types of information may be output to a portable terminal owned by a delivery company, a store clerk, or a facility manager.

  The management database 500 is a database that stores various data generated and used in a core system such as a company such as an enterprise resource planning (ERP), an administrative agency, or the like, or data equivalent thereto, and is used as a storage system. Be composed. The data stored in the management database 500 in this embodiment will be described later. It is assumed that the management database 500 also includes data in which traffic information such as traffic congestion status is stored in real time.

  As described above, the communication network 600 connects the delivery company terminal 200, the store clerk terminal 300, the facility manager terminal 400, the management database 500, and the delivery plan planning device 100 to be able to communicate with each other. The communication network 600 is a communication network such as a LAN (Local Area Network) that is managed by an organization that is a user of the delivery planning system 1. However, the communication network is not limited thereto, and the communication network 600 may be a public communication network such as the Internet, or a communication network partially using a general public line such as a WAN (Wide Area Network) or a VAN (Virtual Private Network). .

<Configuration Example of Delivery Planning Device 100>
Next, a configuration example of the delivery planning device 100 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The delivery planning device 100 is an information processing device having a communication function through the communication network 600 as described above, and is specifically configured as a PC or a server computer. The delivery plan drafting apparatus 100 creates an efficient use plan for a shared facility, which is a facility shared by the delivery companies at the delivery destination facility, based on the delivery plan information received from each delivery company. It has a function to adjust and update the delivery plan according to the actual delivery situation.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the delivery planning device 100 includes a calculation unit 110, a main storage device 120, an auxiliary storage device 130, an input / output device 140, and a communication control device 150. The operation unit 110 is an operation device such as a CPU and an MPU. The main storage device 120 is a storage device such as a RAM and a ROM used by the arithmetic unit 110, and includes an operation planning unit 121, a usage planning unit 122, a delivery planning adjustment unit 123 (transportation planning adjustment unit), and a usage planning adjustment unit. 124 is stored. These units are computer programs executed by the arithmetic unit 120.

The auxiliary storage device 130 is configured by a storage device such as a hard disk drive (HDD) or a semiconductor drive (SSD), and includes delivery schedule information 131, delivery plan information 132 (transportation plan information), and operation plan which are data used by the computer program. Information 133, usage plan information 134, facility travel time information 135, shared facility restriction information 136, operation status information 137, and traffic information 138 are stored in the form of a data table. It should be noted that the operation planning unit 121, the usage planning unit 122, the delivery planning adjusting unit 123, and the usage planning adjusting unit 124 stored in the main storage device 120 in FIG. The arithmetic unit 110 can be read from the auxiliary storage device 130 to the main storage device 120 at the time of execution.
The input / output device 140 includes input devices such as a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, and a microphone, and output devices such as a monitor display, a printer, and a speaker.

  The communication control device 150 includes communication control hardware such as a network interface card (NIC) that controls communication with the communication network 600. The operation of each program described above and the details of data (information) used will be described later.

<Example of data processing sequence in delivery planning system 1>
Next, an example of a data processing sequence executed by the delivery planning system 1 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. This embodiment assumes a transportation business in which a delivery company delivers goods (objects to be transported) to stores occupying a plurality of large-scale commercial facilities such as a shopping mall and a department store while traveling around the commercial facilities. are doing.

  In each facility that is a delivery destination, a commercial elevator used for delivery by a plurality of delivery companies is shared as shared facilities. Hereinafter, in the case where a data table storing information to be used is referred to in the data processing sequence, a configuration example of the data table storing the information is also described for the sake of understanding.

(Operation planning / usage planning process)
First, FIG. 2 shows an example of a sequence for creating an operation plan of a common facility to be managed at a delivery destination and a use plan of the common facility in the present embodiment. In FIGS. 2 and 3, the reference character with S is an identification code representing each data processing step.

  The store clerk at each store uses the store clerk terminal 300 to register delivery schedule information (schedule information) to the own store in the management database 500 in advance (S201). Here, a configuration example of the delivery schedule information 131 is shown in FIG. The delivery schedule information 131 in FIG. 4 holds data on items of facility, delivery destination, amount of cargo, delivery start time, and delivery end time. The facility is a name given to uniquely identify a facility such as a large commercial facility to which delivery is made. The facility item may be given an appropriate identification code in addition to the facility name. The delivery destination is a code that uniquely identifies a store that delivers a product or the like at the facility of the delivery destination. The load amount indicates the amount of load to be carried to the corresponding delivery destination, and the number, weight, and the like of the load are used. The delivery start time and the delivery end time indicate a time zone for delivery to the store that is the delivery destination. In the first record of the configuration example in FIG. 4, a delivery schedule of “delivery of a baggage with a cargo amount of 40 to the store 1 of the facility X between 9:00 to 12:00” is recorded. In the present embodiment, as described later, the data of the load amount is defined as an allowable upper limit of the load of the commercial elevator as the common facility, and is described as numerical data having no unit because it is merely an example.

  Next, the facility manager who manages the large-scale commercial facility or the like gives an operation plan drafting execution command to the delivery plan drafting apparatus 100 from the facility person in charge terminal 400 (S202). Upon receiving the instruction, the delivery planning device 100 requests the delivery schedule information, the facility movement time information, and the common facility restriction information from the management database 500 (S203).

FIG. 8 shows a configuration example of the facility travel time information 135. The facility moving time information is information indicating a moving time from arrival at one delivery destination facility to moving to a delivery destination store. The facility moving time information 135 in FIG. 8 holds data corresponding to the items of facility, delivery destination, facility floor, store floor, boarding time, floor moving time, and store stay time. The facility and the delivery destination are the same as the delivery schedule information 131. The facility floor indicates the level of the facility where the delivery vehicle arrives and unloads. The store floor indicates the level where the store to which the product is to be delivered is located. The riding time indicates the riding time of the commercial elevator from the facility floor to the store floor in minutes. The floor moving time indicates the time required to move from the commercial elevator to the destination store in minutes. The store stay time indicates the time spent in the store for delivery work at the delivery destination store in minutes. The head record of the configuration example in FIG. 8 is as follows: "When delivering to store 1 of facility X, the delivery vehicle arrives at the first floor, gets on the commercial elevator to the seventh floor where the store is located for 2 minutes, and then drops off to store 1 Move in 5 minutes, and then perform the delivery work over 5 minutes. "

  FIG. 9 shows a configuration example of the shared facility restriction information table. The common facility restriction information defines a restriction condition regarding common facilities used by a delivery company in each facility that is a delivery destination. The shared facility restriction information is stored in the management database 500 in advance by the facility manager of each facility, and is used by the delivery planning device 100. The shared facility restriction information 136 in FIG. 9 holds data corresponding to the items of facilities, the number of elevators, the upper limit of use, and whether or not the mobile medium is shared. The facilities are the same as in the case of the delivery schedule information 131 and the like. The number of elevators indicates the number of commercial elevators installed as facilities shared by the delivery company in each facility. The usable upper limit is a loadable upper limit in the case of using one commercial elevator, and for other types of shared facilities, a corresponding type of upper limit is set. If the shared equipment is a crane, the maximum lifting weight etc. correspond. Note that a plurality of upper limit values such as weight and length may be set. The sharing status is flag data indicating whether or not the facility is shared. In the first record of the configuration example of FIG. 9, “facility X has three commercial elevators, the upper limit of use of each elevator is 30, the travel time between floors is 1 minute, and the sharing presence flag is 1 (shared). Yes)). In this embodiment, since the shared facilities are commercial elevators, a plurality of delivery companies can share one commercial elevator as long as the total amount of cargo to the destination store is up to 30 for each commercial elevator. It will be.

  Returning to the sequence of FIG. 2, next, the delivery planning device 100 receives the delivery schedule information, the facility travel time information, and the common facility restriction information related to the request from the management database 500 (S204), and the operation planning unit 121. In step S205, an operation plan for the common facility is prepared. The data processing in the operation plan drafting unit 121 will be described later.

  FIG. 6 shows a configuration example of the operation plan information 133 for storing the operation plan information. The operation plan information 133 indicates the operation status of the common facilities of the facility for each time zone, based on the delivery schedule information of the facility to the store. The configuration example in FIG. 6 holds data corresponding to each item of facility, elevator ID, operation time zone, and use floor. The facilities are the same as the delivery schedule information. The elevator ID is an identification code given to each business elevator installed in the facility. The operating time zone indicates a target time zone of the operating status of the elevator specified by the corresponding elevator ID, and the use floor indicates the location of the corresponding elevator in the time zone. In the configuration example of FIG. 6, for example, it is indicated that “the commercial elevator 1 of the facility X operates the first to sixth floors at 9 o'clock”.

  Next, the delivery plan drafting apparatus 100 registers the operation plan drafting result of the common facility in the management database 500 (S206), and receives a processing completion notification from the management database 500 (S207). Further, the delivery plan drafting apparatus 100 notifies the facility manager terminal 400 for which the operation plan has been drafted of the completion of the operation planning process of the common facility (S208).

On the other hand, when each delivery company creates each delivery plan information, the delivery company terminal 200 is used,
It is registered in the management database 500 as needed. FIG. 5 shows a configuration example of the delivery plan information 132. The delivery plan information is information in which each delivery company using the delivery plan planning system 1 records a scheduled visit to a destination facility. In the configuration example of FIG. 5, data corresponding to items of a delivery company, a facility, a delivery destination, a load, an elevator use time, and a store arrival time are recorded. The delivery company is an identification code that uniquely identifies the delivery company that has registered the corresponding delivery plan. The facilities, delivery destinations, and quantities are the same as those in the delivery schedule information 131 of FIG. The elevator use time indicates a scheduled time for using the commercial elevator at the corresponding facility. The store arrival time indicates the estimated time of arrival at the corresponding delivery destination store. For example, in the first record in FIG. 5, “A trader A plans to deliver a luggage with a luggage of 10 to the store 1 of the facility X. It is scheduled to arrive at 7:07 ".

Here, the facility manager uses the facility manager terminal 400 to transmit a utilization plan planning execution instruction for the shared facility to the delivery plan planning device 100. The distribution planning device 100 that has received the usage planning execution instruction accesses the management database 500 and acquires the distribution plan information, the operation plan information of the shared facilities, and the shared facility restriction information. The delivery planning device 100 uses the acquired delivery plan information, the operation plan information of the common facility, and the restriction information of the common facility, and in the use plan drafting unit 122, uses the utilization plan of the common facility and the operation status information of the common facility. , And an unassigned delivery plan list.
FIG. 7 shows a configuration example of the usage plan information 134 in which the usage plan information is recorded, and FIG. 10 shows a configuration example of the operation status information 137 in which the operation status of the shared facility is recorded.

  The usage plan information 134 indicates, based on the operation plan information 133 created for the shared facilities of the facility and the delivery plan information 132 created by the delivery company, how each shared facility is specifically used. This is a chart. In the configuration example of FIG. 7, data corresponding to items of a delivery company, a facility, a delivery destination, an elevator ID, a load, a boarding floor, an alighting floor, a start time, and an end time are recorded. The delivery company, facility, delivery destination, and load amount are the same as the delivery plan information 132 and the like, and the elevator ID is the same as the operation plan information 133. The boarding floor and the getting off floor represent the number of floors on which the passenger gets on or off the commercial elevator which is the corresponding shared facility. The start time and the end time indicate the operation start time and the operation end time of the corresponding elevator, respectively. In the example of the first record in FIG. 7, “When the trader A uses the commercial elevator 2 to deliver the luggage with the load of 10 to the store 1 at the facility X, he gets on the first floor at 9:10, Get off at the 7th floor at 9:12 ”. In the configuration example of FIG. 7, looking at the record in the third row, it can be seen that the trader B uses the commercial elevator 2 to deliver goods during the time period overlapping with the first record. Simultaneous use of such one shared facility is permitted because the sum of the load amounts of both is 10 + 15 = 25, which is within the usable upper limit 30 defined in the shared facility restriction information 136 of FIG. . If conditions are met, three or more delivery companies can use one shared facility at the same time.

  The operation status information 137 specifically indicates under what conditions the shared facility in each facility is operated based on the usage plan information 134. In the configuration example of FIG. 10, data corresponding to the items of facility, elevator ID, operation direction, start time, end time, usable upper limit, used amount, and surplus used amount are recorded. The facility and elevator ID are the same as the operation plan information 133 and the like. The operating direction indicates the operating direction of the commercial elevator specified by the corresponding elevator ID, separately from upper and lower. The start time and the end time are the same as in the usage plan information 134. The usable upper limit is the same as the common facility restriction information 136. The usage indicates the amount actually used in the corresponding shared facility. In the example of FIG. 10, the amount of load loaded on the commercial elevator is shown. The surplus usage amount is a value obtained by subtracting the usage amount from the corresponding usable upper limit, and indicates the available capacity of the corresponding common facility. In the case of FIG. 10, the load amount can be additionally loaded. It is understood that if a positive value is recorded in the surplus usage amount, it is possible to load more luggage when the corresponding shared facility is operated.

  In the unallocated delivery plan list, for any of the delivery destination facilities included in the delivery plan information among the delivery plan information, the use of shared facilities by a plurality of delivery companies overlapped and the use plan information could not be created. Show things.

  Returning to the overall processing flow in FIG. 2, the delivery plan drafting apparatus 100 sends the unallocated delivery plan list created by the usage plan drafting unit 122 to the delivery company terminal 103 used by the delivery company, and the operation status of the shared facilities. The information 137 is transmitted. The delivery company reviews the time adjustment of the delivery plan based on the received unallocated delivery plan list and the operation status information of the common facility. Then, the delivery company registers the revised delivery plan from the delivery company terminal 200 to the delivery plan planning device 100. The delivery planning device 100 updates the usage plan information of the shared facilities and the operation status information of the shared facilities based on the received revised delivery plan, and provides the revised delivery plan and the updated shared facility utilization plan. The information and the operation status information of the common facility are registered in the management database 500.

  The delivery planning device 100 receives the notification of the completion of the registration process from the management database 500 and notifies the facility manager terminal 400 used by the facility manager of each facility using the present system 1 that the process has been completed. I do. The facility manager receives the use plan information of the common facility from the facility manager terminal 400 and checks the use plan information of the common facility.

  As described above, according to the delivery planning system 1 of the present embodiment, based on the delivery schedule at each facility and the delivery plan of each delivery company, the utilization efficiency of the shared facilities installed at the facility is improved while It is possible to formulate a utilization plan of the shared facilities so that the waiting time of the delivery company arriving at each facility can be reduced as much as possible. If an unallocated delivery plan, which is a delivery plan that could not be allocated due to the use of shared facilities during the planning process, occurs, this is fed back to the relevant delivery company and the delivery company can review the delivery plan. Like that. Based on the review of the delivery plan, the delivery plan drafting apparatus 100 can correct the usage plan, so that the unallocated delivery plan can be reduced as much as possible.

(Delivery plan / use plan adjustment processing)
Next, a description will be given of a delivery plan / use plan adjustment sequence based on the operation status of the shared facilities of each facility created as described above. FIG. 3 shows an example of a delivery plan / use plan adjustment sequence in consideration of the operation status of the common facility. First, the delivery company uses the delivery company terminal 200 to transmit a delivery plan adjustment execution command to the delivery plan planning device 100 (S301). The delivery planning device 100 that has received the instruction requests the management database 500 to acquire the use plan information of the shared facilities, the delivery plan information of each delivery company, and the traffic information (S302, S303). The delivery plan making apparatus 100 adjusts the route of the delivery plan using the acquired information, and makes a delivery plan that shortens the delivery time (S304). The delivery plan making device 100 transmits the created delivery plan to the delivery company (S305).

  The delivery company that has received the delivery plan checks the contents of the route in the delivery plan and determines whether to change the delivery plan (S306). The delivery plan determined by the delivery company is sent to the delivery planning device 100 (S307), and then registered in the management database 500 (S308).

  When the delivery plan is registered in the management database 500, the management database 500 notifies the delivery plan planning device 100 that the processing has been completed (S309). The delivery plan drafting device 100 notifies the delivery company terminal 200 and the store clerk terminal 300 that the delivery plan change processing has been completed (S310, S311).

Based on the determined delivery plan, the delivery planning device 100 updates the usage plan of the common facility in each facility and the operation status information of the common facility (S312), and registers the update result in the management database 500 (S313). ). When the registration is completed, the management database 500 notifies the delivery planning device 100 that the process is completed (S314). In response, the delivery planning device 100 notifies the corresponding facility manager terminal 400 of the completion of the process (S315).

  In the above-described delivery plan adjustment sequence, when each delivery company transmits a delivery plan adjustment execution command from the delivery company terminal 200 to the delivery plan planning device 100, the processes after the usage plan are repeated each time, and the shared facilities The usage plan, the operation status information of the common facility, and the delivery plan of each delivery company are corrected and updated. However, even if there is no delivery plan adjustment execution command from any delivery company, the delivery plan planning apparatus 100 may be set to execute the delivery plan adjustment sequence at an arbitrary timing.

According to the above-described delivery plan adjustment sequence, the delivery plan is dynamically modified so as to minimize waiting time due to competition for shared facilities at the delivery destination while taking into account conditions such as the traffic conditions of the delivery route. be able to.
The data such as the delivery schedule information 131 and the delivery plan information 132 created and used by the delivery plan planning system 1 described above may be created for each day, or the information created once may be used for a certain period of time. (For example, during a busy season).

<Individual processing in the delivery planning device 100>
Next, the operation of the main part of the delivery plan drafting apparatus 100 included in the overall delivery plan processing described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 will be described.
(Operation planning process)
First, the operation plan drafting unit 121 will be described. FIG. 11 shows an example of a processing flow of the operation planning unit 121 of the common facility.

When starting the process in S1100, the operation plan drafting unit 121 acquires delivery schedule information, facility travel time information, and shared facility restriction information from the management database 500 (S1101). Next, based on the delivery schedule information acquired in S1101, the operation plan drafting unit 121 classifies each facility,
The expected delivery amount is calculated for each time (S1102).

Next, the operation plan drafting unit 121 transmits the scheduled delivery amount created in S1102 to all elevators so that the scheduled delivery amount can be efficiently delivered according to the facility travel time information acquired in S1101 and the restrictions on the shared facility restriction information. Is determined (S1103). For example, an elevator can be used efficiently by deciding the stop floor so that the variation in the scheduled delivery amount using each elevator during a certain time period is reduced. The operation plan drafting unit 121 determines whether or not the stop floor determination for all elevators has been executed for all the target operation time zones T (S1104).
), When it is determined that there is a time slot t that is not being executed (S1104, No), the process returns to S1103. If it is determined that the process has been executed for all the target operating hours (S1104, Yes), the process proceeds to S1105.

In S1105, the operation plan drafting unit 121 determines whether or not the stop floor determination of the elevator in S1103 has been performed for all facilities managed by the delivery planning apparatus 100. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the number f of the facilities that have performed the stop floor determination is equal to or greater than the total number F of the facilities to be managed. When it is determined that there is a facility that has not been executed (S1105, No), the operation planning unit 12
1 returns to the processing of S1103. When it is determined that the processing has been executed for all facilities (S1105, Yes), the operation plan drafting unit 121 ends the operation plan drafting processing (S1106).

According to the above-described operation plan drafting process, it is possible to draft an operation plan in an operation time zone of an elevator according to a delivery schedule at each facility while realizing efficient use of each elevator.

(Usage planning process)
Next, the use plan making process of the delivery plan making device 100 will be described. FIG. 12 is an example of an operation flow of the shared facility utilization planning unit 122 in the delivery planning apparatus 100.

When the processing is started in S1200, first, the usage plan drafting unit 122
Then, the operation plan information of the common facility, the delivery plan information, and the common facility restriction information are acquired from (S1201). The usage plan drafting unit 122 allocates the obtained delivery plan to a certain time of each shared facility and creates a usage plan for the shared facility (S1202). This assignment must be made in accordance with the operation plan of the common facility. As an allocation method, for example, a procedure is possible in which a utilization plan is created by allocating a delivery plan in an order of larger load for each facility and in order from a shared facility having a smaller number of stops.

In S1203, the usage plan drafting unit 122 determines whether the assignment was possible in S1202. When it is determined that there is a delivery plan that could not be assigned (S1203, No), the usage plan drafting unit 122
Attempts to reassign the delivery plan assigned to the shared facility to another shared facility (S1209). As a result of S1209, when it is determined that re-allocation is possible (S1210, Yes), the usage plan drafting unit 122 returns to the processing of S1202 and tries to allocate a delivery plan that has not been allocated.

If it is determined that re-assignment is not possible as a result of re-assignment of another assigned delivery plan in S1210 (S1210, No), the usage plan drafting unit 122 converts the unassigned delivery plan into an unassigned delivery plan. Record in the list (S1211).

On the other hand, when all the delivery plans have been allocated in S1203 (S1203, Yes), the usage plan drafting unit 122 determines whether the processing for the predetermined delivery plan has been completed, by determining whether the number p of the processed delivery plans is: It is determined based on whether the number is equal to or more than the number P of all the delivery plans (S1204). When it is determined that the processing for the predetermined delivery plan has not been completed yet (S1204, No), the usage plan drafting unit 1
22 returns to the process of S1202. If it is determined that the processing for the predetermined delivery plan has been completed (S1204, Yes), the usage plan drafting unit 122 determines whether the processing f for the predetermined facility has been completed in S1205, if the number f of the processed facilities is all The determination is made based on whether the number of facilities is equal to or more than F. If it is determined that the processing for the predetermined facility has not been completed yet (S1205, No), the usage plan drafting unit 122 returns to the processing of S1202. When it is determined that the processing for the predetermined facility has been completed (S1205, Yes), the usage planning unit 122 creates operation status information for all the shared facilities of the processed facility (S1206).

Next, the usage plan drafting unit 122 sends the corresponding unallocated delivery plan list and the operation status information of the shared facility to the delivery companies described in the unallocated delivery plan list in S1211 (S1207), and executes the process. The process ends (S1208).

  Through the above-described usage plan drafting process, operation status information indicating the operation status of specific common facilities in each facility is created based on the operation plan of the common facilities of each facility and the delivery plan of each delivery company, You can know the surplus capacity of each common facility. In addition, a delivery plan that could not be allocated by the use plan drafting process is notified to the corresponding delivery company, and this provides an opportunity for the delivery company to review the delivery plan.

(Delivery plan adjustment processing)
Next, a delivery plan adjustment process of the delivery plan planning device 100 will be described. The delivery plan adjustment processing is executed by the delivery plan adjustment unit 123 of the delivery plan planning device 100, and the delivery plan based on the subsequent condition change such as the delay of the delivery vehicle due to the traffic situation on the delivery route with respect to the usage plan once created. Perform planning adjustments. FIG. 13 is an operation flow example of the delivery plan adjustment processing by the delivery plan adjustment unit 123.

When the delivery plan adjustment unit 123 starts processing in S1300 based on the delivery plan adjustment execution command received from the delivery company terminal 200, the management database 500 uses the shared facility usage plan information, the delivery plan information, and the traffic information. Is acquired (S1301).

The delivery plan adjustment unit 123 refers to the operation status information and creates a route plan for a delivery plan that stops at the facility during a time period during which the shared facility of each facility is available (S1302). A specific example of changing the delivery plan will be described later.

When a plurality of delivery plan routes are created in S1302, the delivery plan adjustment unit 123 selects a delivery plan that completes delivery in the shortest time (S1303). In addition to the shortest time, other selection indexes such as the shortest distance and the shortest cost (fuel cost, toll road fee, etc.) may be adopted. Next, the delivery plan adjustment unit 123 transmits the created delivery plan to the corresponding delivery company, checks whether there is any update, and ends the processing (S1304, S1305). The updated delivery plan is registered in the management database 500.

  If it is determined that a conflict occurs in the use of shared facilities at the destination facility due to a subsequent condition change such as a change in traffic conditions by the above delivery plan adjustment processing, the delivery plan is adjusted to eliminate such a conflict. Can be performed.

(Specific example of delivery plan adjustment processing)
Here, the adjustment processing of the delivery plan will be described according to a specific example. First, FIG. 14 shows an example of delivery plan information created for a delivery company F using the delivery plan planning system 1. In the drawing, the attention point is indicated by a bold underline (the same applies to FIGS. 15 and 16). In the example of FIG. 14, the delivery route of the delivery company F starts from a delivery base (hereinafter abbreviated as "depot"), then stops at facility V, facility W, facility X, and facility Y, and then returns to the depot. Is configured. Here, it is assumed that the delivery vehicle of the delivery company F has completed the delivery to the store W2 of the facility W and is heading to the facility X which is the next delivery destination. Then, it is assumed that the delivery vehicle encounters traffic congestion there, and it is determined that the delivery vehicle cannot arrive at facility X by 9:30, which is set in the delivery plan as the shared facility use time at facility X. Such a situation is based on the communication between the driver of the delivery vehicle and the depot, and when the operation status of the delivery vehicle is supplemented at any time with a beacon, etc., the operation status change prediction based on the operation status and traffic conditions It can be known by the delivery company by the above method.

When such a situation occurs, the person in charge of the delivery company F transmits a delivery plan adjustment execution command from the delivery company terminal 200 to the delivery plan planning device 100. In response to the delivery plan adjustment command, in the delivery plan planning device 100, the delivery plan adjustment unit 123 executes the delivery plan adjustment process illustrated in FIG. Specifically, in S1302 in the example of the processing flow of FIG. 13, the adjustment of the delivery plan is tried for the original delivery plan of the delivery company F (see the delivery plan information related to the delivery company F in FIG. 5).

For example, if it is estimated that the delay time due to the traffic congestion of the delivery vehicle is 24 minutes, when the use time is changed to a time at which the shared facility can be used at the facility X without changing the delivery route shown in FIG. , The use time of the common facility for delivery to the store 5 is delayed from 9:30 to 9:54. As a result, the time at which the delivery vehicle returns to the depot is from 12:00 to 12:24. According to the delivery plan relating to the supplier F in the delivery plan information 132 illustrated in FIG. 5, the delivery vehicle of the supplier F is scheduled to arrive at the facility X at 9:30 and deliver the luggage having the load of 10 to the store 5. . Here, referring to the operation status information 137 of FIG. 10, the delivery vehicle of the delivery company F is 9:54.
If the vehicle arrives at the facility X in the minute, it is understood that the elevator identified by the elevator ID “1”, which is scheduled to end the operation at 9:54, can be used. Therefore, in the facility X, there is no competition for the use of the elevator which is a shared facility, and the delay in the facility X does not increase. Similarly, assuming that there is no competition for elevator use at the next facility Y, the delivery vehicle of the delivery company F will return to the depot with a delay of 24 minutes from the initial delivery plan.

  On the other hand, FIG. 16 illustrates the delivery plan information 132 when the delivery plan of the delivery company F is changed. In the example of FIG. 16, the arrival of the delivery vehicle at the facility X is expected to be delayed due to traffic congestion on the delivery route. Therefore, the subsequent delivery route is changed so as to first stop at the facility Y and then stop at the facility X. In this case, the delivery vehicle arrives at facility Y at 9:30 without being affected by traffic congestion. In this example, there is no competition in the use of the elevator which is a shared facility in the facility Y, and the delivery vehicle of the delivery company F can arrive at the facility X at 10:30 after the delivery of the facility Y to the store Y1 is completed. Referring to the example of the operation status information 137 related to the facility X in FIG. 10, the elevator identified by the elevator ID “1” is started to operate upward at 10:30, and the elevator has the remaining capacity of the load 20. It turns out that there is. According to the initial delivery plan of the delivery company F illustrated in FIG. 5, the quantity of goods to be delivered to the store 5 of the facility X is 10, so that the delivery company F can load the goods on the corresponding elevator. The delivery at the facility X can be completed without waiting for the use of. Then, it is assumed that the delivery vehicle of delivery company F can return to the depot at 12:00 as in the case of the initial delivery plan.

  As described above, in the case of the present embodiment, as a result of adjusting the delivery plan of the delivery company F according to the example of the processing flow in FIG. 13, comparing the times at which the delivery vehicles return to the depot, the delivery order of the facilities X and Y is compared. And the delivery plan is changed, the result is earlier than the case where the delivery order of the original delivery plan is maintained. Therefore, in the case of the present embodiment, with respect to the original delivery plan of the delivery company F, a modification of the delivery plan for changing the delivery order of the facilities X and Y (FIG. 16) is selected.

  In the present embodiment, the change of the delivery plan by the above delivery plan adjustment processing is displayed on the delivery company terminal 200 through a predetermined display screen. FIG. 17 shows a screen used for confirming the changed contents of the delivery plan. In this embodiment, the screen is displayed on the delivery company terminal 200 by the delivery plan adjustment unit 123 of the delivery plan planning device 100. In the example of FIG. 17, the delivery route is graphically displayed in the upper part of the screen, and a specific delivery plan is shown in the lower part of the screen.

  Referring to FIG. 17, a route from the current location of the delivery vehicle to the depot via the delivery at facility X and facility Y is graphically displayed at the top of the screen. In the example of the delivery plan adjustment processing described above, the delivery route based on the initial delivery plan is indicated by a broken line in this graphic display. The route indicated by the broken line also indicates a delivery route when there is no change from the initial delivery plan. On the other hand, the delivery route changed from the initial delivery plan is shown by a solid line.

  The lower part of the screen shows the delivery route according to the original delivery plan, the estimated destination arrival time and the depot return time in that case. Then, similar information regarding the delivery route is shown for the case where the delivery route is not changed and for the case where the delivery route is changed. For each option, a check box for selecting the option on the screen is provided. The option selected by the check box can be confirmed by operating the enter button provided at the bottom of the screen.

As described with respect to the delivery plan adjustment processing of the present embodiment, the scheduled return time to the depot is earlier in the case with the route change than in the case without the route change. In this case, the manager of the delivery company F updates the delivery plan registered in the management database 500 by selecting the route change and operating the determination button. In the case where the delivery plan amendment is selected, if the evaluation standard of the changed delivery plan is determined in advance, such as selecting the delivery route that can deliver the fastest, the change content confirmation screen illustrated in FIG. 17 is used. Without this, it is also possible to automatically execute the delivery plan adjustment processing.

  As described above, when adjusting a delivery plan based on later circumstances such as a change in traffic conditions in a delivery route, based on a predetermined evaluation criterion such as delivery time while efficiently using shared facilities at a delivery destination. The modification of the delivery plan is optimized.

<Use plan adjustment process for shared facilities>
Next, a usage plan adjustment process performed by the delivery plan planning device 100 of the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 18 is an example of a process flow of the usage plan adjustment unit 124 of the shared facility provided in the delivery planning device 100. The use plan adjustment process is a process executed to reflect the delivery plan corrected by the delivery plan adjustment unit 123 on the use plan information 134 and the operation status information created for the common facilities of each facility.

When the process is started in S1800, the usage plan adjustment unit 124 acquires the usage plan information, the distribution plan information, and the operation status information of the shared facility installed in each facility from the management database 500 (S1801). The usage plan adjustment unit 124 reflects the contents of the change in the delivery plan in the shared facility usage plan of the facility and the operation status information of the shared facility (S1802). In S1803, the usage plan adjustment unit 124 determines whether the number f of facilities in which the change in the delivery plan is reflected in the usage plan or the like is equal to or greater than the number Fc of facilities in which the delivery plan has been changed (S1803). If f ≧ Fc holds (S1803, Yes), the usage plan adjustment unit 124 determines that the change in the delivery plan has been reflected in the usage plans and operation status information of all the facilities whose delivery plans have been changed. To end the process (S1804)
. If f ≧ Fc is not satisfied (S1803, No), the usage plan adjustment unit 124 determines that there is a facility to which the change of the delivery plan is not reflected, and returns to the processing of S1802.

  The use plan information and the operation status information in which the change of the delivery plan is reflected by the use plan adjustment processing described above will be described. FIG. 19 illustrates use plan information 132 in which the contents of the corrected delivery plan in FIG. 16 are reflected by the use plan adjustment unit 124. 7, the operation start time of the elevator 1 is changed to 10:30 in the contents related to the delivery company F. This reflects that the arrival time of the facility X of the delivery vehicle of the delivery company F was changed from 9:30 to 10:30 due to the change of the delivery plan. With this change, the corresponding operation end time has also been changed from 9:32 to 10:32.

  FIG. 20 illustrates the operation status information 137 in which the contents of the corrected delivery plan in FIG. The changes to the operation status information 137 in FIG. 10 are as follows.

-Regarding the elevator 1 that starts running upwards at 9:30, the operation end time is changed from 9:32 to 9:31, the usage decreases from 30 to 20, and the remaining capacity is reduced to 0. From 10 to 10. This reflects that the arrival of the delivery vehicle of the delivery company F at the facility X was changed at 10:30, so that the carry-in of the load 10 scheduled at 9:30 was initially stopped. Similarly, the downtime of the corresponding elevator 1 is changed.

-With respect to the elevator 1 which starts operating upward at 10:30, the usage amount has increased from 10 to 20, and the available power has correspondingly decreased. This reflects that the arrival of the delivery vehicle of the delivery company F at the facility X was changed at 10:30, so that the loading of the load 10 scheduled at 9:30 was carried out. Similarly, the amount of use of the corresponding elevator 1 in the down direction and the available power are changed.

  As described above, according to the first embodiment, the operation of the shared facilities shared by the delivery companies is made highly efficient, and the delivery plan can be adjusted according to the delivery situation that changes in real time due to traffic conditions on the delivery route and the like. I have. As a result, it is possible to formulate and execute a more efficient delivery plan such as shortening the delivery time of the delivery company as a whole.

  In addition, this embodiment can cope with events such as a failure of a common facility such as an elevator in each facility and a maintenance check, in addition to a change in a delivery plan due to traffic conditions or the like. In this case, the facility manager who has grasped the event describes the processing after the operation planning process (S205) in the overall processing flow of FIG. 2 as the operation plan information 133 (FIG. 6) that reflects the change in the operation schedule of the shared facility. ), A corresponding usage plan can be created.

<Example 2>
In the first embodiment, the configuration example and the like of the delivery plan adjustment system 1 have been described on the assumption that the common facilities in each facility are commercial elevators. In the present embodiment, a case will be described in which a parking space for a delivery vehicle, a cargo handling berth such as a truck or a ship is assumed as a shared facility.

  The basic operation of the delivery planning system 1 of this embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment shown in FIGS. In the present embodiment, the common facility is a parking space or the like, and unlike the case where the packages of a plurality of delivery companies are mixed and loaded like an elevator, one common facility is occupied by one delivery company. Therefore, the operation planning process of the shared facility in the first embodiment, which is based on the premise that one facility is shared, is not necessarily performed. FIG. 21 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process flow for planning the use of shared facilities according to the second embodiment.

The example of the flow of the use planning process in FIG. 21 is basically the same as the example of the flow in the first embodiment illustrated in FIG. 12, but the process in step S2109 corresponding to the step in S1209 in FIG. 12 is different. Here, only the process in S2109 will be described. In S2102, the usage plan adjustment unit 124 determines whether each delivery plan can be assigned to the usage plan created by the usage plan planning unit 122 (S2103), and determines that a certain delivery plan cannot be assigned. In this case (S2103, No), the process of S2109 is performed. In S2109, the usage plan adjustment unit 124 attempts to allocate the delivery plan that has already been allocated by shifting the usage time of the shared facility (parking space) of the facility that is the cause of the allocation failure. Since the shared facilities of the present embodiment are parking spaces provided in the facilities of the delivery destination, unlike the commercial elevator of the first embodiment, a plurality of delivery companies can use the facilities simultaneously within a limited range such as a load amount. Can not. Therefore, in the present embodiment, when competition between delivery companies occurs in the parking space of a certain facility, adjustment is made so that the parking space use time in the previously allocated delivery plan is shifted. The processing flow after S2110 is the same as in the case of the first embodiment, and a description thereof will not be repeated. According to the usage plan adjustment processing of the present embodiment, based on the shared facility restriction information of each facility and the delivery plan of each delivery company, the operating status information indicating the operating status of the specific shared facility at each facility is obtained. It is created and the surplus capacity of each shared facility can be known. In addition, a delivery plan that could not be allocated by the use plan drafting process is notified to the corresponding delivery company, and this provides an opportunity for the delivery company to review the delivery plan.

  Next, the delivery plan information 132, facility travel time information 135, shared facility restriction information 136, shared facility use plan information 134, and shared facility operation status information 137 in this embodiment will be described. These pieces of information used in the present embodiment have a configuration different from that of the corresponding information in the first embodiment because the shared facility of the present embodiment is a parking space.

FIG. 22 illustrates a configuration example of the delivery plan information 132 according to the present embodiment. In the delivery plan information 132 when the common facility is a parking space or the like, a size item is provided instead of the load amount in the first embodiment. This item indicates the allowable size of the vehicle that can use the parking space, and a numerical value of 10 or 5 is recorded in the example of FIG. For this numerical value, a necessary constraint condition such as the total length of the vehicle that can be parked and the vehicle height may be set, or the type of large or small vehicle may be recorded.

  FIG. 23 illustrates a configuration example of facility travel time information according to the present embodiment. In the facility moving time information 135 according to the present embodiment, the items of the facility floor, the store floor, and the boarding time recorded in the first embodiment are deleted because they are unnecessary. However, when it is necessary to consider the travel time between floors as in a self-propelled multi-story parking lot, an item such as the travel time between floors may be recorded as appropriate.

  FIG. 24 shows a configuration example of the shared facility restriction information in the present embodiment. Since the parking space, which is the common facility of the present embodiment, cannot be shared by a plurality of vehicles, the item of the presence or absence of sharing in the first embodiment is not recorded. For each facility, the number of available parking spaces is recorded for each available size.

  FIG. 25 illustrates a configuration example of the usage plan information 134 of the shared facility in the present embodiment. The use plan information 134 according to the present embodiment records, for example, items such as a delivery company, a facility, a delivery destination, a parking space ID, a size, a start time, and an end time. From the usage plan information 134, it is possible to know the time zone in which the parking space of each facility is used for each delivery company.

  FIG. 26 illustrates a configuration example of the operation status information 137 of the shared facility in this embodiment. In the operation status information 137 of this embodiment, a parking space ID, its use start time, and use end time are recorded for each facility. In addition, the above-mentioned size and usage amount are recorded for each parking space. Since the parking space is occupied by one vehicle and cannot be used by another vehicle, a numerical value of the size indicating that the parking space is being used or 0 indicating that the parking space is not being used, that is, being usable, is recorded in the item of the usage amount.

  As described above, according to the delivery planning system 1 of the present embodiment, as in the case of the first embodiment, the delivery plan is set in each facility based on the delivery schedule at each facility and the delivery plan of each delivery company. It is possible to draft a utilization plan of the common facility that can reduce the waiting time of the delivery company arriving at each facility as much as possible while increasing the utilization efficiency of the common facility. If an unallocated delivery plan, which is a delivery plan that could not be allocated due to the use of shared facilities during the planning process, occurs, this is fed back to the relevant delivery company and the delivery company can review the delivery plan. Like that. Based on the review of the delivery plan, the delivery plan drafting apparatus 100 can correct the usage plan, so that the unallocated delivery plan can be reduced as much as possible. Further, the delivery plan can be adjusted according to the delivery situation that changes in real time due to traffic conditions on the delivery route and the like. As a result, it is possible to formulate and execute a more efficient delivery plan such as shortening the delivery time of the delivery company as a whole.

  In the above embodiments, the present invention has been described assuming a transportation business in which a delivery vehicle delivers goods while traveling around a plurality of commercial facilities, but the present invention is applied to such a transportation business. Not limited to For example, use multiple facilities such as elevators and lifts to send users to living rooms while patroling multiple nursing care facilities. The present invention can also be suitably applied to a transportation business such as unloading cargo at each port by utilizing the above.

  In the above-described embodiment, the configuration has been described in detail for easy understanding of the present invention, and the present invention is not necessarily limited to the configuration having all the described configurations.

  In addition, each of the above configurations, functions, processing units, and the like may be partially or entirely realized by hardware, for example, by designing an integrated circuit. Further, the control lines and the information lines are shown to be necessary for the explanation, and not all the control lines and the information lines are necessarily shown on the product. In practice, 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 independently, or may be applied by being divided into a plurality of parts such as a program component and a hardware component.

1 delivery planning system 100 delivery planning device,
110 arithmetic unit 120 main storage device 121 operation plan planning unit 122 usage plan planning unit 123 delivery plan adjustment unit 124 usage plan adjustment unit 130 auxiliary storage device 131 delivery schedule information 132 delivery plan information 133 operation plan information 134 usage plan information 135 facility movement Time information 136 shared facility restriction information 137 operation status information 138 traffic information,
140 input / output device 150 communication control device 200 delivery company terminal 300 store clerk terminal 400 facility manager terminal 500 management database 600 communication network

Claims (13)

While traveling around a plurality of facilities, a transport operation management device for managing the operation of transporting the transport object using the shared facilities provided in each of the facilities,
Each of the facilities is based on at least the reception schedule information, which is information indicating the schedule of receiving the transported object at each of the facilities, and the shared facility restriction information, which is information indicating the restrictive condition based on the capacity of the common facility provided at each of the facilities. An operation plan drafting unit that creates operation plan information that is information indicating an operation schedule of the shared facility of the facility,
Transport plan information, which is information including a tour schedule of each facility created for each carrier that transports the transport object while traveling around each facility, the operation plan information for each facility, and the shared facility Based on the restriction information, it is determined whether or not the shared facilities of each of the facilities are available for each of the transport plan information, and the shared by each of the facilities based on the transport plan information determined to be available. A use plan drafting unit that creates use plan information that is information on the use schedule of the facilities;
Transport operation management device equipped with. The transportation service management device according to claim 1,
If the transport plan information of any of the transporters is changed, the shared facilities in each of the facilities are changed based on the changed transport plan information and the use plan information corresponding to the transport plan information. A transport business management comprising a transport plan adjustment unit that creates the transport plan information that satisfies predetermined conditions while changing the patrol order of each facility under conditions that can be used without competing with the other transporters. apparatus. The transportation operation management device according to claim 2,
A transportation business including a utilization plan adjustment unit that reflects the transportation plan information created by the transportation plan adjustment unit on the utilization plan information of each of the facilities after the change in the patrol order and changes the corresponding utilization plan information. Management device. The transportation service management device according to claim 1,
The use plan drafting unit, based on the operation plan information, when it is determined that the use of the shared facilities of any of the facilities can not be assigned to any of the transport plan information, the corresponding transport plan information To the corresponding carrier, and a transportation operation management device. The transportation operation management device according to claim 2,
A transport operation management device, wherein the transport plan information created by the transport plan adjustment unit is presented to the transporter related to the transport plan information, and the transporter can select the transport service. The transportation operation management device according to claim 2,
The transportation plan adjustment unit obtains traffic information that is information on a traffic condition on the tour route of the carrier set in each of the transport plan information from an external device, and obtains traffic information on the tour route based on the traffic information. A transportation operation management device for changing a tour order of the facility. The transportation operation management device according to claim 3, wherein
Each of the shared facilities installed in each of the facilities can be simultaneously used by a plurality of the transporters,
The use plan drafting unit records, in the use plan information, for each of the shared facilities, the use mode, the use time zone, and the amount of the transport target for each of the transporters that use each of the shared facilities in association with each other. ,
The use plan adjustment unit, according to the change of the transport plan information, when the use of a plurality of the carriers competes in any of the shared facilities, the simultaneous use of the competing carriers to resolve the conflict is used. Transportation service management equipment allowed within the range specified by the common facility restriction information. The transportation operation management device according to claim 3, wherein
Each of the shared facilities installed in each of the facilities is occupied by the carrier by use of one of the carriers,
The usage plan drafting unit, for each of the shared facilities, the use time zone of each carrier using each of the shared facilities, and records in the use plan information in association with the amount of the transport object,
The usage plan adjustment unit, according to the change of the transportation plan information, when the use of a plurality of the carriers conflicts in any of the shared facilities, the use time zone of any of the carriers to resolve the conflict To move the transportation business management equipment. The transportation service management device according to claim 1,
When any one of the shared facilities installed in any of the facilities cannot be used, it becomes unusable based on the transport plan information and the use plan information. A transportation operation management apparatus, comprising: a transportation plan adjustment unit that creates the transportation plan information that satisfies a predetermined condition while changing a patrol order of each of the facilities under a condition that excludes the shared facilities. The transportation service management device according to claim 1,
The operation planning unit is omitted,
The usage plan drafting unit determines whether or not the shared facility of each facility is available for each of the transport plan information based on the reception schedule information, the shared facility restriction information, and the transport plan information. And a transportation operation management device that creates usage plan information, which is information that is associated with the use of the shared facility at each of the facilities based on the transportation plan information determined to be available. While traveling around a plurality of facilities, a transport operation management method for managing the operation of transporting the transport object using the shared facilities provided in each of the facilities,
A computer with a processor and memory,
Receiving schedule information, which is information indicating the schedule for receiving the transported object at each of the facilities, is received and stored from the receiving terminal installed at the receiving destination of the transported object, and the transported object is transferred while traveling around each of the facilities. A process of receiving and storing transport plan information, which is information created for each transporter that transports goods, from transporter terminals installed in each of the transporters;
The operation schedule of the shared facility of each facility based at least on the reception schedule information acquired from the management database and the shared facility restriction information that is information indicating a restriction condition based on the capacity of the shared facility provided in each facility. A process of creating operation plan information that is information indicating
Based on the operation plan information for each of the facilities and the shared facility restriction information, it is determined whether the shared facilities of each of the facilities can be used for each of the transport plan information obtained from the management database, A process of creating usage plan information that is information on a use schedule of the shared facility at each of the facilities according to the transportation plan information determined to be available;
Transportation business management methods including. It is a transportation business management method according to claim 11,
If the transport plan information of any of the transporters is changed, the shared facilities in each of the facilities are changed based on the changed transport plan information and the use plan information corresponding to the transport plan information. A transportation business management method comprising a process of creating the transportation plan information that satisfies a predetermined condition while changing the patrol order of each of the facilities under a condition that can be used without competing with another transportation company. It is a transportation business management method according to claim 12,
A transportation work management method comprising a process of reflecting the transportation plan information created by the transportation plan adjustment unit on the usage plan information of each of the facilities after the change in the tour order and changing the corresponding usage plan information.