JP2020052526A - Physical distribution management system, physical distribution management method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a physical distribution management system configured to inform of the time when a package arrives at a destination, a physical distribution management method, and a program.SOLUTION: A physical distribution management system includes: an acquisition unit which manages information on a physical distribution network including area bases where packages collected from correction sources are collected and a gathering base where packages collected by first and second area bases are gathered, and acquires information indicating an operation schedule of a circulation truck which circulates between the first area base and the second area base; and a first control unit which outputs information indicating arrival time, which is the time when a package arrives at a destination, on the basis of the information indicating the operation schedule of the circulation truck acquired by the acquisition unit, collection time of the package, and the destination of the package.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to a distribution management system, a distribution management method, and a program.

In the logistics industry, a hub and spoke system is known. The hub-and-spoke system refers to a transportation system in which cargo is concentrated at a central base (hub) and sorted and transported from the central base to each base (spoke). By providing a central base, a distribution network can be formed with the number of operation routes of <number of bases-1>. Specifically, in the case where mutual transportation is performed between the six locations, 15 routes connecting each of the six locations are required when the hub and spoke method is not applied. However, when the hub-and-spoke system is applied, by providing a central base, the number of routes can be simplified to six.
The route company collects parcels delivered to the hub base, sorts the parcels at the collection bases in various places, and delivers the parcels to the parcel delivery destination.

With respect to the collection and delivery system, there is known a technique of determining a collection and delivery destination and a collection and delivery route so that packages can be loaded even at a delivery destination in consideration of the loading rate of vehicles (for example, see Patent Document 1). According to this technique, when a delivery target is collected and delivered between a plurality of transportation bases using a plurality of transportation vehicles, a collection and delivery information including a collection destination and a delivery route of the delivery target is determined using a computer.
Specifically, the collection and delivery method for determining the collection and delivery method includes a step of storing the location information of the plurality of transportation bases in the memory, and the current position information of each of the plurality of transportation vehicles sequentially transmitted from the plurality of transportation vehicles. Receiving the current position information of each of the plurality of transport vehicles while updating the received current position information in the memory for each reception timing, and storing the current position information of each of the plurality of transport vehicles as at least a pickup destination sent from a plurality of customers. Receiving a plurality of collection / delivery request information including collection destination transportation base designation information, destination transportation base designation information designated as a delivery destination, and information indicating the amount of cargo to be delivered; collecting road map information; The location information of the designated collection destination transport base and the location information of the designated delivery destination transport base for each of the plurality of collection / delivery request information are stored in the transport base position stored in the memory. Steps to read from the information, and the collected road information including the position information of the plurality of designated pickup destination transport bases corresponding to the plurality of pickup / delivery request information, the position information of the plurality of designated destination transport bases, and the load amount information of the plurality of delivery targets. Using the map information and the current position information of each of the plurality of vehicles stored in the memory, performing an optimization operation in consideration of a predetermined efficiency evaluation criterion, Determining the collection and delivery destination of at least one transportation vehicle to be determined and the collection and delivery route to the collection and delivery destination, and transmitting the determined optimum collection and delivery information to the at least one transportation vehicle via the wireless communication network; Transmitting to the vehicle.

JP 2002-215745 A

In the hub-and-spoke system, a central location is provided for each predetermined area, and a plurality of locations are provided for each central location. Here, as an example, a plurality of first bases, a first center base having an operation route between each of the plurality of first bases, and a second center base having an operation route between the first center base And a logistics network having a plurality of second bases having an operation route to and from the second central base to one of the plurality of first bases and one of the plurality of second bases. Next, a description will be given of a case where home delivery cargo is delivered.
The courier freight is delivered from the first base to the first central base by increasing the loading ratio of the courier freight at the first base, and the predetermined amount of the parcel freight delivered to the first central base is accumulated. In this case, the parcel delivered from the first central base to the second central base and delivered to the second central base is delivered to the second base.
However, depending on the amount of parcels delivered to the first base, it may be unavoidable to deliver the cargo to the first center while maintaining a low loading rate. Further, since the parcels are not delivered from the first central base to the second central base until a predetermined amount of parcels are accumulated, the first central base requires a large space.
Further, since the parcels are not delivered from the first central base to the second central base until a predetermined amount of parcels are collected, when the parcels are collected at one of the plurality of first bases, the parcels are delivered. It is difficult to derive the date and time when the person arrives at the delivery destination.
Here, the case where the parcel delivery service is delivered from the first location to the second location has been described. Conversely, the same applies to the case where the parcel delivery service is delivered from the second location to the first location.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a distribution management system, a distribution management method, and a program capable of notifying a time at which a parcel delivery arrives at a parcel destination.

(1) In order to solve the above-described problems, a distribution management system according to an aspect of the present invention includes an area base where home delivery cargo collected from a collection source is collected, a first area base and a second area base. A distribution management system for managing information related to a distribution network including an accumulation base on which parcel delivery goods collected by the area base are accumulated, wherein the system circulates between a first area base and a second area base. An acquisition unit that acquires information indicating an operation plan of a circulating flight, information indicating the operation plan of the circulating flight acquired by the acquisition unit, a collection time of the parcel delivery cargo, and a delivery destination of the parcel delivery cargo. A first control unit that outputs information indicating an arrival time, which is a time at which the parcel delivery arrives at the parcel delivery destination.
(2) In one aspect of the present invention, in the physical distribution management system according to the above (1), a shuttle flight from the first area base to the accumulation base is collected at the first area base. A configuration may be used that includes a second control unit that manages that the parcel delivery cargo and the parcel delivery cargo collected at the second area base are mounted.
(3) In one aspect of the present invention, in the physical distribution management system according to the above (1) or (2), the acquisition unit acquires information indicating an operation status of the circulating flight, and the first control unit May be configured to further output information indicating the arrival time based on the information indicating the operation status of the circulating flight acquired by the acquisition unit.
(4) In one aspect of the present invention, in the physical distribution management system according to the above (3), the acquisition unit transmits information indicating an operation status of a shuttle flight from the first area base to the accumulation base. A configuration may be used in which the first control unit outputs the information indicating the arrival time based on the information indicating the operation status of the shuttle flight obtained by the obtaining unit.
(5) In one aspect of the present invention, in the physical distribution management system according to (3) or (4), the operation plan of the circulating flight is determined based on the information indicating the operation status acquired by the acquisition unit. A configuration including a third control unit to be changed and a fourth control unit to output information indicating the arrival time further based on the operation plan of the circulating flight changed by the third control unit is used. Is also good.

  (6) The logistics management method according to one aspect of the present invention, wherein the home base where the home delivery cargo collected from the collection source is collected, and the home delivery collected by the first area base and the second area base is provided. A logistics management method executed by a logistics management system that manages information on a logistics network including an accumulation base on which cargo is accumulated, wherein a circulation flight between a first area base and a second area base is performed. Acquiring information indicating an operation plan, information indicating the operation plan of the circulating flight acquired in the acquiring step, a collection time of the parcel delivery cargo, and a delivery destination of the parcel delivery cargo, based on the Outputting information indicating an arrival time, which is a time at which the parcel delivery cargo arrives at the parcel delivery destination.

  (7) The program according to one aspect of the present invention is a program that includes an area base where the parcels collected from a collection source are collected, and a parcel parcel collected by the first area base and the second area base. A computer of a physical distribution management system that manages information on a physical distribution network including an accumulation base to be accumulated acquires information indicating an operation plan of a circulating flight circulating between the first area base and the second area base. And, based on the information indicating the operation plan of the circulating flight acquired in the acquiring step, the collection time of the parcel delivery cargo, and the parcel delivery destination, the parcel delivery cargo arrives at the parcel delivery destination. And outputting information indicating the arrival time, which is the time of the execution.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a physical distribution management system and a physical distribution management method that can notify the time at which a parcel delivery cargo arrives at a parcel destination.

It is a figure showing an example of a physical distribution network which a physical distribution management system of an embodiment manages. It is a figure showing an example of the physical distribution management system of an embodiment. It is a block diagram showing an example of composition of a physical distribution management device of a physical distribution management system of an embodiment, and a terminal device. It is a figure showing an example of area base correspondence information. It is a figure showing an example of operation plan information. It is a figure showing an example of parcel delivery cargo information. It is a figure showing an example of area base information. It is a figure showing an example of an area delivery range. It is a figure showing an example of area base information. 5 is a sequence chart illustrating an example of an operation of the physical distribution management system according to the embodiment. It is a block diagram showing an example of composition of a physical distribution management device of a physical distribution management system of a modification 1, and a terminal device. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation of the physical distribution management system according to the first modification. 13 is a sequence chart illustrating an example of an operation of the physical distribution management system according to Modification 1. It is a block diagram showing an example of composition of a physical distribution management device of a physical distribution management system of a modification 2, and a terminal device. 15 is a sequence chart illustrating an example of an operation of the distribution management system according to Modification 2.

Hereinafter, a physical distribution management system, a physical distribution management method, and a program according to an embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. The embodiment described below is merely an example, and the embodiment to which the present invention is applied is not limited to the following embodiment.
In all the drawings for describing the embodiments, components having the same function are denoted by the same reference numerals, and repeated description is omitted.
Further, “based on XX” in the present application means “based on at least XX”, and includes a case based on another element in addition to XX. Further, “based on XX” is not limited to a case where XX is used directly, but also includes a case where XX is based on a calculation or processing. “XX” is an arbitrary element (for example, arbitrary information).

(Embodiment)
The distribution management system according to the embodiment manages information on a distribution network (distribution network). Here, an example of a physical distribution network managed by the physical distribution management system of the embodiment will be described.
(Example of distribution network)
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a distribution network managed by the distribution management system according to the embodiment.
The distribution network includes an accumulation base IB, a base base included in the base B, and an area base included in the area A.
The accumulation base IB is installed in each of one or a plurality of regions, and exchanges (delivery) parcel delivery cargo with another accumulation base IB. Delivery cargo from another accumulation base IB (not shown) is accumulated in the accumulation base IB. In this case, home delivery cargo delivered to the base B and the area A is accumulated in the accumulation base IB.
The base B includes a plurality of base locations. Each of the plurality of base bases is installed in a relatively wide range, for example, one place to about a dozen places in each prefecture. Each of the plurality of base locations is assigned a range (hereinafter, referred to as a “base delivery range”) for delivering home delivery freight. In each of the plurality of base locations, home delivery cargo whose delivery destination is included in the base delivery range is accumulated. In the present embodiment, as an example, the case where the base B includes the first base base BB01, the second base base BB02, and the third base base BB03 will be continued. That is, the base B includes three base locations. The first base location BB01 covers the first base delivery range, the second base location BB02 covers the second base delivery range, and the third base location BB03 covers the third base delivery range.
Hereinafter, of the first base base BB01, the second base base BB02, and the third base base BB03, an arbitrary base base is described as a base base BB. Further, an arbitrary base delivery range among the first base delivery range, the second base delivery range, and the third base delivery range is described as a base delivery range.

Area A includes a plurality of area bases. Each of the plurality of area bases is installed in a range smaller than the base A, for example, about one to a dozen or more places for each municipalities. Each of the plurality of area bases is assigned a range for delivering home delivery cargo (hereinafter, referred to as "area delivery range"). In each of the plurality of area bases, home-delivery cargo whose home delivery destination is included in the area delivery range is accumulated. The area delivery range is smaller than the base delivery range. In the area A, home delivery freight delivered to each of the first home delivery destination C01, the second home delivery destination C02, the third home delivery destination C03, and the fourth home delivery destination C04 is accumulated.
In the present embodiment, as an example, a case where the area A includes a first area base, a second area base, and a third area base will be described. That is, the area A includes three area bases. The first area base AB01 covers the first area delivery range, the second area base AB02 covers the second area delivery range, and the third area base AB03 covers the third area delivery range.
Hereinafter, of the first area base AB01, the second area base AB02, and the third area base AB03, an arbitrary area base is described as an area base AB. Further, an arbitrary area delivery range among the first area delivery range, the second area delivery range, and the third area delivery range is referred to as an area delivery range. In addition, an arbitrary delivery destination among the first delivery destination C01, the second delivery destination C02, the third delivery destination C03, and the fourth delivery destination C04 is described as a delivery destination C.

The physical distribution management system manages the operation of a parcel delivery service for delivering parcels delivered from another accumulation base IB via the accumulation base IB, the first base base BB01, and the first area base AB01. Here, the home delivery cargo is delivered from the home delivery source to another accumulation base IB via an area base included in another area A and a base base included in another base B. Is omitted. Hereinafter, a route that delivers home delivery cargo from another accumulation base IB via the accumulation base IB, the first base base BB01, and the first area base AB01 is referred to as a “base area route”.
The physical distribution management system manages the operation of home delivery service for delivering home delivery cargo from the first area base AB01 via the first base base BB01 and the accumulation base IB. Here, the home delivery cargo is delivered from the accumulation base IB to the home delivery destination via the base base included in the other base B and the area base included in the other area A. Is omitted. Hereinafter, a route for delivering home delivery cargo from the first area base AB01 via the first base base BB01 and the accumulation base IB is referred to as an “area base route”.
(Base area route)
The base area route will be described. The home delivery cargo from the accumulation base IB is delivered to the first base base BB01 by a shuttle service (hereinafter referred to as “base shuttle service BSH”) that shuttles between the accumulation base IB and the first base base BB01. That is, the first base base BB01 accumulates home delivery cargo delivered by the base shuttle service BSH. The courier cargo accumulated at the first base base BB01 is delivered via the first base base BB01 and the second base base BB02 in addition to the courier cargo delivered via the first base base BB01. Home delivery freight, and home delivery freight delivered via the first base base B01, the second base base B02, and the third base base B03.

  At the first base base BB01, the parcel delivered by the base shuttle service BSH is unloaded. Among the unloaded parcels, parcels whose delivery destination is included in any of the first area distribution range, the second area distribution range, and the third area distribution range are the first base base BB01 and the first area. It is loaded on a shuttle service (hereinafter referred to as an "area shuttle service ASH") that shuttles to and from the base AB01. The area shuttle ASH delivers the loaded home delivery cargo from the first base base BB01 to the first area base AB01. In addition, among the parcels delivered to the first base base BB01, the parcels delivered to destinations other than the parcels included in the first base delivery range are circulated flights that circulate between the base bases (hereinafter, “base circulating”). Flight BJU ”). The base circulating flight BJU delivers the loaded home delivery cargo from the first base base BB01 to the second base base BB02.

At the second base location BB02, among the parcels delivered by the base circulation service BJU, parcels whose delivery destination is included in the second base delivery range are unloaded. The parcels other than the unloaded parcels are delivered from the second base BB02 to the third base BB03 by the base circulation service BJU.
At the third base base BB03, among the parcels delivered by the base circulation service BJU, the parcels whose delivery destination is included in the third base delivery range are unloaded. The parcels other than the unloaded parcels are delivered from the third base point BB03 to the first base point BB01 by the base circulation service BJU.

At the first area base AB01, the parcel delivery cargo delivered by the area shuttle service ASH is unloaded. Out of the unloaded parcels, parcels whose delivery destinations are included in the first area distribution range are loaded on the parcel delivery service TA01 that distributes the first area distribution range. The home delivery service TA01 delivers the loaded home delivery cargo to the home delivery destination C01 and the home delivery destination C04.
Of the parcels unloaded at the first area base AB01, parcels other than parcels whose delivery destinations are included in the first area distribution area are circulated flights circulating between the area bases (hereinafter referred to as "area circulated flights AJU"). "). The area circulating flight AJU delivers the loaded parcel delivery from the first area base AB01 to the second area base AB02 based on a delivery instruction signal (hereinafter referred to as a "delivery instruction signal") transmitted by the distribution management system. . That is, the physical distribution management system manages the delivery of the loaded home delivery from the first area base AB01 to the second area base AB02 by the area circulation service AJU.
At the second area base AB02, among the parcels delivered by the area circulation flight AJU, parcels whose delivery destinations are included in the second area delivery range are unloaded. The parcel delivery service that has the unloaded second area delivery range as a delivery destination is loaded on the home delivery TA02 that delivers the second area delivery range. The home delivery TA02 delivers the loaded home delivery to the home delivery destination C02. Based on the delivery instruction signal transmitted by the physical distribution management system, the area circulating flight AJU transfers home delivery cargo other than the home delivery cargo whose delivery destination is the unloaded second area delivery range from the second area base AB02 to the third area. Deliver to base AB03. That is, the distribution management system manages the delivery of the loaded home delivery from the second area base AB02 to the third area base AB03 by the area circulation flight AJU.

  At the third area base AB03, among the parcels delivered by the area circulating flight AJU, the parcels whose delivery destination is included in the third area delivery range are unloaded. The unloaded parcel delivery service having the third area delivery range as a delivery destination is loaded on the home delivery service TA03 delivering the third area delivery range. The home delivery TA03 delivers the loaded home delivery to the home delivery destination C03. Based on the delivery instruction signal transmitted by the physical distribution management system, the area circulating flight AJU transfers the parcels other than parcels delivered to the unloaded third area distribution area from the third area base AB03 to the first area. Delivery to base AB01. That is, the physical distribution management system manages the distribution of the loaded home delivery from the third area base AB03 to the first area base AB01 by the area circulation flight AJU.

(Area-based route)
The area-based route will be described. Here, C01 to C04 are replaced with the home delivery source.
The home delivery cargo from the home delivery source C01 and the home delivery source C04 is collected by the home delivery service TA01. The parcels delivered to the parcel delivery service TA01 are delivered to the first area base AB01. At the first area base AB01, the parcels delivered by the parcel delivery service TA01 are unloaded. Among the unloaded parcels, parcels whose delivery destinations are included in the second area distribution range and the third area distribution range are loaded on the area circulation flight AJU.
Further, at the first area base AB01, among the parcels delivered to the area circulating flight AJU, the delivery destinations are the parcels other than the parcels included in the second area delivery range and the third area delivery range. It is taken down.
The area circulation flight AJU delivers the loaded parcel delivery cargo from the first area base AB01 to the second area base AB02 based on a delivery instruction signal transmitted by the distribution management system. That is, the physical distribution management system manages the delivery of the loaded home delivery from the first area base AB01 to the second area base AB02 by the area circulation service AJU. Also, at the first area base AB01, home delivery cargo whose delivery destination is included in the first base delivery range, the second base delivery range, and the third base delivery range is loaded on the area shuttle ASH.

The home delivery cargo from the home delivery source C02 is collected by the home delivery service TA02. The parcels delivered to the parcel delivery service TA02 are delivered to the second area base AB02. At the second area base AB02, the parcels collected by the parcel delivery service TA02 are unloaded. Among the unloaded parcels, parcels whose delivery destinations are included in the third area distribution range and the first area distribution range are loaded on the area circulation flight AJU.
Further, at the second area base AB02, among the parcels delivered to the area circulating flight AJU, the delivery destination is the parcels other than the parcels included in the third area delivery range and the first area delivery range. It is taken down. The area circulating flight AJU delivers the loaded home delivery cargo from the second area base AB02 to the third area base AB03 based on a delivery instruction signal transmitted by the distribution management system. That is, the distribution management system manages the delivery of the loaded home delivery from the second area base AB02 to the third area base AB03 by the area circulation flight AJU.

The home delivery cargo from the home delivery source C03 is collected by the home delivery service TA03. The parcels delivered to the parcel delivery service TA03 are delivered to the third area base AB03. At the third area base AB03, the parcels collected by the parcel delivery service TA03 are unloaded. Out of the unloaded parcels, parcels having the first area delivery area and the second area delivery area as destinations are loaded on the area circulation flight AJU.
At the third area base AB03, among the parcels loaded on the area circulating flight AJU, parcels other than parcels to which the first area delivery range and the second area delivery range are delivered are unloaded. You. The area circulation flight AJU delivers the loaded home delivery cargo from the third area base AB03 to the first area base AB01 based on a delivery instruction signal transmitted by the distribution management system. That is, the distribution management system manages the delivery of the loaded parcel delivery from the third area base AB03 to the first area base AB01 by the area circulation flight AJU.

The home delivery cargo loaded on the area shuttle ASH is delivered to the first base base BB01. At the first base base BB01, the home delivery cargo loaded on the area shuttle ASH is unloaded. Out of the unloaded parcels, parcels whose delivery destinations are included in the second base distribution range and the third base distribution range are loaded on the base circulation flight BJU.
At the first base base BB01, among the parcels loaded on the base circulating flight BJU, parcels other than parcels to which the second base delivery range and the third base delivery range are delivered are unloaded. You. The base circulation flight BJU delivers the loaded home delivery cargo from the first base base BB01 to the second base base BB02 based on a delivery instruction signal transmitted by the distribution management system. That is, the physical distribution management system manages the delivery of the loaded parcel delivery from the first base base BB01 to the second base base BB02 by the base circulation flight BJU. At the first base base BB01, the parcels delivered to the accumulation base IB are loaded on the base shuttle service BSH. The home-delivery cargo whose delivery destination is the accumulation base IB is other than the home-delivery cargo whose delivery destination is the first base range, the second base delivery range, and the third base delivery range.
At the second base base AB02, the parcels delivered to the third base delivery range and the first base delivery range are loaded on the base circulation flight BJU. At the second base base AB02, among the parcels loaded on the base circulation flight BJU, parcels having the second base delivery range as the delivery destination are unloaded. The base circulating flight BJU delivers the loaded home delivery cargo from the second base base AB02 to the third base base BB03 based on the delivery instruction signal transmitted by the physical distribution management system. That is, the physical distribution management system manages the delivery of the loaded home delivery from the second base base BB02 to the third base base BB03 by the base circulation flight BJU.
At the third base base AB03, parcels delivered to the first base delivery range and the second base delivery range are loaded on the base circulation flight BJU. In addition, among the parcels delivered to the base circulating flight BJU, the parcels delivered to the third base delivery area are unloaded. The base circulating flight BJU delivers the loaded home delivery cargo from the third base base AB03 to the first base base BB01 based on a delivery instruction signal transmitted by the physical distribution management system. That is, the physical distribution management system manages the delivery of the loaded home delivery cargo from the third base base BB03 to the first base base BB01 by the base circulation flight BJU.

(Example of logistics management system)
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the physical distribution management system according to the embodiment.
The physical distribution management system 1 of the embodiment includes a physical distribution management device 100, a terminal device 200-1, a terminal device 200-2, and a terminal device 200-3. The distribution management device 100, the terminal device 200-1, the terminal device 200-2, and the terminal device 200-3 are connected via a network 50 such as a mobile phone network and the Internet.
The terminal device 200-1 is installed at the first area base AB01, and receives a home delivery cargo delivery request transmitted by each of one or a plurality of home delivery services TA (in the example of FIG. 1, the home delivery service C01 and the home delivery service C04). . The courier delivery request includes the ID of the courier TA, the courier ID, the box ID of the box that collects the courier, information indicating the courier C of the courier, and information indicating the delivery destination D. .
One or more boxes for collecting parcel delivery cargo are loaded in each of the one or more parcel delivery services TA. Each of the one or more courier services TA, at the courier source C, acquires information indicating the courier destination D of the courier cargo and associates the courier cargo ID with the courier cargo. The home delivery freight associated with the home delivery freight ID is collected in a box. Each of the one or more home delivery TAs associates the home delivery ID with the box ID of the box where the home delivery is collected. That is, the courier service TA associates the courier freight ID, the box ID, the information indicating the courier source C, and the information indicating the courier destination D. The courier TA creates and creates a courier delivery request including the ID of the courier TA, the associated courier ID, the box ID, the information indicating the courier C, and the information indicating the courier D. The home delivery cargo delivery request is transmitted to the terminal device 200-1.
The terminal device 200-1 is a home delivery device including a terminal device ID of the terminal device 200-1, a home delivery freight ID, a box ID, information indicating a home delivery source C, and information indicating a home delivery destination D included in the received home delivery freight delivery request. Cargo delivery information is created, and the created home delivery cargo delivery information is transmitted to the distribution management device 100.
In addition, the terminal device 200-1 receives the position notification signal transmitted by each of the one or more area circulating flights AJU. The position notification signal includes the ID of the area circulating flight AJU, the position information of the area circulating flight AJU, and the date and time information at which the position information was acquired. A positioning device such as a GPS and an in-vehicle device are mounted on each of one or a plurality of area circulation flights AJU. In each of the one or a plurality of area circulation flights AJU, the in-vehicle device notifies the operation status to the distribution management device 100, and obtains the position information obtained by positioning by the positioning device and the date and time when the position information was obtained. A position notification signal including the information and the ID of the area circulating flight AJU is created, and the created position notification signal is transmitted to the terminal device 200-1. The terminal device 200-1 creates area circulating flight position information including the ID of the area circulating flight AJU included in the received position notification signal, the position information of the area circulating flight AJU, and the date and time information at which the position information was acquired. Then, the created area circulating flight position information is transmitted to the distribution management apparatus 100.

The terminal device 200-2 is installed at the second area base AB02, and receives a home delivery freight registration request transmitted by each of one or more home delivery services TA (home delivery C02 in the example of FIG. 1). The home delivery freight registration request includes the ID of the home delivery TA, the home delivery freight, the box ID of the box that collects the home delivery freight, the information indicating the home delivery source C of the home delivery freight, and the information indicating the home delivery destination D. .
One or more boxes for collecting parcel delivery cargo are loaded in each of the one or more parcel delivery services TA. Each of the one or more courier services TA, at the courier source C, acquires information indicating the courier destination D of the courier cargo and associates the courier cargo ID with the courier cargo. The home delivery freight associated with the home delivery freight ID is collected in a box. Each of the one or more home delivery TAs associates the home delivery ID with the box ID of the box where the home delivery is collected. That is, the courier service TA associates the courier freight ID, the box ID, the information indicating the courier source C, and the information indicating the courier destination D. The courier TA creates and creates a courier delivery request including the ID of the courier TA, the associated courier ID, the box ID, the information indicating the courier C, and the information indicating the courier D. The home delivery cargo delivery request is transmitted to the terminal device 200-2.
The terminal device 200-2 includes a terminal device ID of the terminal device 200-2, a home delivery freight ID included in the received home delivery freight delivery request, a box ID, information indicating the home delivery source C, and information indicating the home delivery destination D. Cargo delivery information is created, and the created home delivery cargo delivery information is transmitted to the distribution management device 100.
Further, the terminal device 200-2 receives the position notification signal transmitted by each of the one or more area circulating flights AJU. The position notification signal includes the ID of the area circulating flight AJU, the position information of the area circulating flight AJU, and the date and time information at which the position information was acquired. A positioning device such as a GPS and an in-vehicle device are mounted on each of one or a plurality of area circulation flights AJU. In each of the one or a plurality of area circulation flights AJU, the in-vehicle device notifies the operation status to the distribution management device 100, and obtains the position information obtained by positioning by the positioning device and the date and time when the position information was obtained. A position notification signal including the information and the ID of the area circulating flight AJU is generated, and the generated position notification signal is transmitted to the terminal device 200-2. The terminal device 200-2 creates area circulating flight position information including the ID of the area circulating flight AJU included in the received position notification signal, the position information of the area circulating flight AJU, and the date and time information at which the position information was acquired. Then, the created area circulating flight position information is transmitted to the distribution management apparatus 100.

The terminal device 200-3 is installed at the third area base AB03, and receives a home delivery freight registration request transmitted by each of one or more home delivery services TA (home delivery C03 in the example of FIG. 1). The home delivery freight registration request includes the ID of the home delivery TA, the home delivery freight, the box ID of the box that collects the home delivery freight, the information indicating the home delivery source C of the home delivery freight, and the information indicating the home delivery destination D. .
One or more boxes for collecting parcel delivery cargo are loaded in each of the one or more parcel delivery services TA. Each of the one or more courier services TA, at the courier source C, acquires information indicating the courier destination D of the courier cargo and associates the courier cargo ID with the courier cargo. The home delivery freight associated with the home delivery freight ID is collected in a box. Each of the one or more home delivery TAs associates the home delivery ID with the box ID of the box where the home delivery is collected. That is, the courier service TA associates the courier freight ID, the box ID, the information indicating the courier source C, and the information indicating the courier destination D. The courier TA creates and creates a courier delivery request including the ID of the courier TA, the associated courier ID, the box ID, the information indicating the courier C, and the information indicating the courier D. The home delivery cargo delivery request is transmitted to the terminal device 200-3.
The terminal device 200-3 is a home delivery device including the terminal device ID of the terminal device 200-3, the home delivery freight ID included in the received home delivery freight delivery request, the box ID, the information indicating the home delivery source C, and the information indicating the home delivery destination D. Cargo delivery information is created, and the created home delivery cargo delivery information is transmitted to the distribution management device 100.
In addition, the terminal device 200-3 receives the position notification signal transmitted by each of the one or more area circulating flights AJU. The position notification signal includes the ID of the area circulating flight AJU, the position information of the area circulating flight AJU, and the date and time information at which the position information was acquired. A positioning device such as a GPS and an in-vehicle device are mounted on each of one or a plurality of area circulation flights AJU. In each of the one or a plurality of area circulation flights AJU, the in-vehicle device notifies the operation status to the distribution management device 100, and obtains the position information obtained by positioning by the positioning device and the date and time when the position information was obtained. A position notification signal including the information and the ID of the area circulation flight AJU is created, and the created position notification signal is transmitted to the terminal device 200-3. The terminal device 200-3 creates area circulating flight position information including the ID of the area circulating flight AJU included in the received position notification signal, the position information of the area circulating flight AJU, and the date and time information at which the position information was acquired. Then, the created area circulating flight position information is transmitted to the distribution management apparatus 100.
Hereinafter, an arbitrary terminal device among the terminal devices 200-1, 200-2, and 200-3 will be referred to as a terminal device 200.

(Configuration of logistics management system)
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of the distribution management device and the terminal device of the distribution management system according to the present embodiment. Hereinafter, the distribution management device 100 and the terminal device 200 will be sequentially described.
(Distribution management device)
The distribution management apparatus 100 includes a communication unit 110, a storage unit 120, an information processing unit 130, and an address bus and a data bus for electrically connecting the components as shown in FIG. And a bus line 150.
The communication unit 110 is realized by a communication module. The communication unit 110 communicates with another device such as the terminal device 200 via the network 50. Communication unit 110 receives the parcel delivery information transmitted by terminal device 200 and outputs the received parcel delivery information to information processing unit 130. The communication unit 110 transmits the arrival date and time information output by the information processing unit 130 to the terminal device 200. Further, communication unit 110 receives the area circulating flight position information transmitted by terminal device 200, and outputs the received area circulating flight position information to information processing unit 130. The communication unit 110 transmits the delivery instruction signal output by the information processing unit 130 to the terminal device 200.
The storage unit 120 is realized by, for example, a random access memory (RAM), a read only memory (ROM), a hard disk drive (HDD), a flash memory, or a hybrid storage device in which a plurality of these are combined. The storage unit 120 stores the program 122 executed by the information processing unit 130, the application 124, the area base correspondence information 126, the operation plan information 127, the parcel delivery cargo information 128, and the area base information 129. .

The application 124 causes the distribution management device 100 to store area base correspondence information 126, operation plan information 127, parcel delivery cargo information 128, and area base information 129. The application 124 causes the distribution management device 100 to receive the parcel delivery information transmitted by the terminal device 200, and indicates the terminal device ID, the parcel freight ID, the box ID, and the parcel source C included in the received parcel delivery information. Information and information indicating the home delivery destination D are acquired. The application 124 causes the distribution management device 100 to derive the area base AB where the terminal device 200 indicated by the terminal device ID is installed, based on the acquired terminal device ID. The application 124 sends the logistics management device 100 the area base AB and the base base BB that are used to deliver the parcel to the destination D via the derived area base AB from the home delivery source C. Derived. The application 124 causes the physical distribution management apparatus 100 to acquire the parcel ID, the box ID, the information indicating the parcel delivery source C, the derived area base AB, the base base BB to be passed, and the information indicating the parcel delivery destination D. In association with this, the home delivery cargo information 128 is registered.
The application 124 sends information indicating the delivery source C, information indicating the collection date and time, information indicating the area base AB to be passed, base base BB to be passed to, information indicating the delivery destination D, and operation plan information to the physical distribution management apparatus 100. 127, the date and time when the parcel delivered from the parcel source C arrives at the parcel destination D is derived. The application 124 includes information indicating the date and time of arrival at the delivery destination D derived by the physical distribution management device 100 and the home delivery freight ID, and transmits the arrival date and time information addressed to the terminal device 200 that has transmitted the home delivery freight delivery information. Create and send the created arrival date and time information.
The application 124 also causes the distribution management device 100 to receive the area circulation flight position information transmitted by the terminal device 200. The application 124 causes the distribution management apparatus 100 to grasp the position of the parcel delivery freight based on the ID of the area circulating flight AJU and the position information of the area circulating flight AJU included in the received area circulating flight position information. The application 124 instructs the distribution management apparatus 100 based on the area base information 129, the ID of the area circulating flight AJU included in the received area circulating flight position information, and the position information of the area circulating flight AJU. Area circulation flights AJU stopped at AB01, the second area base AB02, and the third area base AB03 are derived. Based on the area base correspondence information 126, the application 124 determines, from the first area base AB01, the second area base AB02, and the third area base AB03, each of one or more area bases AB where the area circulation flight AJU is stopped. The ID of the circulation destination area base is acquired. The application 124 includes the ID of the area circulating flight AJU stopped at the area base AB and the ID of the destination area base of the area circulating flight AJU, and is installed at the area base AB where the area circulating flight AJU is stopped. A delivery instruction signal destined for the terminal device 200 that has been made is created, and the created delivery instruction signal is transmitted.

(Area base correspondence information)
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the area base correspondence information.
The area base correspondence information 126 is information in the form of a table in which the ID of the area base is associated with the ID of the area base that is the circulation destination of the area circulating flight AJU stopped at the area base. With the area base correspondence information 126, the circulation destination of the area circulating flight AJU is designated between the first area base AB01, the second area base AB02, and the third area base AB03 included in the area A.
In the example illustrated in FIG. 4, the ID of the area base is indicated by “AB02” as the circulation destination of the area circulating flight AJU stopped at the first area base AB01 whose ID is “AB01”. Two area base AB02 is designated. Further, a third area base AB03 whose area base ID is "AB03" is designated as a circulation destination of the area circulating flight AJU stopped at the second area base AB02 whose area base ID is "AB02". Is done. Further, the first area base AB01 whose area base ID is "AB01" is designated as the circulation destination of the area circulation flight AJU stopped at the third area base AB03 whose area base ID is "AB03". Is done. That is, according to the area base correspondence information shown in FIG. 4, the area circulating flight AJU circulates in the order of the first area base AB01, the second area base AB02, the third area base AB03, and the first area base AB01. However, this order is an example, and the order may be set to be different from the order of the first area base AB01, the second area base AB02, the third area base AB03, and the first area base AB01.

(Operating plan information)
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the operation plan information.
The operation plan information 127 indicates that the scheduled time at which the area circulation flight AJU will arrive at each of the first area base AB01, the second area base AB02, and the third area base AB03, and the area shuttle flight ASH, The scheduled time of arrival at each of the first area base AB01 and the first base base BB01 and the base circulating flight BJU arrive at each of the first base base BB01, the second base base BB02, and the third base base BB03. It is information in a table format indicating the scheduled time and the scheduled time at which the base shuttle flight BSH arrives at each of the first base base BB01 and the accumulation base IB. Specifically, the operation plan information 127 indicates that the area circulation flight AJU whose area circulation flight ID is “AJU001”, the area circulation flight “AJU002”, and the area circulation flight “AJU003” It includes scheduled time information for arriving at an area base AB01 whose area base ID is “AB01”, an area base AB02 “AB02”, and an area base AB03 “AB03”. The operation plan information 127 indicates that the area shuttle flight ASH001 having the area shuttle flight ID “ASH001” has the area base AB01 having the area base ID “AB01” and the base having the base base ID “BB01”. The information includes the estimated time of arrival at the base BB01.
The operation plan information 127 includes a base circulation flight BJU001 whose base circulation flight ID is “BJU001”, a base circulation flight BJU002 of “BJU002”, and a base circulation flight BJU003 of “BJU003”. The information includes scheduled time information for arriving at the base base BB01 whose base ID is “BB01”, the base base BB02 whose base is “BB02”, and the base base BB03 whose base is “BB03”. Further, the operation plan information 127 indicates that the base shuttle flight BSH001 whose base shuttle flight ID is "BSH001" has the base base BB01 whose base base ID is "BB01", and the ID of the accumulation base is "IB". Includes scheduled time information for arriving at the accumulation base IB. The distribution management device 100 manages the operation of the area circulation flight AJU, the area shuttle flight ASH, the base circulation flight BJU, and the base shuttle flight BSH based on the operation plan information 127.
(Delivery information)
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of parcel delivery information.
The home delivery freight information 128 is information in a table format in which the home delivery freight ID, the box ID, the home delivery source, the transit area base, the transit base base, and the home delivery destination are associated with each other. Each piece of information included in the home delivery cargo information 128 is set based on the home delivery source and the home delivery destination when the home delivery cargo is collected. Also, at least a part of the information included in the parcel delivery information 128 may be changed depending on the delivery situation.
The parcel delivery ID is the identification information of the parcel, the box ID is the identification information of the box that collects the parcel, the courier is the information indicating the place where the parcel was collected, and The area base AB that is routed before delivery to the home delivery destination, the base base that is routed is the base base BB that travels by way of delivery of the home delivery freight to the home delivery destination, and the home delivery destination indicates a location where the home delivery freight is delivered. Information.

According to the example illustrated in FIG. 6, the parcel freight with the parcel freight ID “PD001” is collected in the box with the box ID “B001”. For the parcel freight with the parcel ID “PD001” collected in the box with the box ID “B001”, the parcel source is the first parcel source C01 and the first area base AB01 as the transit area base, It is delivered to the first home delivery destination D01 via the “first base base BB01” as the base base via the base.
In addition, the parcel freight with the parcel freight ID “PD002” is collected in a box whose box ID is “B001”. The home delivery freight with the delivery ID “PD002” collected in the box with the box ID “B001” has the home delivery source of the fourth home delivery source C04, and has the “first area base AB01” as the transit area base. It is delivered to the fourth home delivery destination D04 via the “first base base BB01” as the base base via the base.
In addition, the parcel delivery freight having the parcel freight ID “PD003” is collected in a box having the box ID “B002”. The parcel delivery freight with the ID “PD003” collected in the box with the box ID “B002” has the parcel source of the second parcel source C02, and the “second area base AB02” and the “second area base AB02” as the transit area bases. The data is delivered to the second home delivery destination D02 via the "third area base AB03", the "first area base AB01", and the "first base base BB01" as the base base.
In addition, the parcel freight with the parcel freight ID “PD004” is collected in a box whose box ID is “B003”. The courier freight with the courier ID “PD004” collected in the box with the box ID “B003” has the courier source of the third courier C03, and the “third area base AB03” and the “third area base AB03” as the transit area bases. It is delivered to the third home delivery destination D03 via the "first area base AB01" and the "first base base BB01" as a base base.

(Area base information)
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the area base information.
The area base information 129 is information in a table format in which the ID of the area base, the ID of the terminal device, the IP address of the terminal device, and the range information of the berth of the area base are associated.
The area base ID is identification information of the area base AB. The terminal device ID is an ID of a terminal device installed at the area base AB. The IP address of the terminal device is a number for identifying the terminal device 200. The berth range information of the area base is information indicating the range of the berth position included in the area base AB. The berth range information is represented, for example, by latitude and longitude.

  According to the example shown in FIG. 7, the ID of the terminal device 200 is “TE01” and the IP address of the terminal device 200 is “192.168” in the first area base AB01 in which the ID of the area base is “AB01”. .0.1 "is installed, and the berth range information of the first area base AB01 is the longitude and latitude range of the berth of the first area base. Also, in the second area base AB02 in which the ID of the area base is "AB02", the terminal equipment in which the ID of the terminal equipment is "TE02" and the IP address of the terminal equipment 200 is "192.168.0.2" 200-2 is installed, and the berth range information of the second area base AB02 is the range of longitude and latitude of the berth of the second area base. Also, in the third area base AB03 in which the ID of the area base is “AB03”, the terminal device whose ID is “TE03” and the IP address of the terminal device 200 is “192.168.0.3” 200-3 is installed, and the position of the berth of the third area base AB03 is the range of longitude and latitude of the berth of the third area base. Returning to FIG. 3, the description will be continued.

  All or a part of the information processing unit 130 is, for example, a functional unit (hereinafter, software function) realized by a processor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) executing a program 122 or an application 124 stored in the storage unit 120. Unit). Note that all or a part of the information processing unit 130 may be realized by hardware such as an LSI (Large Scale Integration), an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), or an FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array). It may be realized by a combination of a unit and hardware.

The information processing unit 130 includes, for example, an acquisition unit 132 and a processing unit 134.
The obtaining unit 132 obtains the parcel delivery information output by the communication unit 110 and outputs the obtained parcel delivery information to the processing unit 134. Here, the home delivery freight delivery information includes the terminal device ID, the home delivery freight ID, the box ID, the information indicating the home delivery source C, and the information indicating the home delivery destination D, as described above. The acquisition unit 132 acquires the area circulation flight position information output by the communication unit 110, and outputs the acquired area circulation flight position information to the processing unit 134. Here, the area circulating flight position information includes the ID of the area circulating flight AJU and the position information of the area circulating flight AJU, as described above.
The terminal device 200-1 receives the home delivery cargo registration request and the position notification signal transmitted by the area circulation flight AJU located in the first area delivery range. The terminal device 200-2 receives the home delivery cargo registration request and the position notification signal transmitted by the area circulation flight AJU located in the second area delivery range. The terminal device 200-3 receives the home delivery freight registration request and the position notification signal transmitted by the area circulating flight AJU located in the third area delivery range.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of the area delivery range.
FIG. 8 shows a first area delivery area A01, a second area delivery area A02, and a third area delivery area A03.
In the example shown in FIG. 8, the position of the first area circulating flight AJU01 is included in the first area range A01, and the position of the second area circulating flight AJU02 is included in the second area range A02. Area circulation flights are not included in the third area range A03. In such a situation, the terminal device 200-1 installed at the first area base AB01 transmits the terminal device ID of the terminal device 200-1, the parcel delivery freight ID, the box ID, the information indicating the parcel delivery source C, and the parcel delivery destination D. And the parcel delivery information including the indicated information. In addition, the terminal device 200-1 transmits area circulation flight position information including the ID of the first area circulation flight AJU01 and the position information of the first area circulation flight AJU01. The terminal device 200-2 installed at the second area base AB02 has a home delivery including the terminal device ID of the terminal device 200-2, the parcel delivery freight ID, the box ID, the information indicating the home delivery source C, and the information indicating the home delivery destination D. Send freight delivery information. In addition, the terminal device 200-2 transmits area circulation flight position information including the ID of the second area circulation flight AJU02 and the position information of the second area circulation flight AJU02. The terminal device 200-3 installed at the third area base AB03 has a home delivery including the terminal device ID of the terminal device 200-3, the parcel delivery freight ID, the box ID, the information indicating the home delivery source C, and the information indicating the home delivery destination D. Send freight delivery information. In addition, the terminal device 200-3 does not transmit the area circulation flight position information because the area circulation flight AJU is not stopped in the area range A03. Returning to FIG. 3, the description will be continued.

The processing unit 134 acquires the parcel delivery information output by the acquiring unit 132, and stores the terminal device ID, the parcel freight ID, the box ID, the information indicating the parcel source C, and the parcel destination D included in the acquired parcel delivery information. And the information shown.
The processing unit 134 derives the area base AB where the terminal device 200 corresponding to the terminal device ID is installed, based on the acquired terminal device ID. The processing unit 134 derives, from the home delivery source C, the area base AB via which the home delivery cargo is delivered to the home delivery destination D via the derived area base AB, and the base base BB. That is, the processing unit 134 derives a route for delivering the home delivery cargo from the home delivery source C to the home delivery destination D. Specifically, for each area base AB where the terminal device 200 in the area delivery range including the home delivery source C is installed, the area where the terminal device 200 in the area delivery range including the home delivery destination D is installed from the area base AB Up to the base, information in which the area base AB to be passed and the base base BB are associated is prepared, and based on the prepared information, the processing unit 134 installs the terminal device 200 in the area delivery range including the home delivery source C. The area base AB and the base base BB that are used for delivering the parcel delivery cargo from the designated area base AB to the home delivery destination D are derived. The processing unit 134 associates the acquired home delivery ID, box ID, and information indicating the home delivery source C with the information indicating the derived passing area base AB, the passing base base BB, and the home delivery destination D, and provides the home delivery freight information. Register at 128.
The processing unit 134 receives the information at the delivery source C based on the information indicating the delivery source C, the area base AB to be passed, the base base BB to be passed, the information indicating the delivery destination D, and the operation plan information 127. The date and time when the parcel delivery cargo arrives at the parcel delivery destination D is derived. Specifically, the processing unit 134 derives the date and time when the parcel delivery cargo arrives at the transit area base from the date and time when the parcel delivery cargo is received by the courier source C. The processing unit 134 derives the date and time of arrival at the area base AB (hereinafter, the second date and time) from the date and time (hereinafter, the first date and time) received at the home delivery source C. The processing unit 134 refers to the operation plan information 127 and collects the parcel delivery cargo based on the first date and time when the passing area base AB is either the second area base AB02 or the third area base AB03. An area circulation flight AJU that can be specified is specified, and based on the operation plan of the specified area circulation flight AJU, the date and time when the area circulation flight AJU arrives at the first area base AB01 from the passing area base AB (hereinafter referred to as a third date and time) ) Is derived.
The processing unit 134 specifies the area shuttle flight ASH capable of collecting the parcel delivery service based on the date and time obtained by adding the time for unloading the parcel delivery service at the first area base AB01 to the third date and time. Based on the ASH operation plan, the date and time when the area shuttle flight arrives at the first base base BB01 (hereinafter referred to as a fourth date and time) is derived. The processing unit 134 specifies the base shuttle flight BSH capable of collecting the parcel delivery service on the basis of the date and time obtained by adding the time for unloading the parcel delivery service at the first base base BB01 to the fourth date and time. Based on the operation plan of the BSH, the date and time when the base shuttle flight arrives at the accumulation base IB (hereinafter referred to as a fifth date and time) is derived.

Further, when the area base AB to be passed is the first area base AB01, the processing unit 134 specifies the area shuttle circulating flight ASH capable of collecting parcel delivery cargo based on the first date and time, and specifies the specified area shuttle flight ASH. , The date and time at which the area shuttle ASH arrives at the first base base BB01 from the area base AB through which the area shuttle flight ASH is derived (hereinafter, referred to as a sixth date and time). The processing unit 134 specifies the base shuttle flight BSH capable of collecting the parcel delivery service based on the date and time obtained by adding the time for unloading the parcel delivery service at the first base base BB01 to the sixth date and time. Based on the operation plan of the BSH, the date and time when the base shuttle flight arrives at the accumulation base IB (hereinafter referred to as the seventh date and time) is derived.
Similarly, the processing unit 134 derives the date and time at which the parcel delivery service is delivered to the home delivery destination D from the date and time when the parcel delivery service arrives at the accumulation base IB.
The processing unit 134 creates arrival date and time information that includes the derived information indicating the date and time of arrival at the home delivery destination D and the home delivery freight ID and that is addressed to the terminal device 200 that has transmitted the home delivery freight delivery information. The date and time information is output to the communication unit 110.
Further, the processing unit 134 acquires the area circulation flight position information output by the acquisition unit 132, and acquires the ID of the area circulation flight AJU and the position information of the area circulation flight AJU included in the acquired area circulation flight position information. I do.
Here, the IDs of the plurality of area circulation flights AJU are associated with the box IDs of the boxes on which the area circulation flights are mounted. The processing unit 134 acquires the box ID of the box where the parcels are collected for each parcel from the parcels information 128 stored in the storage unit 120. The processing unit 134 specifies the area circulating flight AJU in which the box corresponding to the box ID is mounted based on the obtained box ID, and obtains the position of the specified area circulating flight AJU. Know your location. Specifically, the processing unit 134 grasps the location of the transit base location and the transit area location included in the parcel delivery information 128 stored in the storage unit 120.
In addition, the processing unit 134, based on the area base information 129, stores the area base ID, the IP address of the terminal apparatus 200, and the area base ID stored in association with the ID of the terminal apparatus 200 that transmitted the acquired area circulation flight position information. Get the berth range information. The processing unit 134 determines whether or not the position of the area circulating flight AJU is included in the range information of the berth of the area base based on the acquired position information of the area circulating flight AJU and the range information of the berth of the area base. I do. If the processing unit 134 determines that the position of the area circulation flight AJU is not included in the berth range information of the area base, the processing unit 134 determines that the first area base AB01, the second area base AB02, and the third area base AB03. In any of the cases, the area circulating flight AJU is not stopped, and thus the processing is terminated.
When the processing unit 134 determines that the location of the area circulation flight AJU is included in the berth range information of the area base, the processing unit 134 stores the location in association with the acquired area base ID from the area base correspondence information 126. The ID of the circulation destination area base is acquired. The processing unit 134 causes the IP address of the terminal device 200 to be the destination, creates a delivery instruction signal including the ID of the area circulating flight AJU, and the ID of the circulation destination area base, and sends the created delivery instruction signal to the communication unit 110. Output to

(Terminal device)
The terminal device 200 includes a communication unit 210, a storage unit 220, an information processing unit 230, an operation unit 240, and an address bus for electrically connecting the respective components as shown in FIG. A bus line 250 such as a data bus.
The communication unit 210 is realized by a communication module. The communication unit 210 communicates with another device such as the distribution management device 100 via the network 50. The communication unit 210 receives the home delivery cargo delivery request transmitted by the home delivery service TA, and outputs the received home delivery cargo delivery request to the information processing unit 230. Further, the communication unit 210 transmits the parcel delivery delivery information output by the information processing unit 230 to the distribution management device 100. In addition, the communication unit 210 receives the arrival date and time information transmitted by the distribution management device 100, and outputs the received arrival date and time information to the information processing unit 230. The communication unit 210 transmits the arrival date / time notification signal output by the information processing unit 230 to the home delivery service TA.
Further, communication section 210 receives the position notification signal transmitted by area circulating flight AJU, and outputs the received position notification signal to information processing section 230. Further, the communication unit 210 transmits the area circulation flight position information output by the information processing unit 230 to the distribution management device 100. The communication unit 210 also receives the delivery instruction signal transmitted by the distribution management device 100, and outputs the received delivery instruction signal to the information processing unit 230. Further, communication unit 210 acquires the circulation destination notification signal output by information processing unit 230, and transmits the acquired circulation destination notification signal to area circulating flight AJU.

The storage unit 220 is realized by, for example, a RAM, a ROM, an HDD, a flash memory, or a hybrid storage device in which a plurality of these are combined. The storage unit 220 stores a program 222 executed by the information processing unit 230, an application 224, and area base information 226.
The application 224 causes the terminal device 200 to receive the home delivery cargo delivery request transmitted by the home delivery TA. The application 224 includes, in the terminal device 200, a terminal device ID of the terminal device 200, a parcel delivery freight ID included in the received parcel freight delivery request, a box ID, information indicating the parcel source C, and information indicating the parcel destination D. The home delivery freight delivery information is created, and the created home delivery freight delivery information is transmitted to the distribution management device 100. The application 224 causes the terminal device 200 to receive the arrival date and time information transmitted by the distribution management device 100. The application 224 causes the terminal device 200 to create an arrival date / time notification signal including the information indicating the date / time of arrival at the home delivery destination D and destined to the courier service TA that has sent the courier delivery request, and the created arrival date / time notification. The signal is transmitted to the courier service TA. The application 224 causes the terminal device 200 to receive the position notification signal transmitted by the area circulating flight AJU. The application 224 causes the terminal device 200 to acquire the ID of the area circulating flight AJU and the position information of the area circulating flight AJU included in the position notification signal, and obtain the acquired ID of the area circulating flight AJU and the area circulating flight AJU. Area circulating flight position information is created based on the position information. The application 224 causes the terminal device 200 to transmit the created area circulation flight position information to the distribution management device 100.
The application 224 causes the terminal device 200 to receive the delivery instruction signal transmitted by the distribution management device 100, and to acquire the ID of the area circulating flight AJU and the ID of the circulation destination area base included in the received delivery instruction signal. . The application 224 causes the terminal device 200 to acquire the IP address of the position notification signal including the ID of the area circulating flight AJU based on the acquired ID of the area circulating flight AJU. Further, the application 224 causes the terminal device 200 to acquire information indicating the area base from the area base information 226 based on the ID of the circulation destination area base. The application 224 causes the terminal device 200 to create a circulation destination notification signal including the information indicating the area base, using the acquired IP address of the area circulation flight AJU as a destination, and transmits the generated circulation destination notification signal to the communication unit 210. Output.

(Area base information)
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of the area base information.
The area base information 226 is information in the form of a table in which the ID of the area base is associated with the area base information. The information indicating the area base associated with the ID of the area base can be specified by the area base information 226. In the example shown in FIG. 9, the area base ID “AB01” is “first area base”, the area base ID “AB02” is “second area base”, and the area base ID “AB03” is This is the “third area base”. Returning to FIG. 3, the description will be continued.

All or a part of the information processing unit 230 is, for example, a software function unit realized by a processor such as a CPU executing the program 222 or the application 224 stored in the storage unit 220. Note that all or a part of the information processing unit 230 may be realized by hardware such as an LSI, an ASIC, or an FPGA, or may be realized by a combination of a software function unit and hardware.
The information processing unit 230 includes, for example, an acquisition unit 232 and a processing unit 234.
The acquiring unit 232 acquires the home delivery cargo delivery request output by the communication unit 210, and outputs the obtained home delivery cargo delivery request to the processing unit 234. In addition, the acquisition unit 232 acquires the arrival date and time information output by the communication unit 210, and outputs the acquired arrival date and time information to the processing unit 234.
The acquisition unit 232 acquires the position notification signal output by the communication unit 210, and outputs the acquired position notification signal to the processing unit 234. Further, the acquiring unit 232 acquires the delivery instruction signal output by the communication unit 210, and outputs the acquired delivery instruction signal to the processing unit 234.

The processing unit 234 acquires the courier delivery request output by the acquiring unit 232, and includes the ID of the courier TA, the courier ID, the box ID, the information indicating the courier source C, and the courier destination included in the acquired courier delivery request. And information indicating D. The processing unit 234 includes the acquired parcel delivery ID, box ID, information indicating the parcel source C, information indicating the parcel destination D, and the terminal device ID of the terminal device 200, and parcel parcel delivery destined to the distribution management device 100. The information is created, and the created parcel delivery information is output to the communication unit 210.
The processing unit 234 acquires the arrival date and time information output by the acquisition unit 232, and acquires information indicating the date and time of arrival at the delivery destination D included in the acquired arrival date and time information. The processing unit 234 creates an arrival date and time notification signal including the information indicating the date and time of arrival at the acquired home delivery destination D, and destined to the courier service TA that has transmitted the courier delivery request, and transmits the created arrival date and time notification signal to the Output to communication section 210. The processing unit 234 obtains the position notification signal output by the obtaining unit 232, and obtains the ID of the area circulating flight AJU and the position information of the area circulating flight AJU included in the obtained position notification signal. The processing unit 234 includes the acquired ID of the area circulating flight AJU and the position information of the area circulating flight AJU, creates area circulating flight position information destined for the distribution management device 100, and stores the created area circulating flight position information. , To the communication unit 210.
Further, the processing unit 234 acquires the delivery instruction signal output by the acquisition unit 232, and acquires the ID of the area circulating flight AJU and the ID of the circulation destination area base included in the acquired delivery instruction signal. The processing unit 234 acquires the IP address of the area circulating flight AJU from the position notification signal based on the acquired ID of the area circulating flight AJU. Further, the processing unit 234 acquires information indicating the area base from the area base information 226 based on the ID of the circulation destination area base. The processing unit 234 creates a circulation destination notification signal including information indicating the area base with the IP address of the area circulation flight AJU as a destination, and outputs the generated circulation destination notification signal to the communication unit 210.
The operation unit 240 includes, for example, a touch panel, detects a touch operation on a screen displayed on the display unit, and outputs a detection result of the touch operation to the information processing unit 230. The touch operation includes an operation of inputting character information.

(Operation of logistics management system)
FIG. 10 is a sequence chart illustrating an example of the operation of the physical distribution management system according to the present embodiment.
(Step S1)
The in-vehicle device of the courier service TA includes an ID of the courier service TA, a courier freight ID, a box ID of a box that collects the courier freight, information indicating a courier source C of the courier service, and information indicating a courier destination D. Create a parcel registration request.
(Step S2)
The in-vehicle device transmits the created home delivery cargo registration request to the terminal device 200.
(Step S3)
The communication unit 210 of the terminal device 200 receives the home delivery freight registration request transmitted by the home delivery TA, and outputs the received home delivery freight registration request to the information processing unit 230.
(Step S4)
The information processing unit 230 acquires the home delivery freight registration request output by the communication unit 210, and displays the home delivery freight ID, the box ID, the information indicating the home delivery source C, and the information indicating the home delivery destination D included in the obtained home delivery freight registration request. The home delivery freight delivery information is created based on the information, and the created home delivery freight delivery information is output to the communication unit 210.

(Step S5)
The communication unit 210 acquires the parcel delivery information output by the information processing unit 230, and transmits the acquired parcel delivery information to the distribution management device 100.
(Step S6)
The communication unit 110 of the distribution management device 100 receives the parcel delivery information transmitted by the terminal device 200, and outputs the received parcel delivery information to the information processing unit 130.
(Step S7)
The information processing unit 130 acquires the home delivery freight delivery information output by the communication unit 110, and includes the terminal device ID, the home delivery freight ID, the box ID, the information indicating the home delivery source C, and the home delivery destination D included in the obtained home delivery freight delivery information. Is obtained, and based on the obtained terminal device ID, the area base AB where the terminal device 200 indicated by the terminal device ID is installed is derived.
(Step S8)
The information processing unit 130 derives an area base AB that is used for delivering the parcel delivery from the home delivery source C to the home delivery destination D via the derived area base AB, and a base base BB.

(Step S9)
The information processing unit 130 includes information indicating the parcel delivery ID, the box ID, and the parcel source C obtained in step S7, information indicating the transit area base AB, the transit base base BB, and the parcel delivery destination D derived in step S8. And registered in the parcel delivery information 128.
(Step S10)
Based on the information indicating the delivery destination C, the area base AB to be routed, the information indicating the base base BB to be routed and the delivery destination D, and the operation plan information 127, the information processing unit 130 receives the delivery freight received by the delivery source C. Derives the date and time of arrival at the delivery destination D.
(Step S11)
The information processing unit 130 creates and creates arrival date and time information that includes the information indicating the derived date and time of arrival at the home delivery destination D and the home delivery freight ID and that is addressed to the terminal device 200 that has transmitted the home delivery freight delivery information. The arrival date / time information is output to the communication unit 110.
(Step S12)
The communication unit 110 acquires the arrival date and time information output by the information processing unit 130, and transmits the acquired arrival date and time information to the terminal device 200.
(Step S13)
The communication unit 210 of the terminal device 200 receives the arrival date and time information transmitted by the distribution management device 100, and outputs the received arrival date and time information to the information processing unit 230.
(Step S14)
The information processing unit 230 acquires the arrival date and time information output by the communication unit 210, and acquires the information indicating the date and time of arrival at the delivery destination D included in the acquired arrival date and time information, and the delivery freight ID. The information processing section 230 acquires the IP address of the courier service TA that has transmitted the courier delivery request including the courier ID based on the acquired courier ID. The information processing unit 230 uses the acquired IP address of the courier service TA as a destination and creates an arrival date and time notification signal including information indicating the date and time of arrival at the courier destination D and a courier freight ID. The information processing unit 230 outputs the created arrival date and time notification signal to the communication unit 210.
(Step S15)
The communication unit 210 transmits the arrival date / time notification signal output by the information processing unit 230 to the home delivery service TA. The in-vehicle device of the courier service TA receives the arrival date / time notification signal transmitted by the terminal device 200, and outputs information indicating the date / time of arrival at the home delivery destination D included in the received arrival date / time notification signal, and the courier freight ID. . With this configuration, the driver of the home delivery TA can know the date and time when the home delivery cargo corresponding to the home delivery ID arrives at the home delivery destination D.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the base B includes the first base base BB01, the second base base BB02, and the third base base BB03 has been described, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the number of base locations included in the base B may be two or four or more.
In the above-described embodiment, the case where the area A includes the first area base AB01, the second area base AB02, and the third area base AB03 has been described, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the number of area bases included in the area A may be two or four or more.
In the embodiment described above, the case where one terminal device 200 is installed at each area base AB has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this example. For example, a plurality of terminal devices 200 may be installed in each area base AB, or an area base where one terminal device 200 is installed and an area base where a plurality of terminal devices 200 are installed are mixed. May be.
In the above-described embodiment, the case where the distribution network includes the base B and the area A has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the base B may be omitted. In this case, home delivery cargo is directly exchanged between the accumulation base IB and the first area base AB01 by the area shuttle ASH.

  In the above-described embodiment, a case has been described where the first base base BB01 accumulates home delivery cargo delivered from the first area base AB01 by the area shuttle service ASH, but the present invention is not limited to this example. For example, home delivery cargo may be delivered to each of the first base base BB01, the second base base BB02, and the third base base BB03 by the area shuttle ASH. That is, each of the first base base BB01, the second base base BB02, and the third base base BB03 may accumulate the home delivery cargo delivered by the area shuttle ASH.

  According to the logistics management system of the embodiment, the logistics management system 1 includes a first area base AB01, a second area base AB02, a third area base AB03, and a third area base AB01 at which home-delivery cargo collected from a collection source is collected. It manages information related to a distribution network including an accumulation base IB where home-delivery cargo collected by the one area base AB01, the second area base AB02, and the third area base AB03 is collected. The distribution management apparatus 100 includes an acquisition unit 132 that acquires information indicating an operation plan of the area circulation flight AJU that circulates between the first area base and the second area base, and an area circulation flight AJU that the acquisition unit 132 acquires. A processing unit that outputs information indicating an arrival time, which is a time at which the parcel delivery arrives at the parcel delivery destination, based on the information indicating the operation plan, the pickup time of the parcel parcel, and the parcel delivery destination. With this configuration, the information indicating the operation plan of the area circulation flight AJU circulating between the first area base AB01, the second area base AB02, and the third area base AB03, the collection time of the parcel delivery cargo, The time at which the parcel delivery arrives at the parcel destination can be derived based on the information indicating the parcel destination D of the parcel parcel, so that the time at which the parcel cargo arrives at the parcel destination can be notified.

  In addition, the processing unit 134 determines, for a shuttle service from the first area base AB01 to the accumulation base ID, a parcel parcel collected at the first area base AB01, a parcel parcel collected at the second area base AB02, and It manages that the home delivery cargo collected at the three area base AB03 is loaded. With this configuration, the courier cargo accumulated at the first area base AB01 from the first area base AB01 to the accumulation base IB, the courier cargo accumulated at the second area base AB02, and the third area Since the home delivery freight accumulated at the base AB03 can be delivered together, the home delivery freight can be efficiently delivered.

(Modification 1)
In the physical distribution management system of the first modification, in the physical distribution management system of the above-described embodiment, the parcel delivery cargo arrives at the home delivery destination D based on the operation status of the area circulating flight AJU and the operation status of the area shuttle flight ASH. The date and time information can be notified.
FIG. 1 can be applied to an example of a physical distribution network managed by a physical distribution management system according to a modified example.
FIG. 2 can be applied to an example of a distribution management system according to a modified example.
(Configuration of logistics management system)
FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a physical distribution management device and a terminal device of the physical distribution management system according to the first modification. Hereinafter, the distribution management device 100a and the terminal device 200a will be sequentially described.
(Distribution management device)
The physical distribution management device 100a includes a communication unit 110, a storage unit 120a, an information processing unit 130a, and an address bus and a data bus for electrically connecting the components as shown in FIG. And a bus line 150.
The communication unit 110 receives the circulated flight position information transmitted by the terminal device 200a, and outputs the received circulated flight position information to the information processing unit 130a. The communication unit 110 receives the shuttle flight position information transmitted by the terminal device 200a, and outputs the received shuttle flight position information to the information processing unit 130a.
The storage unit 120a is realized by, for example, a RAM, a ROM, an HDD, a flash memory, or a hybrid storage device in which a plurality of these are combined. The storage unit 120a stores the program 122 executed by the information processing unit 130a, the application 124a, the area base correspondence information 126, the operation plan information 127, the parcel delivery cargo information 128, and the area base information 129. .

The application 124a causes the distribution management device 100a to execute the following in addition to the application 124 described above. The application 124a causes the distribution management device 100a to receive the circulating flight position information and the shuttle flight position information transmitted by the terminal device 200a. The application 124a includes the ID of the area circulating flight AJU, the position information of the area circulating flight AJU, the date and time information at which the position information was obtained, and the shuttle flight position information included in the circulating flight position information received by the distribution management device 100a. Based on the ID of the area shuttle flight ASH, the position information of the area shuttle flight ASH, and the date and time information on which the position information was acquired, the position of the parcel delivery cargo is grasped. The application 124a provides the distribution management apparatus 100a with the area base information 129, the ID of the area circulating flight AJU included in the received circulating flight position information, the position information of the area circulating flight AJU, and the date and time information at which the position information is obtained. The first area base AB01, the second area base AB02, and the third area base are based on the ID of the area shuttle flight ASH included in the shuttle flight position information, the position information of the area shuttle flight ASH, and the date and time information at which the position information was acquired. Each of AB03 extracts the stopped area circulating flight AJU and the area shuttle flight ASH.
The application 124a provides the logistics management device 100a with the operation plan information 127, the ID of the area circulating flight AJU included in the circulating flight position information, the position information of the area circulating flight AJU, the date and time information at which the position information was obtained, and the shuttle flight position. The first area base AB01, the second area base AB02, and the third area base extracted based on the ID of the area shuttle flight ASH included in the information, the position information of the area shuttle flight ASH, and the date and time information at which the position information was acquired. With respect to the area circulation flight AJU and the area shuttle flight ASH stopped at each of AB03, a delay from the operation plan is derived. The application 124a provides the distribution management device 100a with information indicating the home delivery source C, a collection date and time, an area base AB to go through, a base base BB to go through, information to show the home delivery destination D, operation plan information 127, Based on the delay from the derived operation plan, the date and time at which the parcel delivered from the parcel source C arrives at the parcel destination D is derived. The application 124a includes information indicating the date and time of arrival at the delivery destination D derived by the distribution management device 100a, and the home delivery cargo ID. Create and send the created arrival date and time information.

All or a part of the information processing unit 130a is, for example, a software function unit realized by a processor such as a CPU executing the program 122 or the application 124a stored in the storage unit 120a. Note that all or a part of the information processing unit 130a may be realized by hardware such as an LSI, an ASIC, or an FPGA, or may be realized by a combination of a software function unit and hardware.
The information processing unit 130a includes, for example, an acquisition unit 132 and a processing unit 134a.
The obtaining unit 132 obtains the circulating flight position notification signal output by the communication unit 110, and outputs the obtained circulating flight position notification signal to the processing unit 134a. The acquisition unit 132 acquires the shuttle flight position information output by the communication unit 110, and outputs the acquired shuttle flight position information to the processing unit 134a.

The processing unit 134a executes the following processing in addition to the processing executed by the processing unit 134 described above. The processing unit 134a acquires the circulating flight position information output by the acquiring unit 132, and includes the ID of the area circulating flight AJU, the position information of the area circulating flight AJU, and the date and time information at which the position information is acquired, which is included in the acquired circulating flight position information. To get. The processing unit 134a acquires the shuttle flight position information output by the acquisition unit 132, and acquires the ID of the area shuttle flight ASH and the position information and the position information of the area shuttle flight ASH included in the acquired shuttle flight position information. And get.
The processing unit 134a determines the first area base AB01 and the second area based on the acquired area circulation flight AJU ID, area circulation flight AJU position information, area shuttle flight ASH ID, and area shuttle flight ASH position information. An area circulation flight AJU and an area shuttle flight ASH stopped at each of the base AB02 and the third area base AB03 are extracted. The processing unit 134a includes the operation plan information 127, the ID of the area circulating flight AJU, the position information of the area circulating flight AJU, the date and time information at which the position information was acquired, the ID of the area shuttle flight ASH, and the information of the area shuttle flight ASH. The area circulation flight AJU and the area stopped at each of the first area base AB01, the second area base AB02, and the third area base AB03 extracted based on the position information and the date and time information at which the position information was acquired. The delay between the shuttle service ASH and the operation plan is derived.

Specifically, when one or both of the area circulation flight AJU and the area shuttle flight ASH are stopped at the first area base AB01, the processing unit 134a determines the area of the area from the operation plan information 127. The time information at which one or both of the circulating flight AJU and the area shuttle flight ASH should arrive is acquired. The processing unit 134a includes the date and time information when the location information of one or both of the area circulating flight AJU and the area shuttle flight ASH, the area circulating flight AJU obtained from the operation plan information 127, and the area shuttle flight The delay from the operation plan included in the operation plan information 127 is derived by comparing the time information at which one or both of the ASHs should arrive at the area base AB.
The processing unit 134a receives the home delivery cargo received by the home delivery source C based on the information indicating the passing area base AB, the passing base base BB, the delivery destination D, the operation plan information 127, and the delay from the operation plan. Derives the date and time of arrival at the home delivery destination D. Specifically, the processing unit 134a derives the date and time when the parcel delivery cargo arrives at the transit area base from the date and time when the parcel delivery cargo is received by the courier source C.
The processing unit 134a refers to the operation plan information 127 and specifies an area circulation flight AJU that can collect parcel delivery freight when the area base AB to go through is either the second area base AB02 or the third area base AB03. Then, based on the operation plan of the specified area circulating flight AJU and the delay from the operation plan, the date and time at which the area circulating flight AJU arrives at the first area base AB01 from the area base AB through which the operation is derived. The processing unit 134a specifies an area shuttle flight ASH capable of collecting parcel delivery cargo based on the date and time of arrival at the first area base AB01 and the date and time of unloading the parcel delivery cargo at the first area base AB01. Based on the operation plan of the specified area shuttle flight ASH and the delay from the operation plan, the date and time when the area shuttle flight arrives at the first base base BB01 is derived.
The processing unit 134a specifies the base shuttle flight BSH capable of collecting parcel delivery freight based on the date and time of arrival at the first base base BB01 plus the time of unloading the parcel freight at the first base base BB01. Based on the operation plan of the specified base shuttle flight BSH and the delay from the operation plan, the date and time when the base shuttle flight arrives at the accumulation base IB is derived.
Similarly, the processing unit 134a derives the date and time at which the parcel delivery cargo is delivered to the home delivery destination D from the date and time when it arrives at the accumulation base IB.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a process of deriving an arrival date and time.
In the example shown in FIG. 12, the home delivery cargo is delivered from the third area base AB03 to the first base base BB01 via the first area base AB01. A case where home delivery cargo is delivered according to the operation plan information 127 will be described. The parcel delivered from the third area base AB03 is delivered to the first area base AB01 by the area circulation flight AJU001 before the time “—: —”. The area shuttle flight ASH001 has arrived at the first area base AB01 at time “—: —”.
At the first area base AB01, among the parcels delivered to the area circulation flight AJU001, the parcels delivered to the first base base BB01 are unloaded, and the unloaded parcels are collected at the area shuttle ASH001. Is done. The area shuttle service ASH001 delivers the collected home delivery cargo from the first area base AB01 to the first base base BB01.
A case where the area circulation flight AJU001 is delayed will be described. The parcel delivered from the third area base AB03 is delivered to the first area base AB01 by the area circulation flight AJU001. However, when the area circulation flight AJU001 arrives at the first area base AB01 due to the delay of the area circulation flight AJU001, the area shuttle flight ASH001 departs from the first area base AB01 to the first base base BB01. ing. In this case, among the parcels delivered to the area circulation flight AJU001, the parcels delivered to the first base base BB01 are the first area bases until the next area shuttle ASH002 following the area shuttle ASH001 arrives. It remains unloaded at AB01. This causes a delay. Returning to FIG. 11, the description will be continued.
The processing unit 134a creates arrival date and time information including the information indicating the derived date and time of arrival at the home delivery destination D and the home delivery freight ID, and destined to the terminal device 200a that has transmitted the home delivery freight delivery information. The date and time information is output to the communication unit 110.

(Terminal device)
The terminal device 200a includes a communication unit 210, a storage unit 220a, an information processing unit 230a, an operation unit 240, and an address bus for electrically connecting the respective constituent elements as shown in FIG. A bus line 250 such as a data bus.
The communication unit 210 acquires the circulating flight position information output by the information processing unit 230a, and transmits the acquired circulating flight position information to the distribution management device 100a. The communication unit 210 acquires the shuttle flight position information output by the information processing unit 230a, and transmits the acquired shuttle flight position information to the distribution management device 100a.
The storage unit 220a is realized by, for example, a RAM, a ROM, an HDD, a flash memory, or a hybrid storage device in which a plurality of these are combined. The storage unit 220a stores a program 222 executed by the information processing unit 230a, an application 224a, and area base information 226.
The application 224a causes the terminal device 200a to receive the circulating flight position notification signal transmitted by the area circulating flight AJU. The position notification signal described above can be applied to the circulating flight position notification signal, and includes the ID of the area circulating flight AJU, the position information of the area circulating flight AJU, and the date and time information at which the position information was acquired. The application 224a causes the terminal device 200a to acquire the ID of the area circulating flight AJU included in the circulating flight position notification signal, the position information of the area circulating flight AJU, and the date and time information at which the position information was acquired, and the acquired area. Based on the ID of the circulating flight AJU, the position information of the area circulating flight AJU, and the date and time information when the position information was acquired, the circulating flight position information is created. The position information described above can be applied to the circulating flight position information. The application 224a causes the terminal device 200a to transmit the created circulating flight position information to the distribution management device 100.
The application 224a causes the terminal device 200a to receive the shuttle flight position notification signal transmitted by the area shuttle flight ASH. The shuttle flight position notification signal includes the ID of the area shuttle flight ASH, the position information of the area shuttle flight ASH, and the date and time information at which the position information was acquired. The application 224a causes the terminal device 200a to acquire the ID of the area shuttle flight ASH included in the shuttle flight location notification signal, the location information of the area shuttle flight ASH, and the date and time information at which the location information was acquired, and the acquired area Shuttle flight position information is generated based on the ID of the shuttle flight ASH and the position information of the area shuttle flight ASH. The application 224a causes the terminal device 200a to transmit the created shuttle flight position information to the distribution management device 100.

  The application 224a causes the terminal device 200a to receive the delivery instruction signal transmitted by the distribution management device 100a, and to acquire the ID of the area circulating flight AJU and the ID of the circulation destination area base included in the received delivery instruction signal. . The application 224a causes the terminal device 200a to acquire the IP address of the position notification signal including the ID of the area circulating flight AJU based on the acquired ID of the area circulating flight AJU. Further, the application 224a causes the terminal device 200a to acquire information indicating the area base from the area base information 226 based on the ID of the circulation destination area base. The application 224a causes the terminal device 200a to create a circulation destination notification signal including the information indicating the area base, using the acquired IP address of the area circulation flight AJU as a destination, and transmits the generated circulation destination notification signal to the communication unit 210. Output. The application 224a causes the terminal device 200a to receive the arrival date and time information transmitted by the distribution management device 100a. The application 224a causes the terminal device 200a to generate an arrival date / time notification signal including the information indicating the date / time of arrival at the home delivery destination D, and to the home delivery service TA that has transmitted the home delivery freight delivery request. The signal is transmitted to the courier service TA.

All or a part of the information processing unit 230a is, for example, a software function unit realized by a processor such as a CPU executing the program 222 or the application 224a stored in the storage unit 220a. Note that all or a part of the information processing unit 230a may be realized by hardware such as an LSI, an ASIC, or an FPGA, or may be realized by a combination of a software function unit and hardware.
The information processing unit 230a includes, for example, an acquisition unit 232 and a processing unit 234a.
The processing unit 234a acquires the circulating flight position notification signal output by the communication unit 210 in addition to the function of the processing unit 234 described above, and stores the ID of the area circulating flight AJU included in the obtained circulating flight position notification signal, It creates circulating flight position information that includes the position information of the flight AJU and the date and time when the position information was acquired, and that is addressed to the distribution management device 100a. The processing unit 234a outputs the created circulating flight position information to the communication unit 210. The processing unit 234a acquires the shuttle flight position notification signal output by the communication unit 210, and transmits the area shuttle flight ASH ID, the area shuttle flight ASH position information, and the position information included in the acquired shuttle flight position notification signal. Shuttle flight position information including the acquired date and time information and destined for the distribution management device 100a is created. The processing unit 234a outputs the created shuttle flight position information to the communication unit 210.

(Operation of logistics management system)
FIG. 13 is a sequence chart illustrating an example of the operation of the distribution management system according to the modification.
(Step S21)
The area circulating flight AJU creates a circulating flight position notification signal.
(Step S22)
The area circulation flight AJU transmits the generated circulation flight position notification signal to the terminal device 200a.
(Step S23)
The communication unit 210 of the terminal device 200a receives the circulating flight position notification signal transmitted by the area circulating flight, and outputs the received circulating flight position notification signal to the information processing unit 230a.
(Step S24)
The information processing unit 230a obtains the circulating flight position notification signal output by the communication unit 210, and calculates the ID of the area circulating flight AJU, the position information of the area circulating flight AJU, and the position information included in the obtained circulating flight notification signal. It includes the acquired date and time information and creates circulating flight position information addressed to the distribution management device 100a. The information processing section 230a outputs the created circulating flight position information to the communication section 210.
(Step S25)
The communication unit 210 transmits the circulating flight position information output by the information processing unit 230a to the distribution management device 100a.
(Step S26)
The communication unit 110 of the distribution management device 100a receives the circulated flight position information transmitted by the terminal device 200a, and outputs the received circulated flight position information to the information processing unit 130a.
(Step S27)
The area shuttle flight ASH generates a shuttle flight position notification signal.
(Step S28)
The area shuttle ASH transmits the created shuttle flight position notification signal to the terminal device 200a.
(Step S29)
The communication unit 210 of the terminal device 200a receives the shuttle flight position notification signal transmitted by the area shuttle flight, and outputs the received shuttle flight position notification signal to the information processing unit 230a.
(Step S30)
The information processing unit 230a acquires the shuttle flight position notification signal output by the communication unit 210, and stores the ID of the area shuttle flight ASH, the location information of the area shuttle flight ASH, and the location information included in the acquired shuttle flight notification signal. Shuttle flight position information including the acquired date and time information and destined for the distribution management device 100a is created. The information processing section 230a outputs the created shuttle flight position information to the communication section 210.

(Step S31)
The communication unit 210 transmits the shuttle flight position information output by the information processing unit 230a to the distribution management device 100a.
(Step S32)
The communication unit 110 of the distribution management device 100a receives the shuttle flight position information transmitted by the terminal device 200a, and outputs the received shuttle flight position information to the information processing unit 130a.
(Step S33)
The information processing unit 130a acquires the circulating flight position information output by the communication unit 110, and acquires the ID of the area circulating flight AJU, the position information of the area circulating flight AJU, and the position information included in the acquired circulating flight position information. Based on the date and time information, it is determined whether or not the area circulation flight AJU is stopped at an area base.
The information processing unit 130a acquires the shuttle flight position information output by the communication unit 110, and acquires the ID of the area shuttle flight ASH, the position information of the area shuttle flight ASH, and the position information included in the acquired shuttle flight position information. It is determined whether or not the area shuttle flight ASH is stopped at the area base based on the date and time information. If the information processing unit 130a determines that both the area circulation flight AJU and the area shuttle flight ASH have not stopped at the area base AB, the processing ends.
(Step S34)
The information processing unit 130a stores the operation plan information 127, the ID of the area circulating flight AJU included in the circulating flight position information, the position information of the area circulating flight AJU, the date and time information at which the position information was acquired, and the shuttle flight position information. The first area base AB01, the second area base AB02, and the third area base extracted based on the included ID of the area shuttle flight ASH, the position information of the area shuttle flight ASH, and the date and time information at which the position information was acquired. With respect to the area circulation flight AJU and the area shuttle flight ASH stopped at each of AB03, a delay from the operation plan is derived.
(Step S35)
The information processing unit 130a is delivered from the home delivery source C based on the information indicating the passing area base AB, the passing base base BB and the home delivery destination D, the operation plan information 127, and the delay of the derived operation plan. The date and time at which the delivered parcel arrives at the destination D is derived.
Steps S36 to S40 can apply steps S11 to S15 described with reference to FIG.
In the sequence chart shown in FIG. 13, the processing of steps S21-S26 and the processing of steps S27-S32 may be interchanged.

In the above-described first modification, the logistics management device 100 determines the delay from the operation plan based on the circulating flight position notification signal transmitted by the area circulating flight AJU and the shuttle flight position notification signal transmitted by the area shuttle flight ASH. Has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this example. For example, the logistics management device 100 derives a delay from an operation plan based on one of a circulation flight position notification signal transmitted by the area circulation flight AJU and a shuttle flight position notification signal transmitted by the area shuttle flight ASH. May be.
According to the distribution management system of the first modification, the processing unit 134a acquires information indicating the operation status of the area circulating flight AJU. The processing unit 134a derives information indicating the arrival time based on the obtained information indicating the operation status of the area circulating flight AJU. With this configuration, when the area circulation flight AJU is delayed from the operation plan included in the operation plan information 127, the arrival time can be derived based on the delay, thereby improving the reliability of the arrival time. it can.
In addition, the processing unit 134a acquires information indicating the operation status of the area shuttle flight from the first area base AB01 to the first base base BB01. The processing unit 134a derives information indicating the arrival time based on the obtained information indicating the operation status of the area shuttle flight. With this configuration, when the area shuttle ASH is delayed from the operation plan included in the operation plan information 127, the arrival time can be derived based on the delay, thereby improving the reliability of the arrival time. it can.

(Modification 2)
The logistics management system of Modification 2 is based on the operation status of the area circulating flight AJU in the logistics management system of the above-described embodiment, and derives a delay from the operation plan. The operation plan can be changed. FIG. 1 can be applied to an example of the physical distribution network managed by the physical distribution management system 1b according to the second modification. FIG. 2 can be applied to an example of the distribution management system 1b according to the second modification.
(Configuration of logistics management system)
FIG. 14 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a physical distribution management device and a terminal device of the physical distribution management system according to the second modification. Hereinafter, the distribution management device 100b will be sequentially described.
(Distribution management device)
The distribution management device 100b includes a communication unit 110, a storage unit 120b, an information processing unit 130b, and an address bus and a data bus for electrically connecting the components as shown in FIG. And a bus line 150.
The communication unit 110 receives the circulating flight position information transmitted by the terminal device 200a, and outputs the received circulating flight position information to the information processing unit 130b.
The storage unit 120b is realized by, for example, a RAM, a ROM, an HDD, a flash memory, or a hybrid storage device in which a plurality of these are combined. The storage unit 120b stores a program 122 executed by the information processing unit 130b, an application 124b, area base correspondence information 126, operation plan information 127, parcel delivery information 128, and area base information 129. .

The application 124b causes the distribution management device 100b to execute the following in addition to the application 124 described above. The application 124b causes the distribution management device 100b to receive the circulated flight position information transmitted by the terminal device 200a. The application 124b causes the distribution management apparatus 100b to grasp the position of the parcel delivery freight based on the ID of the area circulating flight AJU and the position information of the area circulating flight AJU included in the received circulating flight position information. The application 124b sends the first area base AB01 to the physical distribution management device 100b based on the area base information 129, the ID of the area circulating flight AJU included in the received circulating flight position information, and the position information of the area circulating flight AJU. And the area circulation flights AJU stopped at each of the second area base AB02 and the third area base AB03.
The application 124b provides the distribution management device 100b with the operation plan information 127, the ID of the area circulating flight AJU included in the circulating flight position information, the position information of the area circulating flight AJU, and the date and time information at which the position information was acquired. Then, for the extracted area circulation flights AJU stopped at each of the extracted first area base AB01, second area base AB02, and third area base AB03, a delay from the operation plan is derived. The application 124b causes the distribution management device 100b to change the operation plan based on the delay from the derived operation plan.
The application 124b sends, to the physical distribution management device 100b, the home delivery cargo delivered from the home delivery source C based on the information indicating the passing area base AB, the passing base base BB and the delivery destination D, and the changed operation plan. , The date and time of arrival at the home delivery destination D is derived. The application 124b includes, in the logistics management device 100b, information indicating the date and time of arrival at the delivery destination D that has been derived, and the home delivery freight ID, and the arrival date and time information destined for the terminal device 200a that has transmitted the home delivery freight delivery information. Create and send the created arrival date and time information.

All or a part of the information processing unit 130b is, for example, a software function unit realized by a processor such as a CPU executing the program 122 or the application 124b stored in the storage unit 120b. Note that all or a part of the information processing unit 130b may be realized by hardware such as an LSI, an ASIC, or an FPGA, or may be realized by a combination of a software function unit and hardware.
The information processing unit 130b includes, for example, an acquisition unit 132 and a processing unit 134b.
The acquisition unit 132 acquires the circulated flight position information output by the communication unit 110, and outputs the acquired circulated flight position notification signal to the processing unit 134b. The acquisition unit 132 acquires the shuttle flight position information output by the communication unit 110, and outputs the acquired shuttle flight position information to the processing unit 134b.

The processing unit 134b executes the following processing in addition to the processing executed by the processing unit 134 described above. The processing unit 134b acquires the circulating flight position information output by the acquiring unit 132, and acquires the ID of the area circulating flight AJU, the position information of the area circulating flight AJU, and the position information included in the acquired circulating flight position information. Get date and time information. The processing unit 134b performs the first area base AB01, the second area base AB02, and the third Area circulation flights AJU stopped at each of the area bases AB03 are extracted.
The processing unit 134b extracts the first area base AB01 and the first area base AB01 based on the operation plan information 127, the ID of the area circulating flight AJU, the position information of the area circulating flight AJU, and the date and time information at which the position information was acquired. For the area circulation flights AJU stopped at each of the second area base AB02 and the third area base AB03, a delay from the operation plan is derived. Specifically, when the area circulating flight AJU is stopped at the first area base AB01, the processing unit 134b acquires, from the operation plan information 127, time information at which the area circulating flight AJU should arrive. The processing unit 134b compares the date and time information at which the location information of the area circulating flight AJU was acquired with the time information at which the area circulating flight AJU should arrive at the area base AB acquired from the operation plan information 127 to operate the service. The delay from the operation plan included in the plan information 127 is derived.
The processing unit 134b changes the operation plan when the delay from the operation plan is equal to or more than the operation plan delay threshold. Specifically, the number of area bases where the area circulation flights AJU circulate is reduced by thinning out the area bases where the area circulation flights AJU circulate. However, the processing unit 134b reduces the area bases other than the first area base AB01. That is, the processing unit 134b does not select the first area base AB01 as the area base where the area circulation service AJU circulates.

The processing unit 134b determines the home delivery source C based on the information indicating the home delivery source C, the area base AB to be passed, the base base BB to be passed through, the information indicating the home delivery destination D, and the result of changing the operation plan. The date and time at which the received home delivery cargo arrives at the home delivery destination D is derived. Specifically, the processing unit 134b derives the date and time at which the parcel delivery arrives at the transit area base from the date and time at which the parcel freight is received at the parcel delivery source C. The processing unit 134b derives the date and time of arrival at the area base AB (hereinafter, second date and time) from the date and time (hereinafter, first date and time) received at the home delivery source C. The processing unit 134b refers to the result of the change of the operation plan, and, if the area base AB to be routed is one of the second area base AB02 and the third area base AB03, based on the first date and time, the parcel delivery service. And the date and time when the area circulating flight AJU arrives at the first area base AB01 from the passing area base AB based on the change result of the operation plan of the specified area circulating flight AJU ( 3b). The processing unit 134b specifies the area shuttle flight ASH capable of collecting the parcel delivery service based on the date and time obtained by adding the time for unloading the parcel delivery service at the first area base AB01 to the 3b date and time, and specifies the specified area shuttle service Based on the ASH operation plan, the date and time when the area shuttle flight arrives at the first base base BB01 (hereinafter referred to as 4b date and time) is derived. The processing unit 134b identifies the base shuttle flight BSH capable of collecting the parcel delivery service based on the date and time obtained by adding the time for unloading the parcel delivery service at the first base base BB01 to the 4th date and time, and identifies the specified base shuttle service. Based on the operation plan of the BSH, the date and time when the base shuttle flight arrives at the accumulation base IB (hereinafter referred to as 5b date and time) is derived.
Further, when the area base AB to be passed is the first area base AB01, the processing unit 134b specifies the area shuttle circulating flight ASH capable of collecting parcel delivery cargo based on the first date and time, and specifies the specified area shuttle ASH. , The date and time at which the area shuttle ASH arrives at the first base base BB01 from the area base AB via which the area shuttle flight ASH is derived (hereinafter referred to as the 6b date and time). The processing unit 134b specifies the base shuttle flight BSH capable of collecting the parcel delivery service based on the date and time obtained by adding the time for unloading the parcel delivery service at the first base base BB01 to the 6b date and time, and specifies the specified base shuttle service. Based on the operation plan of the BSH, the date and time when the base shuttle flight arrives at the accumulation base IB (hereinafter referred to as 7b date and time) is derived.
Similarly, the processing unit 134b derives the date and time at which the parcel delivery cargo is delivered to the home delivery destination D from the date and time when the parcel delivery cargo arrives at the accumulation base IB.
The processing unit 134b creates arrival date and time information that includes the derived information indicating the date and time of arrival at the home delivery destination D and the home delivery freight ID and that is addressed to the terminal device 200a that has transmitted the home delivery freight delivery information. The date and time information is output to the communication unit 110.

(Operation of logistics management system)
FIG. 14 is a sequence chart illustrating an example of the operation of the distribution management system according to the modification.
Steps S41 to S47 can apply steps S21 to S26 and step S33 described with reference to FIG.
(Step S48)
The information processing unit 130b determines whether the delay from the operation plan is equal to or more than the operation plan delay threshold.
(Step S49)
The information processing unit 130b changes the operation plan when the delay from the operation plan is equal to or more than the operation plan delay threshold.
(Step S50)
The information processing unit 130b, based on the information indicating the area base AB to be passed, the base base BB to be passed, the delivery destination D, and the result of the change of the operation plan, determines whether the delivery freight delivered from the delivery source C is The date and time of arrival at D is derived.
Steps S51 to S55 can apply steps S11 to S15 described with reference to FIG.

In Modification 2 described above, the distribution management device 100 derives a delay from the operation plan based on the circulating flight position notification signal transmitted by the area circulating flight AJU, and based on the derived delay from the operation plan, The case of determining whether to change the operation plan has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this example. For example, based on the circulating flight position notification signal transmitted by the area circulating flight AJU and the shuttle flight position notification signal transmitted by the area shuttle ASH, the distribution management apparatus 100 derives and derives a delay from the operation plan. Whether to change the operation plan may be determined based on the delay from the operation plan.
According to the distribution management system of the second modification, the processing unit 134b changes the operation plan of the area circulation flight AJU based on the information indicating the operation status. The processing unit 134b derives the information indicating the arrival time further based on the changed operation plan of the area circulating flight AJU. With this configuration, when the area circulation flight AJU is delayed from the operation plan included in the operation plan information 127, the operation plan can be changed based on the delay, and based on the changed operation plan, Since the arrival time can be derived, the reliability of the arrival time can be improved while recovering the delay from the operation plan.

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As one configuration example, an area base (in the embodiment, a first area base AB01, a second area base AB02, and a third area base) where the parcels collected from the collection source are collected, a first area base, and a first area base A distribution management system that manages information on a distribution network including an accumulation base (in the embodiment, an accumulation base IB) in which parcel delivery goods collected by the second area base are accumulated. The acquisition unit (in the embodiment, the processing unit) that acquires information (in the embodiment, the operation plan information 127) indicating the operation plan of the circulating flight (in the embodiment, the area circulating flight AJU) that circulates with the second area base. 134, the processing unit 134a, the processing unit 134b), the information indicating the circulation plan operation plan acquired by the acquisition unit, the collection time of the parcel delivery cargo, and the parcel delivery destination. First control unit for outputting information indicating the arrival time is the time to arrive to the first (in the embodiment, a processing unit 134, the processing unit 134a, the processing unit 134b) is a physical distribution management system comprising a.
As one configuration example, for a shuttle service (in the embodiment, the area shuttle service ASH) heading from the first area base to the accumulation base, home delivery cargo collected at the first area base and collection at the second area base A second control unit (in the embodiment, a processing unit 134, a processing unit 134a, and a processing unit 134b) that manages loading of the delivered parcel cargo is provided.

As an example of a configuration, the acquisition unit acquires information indicating the operating status of the circulating flight (in the embodiment, circulating flight position information), and the first control unit obtains information indicating the operating status of the circulating flight obtained by the obtaining unit. , And outputs information indicating the arrival time.
As an example of the configuration, the acquisition unit acquires information (in the embodiment, shuttle flight position information) indicating the operation status of the shuttle flight from the first area base to the accumulation base, and the first control unit acquires the information. The information indicating the arrival time is further output based on the information indicating the operation status of the shuttle service acquired by the user.
As one configuration example, based on the information indicating the operation status obtained by the obtaining unit, a third control unit that changes the operation plan of the circulating flight, and further based on the operation plan of the circulating flight changed by the third control unit, A fourth control unit (a processing unit 134b in the embodiment) that outputs information indicating the arrival time.

As described above, the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to the embodiments, and includes a design change or the like without departing from the gist of the present invention.
Also, a computer program for realizing the functions of the above-described distribution management device 100, distribution management device 100a, distribution management device 100b, terminal device 200, and terminal device 200a is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium. May be read by a computer system and executed. Here, the “computer system” may include an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices.
The “computer-readable recording medium” includes a writable nonvolatile memory such as a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, a ROM, and a flash memory, a portable medium such as a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), and a computer system. Storage device such as a hard disk.

Further, a “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a volatile memory (for example, a DRAM (Dynamic Dynamic Memory)) in a computer system that serves as a server or a client when a program is transmitted through a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. Random Access Memory), which holds programs for a certain period of time.
Further, the above program may be transmitted from a computer system storing the program in a storage device or the like to another computer system via a transmission medium or by a transmission wave in the transmission medium. Here, the "transmission medium" for transmitting a program refers to a medium having a function of transmitting information, such as a network (communication network) such as the Internet or a communication line (communication line) such as a telephone line.
Further, the program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above.
Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the computer system, and what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.

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Claims (7)

Information on a distribution network including an area base where the parcels collected from the pickup source are collected, and an accumulation base where the parcels collected by the first area base and the second area base are collected. A logistics management system for managing
An acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating an operation plan of a circulating flight circulating between the first area base and the second area base;
Based on the information indicating the operation plan of the circulating flight obtained by the obtaining unit, the collection time of the parcel delivery, and the parcel delivery destination of the parcel delivery, the time at which the parcel delivery arrives at the parcel destination. A first control unit that outputs information indicating an arrival time. For a shuttle service from the first area base to the accumulation base, courier cargo collected at the first area base and courier cargo collected at the second area base are mounted. The distribution management system according to claim 1, further comprising: a second control unit that manages the distribution. The obtaining unit obtains information indicating an operation status of the circulating flight,
The logistics management according to claim 1, wherein the first control unit outputs the information indicating the arrival time based on the information indicating the operation status of the circulating flight acquired by the acquisition unit. system. The acquisition unit acquires information indicating an operation status of a shuttle service from the first area base to the accumulation base,
4. The distribution management system according to claim 3, wherein the first control unit outputs the information indicating the arrival time based on the information indicating the operation status of the shuttle flight acquired by the acquisition unit. 5. A third control unit that changes an operation plan of the circulating flight based on the information indicating the operation status acquired by the acquisition unit;
The logistics management system according to claim 3, further comprising: a fourth control unit configured to output information indicating the arrival time based on the operation plan of the circulating flight changed by the third control unit. . Information on a distribution network including an area base where the parcels collected from the pickup source are collected, and an accumulation base where the parcels collected by the first area base and the second area base are collected. A logistics management method performed by a managing logistics management system,
Acquiring information indicating an operation plan of a circulating flight circulating between the first area base and the second area base;
Based on the information indicating the operation plan of the circulating flight acquired in the acquiring step, the collection time of the parcel delivery, and the parcel delivery destination, the time at which the parcel delivery arrives at the parcel destination. And a step of outputting information indicating a certain arrival time. Information on a distribution network including an area base where the parcels collected from the pickup source are collected, and an accumulation base where the parcels collected by the first area base and the second area base are collected. Logistics management system computer to manage,
Acquiring information indicating an operation plan of a circulating flight circulating between the first area base and the second area base;
Based on the information indicating the operation plan of the circulating flight acquired in the acquiring step, the collection time of the parcel delivery, and the parcel delivery destination, the time at which the parcel delivery arrives at the parcel destination. Outputting information indicating a certain arrival time.

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