JP3224792B2 - Delivery simulation system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a simulation system, and more particularly to a delivery simulation system for improving the efficiency of article delivery.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Articles are distributed in various forms in social life or in industrial activities. There is a form in which one kind is sequentially delivered to a plurality of places, or a form in which a plurality of kinds of articles are delivered to a plurality of places.

[0003] In particular, in the latter delivery mode, the types of goods to be delivered daily and delivery locations often differ.
It is important for companies involved in delivery to perform delivery efficiently in terms of time and cost, and it is necessary to plan a delivery method in advance. Therefore, it is desired to provide a system that can simulate a plan of a delivery method.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a delivery simulation system which simulates a delivery plan in advance of a delivery method.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a delivery simulation system which can be easily executed by a computer system.

[0006]

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a delivery simulation system for achieving the object of the present invention comprises a storage means for storing a delivery schedule file, a vehicle-related file, and a labor cost file created as input files; The daily delivery amount is obtained from the delivery schedule file stored in the storage means, and the daily vehicle capacity and human ability are obtained from the vehicle-related file and the labor cost file, and the daily delivery amount is processed. Control means for calculating the number of vehicles and the number of persons required to perform the operation, and an output device for outputting the number of vehicles and the number of persons necessary for processing the daily delivery amount calculated by the control means. You.

In a preferred embodiment, the delivery schedule file contains at least a delivery type, a delivery amount, a delivery destination, a delivery start date and an end date, and the control means controls the delivery amount and the delivery start date. It is characterized in that the daily delivery amount is obtained from the period from to the end date.

In a preferred embodiment, when the number of vehicles and the number of persons required for processing the daily delivery amount exceed the holding capacity, the control means performs the processing according to the method for processing the delivery amount exceeding the holding capacity. Is obtained from the vehicle-related file and the labor cost file.

Further, features of the present invention will be apparent from embodiments of the present invention described with reference to the following drawings.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, the same or similar components will be described with the same reference numerals or reference symbols.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a delivery simulation system according to the present invention. As an embodiment, it can be configured by the personal computer system 1.

The delivery simulation system according to the present invention includes, as input data files, an animation file, a schedule file, a vehicle-related file,
Have labor cost files and these data files are
A recording medium 2 such as a DD or a keyboard 3
Is input to the computer main body 4.

Based on these input data, output files are generated as a result of executing the delivery simulation, and these are displayed on the monitor 5 as necessary.

Here, output files include an input check file, a cost calculation result file, a pile of files, an output report, and the like.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of the computer main body 4 of the personal computer system 1 constituting the delivery simulation system 1 shown in FIG.

In the computer main body 4, control software for executing and controlling the delivery simulation according to the present invention is stored in the hard disk device 41. The CPU 40 as a control device controls the execution of the delivery simulation according to the control software. The RAM 42 is
It holds data input from the keyboard 3 or read from the FDD 2.

FIG. 3 shows a processing flow of the delivery simulation according to the present invention executed by the control program stored in the hard disk device 41. In the processing of the delivery simulation system according to the present invention, input conditions are set (step S1) first in FIG.

In this input condition setting (step S1), schedule data is created (step S10),
Creation of vehicle-related data (step S11) and creation of labor cost data are performed (step S12). These processing steps will be described later in detail in connection with embodiments.

Next, a simulation calculation is performed based on the set input conditions (step S2), and the result is displayed on the monitor 5 (step S3).

Here, a processing flow in the simulation calculation is shown in FIG. The details of the simulation calculation will be described later in detail in connection with the description of the embodiment.

Next, the simulation result is analyzed using the display of the simulation calculation result (step S4).

As an embodiment, an example of simulating a delivery plan for delivering fertilizer from one center to a plurality of districts each having a plurality of branches will be described. In addition,
In the following description, description will be made with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 as necessary.

The file created in the input condition setting (step S1) in the flow of FIG. 3 will be described. An animation picture number and a part number correspondence table shown in Table 1 below are prepared.

[0024]

[Table 1]

As shown in FIG. 5, icon pictures for each crop of fertilizer are created, and picture numbers 1 to 20 are set correspondingly. Then, the table of Table 1 associates the picture of the fertilizer for each crop included in the animation file shown in FIG. 5 with the product number.

FIG. 6 is an example of the schedule data file created in step S10, which is a file for inputting a delivery schedule and a delivery quantity. A district ID and a branch ID are set in a table as shown in Table 2 below in order to distinguish the delivery district and the branch name of the delivery destination. In the example of Table 2, district IDs for seven districts are determined.

[0027]

[Table 2]

Therefore, the meaning of the schedule file of FIG. 6 created by completing the input from the table of Table 2 will be considered. In FIG. 6, referring to the column of arrows with *, the product number is 3, that is, rice corresponds to a crop. In addition, the delivery start date and delivery end date are
January 1 and May 20, 1997.

The delivery amount is 998 (bales) and the delivery area is 3
(It is TB area from the table of Table 2), it turns out that the delivery method is 1 and the branch ID is 20. From this data, schedule to complete delivery of 998 bales of rice fertilizer from May 1, 1997 to May 20, 1997 by the delivery method of Method 1 to the branch of ID20 in TB area It turns out that it is.

As described above, the amount and delivery destination of all the fertilizers to be delivered can be grasped in the predetermined period from the schedule data file of FIG. 6 created in step S10.

Table 3 is a vehicle-related file created in step S11 (see FIG. 3).

[0032]

[Table 3]

The data up to the third line in Table 3 are, in order, the unit price of payment (yen / bale), the average delivery capacity (bale / person / day), and the unit of loading
(t), car rental fee (yen / vehicle / day), rental car capacity (bale / vehicle / day)
Sun) Part-time job (yen / person / day) and part-time job (bale /
Person / day).

From the fourth line onward, the district ID and the load capacity for each district
(t) and the vehicle annual expenses are repeated for the number of vehicles owned. When the district ID is 10, data for the number of vehicles when the districts are integrated into one is shown.

In Table 3, code 999
Is written as the end of data mark.

Table 4 below shows step S12 (see FIG. 3).
Is a labor cost data file created.

[0037]

[Table 4]

Data such as district ID, delivery ability, annual salary, mutual aid premium, etc. is repeated for each district by the number of employees. District ID = 1
If it is set to 0, data for the number of people when the district is integrated into one is written. In Table 4, code 999
Is always included as a mark at the end of data as in Table 3.

The input files described above (Tables 1, 3 and 4) are transmitted from the keyboard 3 to the computer 4
Is sequentially generated as a file on the RAM 42. Alternatively, a file already created and stored in the recording medium 2 such as FDD is
Is transferred to the hard disk device 41.

A simulation calculation is performed based on the input file thus created (step S).
2: FIG. 3).

An example of the simulation calculation will be described with reference to the operation flow of FIG. As described above, the operation flow of FIG.
This is realized by controlling the execution by U40.

The delivery start date, end date, delivery type, and delivery destination are extracted from the schedule shown in FIG. 6 created in step S10 (see FIG. 3) (step S10).
20).

Next, the daily delivery amount is calculated (step S21). The daily delivery amount is obtained by dividing the total delivery amount by the number of days from the delivery start date to the delivery end date.

Further, steps S11 and S12 are respectively performed.
From the vehicle-related data and the labor cost data created in step (1), the daily vehicle capabilities and expenses, and the daily human capabilities and labor costs are acquired (step S22).

Therefore, the required number of vehicles and the required number of vehicles are obtained by dividing the previously calculated daily delivery amount by the daily vehicle capacity and the human capacity (step S).
23).

The result is created as an output file. At the same time, it is displayed on the monitor 5 for easy understanding (step S24).

The content of the analysis of the simulation result is particularly important because the file of the simulation calculation result and the output display on the monitor 5 are determined.

As an embodiment of the present invention, an output file and a display example on the monitor 5 will be described below.

First, there is an input check file. This is for checking the input schedule file. Output items are product number, delivery start date, delivery end date, delivery quantity (bale), delivery days, daily delivery quantity (bale / day),
Lines for the number of data are written in the order of the picture number and the delivery destination branch ID.

The second is a numerical value file of cost calculation results shown in Table 5 below.

[0051]

[Table 5]

The case where the delivery method is completely outsourced to the contractor and the case where the delivery processing is performed by the district center itself will be compared. further,
The cost is compared in the case where the district center handles the delivery processing itself, where all can be handled with its own delivery capacity, the case where only the excess is outsourced to a contractor, and the case where only the excess is handled by rental / part-time job . In the numerical file shown in Table 5, each item is separated by a comma (,) so that it can be easily read by application software that handles a spreadsheet.

FIG. 7 is based on the data file of Table 5.
This is an example of a screen displayed on the monitor 5 by the control program.
It is a calculation result of a one-year delivery cost until March, 009.

When all 183797 (bales) are outsourced, the unit price is 43 yen, and the cost is 7,903,000 yen.

When the delivery processing is performed at the district center, the vehicle 1
It owns a table and has two delivery staff members, and their annual expenses are 392,000 yen and 8,800,000 yen, respectively. These expenses,
It is derived from the vehicle-related file shown in FIG. 9 and the labor cost file shown in FIG. 10 described above.

Therefore, if the delivery can be made only by the holding capacity, the fixed cost is the total delivery cost. Further, in this case, there is an excess, so that when the delivery cost of the excess is outsourced to a contractor, the cost is compared in the case of processing with a rental part-time job.

In FIG. 7, the price is 1,927,000 yen when the excess is outsourced to a contractor, and 2200,000 yen when processing with a rental part-time job. Therefore, when added to the fixed cost, it is 11,119,000 yen for outsourcing by a contractor and 11,392,000 yen for processing by a rental part-time job. It turns out that it is more advantageous to outsource to a contractor.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the output file in a pile graph. FIG. 8A is a diagram in which daily delivery amounts are stacked on a bar graph. FIG. 8B is a diagram showing an excess exceeding the daily delivery capacity.

FIG. 8C shows the number of rental trucks required for processing the excess exceeding the delivery capacity, and FIG. 8D shows the number of part-time workers required for processing the excess exceeding the delivery capacity.

The pile graph shown in FIG. 8 makes it easy to know in advance the number of rental trucks necessary for the peak period and the excess, and the number of required part-time workers.

Here, in the description of the output files in Table 5, FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, the case where the delivery is performed only in one district has been described. It is possible to do.

In this case, the excess in one district can be adjusted by the delivery capacity of another district. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the number of rental trucks relative to the excess and the ratio of the number of part-time workers required for processing the excess.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a change in the daily work amount and an animation screen example created based on the data of each output file described above as the state data on September 18, 1997 for the TB area. is there. The fertilizer delivered to the branch corresponding to codes 17 to 21 included in the TB area is displayed using the pictorial icons in FIG.

In the upper left part of the screen, the daily delivery amount obtained from the schedule data shown in FIG. 6 is shown in a graph. Also, the total number of trucks required for the delivery amount and the number of required personnel are displayed as a current state analysis. On the other hand, in the lower left part of the screen, an advantageous delivery method is displayed as a plan based on the cost calculation results described above with reference to Table 5 and FIG. 7 obtained by the simulation calculation.

That is, there is shown a plan in which the delivery capacity of 1000 bales by one truck and two delivery personnel is set as the delivery capacity of the district center, and the excess of the excess is handled by one rental truck and two part-time workers. I have.

In the above, the delivery of fertilizer has been described as an example. However, the application of the present invention is not limited to such an embodiment, and can be easily applied to a delivery simulation of another article by changing the parameters of the input file.

[0067]

As described above with reference to the drawings, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a delivery simulation system for simulating a delivery method in advance. Further, a delivery simulation system that can be executed by a simple computer system is provided.

Characteristically, a storage means for storing a delivery schedule file, a vehicle-related file and a labor cost file created as input files, and a daily delivery amount is obtained from the delivery schedule file stored in the storage means. A control means for determining the daily vehicle capacity and the human capacity from the vehicle-related file and the labor cost file, and calculating the number of vehicles and the number of persons required to process the daily delivery amount; and An output device is provided for outputting the number of vehicles and the number of persons required to process the calculated daily delivery amount.

Thus, the configuration of the simulation system can be easily performed by the personal computer.

Further, the delivery schedule file contains at least a delivery type, a delivery amount, a delivery destination, a delivery start date and an end date, and the control means controls the delivery amount and a period from the delivery start date to the end date. From the daily delivery amount.

Further, when the number of vehicles and the number of persons required for processing the daily delivery amount exceed the holding capacity, the control means reduces the cost by the method for processing the delivery amount exceeding the holding capacity. Determined from the related file and the labor cost file.

Therefore, in the file delivery simulation system according to the present invention, the delivery conditions can be easily changed by changing the parameters of the input file. Further, it is possible to provide a delivery simulation in which the application of the present invention is not limited to delivery items.

The description of the above embodiment is for understanding the present invention, and the scope of protection of the present invention is not limited to this. The scope of protection of the present invention is defined by the description of the claims, and this description and equivalents are also included in the scope of protection of the present invention.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a delivery simulation system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a computer main body 4 of the personal computer system 1 constituting the delivery simulation system 1 shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a processing flow of a delivery simulation according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a processing flow in a simulation calculation.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an icon picture for each crop of fertilizer.

FIG. 6 is an example of a schedule data file created in step S10, showing a file for inputting a delivery schedule and a delivery quantity.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on a monitor 5 by a control program based on a data file of Table 5.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an output file in a pile graph.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a change in a daily work amount created based on data of each output file and an animation screen example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Personal computer system 2 Recording medium 3 Keyboard 4 Computer main body 5 Monitor 40 CPU 41 Hard disk device 42 RAM

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Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A storage means for storing a delivery schedule file, a vehicle-related file, and a labor cost file created as an input file, and a daily delivery amount is obtained from the delivery schedule file stored in the storage means. Control means for determining the daily vehicle capacity and human capacity from the vehicle-related file and the labor cost file, and calculating the number of vehicles and the number of persons required for processing the daily delivery volume; And an output device for outputting the number of vehicles and the number of persons required for processing the daily delivery amount. The delivery schedule file includes at least a delivery type, a delivery amount, a delivery destination, and a delivery start date. and the end date is written, the control means determines the daily delivery amount from time to end date from the delivery start date and the delivery quantity, determined the Distribution of people
Owns the number of vehicles and the number of deliveries required to process the volume
When the capacity is exceeded, the delivery amount exceeding the capacity
Vehicle-related files and labor costs for each delivery method
A delivery simulation system characterized by calculating expenses based on a file . 2. A recording medium storing a program for executing and controlling the processing of the control means in the delivery simulation system according to claim 1 . 3. A step of storing a delivery schedule file, a vehicle-related file and a labor cost file created as input files in a storage means, and a daily delivery from the delivery schedule file stored in the storage means by the control means. Calculating the quantity, and further calculating the daily vehicle capacity and human capacity from the vehicle-related file and the labor cost file, and calculating the number of vehicles and the number of persons required to process the daily delivery quantity; Outputting and displaying on a monitor the number of vehicles and the number of persons required to process the daily delivery amount calculated by the control means. The delivery schedule file includes at least a delivery type, a delivery amount, a delivery destination, And the delivery start date and the end date are written, and the control means controls the delivery amount and the period from the delivery start date to the end date. Calculate the daily delivery amount and calculate the calculated daily
The number of vehicles and the number of deliveries required to process
When the holding capacity is exceeded, the delivery volume exceeding the holding capacity is
And vehicle-related files and personnel
A delivery simulation method characterized by calculating an expense based on an expense file . 4. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 3, which is stored in a computer system and executed and controlled by control means .
Recording medium in which a program for executing a distribution delivery simulation method is recorded.