JP7311139B2 - Carrier determination device, carrier determination method, program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a carrier determination device, a carrier determination method, and a program.

A computer device transmits a web page including information on a list of products to a terminal connected via the Internet, receives selection information on a purchase product selected from the products and information on a payment method from the terminal, Many companies operate virtual stores that sell and process the products. With the increase in the number of such virtual stores, the amount of transportation from the delivery source of the product to the delivery destination of the customer's home is increasing, and the labor of the shipping company is increasing. Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2002-200001 discloses a technique for selecting a carrier for transportation of goods. Patent Literature 1 discloses a technique that enables easy selection of low-cost delivery companies.

JP-A-2005-92790

When transporting objects such as commodities, a transporter collects the objects to be delivered to the distribution centers established for each region, the regions under the jurisdiction of the distribution centers. The transporter delivers each transport object collected at the distribution center to a destination included in the area under the jurisdiction of the distribution center. In some cases, different transporters are responsible for the delivery from the delivery center to the final delivery destination. A distribution center manager determines a carrier that is in charge of delivering a transport object from a distribution base such as a distribution center to a delivery destination. Here, the distribution center manager makes decisions on carriers according to the terms of delivery contracted with each carrier. When the manager of the distribution center decides the carrier according to such delivery conditions, it is required to reduce the labor of the work.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a transporter determination device, a transporter determination method, and a program that solve the above-described problems.

According to the first aspect of the invention, the carrier determination device is an acquisition unit that acquires the management attribute information of the transportation object input from the sorting device that is provided in the collection and delivery center and sorts the collected transportation objects. a delivery condition acquisition unit that acquires delivery conditions predetermined for each carrier of the transportation object; and management attribute information of the transportation object, and delivery conditions for each carrier, based on the transportation object. and a carrier determination unit that determines a carrier that transports the

According to a second aspect of the invention, a transporter determination method acquires management attribute information of the transportation object input from a sorting device that is provided in a collection and delivery center and sorts the collected transportation objects, Obtaining predetermined delivery conditions for each transporter of an object, and determining a transporter for transporting the transport object based on the management attribute information of the transport object and the delivery conditions for each transporter. Characterized by

According to a third aspect of the invention, the program acquires the management attribute information of the transportation object input from the sorting device, which is provided in the collection and delivery center and sorts the collected transportation objects. based on management attribute acquisition means for acquiring delivery conditions predetermined for each carrier of the object to be transported, management attribute information for the object to be transported, and delivery conditions for each carrier by the carrier It is characterized by functioning as carrier determination means for determining a carrier that transports the object to be transported.

According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the labor of determining the carrier according to the delivery terms contracted with each carrier.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the delivery management system by this embodiment. It is a hardware block diagram of the carrier determination apparatus by this embodiment. It is a functional block diagram of the carrier determination apparatus by this embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows conveyance of the transportation target object in the sorting apparatus by this embodiment. It is sectional drawing which shows the structure of the mounting part in the sorting apparatus by this embodiment. It is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the dimension measuring mechanism according to the present embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows the structure of the 1st light projector by this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the processing flow of the carrier determination apparatus by this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the minimum structure of the carrier determination apparatus by this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the processing flow by the carrier determination apparatus of the minimum structure by this embodiment.

A delivery management system including a carrier determination device according to an embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a delivery management system according to the same embodiment.
A delivery management system 100 according to the present disclosure includes at least a carrier determination device 1 and a sorting device 2 . The sorting device 2 is provided in a distribution center provided for each region, and sorts the transportation objects 10 collected at the distribution center. The sorting device 2 includes a conveying device 250 such as a belt conveyor and a control device 200, and automatically places the sorted transport objects 10 in the vicinity of a position where a delivery vehicle of a carrier, which is an example of a sorting destination, stops. transport.

The sorting device 2 is provided with a UI (User Interface) device 22 . The UI device 22 includes a touch panel liquid crystal screen and the like. The UI device 22 can communicate with the transporter determination device 1 via the control device 200 provided inside the sorting device 2 . The sorting device 2 transmits the management attribute information read from the transport object 10 to the carrier determination device 1 . The management attribute information includes, for example, the management number of the transportation object 10, the delivery source address, the delivery destination address, the weight, the size, the type of contents, the delivery type (express delivery or normal delivery, etc.), the delivery time zone, Information such as delivery area is included.

The transporter determination device 1 acquires the management attribute information of the transportation object 10 from the sorting device 2 . The transporter determination device 1 determines the transporter that transports the transported object based on the management attribute information of the transported object 10 and the delivery conditions for each transporter.

The transporter determination device 1 may output a list of transporters to the UI device 22 when determining a transporter. In this case, the UI device 22 displays a list of carriers on the touch panel liquid crystal screen. The transporter determination device 1 may be connected for communication with a terminal 3 used by the person in charge of the transporter. The carrier determination device 1 may receive, for example, the delivery conditions of the carrier from the terminal 3 and use them for the carrier determination process.

FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram of the carrier determination device according to this embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 2, the carrier determination device 1 includes hardware such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 101, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 102, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 103, a database 104, and a communication module 105. It is a computer with The control device 200 and the UI device 22 of the terminal 3 and the sorting device 2 are also computers having the same hardware configuration.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the carrier determining device according to this embodiment.
The transporter determination device 1 starts a prestored transporter determination program. As a result, the transporter determination device 1 exhibits the functions of the control unit 11, the management attribute acquisition unit 12, the delivery condition acquisition unit 13, the transporter determination unit 14, the condition suitability determination unit 15, the output unit 16, the interface unit 17, and the like. .

The management attribute acquisition unit 12 acquires management attribute information of the transport objects 10 input from the sorting device 2 .
The delivery terms acquisition unit 13 acquires delivery terms determined in advance for each carrier of the transport object 10 .
The transporter determination unit 14 determines a transporter that transports the transport object 10 based on the management attribute information of the transport object 10 and the delivery conditions for each transporter.
The condition suitability determination unit 15 determines whether or not the management attribute information of the transport object assigned to the transporter determined as the transporter that transports the transport object 10 conforms to the delivery conditions of the transporter.
The output unit 16 outputs information to other devices such as the UI device 22 .
The interface unit 17 has a function of a web server and inputs/outputs information to/from the terminal 3 .

A transporter determination device 1 is provided in a collection and delivery center, and inputs management attribute information of transported objects from a sorting device 2 that sorts the collected transported objects 10, and also determines a predetermined delivery for each transporter of the transported objects 10. Get conditions. Then, the transporter determination device 1 determines the transporter that transports the transport object 10 based on the management attribute information of the transport object 10 and the delivery conditions for each transporter. Next, details of the sorting device 2 will be described.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing transportation of objects to be transported in the sorting device according to the present embodiment.
In order to show the internal mechanism, FIG. 4 does not show members such as the housing of the sorting device 2 that are not necessary for explaining the transportation of the objects to be transported 10 .

The conveying device 250 is, for example, a belt conveyer that conveys the transport object 10 in the positive or negative direction of the y-axis. FIG. 4 shows a state in which the transport object 10 is being transported in the positive direction of the y-axis. A dashed line E in the drawing indicates the position of the inner wall of the housing.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing the configuration of the placing section in the sorting device according to this embodiment.
FIG. 5 shows a yz cross section in the vicinity of the mounting portion 111. As shown in FIG. The configuration of the weight measuring mechanism 210 of the sorting device 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. FIG.

Weight measurement mechanism 210 includes a weight sensor that generates a signal corresponding to the load. The weight measuring mechanism 210 is attached below the placing section 111 so as to measure the load received from the transporting object 10 and the placing section 111 when the transporting object 10 is placed on the placing section 111 . It is The signal generated by the weight measuring mechanism 210 is transmitted from the weight measuring mechanism 210 to the control device 200 of the sorting device 2, and stored in the storage device of the control device 200 of the sorting device 2 as data indicating the weight of the transport object 10. Temporarily stored. Thus, the weight measuring mechanism 210 functions as weight acquisition means for the sorting device 2 . In the process of obtaining the weight, the weight measuring mechanism 210 performs a process of obtaining the net weight of the transport object 10 by subtracting the weight of the placement section 111 .

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the dimension measuring mechanism according to this embodiment.
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the first light projector according to this embodiment.
The configuration of the dimension measuring mechanism 220 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4, 6 and 7. FIG. A dimension measuring mechanism 220 provided in the sorting device 2 includes a first light projector 221 , a first light receiver 222 , a second light projector 223 , a second light receiver 224 and a dimension calculator 225 . The first light projector 221 , the first light receiver 222 , the second light projector 223 and the second light receiver 224 are controlled by the control device 200 of the sorting device 2 . The control device 200 of the sorting device 2 exhibits a dimension calculation function by executing a program.

As shown in FIG. 7, the first light projector 221 has a plurality of light emitting elements 226 arranged in the x direction. The light emitting element 226 is, for example, an LED (Light Emitting Diode) that emits infrared rays. The light emitting elements 226 are arranged in a staggered arrangement, which allows the pitch in the x direction to be smaller than when the light emitting elements 226 are arranged in a straight line, thereby improving the resolution of the dimension measurement. The pitch of the light-emitting elements 226 in the x-direction is, for example, 5 mm, which makes it possible to measure the dimensions of the transport object 10 with a resolution of about 5 mm.

Each of the plurality of light emitting elements 226 of the first light projector 221 emits light parallel to the positive direction of the z-axis. The first light receiver 222 has light receiving elements corresponding to the light emitting elements 226 respectively. The light receiving element is, for example, a photodiode that receives infrared light and generates an electric signal. Since the light receiving elements are also arranged in the same manner as in FIG. 7, a detailed description of the arrangement of the light receiving elements of the first light receiver 222 is omitted.

Each of the plurality of light emitting elements 226 of the second light projector 223 emits light parallel to the negative direction of the x-axis. The second light receiver 224 has light receiving elements corresponding to the light emitting elements 226 respectively. The structures of the second light projector 223 and the second light receiver 224 are the same as those of the first light projector 221 and the first light receiver 222, respectively.

When the object to be transported 10 passes through the detection area surrounded by the first light emitter 221 , first light receiver 222 , second light emitter 223 and second light receiver 224 , it is detected by the light receiving elements in the range blocked by the transported object 10 . The amount of light applied is reduced. The control device 200 of the sorting device 2 measures the width (dimension in the x-direction) and height (dimension in the z-direction) of the transport object 10 by counting the number of light-receiving elements for which the amount of detected light has decreased. can be done.

In addition, the control device 200 of the sorting device 2 multiplies the time when the amount of light detected by the light receiving element has decreased and the transport speed of the transport device 250 to determine the length of the transport object 10 (dimension in the y direction) can be measured. As described above, the control device 200 of the sorting device 2 can acquire the dimension data indicating the dimensions of the three sides of width, length and height. The dimension data of the transport object 10 is stored in the storage device of the control device 200 as part of the management attribute information of the transport object 10 .

Returning to FIG. 4 again, the imaging device 230 will be described. The imaging device 230 is a device such as a camera that acquires an image of the transport object 10 . The imaging device 230 transmits this image to the control device 200 . The imaging device 230 is arranged so as to be able to photograph the invoice 21 attached to the top surface of the transport object 10 transported by the transport device 250 . The information entered in the invoice 21 includes the name of the person requesting transportation, the address of the person requesting transportation, the name of the person to be transported, and the management of the object to be transported 10, which are part of the management attribute information necessary for the management of transportation. Information such as number, delivery source address, delivery destination address, weight, size, type of contents, delivery type (express delivery or regular delivery, etc.), delivery time zone, delivery area, etc. are entered. The invoice 21 may be a label with these information written in a predetermined format. A two-dimensional code that encodes the management attribute information including these information is printed on the invoice 21, and the imaging device 230 reads this two-dimensional code, decodes the coded information, and obtains the management attribute information. and may be transmitted to the control device 200 . A transportation client prepares an invoice 21 in advance and attaches it to the top surface of the object 10 to be transported.

The control device 200 temporarily stores the image acquired from the imaging device 230 and the management attribute information acquired from the image in the storage device. The control device 200 combines the management attribute information with the dimension data and temporarily stores them. When an image is acquired from the imaging device 230, the control device 200 recognizes each character in the image and specifies management attribute information by character recognition processing. The control device 200 is a computer having an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) function. Instead of the control device 200, another computer serving as a character recognition device may perform character recognition processing. That is, the character recognition function may be included inside the sorting device 2 , or the character recognition function may be provided outside the sorting device 2 . The control device 200 may transmit an inquiry request for management attribute information including the management number included in the management attribute information to an external server, and acquire the management attribute information included in the inquiry response transmitted from the server. The control device 200 transmits management attribute information including all the information acquired about one transport object 10 to the transporter determination device 1 . Then, the transporter determination device 1 determines the transporter of the transport object 10 using the management attribute information.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the processing flow of the carrier determination device according to this embodiment.
The management attribute acquisition unit 12 of the transporter determination device 1 acquires management attribute information from the control device 200 of the sorting device 2 (step S101). The delivery condition acquisition unit 13 stores in advance identification information (ID) of a plurality of carriers that deliver the transport object 10 to the delivery destination at the delivery center managed by the carrier determination device 1, and the identification information (ID) of these carriers is stored. Information on delivery conditions associated with the ID is acquired from a database or the like (step S102).

Delivery conditions include, for example, the total transport capacity (total capacity of the transport object 10) contracted for delivery within a predetermined period (1 day, 1 week, 1 month, etc.), One or more of the following information: upper limit of total weight and upper limit of total volume of transportation, area of delivery destination contracted for delivery, capacity that can be loaded in one delivery per delivery vehicle, etc. is included.

When the control unit 11 detects reception of the management attribute information from the sorting device 2, the control unit 11 instructs the carrier determination unit 14 to determine the carrier. The carrier determination unit 14 acquires management attribute information from the management attribute acquisition unit 12 . The transporter determination unit 14 acquires delivery conditions according to each transporter. The carrier determination unit 14 uses the management attribute information and a plurality of delivery conditions to determine one carrier whose management attribute information matches the delivery conditions (step S103).

Specifically, the transporter determination unit 14 compares one or more pieces of attribute information included in the management attribute information with conditions corresponding to each piece of attribute information included in the delivery conditions. The transporter determination unit 14 determines a transporter that satisfies all of the one or more pieces of predetermined attribute information and corresponding delivery conditions.

For example, the transporter determination unit 14 acquires weight and delivery destination, which are predetermined attribute information among the attribute information included in the management attribute information. The carrier determining unit 14 compares the weight with the upper limit weight, which is the delivery condition. Further, the transporter determination unit 14 compares the delivery destination with the deliverable area, which is the delivery condition. If the transporter determining unit 14 determines that the weight is equal to or less than the upper limit weight condition and that the delivery destination is included in the deliverable area, the transporter determination unit 14 selects the transporter corresponding to the delivery conditions as the transport target corresponding to the management attribute information. A carrier is determined to deliver the item 10 to its destination.

The transporter determination unit 14 transmits the ID of the determined transporter to the sorting device 2 (step S104). The control device 200 of the sorting device 2 acquires the carrier's ID. Based on the determined ID of the carrier, the control device 200 controls the transport device 250 so that the transport object 10 to be processed whose management attribute information has been detected is transported to a predetermined position corresponding to the carrier. As a result, the transport object 10 is delivered by the transporter determined by the transporter determination device 1 .

For example, a cart or the like is placed at a predetermined position to which the transport object 10 is to be transported, and the transport object 10 is transported on the cart. The driver of the transporter loads the transport object 10 transported on the cart at the predetermined position of the transporter to which he/she belongs into the delivery vehicle of the transporter.

When a plurality of carriers that satisfy the delivery conditions corresponding to all of the predetermined attribute information can be specified, the carrier determination unit 14 selects one carrier based on the priority assigned in advance to the carrier. You can decide. The priority may be set such that, for example, the carrier with the lowest delivery unit price has the highest priority. Alternatively, the priority may be set with a higher priority value for carriers that have made fewer deliveries over a given period of time in the past. Alternatively, the priority may be set by calculating that a carrier whose location is closest to the delivery destination has a higher priority.

When a plurality of carriers satisfying the delivery conditions corresponding to all of the predetermined attribute information can be specified, the carrier determination unit 14 generates list information including identification information of the plurality of carriers, and distributes the information. may be sent to device 2; The control device 200 of the sorting device 2 outputs list information to the UI device 22 . By the operator's operation of the UI device 22, the UI device 22 detects the designation of one carrier from the list information. The UI device 22 outputs the carrier's ID to the control device 200 . Based on the carrier's ID, the control device 200 controls the carrier device 250 so that the carrier is carried to a predetermined position corresponding to the carrier.

Note that even when there is only one carrier that satisfies the delivery conditions for which all of the predetermined attribute information corresponds, the carrier determination unit 14 generates list information including only that carrier and sends it to the sorting device 2 . You may send. Then, the control device 200 of the sorting device 2 may output to the UI device 22 list information including a column for selecting one carrier and a button for instructing reprocessing of carrier determination. When the control device 200 acquires the ID of one carrier included in the list information from the UI device 22 based on the operator's operation of the UI device 22, the control device 200 acquires the ID of the carrier based on the ID of the carrier. to control the transport device 250 so that it is transported to a predetermined position corresponding to the carrier. On the other hand, when the control device 200 acquires from the UI device 22 the information that the button for reprocessing the transporter determination has been pressed, the control device 200 requests the transporter determination device 1 to reprocess the transporter determination. Send.

Carrier determination device 1 receives the reprocessing request. The reprocessing request includes the ID of the transporter output in the list information. The transporter determination unit 14 performs a transporter determination process, excluding the delivery conditions of the transporter indicated by the ID, and determines another transporter. In this reprocessing, the carrier determination unit 14 may determine the carrier based on the priority if there is no carrier that satisfies the delivery conditions to which all of the predetermined attribute information corresponds, or may determine the carrier based on the priority. Re-processing may be performed by changing the management attribute information used in the vendor determination process.

The transporter determination unit 14 first determines a transporter that has priority based on specific conditions of the delivery conditions as the transporter that transports the transport object 10, and continues the transport object 10 to the determined transporter. When the amount of the objects 10 to be distributed reaches the transportation capacity, the next carrier may be determined as the carrier to transport the objects 10 based on specific conditions. Specifically, the transporter determination unit 14 determines one transporter in the same manner as described above, based on the initially acquired management attribute information of the transport object 10, for example, at a certain initial time of the day. In this case, the transporter determination unit 14 monitors the distribution amount of the transport objects 10 to the determined transporter.

For example, the transporter determination unit 14 acquires specific conditions of the transporter's delivery conditions based on the determined transporter's ID. The conditions are, for example, a total weight upper limit and a total capacity upper limit. After determining one carrier based on the first acquired management attribute information of the transportation object 10, the carrier determination unit 14 determines the transportation object based on the management attribute information sequentially acquired from the sorting device 2. The total weight and total volume of the object 10 are integrated. Each time the transporter determination unit 14 acquires the management attribute information until the accumulated total weight reaches the total weight upper limit value or until the accumulated total capacity reaches the total capacity upper limit value, the first decided carrier determination unit 14 The ID is transmitted to the control device 200 of the sorting device 2 .

Accordingly, the control device 200 of the sorting device 2 continues to control the transport device 250 based on the ID of the same transporter so that the transporter 250 is transported to the predetermined position corresponding to the transporter. When the accumulated total weight reaches the total weight upper limit value, or when the accumulated total volume reaches the total capacity upper limit value, the carrier determination unit 14 discards the delivery conditions of the carrier determined last time, and uses carriers other than that carrier. Determine the carrier in the same manner as above using the carrier's delivery terms.

According to such processing, the transporter determination device 1 selects the next transporter based on the specific conditions when the amount of the transport objects to be distributed to the determined transporter reaches the transport capacity. Control can be exercised to determine the shipping carrier. The transport capacity may be, for example, the upper limit of the total weight or the upper limit of the total capacity of the transport objects 10 that can be loaded on one delivery vehicle.

The transporter determination unit 14 selects the transported object 10 based on the relationship between the evaluation function that calculates the evaluation value based on the value indicated by the management attribute information of the transported object 10 and the evaluation value assigned to each transporter. may be determined as the carrier that delivers the transport object 10 according to the evaluation value of . Specifically, the carrier determining unit 14 inputs the value of predetermined attribute information in the management attribute information into the evaluation function to calculate the evaluation value. For example, assume that the values of predetermined attribute information to be input to the evaluation function are weight and dimensions. The evaluation function is assumed to be an evaluation function that calculates a larger evaluation value as the weight or size increases.

The transporter determination unit 14 pre-stores a correspondence table of transporters according to the evaluation value determined according to the magnitude of the evaluation value and the delivery conditions. For example, it is assumed that the correspondence table corresponds to the evaluation value with the large ID of the transporter contracted by the delivery condition with the large weight upper limit value or the size upper limit value. The transporter determination unit 14 selects transporters recorded in the correspondence table in association with an evaluation value greater than or equal to the evaluation value calculated using the management attribute information and the evaluation function acquired from the control device 200 of the sorting device 2. Get an ID. The transporter determination unit 14 may specify one transporter according to the priority from the transporters recorded in the correspondence table in association with the evaluation value equal to or higher than the calculated evaluation value. By doing so, the carrier determination unit 14 can determine a carrier from among those carriers that cannot deliver the transport object 10 with the evaluation value calculated based on the evaluation function.

In the above-described process, the transporter determination unit 14 associates the management attribute information acquired for the transport object 10 with the ID of the transporter determined for the transport object 10, and records them in the management table stored in the database 104. you can As a result, it is possible to record which carrier has been instructed to deliver which transport object 10 .

The condition suitability determination unit 15 performs a process of determining whether the management attribute information of the transport objects 10 assigned to the determined carrier conforms to the delivery conditions (step S105). For example, the condition suitability determination unit 15 may determine whether delivery conditions other than the conditions used by the carrier determination unit 14 to determine the carrier are met. For example, when the transporter determination unit 14 determines the transporter using the total weight upper limit value and the total capacity upper limit value, other conditions include whether or not the distance from the delivery center to the delivery destination is less than the distance upper limit value. , it is determined whether or not the time when the carrier is specified is not at night, which is out of the delivery time zone of the carrier.

As an example, if the distance from the distribution center to the delivery destination is equal to or greater than the upper limit of the distance included in the delivery conditions of the determined carrier, the condition suitability determination unit 15 re-transports the transport object 10 excluding the carrier. The determination process may be output to the carrier determination unit 14 . Further, as an example, if the time when the carrier is identified is at night outside the delivery time zone of the carrier, the condition suitability determination unit 15 redetermines the transport object 10 excluding the carrier. You may output a process to the carrier determination part 14. FIG.

The output unit 16 acquires the ID of the carrier determined by the carrier determination unit 14, and automatically transmits delivery request information to the contact information of the carrier (step S106). Thus, the carrier driver recognizes the delivery request to the carrier to which he/she belongs and drives the delivery vehicle toward the distribution center. When the driver arrives at the distribution center, the driver loads the transport object 10 transported on the cart placed at the position of the transporter to which he/she belongs into the delivery vehicle of the transporter.

The interface unit 17 receives delivery terms from the terminal 3 used by the carrier. The interface unit 17 records in the database 104 the received delivery conditions and the ID of the carrier in association with each other. The delivery conditions are used by the transporter determination unit 14 to determine the transporter.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the minimum configuration of the carrier determination device according to this embodiment.
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the flow of processing by the minimally configured carrier determination device according to this embodiment.
The carrier determination device 1 includes at least a management attribute acquisition unit 12 , a delivery condition acquisition unit 13 , and a carrier determination unit 14 .
Then, the management attribute acquisition unit 12 acquires the management attribute information of the transportation objects 10 from the sorting device 2 provided in the collection and delivery center and sorting the collected transportation objects 10 (step S201).
In addition, the delivery terms acquisition unit 13 acquires delivery terms determined in advance for each carrier of the transport object 10 (step S201).
Then, the transporter determination unit 14 determines the transporter that transports the transport object 10 based on the management attribute information of the transport object 10 and the delivery conditions for each transporter (step S201).

Each of the devices described above has an internal computer system. Each process described above is stored in a computer-readable recording medium in the form of a program, and the above process is performed by reading and executing this program by a computer. Here, the computer-readable recording medium refers to magnetic disks, magneto-optical disks, CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs, semiconductor memories, and the like. Alternatively, the computer program may be distributed to a computer via a communication line, and the computer receiving the distribution may execute the program.

Further, the program may be for realizing part of the functions described above. Further, it may be a so-called difference file (difference program) that can realize the above-described functions in combination with a program already recorded in the computer system.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 carrier determination device 2 sorting device 3 terminal 10 object to be transported 11 control unit 12 management attribute acquisition unit 13 delivery conditions acquisition unit 14 ... carrier determination unit 15 ... condition suitability determination unit 16 ... output unit 17 ... interface unit 22 ... UI device

Claims (7)

a management attribute acquisition unit provided in the collection and delivery center for acquiring management attribute information of the transportation objects input from a sorting device for sorting the collected transportation objects;
a delivery condition acquisition unit that acquires delivery conditions predetermined for each carrier of the transport object;
a carrier determination unit that determines a carrier that transports the object to be transported based on the management attribute information of the object to be transported and the delivery conditions for each carrier;
A carrier determination device comprising: The transporter determination unit outputs list information including identification information of one or more transporters based on the management attribute information of the transport object and the delivery conditions for each transporter, and outputs the list information 2. The transporter determination device according to claim 1, wherein a transporter selected from transporters included in is determined as a transporter that transports the transport object. The transporter determination unit determines a transporter with priority based on a specific condition among the delivery conditions as a transporter that transports the transport object, and an allocation amount of the transport object to the determined transporter. 2. The transporter determination device according to claim 1, wherein when the number of transporters reaches the transport capacity, the next transporter is determined as the transporter who transports the transport object based on the specific condition. The transporter determination unit determines the transportation object based on the relationship between an evaluation function that calculates an evaluation value based on the value indicated by the management attribute information of the transportation object and the evaluation value assigned to each transportation company. 2. The transporter determination device according to claim 1, wherein the transporter according to the evaluation value of the object is determined as the transporter that transports the transport object. a condition suitability determination unit that determines whether the management attribute information of the transportation object assigned to the transporter determined as the transporter that transports the transportation object conforms to the delivery conditions;
A carrier determination device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, comprising: a carrier determination device,
Acquiring management attribute information of the transportation object input from a sorting device provided in a collection and delivery center for sorting the collected transportation objects,
Acquiring delivery conditions predetermined for each carrier of the transport object,
A carrier determination method for determining a carrier that transports the object to be transported based on the management attribute information of the object to be transported and the delivery conditions for each carrier. the carrier determination device computer,
Management attribute acquisition means provided in a collection and delivery center for acquiring management attribute information of the transportation objects input from a sorting device for sorting the collected transportation objects;
delivery conditions acquisition means for acquiring delivery conditions predetermined for each transporter of the transport object;
Carrier determination means for determining a carrier for transporting the transport object based on the management attribute information of the transport object and the delivery conditions for each transport company;
A program that acts as

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