JPH0551100A - Shipment control device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a shipment control device that monitors the time required for shipment by a tank truck from departure from and return to the site of an oil tank. CONSTITUTION:As a card carrying car numbers of a tank truck 2 is read with a card reader 8b, the time for completion of delivery by the tank truck is inputted into a memory 6 of a shipment control device 1. The tank truck 2, with its tanks 15a-15c loaded with the oil under order, departs the site of an oil tank for delivery to customers and returns to the site after completion of the delivery. A host computer 8 calculates a delay out of the time required for a period from the time of departure for the delivery to the time when the card reader 8b reads the car-numbers-carrying card on return of the tank truck 2.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shipping management apparatus, and more particularly to a shipping management apparatus configured to monitor a delivery time from when a tank truck vehicle leaves an oil tank station to when it returns to the oil tank station.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in a shipping control device for shipping oil liquid, when a tank truck arrives at an oil tank, a card reader is made to read a vehicle number card distributed to each tank truck. As a result, the host computer of the oil tank station outputs the reservation data including the reservation quantity and the oil type set for each hatch of the tank truck corresponding to the vehicle number data to the shipping control device at the shipping stage.

Next, the worker connects the grounding device to the tank truck, inserts a loading arm for the oil type corresponding to the hatch into the oil supply port of the hatch, and sets it, and a hatch card provided on the loading arm. Have the reader read the hatch card attached to the fuel filler port of the hatch with a chain or the like. Then, if the operator sets the loading amount with the loading amount setting switch of the loading arm and operates the start switch, the shipping control device
Shipping permit provided that the loading arm oil type and loading amount match the reserved oil type and reserved quantity corresponding to the hatch in the reservation data, and that the ground interlock, loading arm interlock, etc. have been completed. Output a signal.

As a result, the pump and the metering valve, which are in communication with the loading arm on the shipping stage, are started, and the oil-liquid shipping for tank loading is performed.

In this way, the tank lorry vehicle loaded with the reserved oil type and quantity carries the loaded oil liquid through the petroleum source selling company to the ordered gas station. When the tank truck arrives at the filling station, the ordered oil type and quantity are unloaded to an underground tank, etc., and the tank truck goes to the next delivery destination when there is oil liquid to be delivered, and all When the oil liquid is unloaded, return to the oil tank.

[0006] Tank trucks travel back and forth between the delivery destination and the oil depot several times a day until they return to the oil depot depending on the distance to the delivery destination and road conditions (traffic congestion, road construction, etc.). Delivery time varies.

[0007] In the conventional shipping management device, a check is made for all tank trucks and delivery destinations at the oil depot at a time interval check of the number of departures (repetition) to the delivery destination (after returning to the oil depot last time. It took about the time required to return from the delivery destination).

[0008]

Therefore, conventionally, the vehicle number issued for each tank lorry vehicle is checked by checking the time interval of all tank lorry vehicles until the vehicle departs to the delivery destination and returns to the oil tank. The card cannot be used in other tank trucks.

However, because the delivery time of a tank truck changes every time, for example, usually three round trips between an oil tank and a delivery destination per day may be possible but only two round trips due to road conditions, or Even if the first and second times take too much time and the second and third times are significantly behind schedule, it is not possible to check the delay time for the delivery destination for each tank truck. was there. Also, for example, if it is known in advance that the delivery schedule for the third delivery will be significantly delayed, even if another tank lorry vehicle must be used for delivery, it is not possible to grasp how far the other tank lorry vehicle is delayed. However, there are some issues that cannot be dealt with. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a shipping management device that solves the above problems.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a shipping management apparatus for shipping management so that an oil liquid ordered from a delivery destination is loaded on a tank truck, and the scheduled departure time when the tank truck leaves an oil tank, the tank truck. Estimated time setting means for setting the estimated time required for the car to return from the delivery destination to the oil tank station, and the actual delivery start time and the actual delivery end time are used to identify the loli vehicle when loading the oil liquid into the tank lorry vehicle An end time input means for inputting based on the reading operation of the card, a storage means for storing each time data from the scheduled time setting means and the end time input means, a scheduled departure time stored in the storage means, a schedule requirement And a calculation unit that calculates a time difference between the actual delivery start time and the delivery end time with respect to time.

Further, according to the present invention, in a shipping management device for managing shipping so that an oil liquid ordered from a delivery destination is loaded in a tank truck, the scheduled departure time when the tank truck leaves the oil tank, the tank truck is the delivery destination. Scheduled time setting means to set the required time from the return to the oil tank place,
End time input means for inputting the actual delivery departure time and the actual delivery end time based on the reading operation of the Lori vehicle identification card during the loading operation of the oil liquid on the tank lorry vehicle, and the scheduled time setting means and the end time input Storage means for storing each time data from the means, calculation means for calculating a time difference between the scheduled departure time stored in the storage means, the actual delivery departure time and the delivery end time with respect to the scheduled required time, and the time difference is predetermined. And a releasing means for releasing the handling of the undelivered data of the tank truck by the tank truck when the time difference exceeds the predetermined time. Become.

[0012]

[Operation] Since the time difference between the scheduled departure time, the actual delivery start time and the delivery end time with respect to the scheduled time is calculated for each tank truck, the time difference from the scheduled time when each truck returns to the oil tank is calculated. It is possible to understand the delivery time delay of each Lori vehicle and take measures against it.

[0013]

1 to 3 show an embodiment of a shipping management apparatus according to the present invention.

In each figure, the shipping management device 1 provided in the oil tank place performs a fixed amount shipping of the oil liquid when the tank truck 2 arrives at the shipping stage 3. The shipping stage 3 is provided with a loading arm 3a for loading the oil liquid on the tank truck 2. A host computer 8 and an order receiving device 8a are installed in a building 7 such as an office away from the shipping site.

The host computer 8 is connected to the memory 6, and the memory 6 has a RAM 6a for storing a reservation file created by order data such as customer name, order oil type, order quantity, delivery date, etc. as described later. It is provided. Further, the memory 6 is provided with a RAM 6b for storing a delivery data table 21 as shown in FIG. 3, for example.

Now, the delivery data table 21 shown in FIG. 3 will be described in detail.
Delivery departure time data T _S , delivery required time data T _W , delivery end flag F _E , delivery time difference data T _L , loading data (delivery destination, oil type, quantity) for each vehicle number of the tank truck Various types of data such as are stored.

A card reader 8b for reading a vehicle number card (not shown) distributed for each tank truck 2 is provided near the entrance of the oil tank, and the tank truck 2 before loading arrives at the card reader 8b. Then, the vehicle number card is inserted and the vehicle number data read from the vehicle number card is output to the host computer 8. The order receiving device 8a receives an order from a delivery order receiving device (not shown) via a telephone line or the like, and outputs the received order data to the host computer 8. The host computer 8 creates a reservation file based on the order data from the order receiving apparatus 8a and manages the reservation data. Here, tank truck 2 at the oil tank
The shipping process to will be described.

As shown in FIG. 1, in an oil tank station where oil liquid such as gasoline, light oil, kerosene, etc. is loaded into a tank truck 2 and shipped, an order accepting device 8a is used to deliver the oil to a gas station through a petroleum original selling company. When receiving an order from the ordering device, the host computer 8 executes the processing shown in FIG.

In FIG. 2, in step S1 (hereinafter, steps will be omitted), order data such as customer name, order oil type (loading oil type), order quantity (loading quantity), delivery date, etc. are input. When,
The hatch setting device attached to the host computer is operated based on this order data, and each hatch 15a, 15 of the tank lorry vehicle 2 is operated for each tank lorry vehicle 2.
A reservation file is created by setting the type of oil to be loaded and the quantity thereof for each of b and 15c.

Next, the data of this reservation file and the required delivery time data between the oil tank and each delivery destination and the required delivery time data between one delivery destination and another delivery destination, which have been separately statistically accumulated so far, are used. Based on this, for each tank lorry vehicle 2, the scheduled delivery start time and the scheduled delivery time required for each round are calculated, and for the time being, set as the delivery departure time data T _S and the required shipping time data T _W , respectively. A plan, that is, a delivery data table 21 is created. Therefore, in the delivery data table shown in FIG. 3 described above, the scheduled time and scheduled time are stored as the delivery departure time data T _S and the required delivery time data T _W at the time of creation, and the delivery end flag F _E is stored. Is in a reset state indicating unfinished delivery in each order, and the delivery time difference data T _L is zero (no delay) in each order.

When the tank truck 2 arrives at the entrance of the oil tank station, the card number is read by the card reader 8b, and the delivery table in which the loading data and the delivery destination corresponding to the truck 2 are described. Is issued from the printer 8c connected to the host computer 8.

After that, the driver of the tank truck 2 who has received the delivery table heads for the shipping stage 3 for loading the oil liquid, and first, the card reader 3b provided in the shipping stage 3.
Have the car number card read. As a result, the reservation data (loading oil type, loading amount, etc.) of the tank truck 2 corresponding to the vehicle number is transferred from the host computer 8 to the shipping control device 9 of the shipping stage 3.

The tank 15 of the tank truck 2 is normally divided into a plurality of hatches 15a to 15c, and the capacity of each hatch is different, for example, 4 kiloliters, 2 kiloliters, 1 kiloliter.

The plurality of hatches 15a to 15c are the tank 15
Has hatch refueling ports 17a to 17c, respectively.

The type of oil loaded and the amount of oil loaded into the tank truck 2 are stored as reservation data for each hatch 15a to 15c in advance during the actual loading operation as described above, so that each hatch 15a to 15c is stored. When loading the oil liquid into the tank, the reserved oil type and the reserved quantity for each hatch of the tank truck 2 are checked against the loading oil type and the loaded quantity set by the setting switch 19a, which will be described later. Hatch 15a
The oil liquid is loaded every ~ 15c.

A pump 12, a flow meter 13, and a two-stage metering valve 14 are provided in a pipe 11 connected to the liquid storage tank 10 of the shipping system 1, and a loading arm 3a is connected to an end of the pipe 11. ing.

A remote switch box 19 is provided on the loading arm 3a and has a setting switch 19a for setting a shipping amount as a loading amount and a shipping start switch 1.
9b is provided.

A ground connector 24 is mounted on the tank truck 2 before the shipment.

The card reader 3 for the car number card
b, the pump starter 20 of the pump 12, the flow meter 13, the metering valve 14, the remote switch box 19, and the ground connector 24 are connected to the shipping control device 9. Further, the shipping control device 9 is connected to the host computer 8.

Here, in the shipping control device having the above-mentioned configuration, the tank truck 2 loaded with the oil liquid conveys the oil liquid to the delivery destination, and the tank truck 2 returns to the oil tank place again to load the oil liquid. The processing executed by the host computer 8 when the oil liquid is delivered will be described.

In FIG. 4, the host computer 8 is
When the tank truck 2 arrives at the oil tank station and the card reader 8b provided at the oil tank station entrance is made to read a vehicle number card (not shown), insertion of the vehicle number card is detected in S11, and S12 is detected.
Read the car number data of the Lori car.

At this time, the time data t at the time of card insertion is read from the timer in association with the issuance of the delivery table described above (S13). In this embodiment, the time t when the card is inserted is stored later as the next delivery start time and the current delivery end time of the tank truck 2. That is, in the case of this embodiment, the card reader 8 functions as an end time input means.

Next, the latest delivery end time delivery start time data T _{S (n)} is retrieved from the vehicle number delivery data stored in the memory 6 based on the delivery end flag F _E ( S14).

At the next step S15, the delivery end flag F_EIs set
Latest delivery end time data in next status
T_{S (n)}Check for. In S15, the delivery completion flag for the day
Gu F _EThere was a latest delivery departure sequence that was in a reset state
In the case of (the second and subsequent times), the relevant n-th next delivery departure time day
T_{S (n)}Is read out and the process moves to S16 and the next n times are actually performed.
Delivery time data T_{W (n)}Is calculated by the following formula
It

T _{W (n)} = t−T _{S (n)} ... Then, the calculated delivery required time T _{W (n)} is used as the delivery required time data T _{W (n)} for the n-th next delivery data table 21.
To update and store.

However, if the latest delivery departure time data T _S does not exist in S15, that is, if the current card reading is the first reading of the current day, the process proceeds to S17 without executing S16.

In S17, the first delivery of the vehicle number delivery data
Unfinished delivery next delivery departure time data T _{S (n + 1)}, That is, low
Vehicle 2 has not yet departed from the oil depot for delivery.
Tank lorry based on card readings this time
The next delivery start time data for loading oil on vehicle 2
The data table 21 is searched for. And the figure
In S18 shown in 5, the corresponding delivery departure time data T
_{S (n + 1)}Check for. Delivery departure time in S18
Data T_{S (n + 1)}When is input, move to S19
Delivery time difference data T_{L (n)}Is calculated by the following formula.

[0038] _{T L (n) = t-} T S (n + 1) ... Then, the calculated delivery time difference data T _{L (n)} to the n times following delivery time difference data T delivery data table 21 as _{L (n)} Update and store.

In the next S20, it is checked whether or not the delivery time difference data T _{L (n)} calculated in S19 is larger than the upper limit value K ₁ , and in the next S21, the delivery delay time T _{L (} calculated in S19 Check if _n) is less than the lower limit K ₂ .

The upper limit value K ₁ and the lower limit value K ₂ are preset based on the scheduled departure time and the scheduled required time, and define the allowable range of the delivery time difference data. Therefore, the delivery time difference data T _{L (n)} is K ₁ > T _{L (n)} > K ₂
If so, it is within the permissible range, so that the process proceeds to S22, and the time data t in the delivery departure time data T _{S (n + 1)} is updated and stored in the delivery data table 21 as the next delivery departure time n + 1 times. Next, the delivery end flag F _{E (n + 1)} is set from “0” to “1” to indicate delivery completion.
It is stored in 1 (S23).

After that, the order of the vehicle data (n + 1)
The delivery slip is printed out from the printer 8c based on the delivery data (S24). When the driver of the tank lorry 2 receives the delivery slip, it moves the lorry 2 to the shipping stage 3 and sets the type and quantity of oil to be loaded into the lorry 2 while watching the delivery slip. Then, after the loading of the oil liquid is completed, the oil liquid is transported to the delivery destination described on the delivery slip.

When the processing of S24 is completed, the host computer 8 returns to S11 and waits until the next lorry vehicle 2 arrives.

When the delivery delay time T _{L (n)} is K ₁ or more in S20, the process proceeds to S25 shown in FIG. 6 to transfer the final delivery data to the countermeasure data area and store it in the memory 6. Then, the processes of S22 to S24 are executed.

Even if T _{L (n)} > K ₁ in S20, if the final round is the remaining one round scheduled for the day, there is a possibility that all rounds can be delivered. Therefore, in that case, the process of S25 is not executed, and in that case, the process of S21 is executed as “No”. Also, in S21, _{TL (n)}
<K ₂ Moves to S26 shown in FIG. 7 to search for undelivered delivery data in the countermeasure data area.

If there is undelivered delivery data in S27,
In step S28, one of the delivery data items to be delivered is selected, transferred to the end of the vehicle number delivery data item and stored, and the final delivery data item of the vehicle number data item is updated.

The transferred delivery data is deleted from the delivery data table 21. If there is no delivery data in S27, or after S28, the process returns to S22 and S22 to S2.
Process 4 is executed.

In this way, by checking the delivery departure time T _S , the required delivery time T _W , and the delivery time difference data T _L for each tank lorry vehicle 2, it can be determined whether each tank lorry vehicle 2 is delivering as scheduled. Easy to check. Therefore, when the time required for delivery of one tank truck 2 is significantly long due to road conditions or the like, the time difference data T _L exceeds the allowable range. In that case, the next delivery of the lorry vehicle 2 will be significantly delayed, and it can be expected that the next delivery cannot be performed all the times, so that an alternative lorry vehicle can be arranged.

[0048]

As described above, the shipping management apparatus according to the present invention can check the departure time of each tank truck and the time difference from the scheduled time from the delivery end time when returning from the delivery destination. When the tank truck is delayed, it is possible to grasp how long the truck is delayed once each time. Therefore, even if one tanker truck is too late to deliver all scheduled orders for the day, it is possible to take emergency measures such as checking the delay status of the truck and arranging a substitute truck. Have.

When the Lori vehicle returns after exceeding a predetermined time, the Lori vehicle cannot deliver the remaining rounds, and therefore the undelivered data of the Lori vehicle is transferred to the countermeasure data area. You can cancel the delivery of the car and arrange an alternative loli car.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a shipping management apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of an order receiving process executed by a host computer.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a delivery data table.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of delivery acceptance processing executed by a host computer.

5 is a flowchart of a delivery acceptance process that is executed following the process of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing of S25.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the processing of S26 to S28.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Shipment management device 2 Tank truck 3 Shipment stage 6 Memory 8 Host computer 9 Shipment control device 15 Tanks 15a to 15c Hatch 19 Remote switch box 21 Delivery data table

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A shipping management device that manages shipping so that an oil liquid ordered from a delivery destination is loaded in a tank truck, wherein a scheduled departure time when the tank truck leaves an oil tank,
Scheduled time setting means for setting the estimated time required for the tank truck to return from the delivery destination to the oil tank station, and the actual delivery start time and the actual delivery end time for the tank truck when loading the oil liquid on the tank truck. An end time input means for inputting based on a reading operation of the vehicle identification card, a storage means for storing time data from the scheduled time setting means and the end time input means, a scheduled departure time, a schedule stored in the storage means A shipping management apparatus comprising: a calculating unit that calculates a time difference between an actual delivery departure time and an actual delivery end time with respect to a required time. 2. An oil liquid ordered from a delivery destination is stored in a tank truck.
In a shipping management device that manages shipping so as to be loaded on a vehicle, a scheduled departure time at which the tank truck departs from an oil tank,
It will be necessary for the tank truck to return to the oil tank from the delivery destination.
Scheduled time setting means for setting the fixed required time, tank delivery of the actual delivery departure time and actual delivery end time.
Lori vehicle identification card when loading oil liquid into a vehicle
End time input means for inputting based on the reading operation of, and the time from the scheduled time setting means and the end time input means
Storage means for storing inter-arrival data, and a scheduled departure time and a scheduled required time stored in the storage means
The time difference between the actual delivery start time and delivery end time
The calculation means for calculating and whether or not the time difference exceeds a predetermined time
However, if the time difference exceeds the specified time, the
The tank low regarding the undelivered data of the car
A shipping management device, comprising: a release means for releasing the handling by the vehicle.