KR20000050007A - System and method for intermediating cargo marine shipping between shipper and cargo boat corporation - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A marine transportation relay management system and method is provided to carry out marine transportation through a reverse auction at a lower price and to save the physical distribution cost. CONSTITUTION: A member logs in a server and selects one among a reverse auction service(110), a marine transportation company on-line reservation service(120) or a common shipping reservation service(130). If the member selects the reverse auction service(110), he carries out an auction goods information input(111). The server searches marine transportation companies having transportation schedule information satisfying the conditions of the auction goods information(112) and transmits the auction goods information of searched marine transportation companies to officials in charge(113). The officials make their bids for the auction(114). A successful bidder as the most suitable bidder for the auction is determined among the marine transportation companies(115).

Description

System and method for intermediating cargo marine shipping between shipper and cargo boat corporation}

The present invention relates to a maritime transport relay management system and method, and more particularly, to configure a maritime transport relay management system including a terminal, a server and an open network, the member to apply for reverse auction of the goods to be shipped at a lower shipping price It is possible to carry out maritime transport, and through this website, you can make online shipping reservation or co-shipment reservation to shipping company, and carry out land transportation, customs or insurance service in the port where the shipping company's ship which is determined to be reserved or auctioned is anchored. The present invention relates to an operation system and method of a website that is effective in collectively processing the above operations by a single booking or auctioning operation by enabling a total shipping service through an affiliated agency.

In the conventional maritime transport relay management system and method, a member who intends to conduct maritime transport to a shipping company by net auction by bidding, and decides a member who presents the highest price among the members participating in the bid as the successful bidder. Although a website exists, the shipping price of the net auction is mainly determined by the shipping company, so the member cannot conduct auctioning independently, and the total shipping service through the co-shipment or the affiliates is performed at once. Due to the inability to process them collectively, the tasks that must be handled by the members are excessive, and errors or errors are likely to occur, and thus, special care must be taken in transportation related tasks.

The present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, through the reverse auction of the website that can perform the maritime transport at a lower cost and can reduce the logistics cost increased due to the shipping activities of the shipping company Its purpose is to implement an operating system and method.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a shipping company to participate in the auction by searching the shipping company that satisfies the conditions of the auction item information including the desired shipping price and sending the auction item information to the shipping company's contact information. The purpose is to be able to bid on the auction without reference to the auction article information requested by the member auction.

Still another object of the present invention is to be able to make an online booking or a co-shipment reservation to the shipping company, and to simplify the shipping process.

Still another object of the present invention is to carry out land-related transportation or transportation related services such as customs duties or insurance services in a port where the ships of the above-mentioned reservation or successful bidders are anchored through affiliated companies affiliated with this website. Its purpose is to enable total maritime transport services through affiliates.

It is another object of the present invention, the member, shipping company, affiliated companies, such as shipping agent DB, member DB, auction article DB, reservation article DB, co-shipping DB, partner DB, and the like to enable the integration and electronic data exchange The purpose of the present invention is to enable the above-mentioned affiliated companies to promptly carry out the relevant work by enabling the expediting and simplifying of the service.

1 is a conceptual diagram of a system in one embodiment according to the present invention;

2 is a step-by-step flowchart of one embodiment according to the present invention.

*** Explanation of main parts of drawing ***

10. Shipping company DB 20. Member DB 30. Auction goods DB

40. Reserved goods DB 50. Co-shipment DB 60. Partner DB

70. Central processing means 71. Search module 72. Information transmission module

73. Auction Module 74. Reservation Module 75. Reservation Confirmation Module

76. Joint shipment module 77. Relay management module 78. Electronic data exchange module

79. Commission collection module 100. Server 101. Access stage

103. Registration step 104. Login step 110. Reverse auction service selection step

111. Auction item information input step 112. Shipping company search step

113. Auction item information transmission step 114. Bidding step

115. Winner Decision Step

120. Selecting shipping agent online reservation service 121. Shipping agent searching step

122. Shipment Reservation Stage

130. Selection of Joint Shipment Reservation Service

131. Retrieval phase of collective shipment offer

132. Joint shipment booking stage 150. Contract completion stage

Marine transport relay management system according to the present invention,

In the marine transport relay management system comprising a terminal, a server, and an open network connecting the terminal and the server,

The server includes a shipping company DB having shipping company information including a shipping company's contact information; A member DB having personal information of a member accessing the server; An auction article DB having cargo information for shipment requested by the member; An information transmission module for retrieving a shipping company including transport schedule information corresponding to the conditions of the shipping target cargo information of the auction article DB from the shipping agency DB and sending the shipping target cargo information to a contact number of the shipping company; If the member auctions the shipment target cargo to store in the auction article DB, the shipping company bids for the auction goods, the auction module for determining the shipping company that best suits the prescribed rules among the bidding shipping company; including; It is characterized by.

The server, the shipping company or the member further comprises a search module for searching the shipping company DB, auction article DB,

The server may include a reservation product DB having one or more types of shipment target cargo information or one of a kind, quantity, shipment date, destination, and arrival date of the shipment target cargo; When the member reserves the cargo to be shipped, the member is stored in the reservation product DB, and the member is online to a shipping company having a condition that best matches the cargo information to be shipped among the shipping company DB including the transport schedule using the search module. A reservation module for making a reservation; It may be characterized in that it further comprises a; reservation confirmation module for confirming the reservation;

The server may include a joint shipment DB including joint shipment target cargo recruitment information that stores any one or more of a kind, quantity, shipment date, destination, and arrival date of the shipment target cargo; When the member reserves the joint shipment of the cargo to be shipped, the joint shipment module that stores in the joint shipment DB and manages the recruitment of joint shipments, joint shipment reservations, joint shipment recruitment deadline;

The server may include: an affiliate DB for storing affiliate information including any one or more contact information among a customs company, an insurance company, a land carrier, a shipping company, and a carrier associated with the server; An electronic data exchange module for integrating the member DB, the auction article DB, the reservation article DB, the co-shipment DB, the shipping company DB, and the affiliate DB between the members, the shipping company, and the affiliates to perform electronic data exchange; A relay management module for entrusting or relaying the member or shipping company's transportation related services to the affiliated company; And a fee collection module for collecting a certain rate of fees from at least one of the members, shipping companies, and affiliates in exchange for the consignment or relay.

The method of determining a shipping company that is most suitable for the prescribed rule as a successful bidder may include determining a shipping company that has offered the lowest bid among shipping companies participating in the bid as a successful bidder.

Contact information of the shipping company DB or affiliate DB is one or more of the address, telephone, fax, Internet fax, e-mail, mobile phone number of the person in charge,

The auction article DB is any one or more of the type, quantity, shipment date, destination, arrival date, the highest desired shipping price of the member, the shipment target,

The transport schedule information may be any one or more of a transport type, a cargo type, an item, a product code, a destination, a departure date, and a shipment deadline.

Marine transport relay management method according to the present invention,

In a marine transportation relay management method using a terminal used by a customer or a member or a shipping company, a server including auction item information, and an open network connecting the server, the customer or the member uses the terminal to connect to the server. A connecting step of connecting; An input step of inputting, by the member, auction item information including the highest desired transportation price of the cargo to be shipped; An information transmission step of searching for a shipping company including transportation schedule information meeting the conditions of the auction item information, and automatically transmitting the auction item information to the searched shipping company's contact information; A bidding step in which the shipping company bids on the auction item;

And a successful bidder determining step of determining the most suitable shipping company as a successful bidder among the bidding shipping companies.

A shipping company searching step of searching for a shipping company including the transportation schedule information by the member after the accessing step; A shipment reservation step of making a transportation reservation to a shipping company having the transportation schedule information corresponding to the shipment target cargo information; A reservation confirmation step of validating the shipment reservation; And further comprising a contract completion step of the contract is confirmed as a result of the reservation;

A joint shipment recruitment information retrieval step in which the member retrieves the collective shipment offer information after the access step; A joint shipment reservation step of making a reservation on a joint shipment recruiting vessel that meets the conditions of the member's collective shipment target cargo information; A reservation confirmation step of validating the joint shipment reservation; And further comprising a contract completion step of the contract is confirmed as a result of the reservation;

After the successful bidder decision step or the contract completion step, the member DB, the auction item DB, the reservation item DB, the co-shipment DB, and the affiliated DB are stored in the server, and the member, the shipping company, and the affiliated terminal are used respectively. An electronic data exchange step of performing an electronic data exchange of the integrated DB by using; A relay management step of entrusting or relaying the member or the shipping related work of the shipping company to the affiliated company; The fee collection step of collecting a fee from at least one of the member, shipping company, affiliates at a certain rate in exchange for the commissioning or relaying;

The affiliate DB is one or more of any one or more addresses, telephone, fax, Internet fax, e-mail, mobile phone number of the person in charge of the customs, insurance company, land carrier, shipping company, transporter associated with the server Affiliate information, including contact information;

The contact number of the shipping company is any one or more of an address, a telephone, a fax, an Internet fax, an e-mail, and a mobile phone number of a person in charge; The auction item information is any one or more of the type, quantity, shipment date, destination, arrival date, the highest desired shipping price of the member to the shipment; The transport schedule information, any one or more of a transport type, a kind of cargo, an item, a product code, a destination, a departure date, a shipment deadline;

The determining of the successful bidder may determine a successful shipping company that presents the bid price of the lowest price among the shipping companies participating in the bidding.

Here, the term "terminal" refers to a client PC or a mobile phone, an Internet TV, and the like, and refers to a network that can be connected to an internet network or an equivalent network. An open network is a representative example of the Internet network, and can be connected to a terminal or a server anywhere in the network, and includes an Internet network, a wired telephone network, a wireless telephone communication network, or a combination thereof.

Hereinafter, an embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, these drawings are for illustrative purposes only and the present invention is not limited thereto.

1 is a conceptual diagram of a system in an embodiment according to the present invention. Referring to Figure 1, it comprises a client PC 300, the server 100 and the Internet network 200. The client PC 300 shows a state in which a conventional computer can be connected to the server 100 through the Internet network. The server 100 includes shipping company DB (10), member DB (20), auction article DB (30), reservation article DB (40), co-shipment DB (50) and affiliate DB (60) in detail. Exchange of electronic data with search module 71, information transfer module 72, auction module 73, reservation module 74, reservation confirmation module 75, co-shipment module 76 and relay management module 77 And a central processing unit (70) equipped with a module (78) and a fee collection module (79). Connection means (not shown) for connecting to the Internet network is also included.

The shipping company DB (10) stores shipping agent information including any one or more of the address of the shipping company, telephone, fax, e-mail, mobile phone number of the person in charge, or if the shipping company is registered as a member or This includes all if you are not a member.

The member DB 20 is a member ID of the person or organization that the shipping company or a trader who intends to carry out maritime transportation, a general company or a carrier, or an affiliated company affiliated with the server 100 has completed membership on this website, Personal information such as password, name or trade name, social security number or corporation registration number or business registration number, address, telephone number, etc. is stored and can be modified at the will of the member.

The auction article DB (30) is any one of the type, quantity, shipping date, destination, arrival date, the highest desired shipping price of the cargo to be applied for auction at the request of the member of the cargo information input by the member Or it stores only one or more auction item information.

The reservation article DB (40) stores any one or more shipment target cargo information of the type, quantity, shipment date, destination, arrival date of the cargo to be entered by the member in the shipping reservation step 122 of the shipping company And it is possible to input and modify the member.

The co-shipment DB 50 is one or more of the type, quantity, shipment date, destination, arrival date or one or more of the co-shipment target cargo information input by the member in the co-shipment reservation step 132 of the shipping company It is stored, and the member can input and modify.

The affiliate DB 60 is any one or more of the address, telephone, fax, e-mail, mobile phone number of the person in charge of the customs, insurance company, land carrier, shipping company, transporter associated with the server 100 or Store affiliate information including one or more contacts, and the server 100 or each affiliate is able to enter and modify.

The search module 71 searches a shipping company or the member's shipping company DB 10 and the auction article DB 30, and the shipping target cargo information of the member so that the shipping company can make an online reservation or a co-shipment reservation. The server 100 or the member may search for a shipping company including a transport schedule meeting the conditions.

The information transmission module 72, if the reverse auction application for the shipment target cargo possessed by the member shipping agent having a transport schedule that meets the conditions of the auction item information having the cargo target cargo information of the shipping agent DB (10) The auction article information is automatically sent to the shipping company's contact information only to the shipping company that satisfies the conditions of the auction article information.

The auction module 73 stores the shipment target cargo information in the auction article DB 30 when a member applies for reverse auction for the shipment target cargo, and enables a shipping company to bid on the auction article. The shipping company that offers the lowest price among the bidding companies is determined as the successful bidder.

The reservation module 74 temporarily stores the shipment object cargo information in the reservation product DB 40 when a member requests an online shipment reservation from a shipping company, and cancels the reservation according to the member's intention.

The reservation confirmation module 75 effectively confirms the shipment target cargo reserved for shipment 122 by the reservation module 74 according to the member's choice, and concludes a contract to the reservation product DB 40. It performs the function of saving definitely and making it impossible to cancel.

The joint shipment module 76 is stored in the joint shipment DB 50 when the member is a joint shipment reservation 132 for the shipment target cargo and manages the recruitment of joint shipments, joint shipment reservation, joint shipment closing deadline Perform the function.

The relay management module 77 performs a function of consigning or relaying the member or the shipping related services such as land transportation, customs service, insurance service of the member or the shipping company.

The electronic data exchange module 78 is any of the shipping company DB (10), member DB (20), auction article DB (30), reservation article DB (40), co-shipment DB (50), affiliate DB (60) Integrate the DB (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60) and the electronic data exchange between the members, shipping companies, and affiliates to enable the exchange of electronic data between the members, shipping companies, and affiliates. .

The fee collection module 79 collects a fee of at least one of the member, the shipping company, and the affiliated company in exchange for the commission or the relay.

Figure 2 shows a step-by-step flow chart of an embodiment according to the present invention. Referring to Figure 2, the client (member) is connected to the server (101) (101), if the member is to enter the member ID and password to log in 104, if not the member registration (103) procedure Log through 104, the member selects any one of the reverse auction service 110, shipping company online reservation service 120, joint shipment reservation service 130 of the maritime transport relay management system according to the present invention The member can hold the cargo to be shipped by sea in more various ways. If the reverse auction service 110 is selected, the auction item information input 111 such as the type, quantity, shipment date, destination, arrival date, and maximum desired shipping price of the member held by the member is performed and the server 100 ) Searches only shipping companies having transport schedule information satisfying the conditions of the auction item information inputted from the shipping company DB 10 and retrieves the auction item information by phone, fax, internet fax, and e-mail which are the contact information of the searched shipping company. At the same time, the auction article information is sent to the appointer in charge of the shipping company in case of not going to the shipping company for reasons such as out of the office to transmit the auction item information to the SMS text service of the person in charge (113). The shipping company manager determines whether to bid on the auction with reference to the transmitted auction item information, and conducts bidding, and determines a successful bidder who determines the best shipping company according to a predetermined rule among the participating shipping companies as a successful bidder (115). Go through.

In addition, when the shipping company online reservation service 120 is selected, the shipping company search 121 by the search module the shipping company having the transport schedule information, such as shipping information of the member or the server 100 owned by the member. The shipping reservation 122 is made to a shipping company having a shipping schedule that is the same as or similar to the shipping target cargo information of the member, and the contract completion step 150 of confirming the shipping reservation 122 is made valid. .

In addition, when the joint shipment reservation service 130 is selected, the transportation schedule information such as the joint shipment target cargo information held by the member or the server 100 and the type, quantity, shipment date, The co-shipment recruitment information search 131 is performed by the search module on the shipping company having the same or similar destination and the arrival date, and the co-shipment reservation 132 is made to the shipping company which is the same or similar to the co-shipment target cargo information of the member. The shipment reservation 132 is confirmed to go through the contract completion step 150 to validate the reservation.

After the successful bidder decision step or contract completion step, the shipping company DB (10), the member DB (20), the auction article DB (30), which are stored in the server 100 by the electronic data exchange module 78, The member and shipping company have an electronic data exchange step (not shown) that integrates the reservation product DB 40, the co-shipment DB 50, and the affiliate DB 60 and exchanges electronic data between the members, shipping companies, and affiliates. In addition, it is desirable to maximize the business efficiency of affiliates.

In addition, a fee collection step (not shown) for collecting a fee by the fee collection module 79 in exchange for entrusting or relaying the member or related services such as the customs service, insurance service or land transportation service of the member or the shipping company. Has

As described above, according to the present invention, a reverse auction service, a shipping company online reservation service, and a co-shipment reservation service may be selected from the above services suitable for the shipment target cargo held by the member, and the transport related services of the member or the shipping company may be performed by the server. Affiliates and affiliated with the features that can maximize the professionalism, speed and efficiency of the transport-related business. In addition, by providing the various services through an open network connecting the terminal and the server used by the shipping agent and the member respectively, the shipping company does not add to the logistics costs the costs incurred due to the conventional sales activities at a lower shipping price It is a very useful and beneficial invention that can also be shipped by the member's shipments by sea to reduce the logistics costs.

Claims (14)

In the marine transport relay management system comprising a terminal, a server, and an open network connecting the terminal and the server, The server, Shipping company DB having shipping company information, including shipping company information; A member DB having personal information of a member accessing the server; An auction article DB having cargo information for shipment requested by the member; An information transmission module for retrieving a shipping company including transport schedule information corresponding to the conditions of the shipping target cargo information of the auction article DB from the shipping agency DB and sending the shipping target cargo information to a contact number of the shipping company; If the member auctions the shipment target cargo to store in the auction article DB, the shipping company bids for the auction goods, the auction module for determining a shipping company that best suits the prescribed rules among the bidding shipping company; includes; Maritime transport relay management system, characterized in that. The method of claim 1, The server, Shipping company or marine member relay management system further comprises a search module for searching the shipping company DB, auction article DB. The method of claim 2, The server, A reservation article DB having any one or more types of shipment target cargo information, one or more shipment information, or a shipment date; When the member reserves the cargo to be shipped, the member is stored in the reservation product DB, and the member is online to a shipping company having a condition that best matches the cargo information to be shipped among the shipping company DB including the transport schedule using the search module. A reservation module for making a reservation; And a reservation confirmation module for confirming the reservation. The method of claim 1, The server, A joint shipment DB including joint shipment target cargo recruitment information storing any one or more of the type, quantity, shipment date, destination, and arrival date of the cargo to be shipped; When the member reserves the common shipment of the cargo to be shipped, the joint shipment module that stores in the joint shipment DB and manages the recruitment of joint shipments, joint shipment reservations, joint shipment closing; marine transportation further comprises a Relay management system. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, The server, An affiliate DB for storing affiliate information including any one or more contact information among a customs company, an insurance company, a land carrier, a shipping company, and a carrier affiliated with the server; An electronic data exchange module for integrating the member DB, the auction article DB, the reservation article DB, the co-shipment DB, the shipping company DB, and the affiliate DB between the members, the shipping company, and the affiliates to perform electronic data exchange; A relay management module for entrusting or relaying the member or shipping company's transportation related services to the affiliated company; And a fee collection module for collecting a predetermined rate fee from at least one of the member, the shipping company, and the affiliated company in exchange for the consignment or the relay. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, The method of determining a successful shipping company as a successful bidder as set forth above, The marine transport relay management system, characterized in that for determining the shipping company that presented the lowest bid price among the shipping companies participating in the bid as a successful bidder. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, Contact information of the shipping company DB or affiliate DB, One or more of address, telephone, fax, internet fax, e-mail, mobile phone number of the person in charge. The auction article DB, Any one or more of the type, quantity, shipping date, destination, arrival date, the best shipping price of the member, The transport schedule information, Maritime transport relay management system, characterized in that any one or more of the transport type, type of cargo, item, product code, destination, departure date, shipment deadline. In the maritime transport relay management method using a terminal used by a customer or member or a shipping agent, a server including auction item information, and an open network connecting the server, An access step wherein the customer or the member accesses the server using the terminal; An input step of inputting, by the member, auction item information including the highest desired transportation price of the cargo to be shipped; An information transmission step of searching for a shipping company including transportation schedule information meeting the conditions of the auction item information and automatically transmitting the auction item information to the searched shipping company's contact information; A bidding step in which the shipping company bids on the auction item; And a successful bidder determining step of determining a shipping company that best fits the prescribed regulations among the bidding shipping companies. The method of claim 8, After the connection step, A shipping company search step of searching for a shipping company including the shipping schedule information by the member; A shipment reservation step of making a transportation reservation to a shipping company having the transportation schedule information corresponding to the shipment target cargo information; A reservation confirmation step of validating the shipment reservation; And a contract completion step of making a contract as a result of the reservation confirmation. The method of claim 8, After the connection step, A joint shipment recruitment information search step for a member to search for collective shipment offer information; A joint shipment reservation step of making a reservation on a joint shipment recruiting vessel that meets the conditions of the member's collective shipment target cargo information; A reservation confirmation step of validating the joint shipment reservation; And a contract completion step of making a contract as a result of the reservation confirmation. The method according to any one of claims 8 to 10, After the successful bidder decision step or the contract completion step, Integrate the member DB, auction article DB, reservation article DB, co-shipment DB, affiliate DB stored in the server and the electronic data exchange of the integrated DB using the terminal used by the member, the shipping company, the affiliate Performing an electronic data exchange step; A relay management step of entrusting or relaying the member or the shipping related work of the shipping company to the affiliated company; And a fee collection step of collecting a fee from at least one of the member, a shipping company, and an affiliate with a predetermined rate in exchange for the commissioning or relaying. The method of claim 11, The affiliate DB, Affiliates including any one or more of address, telephone, fax, internet fax, e-mail, mobile phone number of the person in charge of one or more of customs, insurance company, land carrier, shipping company, transporter associated with the server Information; marine transport relay management method characterized in that. The method according to any one of claims 8 to 10, Contact information of the shipping company, One or more of an address, a telephone, a fax, an Internet fax, an e-mail, and a mobile phone number of a contact person; The auction item information, Any one or more of the type, quantity, shipping date, destination, arrival date, and best shipping price of the member's shipment; The transport schedule information, Shipping type, cargo type, item, product code, destination, departure date, one or more of the shipping deadline; marine transportation relay management method characterized in that. The method according to any one of claims 8 to 10, The successful bidder determination step, The marine transport relay management method characterized in that for determining the shipping company that presented the lowest bid price among the shipping companies participating in the bid as a successful bidder.