KR20000072528A - System for consolidating less than coantainer load via communication network - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A LCL(Less Than Container Cargo) consol system using an internet is provided for obtaining an information concerning a transportation charge, a carrier schedule and a container freight station. CONSTITUTION: A customer(1) is connected with a transportation intercede system(10) through an online and performs a company member registration, a member company personal user registration, a consignee/notify registration, a charge and shipping schedule inquiry, a booking, a shipping request, a house B/L confirmation and printing, an invoice confirmation, a tax receipt receiving, a money input date, and a money input receipt. A transportation intercede system(100 performs a transportation intercede with respect to a customer and provides a house B/L issue, an invoice issue, and a money input receipt issue through an online.

Description

Small cargo console system using internet {SYSTEM FOR CONSOLIDATING LESS THAN COANTAINER LOAD VIA COMMUNICATION NETWORK}

The present invention relates to a small cargo console system using the Internet. More specifically, a small cargo customer for export can directly check the freight and freight schedule of a freight forwarder on the Internet, make a reservation, request a shipment, and confirm and issue a bill of lading. It relates to a small cargo console system using the Internet, which can handle all the necessary procedures for the transportation of small cargo, such as checking, issuing and issuing an invoice, and outputting a tax invoice.

More than two companies can be mixed in one container, which is called LCL (less than container load), and these cargoes are called LCL cargo or small quantity cargo. Collecting these small quantities and arranging for shipping is usually done by consoles in the art, which is an acronym for English Consolidation. The console is sometimes used as a term that means loading a small amount of cargo into a container. The present invention relates to a method and a system capable of carrying out a transport arrangement on the Internet for consigning a small amount of cargo and then intentionally loading the container to a carrier. In other words, the existing transport arrangements can be processed on the Internet, and real-time fares and schedules can be linked to real-world owners, forwarders, shipping companies, bonded warehouses, and banks in a single network system for the export of LCL. Provides a method and system for inquiring, booking, handling shipment requests, invoices and bills of lading consistently.

Therefore, the present invention can be referred to as a kind of electronic commerce between companies that transport and transport a small amount of cargo (LCL) exported from the domestic country to overseas countries (CONSOLIDATION) on the cyber.

Conventionally, the small-arrangement transportation service has been carried out by telephone, fax and pickup man by professional operators in their 20s and 30s. This method had the following problems.

First, in the process of doing work, the trouble of repeatedly searching and re-entering the same information often hampered the work efficiency. In order to check the fare and the ship schedule, they had to check and respond by phone, etc., the process of booking and shipping was cumbersome, and wasted a lot of time to get the invoice and bill of lading. Therefore, if a booking is made once after the fare inquiry, a system that stores the input data and automatically links the bill of lading (B / L) is required.

Second, a small amount of cargo booked from many customers should be intentionally shipped to the container according to the destination and the shipping vessel concerned. However, according to the conventional method, it was time consuming and could not plan the effective container loading.

Third, timely booking and preliminary shipping for small quantity cargo requested to be booked and shipped is essential for transport arrangements. According to the conventional method, the small quantity of cargo collected from a large number of customers can be classified in a timely manner. Shipping by ship was not an easy task. Therefore, a situation that desperately needs a system that can automatically fill out a pre-shipment request.

Fourth, according to the conventional method, it was difficult to obtain information about freight rates, vessel schedules, and bonded Freight Stations (CFS) in the region to which the shipper or forwarder intends to transport in real time. For smooth logistics, there is a need for a means to provide information on freight rates, ship schedules and bonded warehouses in real time.

The present invention in consideration of the problems of the conventional transport arrangement business method, such as shipping and shipping schedule inquiry, booking, shipping request (S / R: Shipping Request), invoice and B / L confirmation and issuance, tax invoice The purpose is to provide a small cargo console system using the Internet that can automatically interlock all the necessary procedures for the arrangement.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a small cargo console system using the Internet, which can provide information on a fare, a ship schedule, and a bonded warehouse in real time.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a small amount cargo console system using the Internet, which can automatically prepare a container load plan (CLP).

Another object of the present invention is to provide a small cargo console system using the Internet, which can automatically prepare a carrier shipping request.

1 is a system configuration of an embodiment of a small cargo console system using the Internet according to the present invention.

2 is a block diagram schematically showing the data flow of a small cargo console system using the Internet according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is a block diagram sequentially showing the data flow of the small cargo console system using the Internet according to the present invention.

4 is a block diagram showing a process of automatically generating a container loading plan (CLP) according to the present invention.

5 is a block diagram illustrating a process of automatically generating a carrier shipping request according to the present invention.

6 is a flow chart showing the detailed configuration of the main part of the small cargo console system using the Internet according to the present invention.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

1: Customer 2: Network 3: Firewall

4: Ship 5: Bonded Warehouse 6: Bank, Customs Clearance, etc.

10: Transport arrangement system 11: Web server 12: Main server

13: Negobank Server 14: Database Server 15: Customer Care D / B

16: Fare Schedule Management D / B 17: Booking D / B 18: CLP D / B

19: Shipment shipment request D / B

The small cargo console system using the Internet according to the present invention is a server of a freight forwarder (hereinafter referred to as a freight forwarding system), and a client of a freight forwarder on the Internet in which computers such as customers, shipping companies, bonded warehouses and banks are connected by a network. Means for collecting real-time fare and shipping schedule and registering and managing it in a database; Means for allowing a customer to view the fare and schedule on the network; a means for booking a booking on the network to reserve freight for the customer if the customer who has checked the fare and schedule is needed; and the booking Means for allowing a customer to make a request for shipment on a network; and using the customer's booking data connected to the network, sorting codes of destinations, ships, ships, etc. of a requested shipment, and automatically loading containers. Means for generating a plan (hereinafter also referred to as a CLP: Container Load Plan); and a preliminary shipping request form by automatically sorting the customer's shipment request data and container loading plan (CLP) data according to items from a server of a transport agent connected to the network. And means for automatically generating a Carrier Shipping Request.

The small cargo console system using the Internet according to the present invention is a forwarder, a real owner, a carrier, a bonded storage facility (CFS) connected to the Internet in various networks by hardware. It is composed of computers such as stations, banks, customs offices, customs and partners, and computer systems of transport agents (hereinafter referred to as transport arrangement systems) that can be accessed from these computers. The forwarder here is a freight forwarder who collects the true cargo and enters into a forwarding agreement with another carrier (including the freight forwarder) or shipping company. The true owner is the one who sends out his cargo. The forwarder and the actual owner become the customer of the freight forwarder, the operator of the small cargo console system using the Internet according to the present invention. The shipping company is a person who carries out the cargo service by directly acquiring the cargo from the freight forwarder. A bonded warehouse is a person who collects a small amount of cargo before customs, distributes it to containers and loads it. Shipping arrangements typically include customs clearance for customs procedures, banks for payment, customs for export declaration, partners for coordinating business at the destination of cargo, recipient of cargo (hereinafter referred to as Consignee) and shipper's notification of shipment. The other party to do this (also called Notify) will intervene.

The transport arrangement system should be provided with various servers and databases for data communication with the user through the Internet, and for storing and processing data necessary for transport arrangement. For communication security, the transport arrangement system is preferably provided with a firewall (Fire Wall). The server is preferably composed of a web server, main server, Negobank server and database server. The database preferably includes a customer management database, a fare / ship schedule management database, a booking database, a container loading plan (CLP) database, and a pre-shipment request database.

Small quantity console system using the Internet according to the present invention is preferably operated on a membership basis. It is desirable for the member to separately register and manage both the company member and the worker of the company as the individual user member. When a forwarder and a true owner, who are customers, access the transportation arrangement system according to the present invention and register as a member, it is desirable to separately register and manage them. To impose their charges differentially. Information about the registered customer is stored and managed in the customer management database. The customer may register the Consignee and Notify, and these data may also be stored and managed in the customer management database. Information about the partner and the exchange rate can also be stored and managed in the customer management database.

The freight forwarder collects, stores, and manages data on freight and ship schedules in real time in a freight / ship schedule management database of the transport arrangement system. The ship schedule preferably includes data on the vessel name, the voyage number, the closing time, the departure and arrival times, and the carrier. One of the features of the present invention is to collect and store data on fare and ship schedule in real time so that customers can check these data in real time. This data is configured so that customers can access and query the transportation arrangement system at any time. When a customer makes a booking (also referred to as "reservation"), these bookings are received and stored in the booking database.

When a booking customer requests a shipment request (hereinafter referred to as S / R: Shipping Request), it is received and stored in the booking database together with the date of receipt. At this time, if necessary, the transport agent or the transport arrangement system makes a shipping appointment to the shipping company, and when the shipment request entails a customs clearance request, the customs clearance company requests customs clearance. The cargo to be transported is shipped from the factory and transported to the CFS by land, and the actual goods receipt and export face number to the CFS are entered into the booking database. The server of the transport arrangement system designates a container using booking data, S / R data, and CFS data in the booking database and stores the number of containers in the CLP database. The server of the transport arrangement system inquires the freight / schedule management database and the booking database and automatically creates a container loading plan (CLP) using the shipping schedule, the booking data, the S / R data and the designated container number, Store in the CLP database. The CLP contains data on container number, seal number, booking number of loaded cargo, S / R number, and cargo details.

The server of the transport arrangement system queries the CLP database and the booking database, creates a carrier S / R, and then prints and sends it to the carrier.

When the shipping company receives a shipping order, the cargo is transferred to Marshalling Yard, and the shipping company issues a Master Bill of Lading (B / L) online or offline. Based on the house bill of lading (House Bill of Lading) to create and store in the fare schedule management database, so that the customer can directly check and print the house B / L online to perform the steps It is preferable to. When the shipment is made by the shipping company, the export declaration is made to Customs by the Electronic Data Exchange (EDI).

The transport arrangement system allows the customer to create / manage an invoice so that the customer can check and print it online, issue a tax invoice to the customer to receive the tax invoice online, and receive a deposit. After confirming, it is preferable to issue a deposit slip so that the customer further performs the step of receiving the deposit slip online.

Hereinafter, a temporary example of a small cargo console system using the Internet according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a system configuration of a small cargo console system using the Internet according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the small amount cargo console system using the Internet according to the present invention is a computer 1a, 1b of a customer connected by the Internet, a transport arranging system 10 of a transport agent, and a computer 4 of a shipping company. ) And computers 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d of the bonded storage room and other computers (banks, customs clearance, customs, partners, etc.). The transport arrangement system 10 may be connected through the Internet 2 using a web browser so that a plurality of actual owners or forwarders 1a and 1b may use the transport arrangement service according to the present invention for transport arrangement work. Web server (11), which enables the firewall (FIRE WALL; 3) to protect customer information and transaction information from hacking threats, database server containing customer and transaction data and other fare, ship schedule, exchange rate, etc. (14) and a number of databases (15, 16, 17, 18, 19), and also the main server 12, where the manager of the freight forwarder performs the necessary processing according to the information given by the customer, and finally the B / L It includes a Negobank server 13 for processing. The plurality of databases may be divided into a customer management database (15), a fare / schedule management database (16), a booking database (17), a CLP database (18), and a pre-shipment request database (19). However, some of these can be combined or separated, if necessary. The web server 11 is a service that allows any user of the Internet to use the transport arrangement service provided by the present invention by accessing the Internet (2) to query the fare and ship schedule information and to request a booking. to provide. The web server 11 controls the database server 14, retrieves the information stored in the database, and performs an overall function of storing and updating newly input information from the computers 101, 102, and 103 of the customer. The database server 14 stores the identification code (ID) and password of the customer, and compares the information input for the business process on the Web to identify the person who can be a formal service. The main server 12 manages and controls the database server 14 in order to continuously update the latest information of the ship schedule and fare and manage various information about the customer, and the Negobank server 13 according to the transaction details. Freight settlement and bill of lading (B / L) to customers.

By the above system configuration, the transport arrangement system according to the present invention automatically links fare and schedule inquiry, booking, shipment request (S / R), B / L confirmation and issuance, INVOICE confirmation and issuance, and tax invoice issue. It can be processed.

In addition, as shown in Figure 1, the customer of the transport arrangement system according to the present invention can be largely divided into a forwarder (1a) and real wine (1b), the customer management database and the fare / schedule database to distinguish these storage management In addition, it is desirable to configure a dual rate system (DRS) by providing differential freight information for them. This distinction can be easily made by requesting a separate copy of the business registration certificate at the membership registration stage, and can be divided into forwarders and realized owners to present differentiated fares for each freight and schedule inquiry and confirm freight rates between each other. It can be implemented without.

2 is a block diagram schematically showing the data flow of a small cargo console system using the Internet according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 schematically shows, in any order, what data interactions between the transport arrangement system 10 and the companies 1, 4, 5, and 6 involved in the transport arrangement service are performing with each other during the entire process of transport arrangement. It was.

A: The customer (1) accesses the transportation arrangement system (10) online and registers a company member, a member company's individual user registration, a Consignee / Notify registration, a fare and a shipment schedule inquiry, a booking, and a shipment request (including a customs clearance request). House B / L confirmation and printing, INVOICE confirmation and printing, tax invoice receipt, deposit date input and receipt of deposit slip.

B: The transportation arrangement system 10 provides the services of house B / L issuance, INVOICE issuance, and deposit ticket issuance to customers in addition to the transportation arrangement.

C: Upon customer's request for shipment, the goods will be shipped from the factory and transported to the bonded warehouse.

D: Bonded storage is entered into the transportation arrangement system 10 online and inputs the details.

E: The freight forwarder arranges shipment to the shipping company and the cargo will be transferred to Marshalling Yard for customs clearance.

F: The shipping arrangement system will make a shipping line booking and shipping request to the shipping company either online or offline.

G: The shipper issues master B / L to the freight forwarder online or offline.

H: The transportation arrangement system will ask the customs office to clear the customs, export to the customs, approve the deposit to the bank, and notify the partner of the shipment.

I: The customer deposits the freight through the bank.

3 is a block diagram sequentially showing the data flow of a small cargo console system using the Internet according to the present invention, Figure 4 is a block diagram showing a process of automatically generating a container loading plan (CLP) according to the present invention 5 is a block diagram showing a process of automatically generating a carrier shipping request according to the present invention, Figure 6 is a detailed configuration of the main portion of the small-volume console system using the Internet according to the present invention, Each shows a flow chart showing.

3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a small cargo console system using the Internet according to the present invention divided into a customer management system 100, a sales management system 200, and an accounting management system 300. However, the technical spirit and business model of the present invention are not necessarily configured as described above.

The customer management system 100 is divided into a sub-system SUBSYSTEM, an account management system 110, a member account management system 120, and a company account management system 130.

The account management system 110 is configured as a means for a customer, such as a forwarder, a true owner, to register and manage a member company or a member company individual user through the Internet. It is desirable to allow companies to be registered as members, and individuals to join only those in charge of transportation in these member companies.

The member account management system 120 is configured as a means for registering and managing a customer's customer, Consignee or Notify.

The company account management system 130 is composed of means for registering and managing the shipping company and the partner of the shipping agent.

Sales by the small cargo console system using the Internet according to the present invention is mainly made by the sales management system 200. The sales management system 200 is a sub-system as the basic data management system 210, freight / ship schedule management and booking / shipment request management system 220, console (container unloading) and shipping and shipping / pre-shipment management System 240 and shipment management system 260.

The basic data management system 210 is composed of means 211 for inputting and managing a CITY / PORT (city / port) code.

The fare / ship schedule management and booking / shipping request management system 220 is a fare management means 221 which can register / manage 223 real time fare so that a customer can query 222 real time fare online. And schedule management means (224) for registering / managing a real time ship schedule (226) so that the customer can inquire (225) the real time ship schedule online, and the customer arranges the online shipping booking (228) and transports it. Booking management means (227) that can be accepted (229) in the coordination system, and the customer makes an online shipment request (S / R) (including customs clearance request (232), if necessary) (231) It is configured to include a shipment request management means 230.

The customer's on-line shipping booking process 228 is illustrated in detail by way of example in FIG. 6A.

The customer's online shipment request procedure 231 is illustrated in detail in FIG. 6B by way of example.

The console (container unloading) and shipping service / shipping request management system 240 is CFS incoming and outgoing management means 240 that receives and manages the cargo history, export license number and container number entered online and managed by CFS (240) Container loading plan that automatically creates and manages the container loading plan (CLP) by using the data of booking, booking data, S / R data, ship schedule data, and designated containers (20DC, 40DC, 40HQ). Comprising a shipping means (248) and shipping shipping request (Carrier S / R) to the CLP and booking data inquiries, including a shipping management request unit 250 is configured to manage. The console (container dripping) and shipping company / shipping shipping request management system 240 may be further provided with shipping shipping means (241).

The CFS entry and exit management 240 procedure of the freight forwarder and the entry number of the export scene number is shown in detail by way of example in Figure 6c.

As shown in FIG. 4, the container loading plan (CLP) creating means 248 refers to the booking data stored in the booking database 17, the shipment request data, and the CFS data, based on the container type designated by the transport agent. A container loading plan (CLP) is automatically created and stored in the CLP database 18.

The procedure by which the freight forwarder prepares the CLP in the freight forwarding system is exemplarily detailed in FIG. 6D. The procedure for the carrier to confirm the CLP in the transport arrangement system is illustrated in detail in FIG. 6E.

The container number registration step of the CFS entry and exit management 240 procedure of the shipping agent is illustrated in detail in FIG. 6F.

As shown in FIG. 5, the ship shipping request management unit 250 automatically searches for the booking data and the S / R data of the booking database and the CLP data of the CLP database to automatically generate the shipping schedule request. Stored in the database 19. The shipping schedule request is printed and sent after inquiring in the shipping schedule database if necessary.

The shipping agent's shipping line S / R creation procedure is illustrated in detail in FIG. 6G.

The shipping management system 260 is a means for creating and managing a house B / L so that customers can check (266) and print (267) the house B / L online, and export declaration to the customs by EDI It comprises a means (EDI) that can be.

The house B / L creation procedure of the freight forwarder is illustrated in detail in FIG. 6H. In addition, the house B / L identification procedure of the transport arrangement is illustrated in detail in Figure 6h.

The export declaration procedure by the EDI of the transport agent is illustrated in detail in FIG. 6J.

The accounting management system 300 includes a basic data management system 310, an INVOICE management system 320, a deposit management system 330, and an expense settlement management system 340 as sub-systems.

The basic data management system 310 is composed of means 311 capable of storing and managing exchange rates.

The INVOICE management system 320 is composed of means for creating and managing INVOICE so that customers can check and print INVOICE online.

The INVOICE creation procedure of the freight forwarder is illustrated in detail in Fig. 6K. The INVOICE management procedure of the freight forwarder is illustrated in detail in FIG. 6L.

The deposit management system 330 is a means for issuing and managing the tax invoice 331 so that the customer can receive the tax invoice online, and if the fare is received, the payment is issued to the customer to receive the payment slip online It consists of means to manage.

The expenditure settlement management system 340 is composed of means 341, 342 for storing and managing shipping freight payment data and partner freight payment data.

According to the present invention, a simple operation of the system can be used to quickly and efficiently handle a large amount of console work, thereby reducing the processing cost by 20% or more, thereby benefiting customers. The console system according to the present invention can save freight forwarders more than 20%, and also reduce the labor costs associated with telephone, fax and paper pick-up. In addition, 24 hours inquiry and booking is done on the internet, so repetitive personal identification is not necessary.B / L (Bill of Lading) for bank NEGO is processed on the Internet immediately, and the negotiated amount is deposited in the customer's account. You can get Arranging small volume shipments is always easy, so you can deliver the cargo to the BUYER in a timely manner without fear of small volume transportation. Freight savings of more than 20% can increase export competitiveness in terms of national economy, which can lead to the side effect of increased exports. In addition, since small amount of freight can be arranged and transported at all times, it is possible to export regardless of the quantity of export order, thus increasing exports and contributing to the strengthening of national economic power.

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It consists of a transport arrangement system of a freight forwarder who collects small quantities of cargo (LCL) and arranges for transport for export, and a computer such as a forwarder, true story, shipping company, bonded warehouse and bank, which are connected to the transport arrangement system over the Internet, etc. In a small cargo console system, The transport arrangement system includes a freight management means for registering / managing freight in real time so that customers can inquire real-time freight online; Schedule management means for registering / managing a real-time ship schedule so that a customer can query the real-time ship schedule online; A booking management means for allowing a customer to arrange a shipping arrangement online and receive and manage it in the transportation arrangement system; A shipment request management means for allowing a customer to make an online S / R request and receive / manage it; Means for sorting codes such as destinations of shipments requested by the customer, shipping corresponding ships, etc. using the booking data of the customer in a system of a transport agent connected to the network to automatically generate a container loading plan (CLP); And a means for automatically sorting the customer's shipment request data and container loading plan (CLP) data according to an item in a server of a transport agent connected to the network to automatically generate a carrier shipping request. Small cargo console system using the Internet. The freight forwarding system of claim 1, wherein the forwarder, the actual owner, and the like are registered by the customer as a member company or a member company individual user through the Internet, and are separately managed to apply the differential rate by distinguishing the forwarder and the true owner. Small quantity console system using the Internet, characterized in that it further comprises a means capable of. The system of claim 1, wherein the transportation arrangement system comprises a web server that enables a plurality of actual owners or forwarders to access the Internet through a web browser for arranging transportation in hardware; A firewall for protecting transaction information, a database server that contains customer and transaction data and other information such as freight rates, ship schedules, exchange rates, and many other databases. Small cargo console system using the Internet, characterized in that consisting of the main server, the Negobank server for bills of lading and freight settlement. The method of claim 3, wherein the plurality of databases includes a customer management database for storing and managing member information, a fare / schedule management database database for storing and managing a fare and a shipping schedule, and a customer's booking data and shipment request. (S / R) Booking database for storing and managing data and bonded storage site (CFS) data, container loading plan database for storing and managing the container loading plan, shipping company for storing and managing the shipping Small quantity console system using the Internet, characterized in that configured to include a shipping request database. The container loading plan (CLP) according to claim 1, wherein the means for generating the container loading plan (CLP) inquires the booking data, the shipment request data, and the CFS data, and automatically determines the container loading plan (CLP) based on the container type designated by the transport agent. Small cargo console system using the Internet, characterized in that for creating and storing in the CLP database (18). The method of claim 1, wherein the means for automatically generating a carrier S / R is A small amount using the Internet, characterized in that the booking data and S / R data of the booking database and the CLP data of the CLP database is inquired to automatically generate a shipping order request to store and manage in the shipping history request database 19 Cargo console system. According to claim 1, wherein the transport arrangement system is characterized in that it further comprises a CFS entry and exit management means for receiving and managing the cargo details, export license number and container number on-line transported to the bonded yard and stored online. Small cargo console system using the internet. The method of claim 1, wherein the transport arrangement system further comprises a means for creating and managing a house B / L so that customers can check and print the house B / L online Cargo console system. The small cargo console system according to claim 1, wherein the transport arrangement system further comprises a means for creating and managing an INVOICE so that a customer can check and print the INVOICE online.