KR20020041884A - A method for allocation of cars, using co-ownership of freight and empty vehicle's information - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for processing car allocation by using freight information and empty vehicle information is provided to efficiently perform car allocation by making parts of a transportation company and several transportation companies share freight information and empty vehicle information on-line. CONSTITUTION: A car allocation charger connects to a car allocation processing server by using a personal terminal(S100). The car allocation processing server transmits a log-in page(S102), and the car allocation charger logs into the server by inputting an ID(Identification) and a password(S104). The server searches freight information and empty vehicle information and transmits the result to the car allocation charger after authenticating process(S106,S108). The car allocation charger refers to the transmitted freight information and empty vehicle information(S110) and decides if car allocation is possible(S112). After performing car allocation(S114), the server receives the particulars about car allocation(S116). The car allocation charger opens the freight information and empty vehicle information to the public(S120). The server receives the open particulars(S112).

Description

A method for allocation of cars, using co-ownership of freight and empty vehicle's information}

The present invention relates to a dispatch method through the sharing of the cargo information and the tolerance information, more specifically, to more efficiently carry out the dispatch process by sharing the cargo information and the tolerance information with each other in the transport company and the transport company online It's about how you can do it.

Cargo transportation in our country has a history of more than 30 years. So far, shippers and carriers have been operating under the concept of general transport and are satisfied with the role of simply transporting the cargo to their destination, but in the process required unnecessary financial burden, and the profit of the capital invested is not obtained. The transportation market is facing difficulties due to poor profitability.

As well-known facts and how to reduce logistics costs are highlighted as the key to national competitiveness, interest in the logistics industry is becoming more advanced, informatized, and collaborated.

According to a recent statistics (Korea Transport Development Institute, Sept. 22, 2000), Korea's tolerance rate is 38.9%, 10% higher than that of developed countries, and lowering the tolerance rate by 10% can save about 3 trillion won in transportation costs. In addition, despite the high tolerance ratio, it has been found that a number of undesirable phenomena occur in which the cargo to be transported cannot be transported on time due to the tolerance not being obtained.

In this situation, we must actively look for ways to ensure that the cargo to be transported is delivered on time, when needed, and to make the best use of expensive resources.

As part of the above measures, the movement to realize low-cost and high-efficiency cargo transportation process by sharing the information of cargo to be transported and the information of tolerance to be carried out online using the recently established social information infrastructure. This is happening overall.

Clearly, the appropriate combination of online and offline will emerge as a new paradigm in the 21st century, and strengthening corporate and national competitiveness through efficient logistics management will be far from complete unless the change is embraced.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention was made in view of the foregoing, and provides a method for more efficiently performing dispatch processing by sharing cargo information and tolerance information online within a transport company and a transport company. There is this.

In particular, the present invention has an object of providing a business-oriented freight transport logistics solution, taking into account the situation of our carriers that the freight dispatch was made by the dispatcher.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be described below and will be appreciated by the practice of the invention. Furthermore, the objects and advantages of the present invention can be realized by means and combinations indicated in the appended claims.

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate the presently preferred embodiments of the invention and, together with the description of the following preferred embodiments, serve to explain the principles of the invention.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a network system in which a dispatch processing method is performed by sharing cargo information and tolerance information according to the present invention.

2 is a diagram schematically showing a functional configuration of a dispatcher processing server included in the system of FIG. 1 according to the present invention.

3 is a view showing a web page on which a shipper service menu displayed for a shipper connected to a dispatch processing server according to the present invention is displayed.

4 is a diagram illustrating a web page on which a cooperative company service menu displayed for a cooperative company connected to the dispatch processing server according to the present invention is displayed.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a web page displaying a dispatcher service menu presented to a dispatcher who is connected to a dispatcher server according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a dispatch person in charge accessing a dispatch process server, checking freight information and tolerance information registered for the dispatch person, and performing a dispatch process according to the present invention.

7 is a view illustrating a process in which the cargo information and the tolerance information published by the dispatch personnel in accordance with the present invention is disclosed and processed step by step.

8 is a view collectively describing a dispatcher processing method through sharing cargo information and tolerance information according to the present invention.

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10; Shipper terminal 20; Dispatch processing server

30; Dispatcher terminal 40; Cooperation terminal

50; Network

In order to achieve the above object, the dispatch processing method by sharing the cargo information and the tolerance information according to the present invention, the dispatcher terminal, the partner company terminal, the dispatcher processing server in the transport company, the dispatcher terminal and interconnecting them In a system including a network,

(a) the shipper and the cooperative company access the freight dispatch server, and the shipper registers his freight information (transportation order) and the cooperative company registers his freight information and tolerance information;

(b) the dispatch person in charge accessing the dispatch process server, confirming the cargo information and the tolerance information registered for itself, and performing dispatch process on the dispatch information;

(c) the dispatch personnel in charge accessing the dispatch processing server and publicly processing some of the cargo information and the tolerance information registered for the dispatch dispatch server; And

(d) the dispatch process server sequentially providing the published cargo information and the tolerance information to other dispatch personnel and cooperative companies in the company; It includes.

Preferably, each dispatcher is selected and registered for the shipper and the cooperative company, and thus the cargo information and the tolerance information registered by the shipper and the cooperative company are first provided to the corresponding dispatcher.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Prior to this, terms or words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as being limited to the common or dictionary meanings, and the inventors should properly explain the concept of terms in order to explain their invention in the best way. Based on the principle that can be defined, it should be interpreted as meaning and concept corresponding to the technical idea of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments described in the specification and the configuration shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiment of the present invention, and do not represent all of the technical idea of the present invention, which can be replaced at the time of the present application It should be understood that there may be various equivalents and variations.

Definition of Terms

'Shipper': 貨主, means the owner of the cargo.

'Transportation Company' means a Borrower Company which has a large number of vehicles carrying mainly cargo.

'Distributor in charge': As a person belonging to the transport company, the cargo information to be processed by using their own tolerance information, and performs the dispatch process to interconnect the cargo and the tolerance to be carried.

'Cargo Information' means the shipping order information that shippers register for their cargo, and the shipping company and its partners provide each other with some of their cargo information.

'Collaborator': A borrower company affiliated with a shipping company, which provides the shipping company with some cargo information and tolerance information that they cannot handle.

'Tolerance information' means information on vehicles that are currently able to transport cargo, and carriers and suppliers provide some of their tolerance information to each other.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a network system in which a dispatch processing method is performed by sharing cargo information and tolerance information according to the present invention.

Referring to the drawings, the system is a shipper terminal 1 to N (10), a cooperative company terminal 1 to N (40), the dispatcher processing server 20 in the transport company, the dispatcher terminal 1 to N (30) and their mutual It includes a network 50 to connect.

The shipper terminal 10 is connected to the dispatcher processing server 20 of the shipping company through the network 50, registers the transport order for their cargo, and confirms the details of the transport order is processed The client computer used.

The dispatch processing server 20 manages freight order information (cargo information) registered by the shipper, freight information and tolerance information registered by a supplier, which will be described later, and tolerance information thereof, and the information is dispatched by the dispatcher. Server computer that supports processing.

The dispatcher terminal 30 is a client computer that is used by the dispatcher to connect to the dispatcher server 20 of the company, query the cargo information and the tolerance information registered for the dispatcher, and perform the dispatcher process. .

The cooperative company terminal 40 accesses the courier company's dispatch processing server 20 through the network 50, registers some of its own freight information and tolerance information, and provides the company publicly. A client computer used to query freight and tolerance information.

Although not shown in the drawing, the terminals 10, 30, and 40 are typical system components, and load a web page based on a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of a website, and display the web page in HTML (Hyper-). It includes a browser program that displays on a monitor based on Text Markup Language (Text Markup Language) code interpretation, and an operating system (OS) program that manages and controls a computer system as a whole.

Here, the terminals 10, 30, 40 and the dispatch processing server 20 are network 50 through various devices and methods currently known, such as a modem or CSU / DSU (Channel Service Unit / Digital Service Unit). ), Which is a well-known common technique, and thus a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The terminals 10, 30, and 40 may use not only a personal computer but also a personal digital assistant (PDA), a mobile communication terminal, a wireless Internet phone, and the like.

Therefore, the network 50 is connected to the terminals 20, 30, 40 and the server 20 in common, such as a wired / wireless internet network, a public switched telephone network (PSTN), a mobile communication network, and the like. Anything can be used as long as it can perform data communication.

However, hereinafter, the network 50 is a wired Internet network based on the World Wide Web (WWW), and the terminals 10, 30, and 40 are personal computers. The present invention will be described. However, it is a matter of course that the present invention is not necessarily limited to these examples.

Furthermore, the dispatch processing server 20 and the dispatch manager terminal 30 in the same transport company may be connected to an intranet (not shown) which is a private network. In this case, a firewall (not shown) typically exists between the intranet and the public network 50, thereby protecting information resources in the transport company.

In addition, the intranet may be extended and used in the concept of an extranet in which the external partner terminal 40 is allowed to access the intranet.

2 is a diagram schematically showing a functional configuration of a dispatcher processing server according to the present invention.

Referring to the drawings, the dispatch processing server 20 includes a server engine 22, a plurality of web pages 24, a shipper management module 26a, a cooperative company management module 26b, a dispatcher management module ( 26c), cargo information management module 26d, tolerance information management module 26e, dispatch processing management module 26f, shipper information database (DB: Data Base) 28a, cooperative company information DB (28b), dispatcher The information DB 28c, the cargo information DB 28d, the tolerance information DB 28e, and the dispatch processing information DB 28f are included.

The server engine 22 receives a Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request for accessing a web page identified by a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) and provides a web page 24 to various client systems 10, 30, and 40. And a platform for server side programs such as the modules 26a to 26f.

Here, the web page 24 is preferably written in a Hyper Text Markup Language format, but may be written in any format as long as it can be read by a computer system.

The shipper management module 26a stores and manages necessary information including the shipper's ID and password registered as a member in the shipper information DB 28a, and performs member authentication on the shipper's access later.

The shipper information DB 28a includes data in which the dispatcher is matched 1: 1 with the shipper.

According to the present invention, the shipper may select and register a worker in charge of his / her choice from a list of employees in charge of the dispatch processing server. Alternatively, the dispatcher processing server may arbitrarily select and assign a dispatcher for the registered shipper by omitting the process of selecting a responsible employee.

The supplier management module 26b stores and manages necessary information including the partner company ID and password in a partner company DB 28b, and subsequently authenticates whether the partner is a legitimate user. The program to run.

The cooperative company information DB 28b includes data in which the dispatcher is 1: 1 with the cooperative company.

According to the present invention, the dispatcher of the cooperative company is selected by the manager (not shown) of the dispatcher processing server 20 and registered.

The dispatcher manager module 26c stores and manages necessary information including the dispatcher manager's ID and password in the dispatcher manager DB 28c, and subsequently performs authentication of whether the user is a legitimate user. to be.

The cargo information management module 26d supports a shipper and a partner company to access their cargo information and manages the registered cargo information in the cargo information DB 28d.

Preferably, the cargo information DB (28d) is registered date, registrant, type of cargo, order vehicle model, order vehicle specification, order vehicle number, loading and unloading date, loading and unloading place, unloading date and time, loading method (manpower / machine), It may consist of data items such as transportation method (alone / mixed), cargo size / weight, desired freight, and freight payment type.

The tolerance information management module 26d allows a partner company to access to register their tolerance information, and the tolerance information DB (28e) of the registered partner company and the tolerance information registered by the server administrator. I manage it.

Preferably, the tolerance information DB (28e) may be composed of data items, such as vehicle affiliation (own company / cooperative company), vehicle model, standard, vehicle number, driver, possible departure place, arrival desired place, dispatcher.

According to the present invention, each dispatcher is registered for its own tolerance, and the dispatcher of the shipper and the cooperative company becomes the dispatcher for the cargo information and the tolerance information registered by the shipper and the cooperative company.

The dispatch process management module 26e provides cargo information and tolerance information registered to each dispatch officer to the corresponding dispatch personnel, and the details of the dispatch process and the disclosure process performed by the dispatch personnel are assigned to the dispatch process information DB ( 28f).

In addition, the dispatch processing management module 26f serves to disclose the cargo information and the tolerance information published by the dispatch staff as described later.

3 is a view showing a web page on which a shipper service menu displayed for a shipper connected to a dispatch processing server according to the present invention is displayed.

Referring to the drawings, the shipper service menu may include a 'shipping order registration' menu for registering a shipping order, and a 'order processing history inquiry' menu for checking a history of a previously registered shipping order.

The transport order registration menu includes a menu for modifying and deleting registration information.

4 is a diagram illustrating a web page on which a cooperative company service menu displayed for a cooperative company connected to the dispatch processing server according to the present invention is displayed.

Referring to the drawings, the supplier service menu includes a 'cargo information registration' menu for registering their cargo information, a 'cargo information inquiry' menu for searching the cargo information published by the shipping company, and registering their own tolerance information. It may be configured as a 'tolerance information registration' menu, a 'tolerance information inquiry' menu for searching the tolerance information published by the shipping company.

The 'cargo information / tolerance information registration' menu includes a menu for modifying and deleting registration information.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a web page displaying a dispatcher service menu presented to a dispatcher who is connected to a dispatcher server according to the present invention.

Referring to the drawings, the dispatcher service menu includes a 'cargo information inquiry' menu for inquiring the cargo information and the tolerance information registered for themselves, the 'tolerance information inquiry' menu, and the cargo information and the tolerance information It may be configured as a 'distribution processing performed' menu for performing a dispatch process, a 'freight information disclosure' menu for revealing the cargo information and tolerance information, and a 'tolerance information disclosure' menu.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a dispatch person in charge of a dispatch dispatcher accessing a dispatch processing server, confirming cargo information and tolerance information registered for the dispatcher, and performing a dispatch process thereto.

Referring to the drawings, the dispatch person in charge first connects to the dispatch process server using his terminal (step S100).

With respect to the connection, the dispatch processing server transmits a login screen (step S102), and the dispatch staff inputs their ID and password and logs in (step S104).

With respect to the login, the dispatch processing server authenticates whether the user is a legitimate user using an ID and password stored in the dispatch staff information DB in the step (step S106).

As a result of performing the authentication, if the user is a legitimate user, the dispatcher processing server searches and extracts the cargo information and the tolerance information registered for the dispatcher identified by ID and password, and transmits it to the dispatcher (step S108).

In response to this, the dispatcher inquires the transmitted cargo information and the tolerance information (step S110), and determines whether the dispatch process is possible using the provided tolerance information for each cargo information (step S112).

As a result of the determination, if it is possible to process, the dispatcher in charge performs the dispatch process using the cargo information and the tolerance information (step S114).

The dispatch process may be performed by registering the tolerance information, etc. that the dispatcher dispatched to the corresponding cargo information.

Next, the dispatch process server receives the dispatch process details (step S116).

In the step S112, when the dispatch process cannot be performed due to lack of various conditions, the dispatch person in charge determines whether the corresponding cargo information and the tolerance information are disclosed (step S118).

As a result of the determination, when the release is desired, the dispatcher releases the corresponding cargo information and the tolerance information (step S120).

Next, the dispatch process server receives the disclosure details (step S122).

In this way, the dispatcher is connected to the dispatch process server, and the process of performing dispatch process and publication process on the cargo information and the tolerance information registered for him is completed.

7 is a view illustrating a process in which the cargo information and the tolerance information published by the dispatcher in accordance with the present invention is disclosed and processed.

Referring to the drawings, the disclosure may be made in stages, and may be made in the order of a team within the transport company, the company as a whole, and a supplier.

In other words, the cargo information and tolerance information publicly processed by the dispatcher is openly provided to the dispatcher in the team, and then to the dispatcher of the whole company and finally to the partner company.

Of course, when the dispatch process is performed on the cargo information and tolerance information in each disclosure step, the disclosure of the cargo information and tolerance information is completed.

In addition, the disclosure step and the disclosure target (eg, some dispatch personnel in the team) may be implemented in any way differently.

Here, the dispatch processing server may set various times to be disclosed in each step.

In other words, when a predetermined time elapses from the release point of the previous step, the release proceeds to the next step by itself.

Alternatively, it may be possible to perform a specific stage of disclosure at a specific time, such as a team at 19:00, a company at 20:00, and a partner at 21:00.

FIG. 8 is a diagram schematically illustrating a dispatch processing method through sharing cargo information and tolerance information according to the present invention, and may be referred to for understanding the above description.

As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated by the limited embodiment and drawing, this invention is not limited by this, The person of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, Of course, various modifications and variations are possible within the scope of equivalent claims.

According to the dispatch processing method by sharing the cargo information and the tolerance information of the present invention, it is possible to share the cargo information and the tolerance information between the transport company and the transport company, so that only a specific company, a specific dispatcher The problem of dispatch processing is overcome, allowing the transport company to increase the utilization rate of its own vehicles and implement the best dispatch processing for shipper's transport orders.

In addition, according to the present invention, an efficient enterprise logistics foundation based on a sufficient understanding of the user environment and industry sentiment is established, which in turn can maximize the creation of competitive conditions in the logistics industry and the creation of value added in the logistics industry. You will be able to

Claims (2)

In a system comprising a shipper terminal, a partner company terminal, a dispatch processing server in a transport company, a dispatcher terminal and a network for interconnecting them, (a) the shipper and the cooperative company access the freight dispatch server, and the shipper registers his freight information (transportation order) and the cooperative company registers his freight information and tolerance information; (b) the dispatch person in charge accessing the dispatch process server, confirming the cargo information and the tolerance information registered for itself, and performing dispatch process on the dispatch information; (c) the dispatch personnel in charge accessing the dispatch processing server and publicly processing some of the cargo information and the tolerance information registered for the dispatch dispatch server; And (d) the dispatch process server sequentially providing the published cargo information and the tolerance information to other dispatch personnel and cooperative companies in the company; Distribution process method through the sharing of cargo information and tolerance information, including The method of claim 1, Each dispatcher is selected and registered for the shipper and the cooperative company. Therefore, the cargo information and the tolerance information registered by the shipper and the cooperative company are first provided to the corresponding dispatcher. Distribution method through