NL2017377B1 - A method for providing a match between trips and orders for at least two logistics service providers, as well as a related trip optimizer system. - Google Patents

A method for providing a match between trips and orders for at least two logistics service providers, as well as a related trip optimizer system. Download PDF

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NL2017377B1
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A method for providing a match between trips and orders for at least two logistics service providers, wherein each logistics service provider provides logistics services in the form of transporting goods from a first location to a second location, wherein each logistics service provider has its own transport management system comprising trips and orders, wherein a trip is defined as at least one planned order, and wherein an order is defined as a request for transporting goods between two locations, wherein said order comprises data relating to a geographical position of a pickup location and a delivery location of said two locations, being a pickup location and a delivery location respectively, and data relating to a time of delivery of said goods, and wherein said trip comprises data relating to a geographical position of a start location, an end location and each of said pickup locations and delivery locations comprised by said at least one order, and a route between each of said locations, said method using a trip optimizer system, wherein said trip optimizer system is arranged to receive trips and orders from each transport management system and to store said received trips and orders in a database.

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Title: A method for providing a match between trips and orders for at least two logistics service providers, as well as a related trip optimizer system.
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The present invention is related to a method for providing a match between trips and orders for at least two logistics service providers. A logistics service provider is defined as a party providing logistics services as part of supply chain management. One of the most common types of service providers is a so-called third party logistics provider, i.e. 3PL. A 3PL usually provides services that are customized and specialized for the needs of their customer. Further, a 3PL is often informed on the workload that is expected in the near feature. The present invention is mainly directed to logistics service providers that are responsible for or execute transportation orders.
The present invention is related to logistics service providers which have their own transport management system. A transport management system is, usually amongst other things, a system in which a transport planning is made, and maintained, for each transport route. Within a transport management system a transport planning is made, with either human intelligence or add-on optimizers, according to given parameters which may have a lower or higher importance according to any of transport costs, shorter lead-time, fewer stops possible to ensure quality, flow regrouping coefficient, etc.
One of the challenges in the above described field is to improve the transport planning. That is, any overhead in the transport planning should be reduced as much as possible. It is therefore an objective of the present application to provide for a method and a related trip optimizer system in which the transport planning is improved.
In a first aspect, the invention provides in a method for providing a match between trips and orders for at least two logistics service providers, wherein each logistics service provider provides logistics services in the form of transporting goods from a first location to a second location, wherein each logistics service provider has its own transport management system comprising trips and orders, wherein: a trip is defined as at least one planned order, and wherein an order is defined as a request for transporting goods between two locations, wherein said order comprises data relating to a geographical position of a pickup location and a delivery location of said two locations, being a pickup location and a delivery location respectively, and data relating to a time of delivery of said goods, and wherein said trip comprises data relating to a geographical position of a start location, an end location and each of said pickup locations and delivery locations comprised by said at least one order, and a route between each of said locations, said method using a trip optimizer system, wherein said trip optimizer system is arranged to receive trips and orders from each transport management system and to store said received trips and orders in a database, said method comprising the steps of: receiving, by said trips optimizer system, a first order, said first order comprising data relating to a pickup location and a delivery location and comprising data relating to a time of delivery of goods to be transported; analysing, by said trips optimizer system, trips in said database with respect to said first order, thereby providing a match between any of said analysed trips and said first order, wherein said match takes into account: 1) a shortest distance between a route of said analysed trip and a geographical position of a pickup location of said first order, and 2) a shortest distance between said route of said analysed trip and a geographical position of a delivery location of said first order, and 3) a time of delivery of said analysed trip compared to a time of delivery of said first order; presenting, by said trip optimizer system to a user, said match; receiving, by said trip optimizer system from said user, a confirmation for said match.
It was one of the insights of the inventors that in conventional situations no optimizing step was performed between different transport management systems to add orders to particular trips for more efficiently using transport vehicles corresponding to said particular trips. That is, in accordance with the present invention, an order originating from a first transport management system may be joined with an existing trip originating from a second transport management system.
It was a further insight of the inventors that a transport vehicle, for example a truck, corresponding to a particular route of a trip may also be used for another order in case a shortest distance between said particular route and a geographical position of a pickup location of said another order, and a shortest distance between said particular route and a geographical position of a delivery location of said another order, and a time of delivery of said trip compared to a time of delivery of said another order, substantially coincide. In such a case, it may be beneficial to add that another order to the trip.
In a more detailed example hereof, it is noted that the last part of a route of the transport vehicle in a trip, i.e. the part from the final delivery location of the trip to the end location, is often not used. As such, the transport vehicle is often empty during this part of the route. The trip optimizer system is able to recognize that the transport vehicle is empty during this part of the route, and may use that information to determine whether any order may match the corresponding trip. If so, the matched order may be joined with that trip.
In another example, it is noted that an intermediate part of a route of the transport vehicle in a trip, for example the part between a delivery location of a first order and a pickup location of a second order, is not used. As such, the transport vehicle is often empty, or partly empty, during this part of the route, and may use that information to determine whether any order may match the corresponding trip. If so, the matched order may be joined with that trip.
In this particular example, the match may occur in case the geographical position of the final delivery location of the trip compared to a geographical position of the pickup location of a order substantially coincides, and in case the geographical position of the end location of the trip compared to the geographical position of the delivery location of the same order substantially coincides, and in case the time of delivery of the trip compared to a time of delivery of the same order coincides.
In accordance with the present invention, the above described locations are considered to coincide in case the distance between the referenced locations is acceptable, for example below a particular predetermined threshold.
Once a match is detected it is presented, by the trip optimizer system, to the user and, subsequently, the trip optimizer system receives, from the user, a confirmation for that match.
In accordance with the present invention, it is noted that the start location of a trip may be the pickup location of the first planned order in the trip, and the end location of a trip may be the delivery location of the last planned order in the trip.
In an example, the method further comprises the step of: planning said first order, by said trip optimizer system, by adding said first order to said any of said analysed trips in said match.
The order is thus added to the trip, wherein the trip may be present in any transport management system.
The advantage hereof is that the order is directly planned, by the trip optimizer system, in the transport management system, or transport management systems, of the corresponding logistics service providers, i.e. the logistic service providers related to the corresponding trip and the order that is planned. This reduces any manual labour to be performed by operators of the transport management systems.
In another example, the user is presented with said match, and said trip optimizer system received said confirmation from said user, via at least one of a web application portal and an app for a User Equipment.
One of the advantages hereof is that a web application portal and/or an app are user friendly ways for inputting the confirmation.
In accordance with the present invention, the method may be arranged to operate in real-time or quasi (near) real-time. That is, the receipt of an order may also constitute the trigger for the trip optimizer system to start finding a match. As such, the method does not need to be performed on a batch wise manner, in which the trip optimizer system tries to find a match for a batch of received orders simultaneously. The inventors have found that it is more convenient to try and find a match for a particular order once that order has been received by the trip optimizer system. This reduces turn around time which may be vital in the planning process.
In a further example, said trip optimizer system is arranged to facilitate a communications session between an operator responsible for said any of said analysed trips in said match and an operator responsible for said first order, wherein said method further comprises the step of: establishing, by said trip optimizer system, a communication session between said operators.
The advantage hereof is that operators of related to different transport management systems are able to communicate with each other in a direct and user-friendly manner.
In a further example, said method further comprises the step of: receiving, by said trip optimizer system, from a user or a transport management system, a further ranking factor criteria for said first order, wherein said further ranking factor criteria is taken into account during said analysing step for providing said match.
Here, the further ranking factor criteria comprises any of truck resources / restrictions, load quantity, unload quantity, environmental requirements, ADR requirements, i.e. the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road.
The inventors have found that these further ranking factor criteria may aid in providing a match that is particularly useful for an order. For example, in case an order indicates that the goods to be transported are to be transported at a low temperature, i.e. a cooling temperature, then only those trips should be taken into account in which the transport vehicle has the capability to support those cooling temperatures. Another example: In case the goods to be transported are of a certain size, then only those trips should be taken into account in which the truck has the capability to actually transport those goods having those size, etc. These further ranking factor criteria may be inputted by a user for obtaining a more accurate match.
In an example, the trip optimizer system is arranged to receive trips and orders from each transport management system and to store said received trips and orders in a database based one at least one of: a PUSH strategy, wherein a transport management system pushes new and/or amended trips and orders towards said trip optimizer system; a PULL strategy, wherein said trip optimizer system requests new and/or amended trips and orders from a transport management system.
In accordance with the present invention, a PUSH strategy is a mechanism in which the transport management system sends its new and/or amended trips and orders towards the trip optimizer system. As such, the transport management system is the initiator for transferring the trips and orders towards the trip optimizer system. The advantage hereof is that the resources required at the trip optimizer system are lowered, as the trip optimizer system does not need to request updates in a periodic manner, from the transport management systems. This is especially the case when a lot of transport management systems are connected to the trip optimizer system.
Alternatively, a PULL strategy may be deployed in which the trip optimizer system requests updates from each of the transport management systems. That is, the trip optimizer system is the initiator for requesting the information. An advantage hereof is that the trip optimizer system is in control of the progress of the requested data. This alternative example is especially useful for cases where only a few transport management systems are connected to the trip optimizer system.
In another alternative, a combination of a PULL strategy and a PUSH strategy is deployed. That is, some of the connected transport management systems deploy a PUSH strategy, and some of the connected transport management systems deploy of PULL strategy.
The expressions, i.e. the wording, of the different aspects comprised by the method and devices according to the present disclosure should not be taken literally. The wording of the aspects is merely chosen to accurately express the rationale behind the actual functioning of the aspects.
In a second aspect, the invention provides in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, comprising instructions which, when executed on at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to carry out the method according to any of the examples as provided above.
In a third aspect, the invention provides for a trip optimizer system arranged to operate in any of the method claims, wherein said trip optimizer system is arranged to receive trips and orders from each transport management system and to store said received trips and orders in a database, said trip optimizer system comprising: receiving means arranged for receiving a first order, said first order comprising data relating to a pickup location and a delivery location and comprising data relating to a time of delivery of goods to be transported; analysing means arranged for trips in said database with respect to said first order, thereby providing a match between any of said analysed trips and said first order, wherein said match takes into account: 1) a shortest distance between a route of said analysed trip and a geographical position of a pickup location of said first order, and 2) a shortest distance between said route of said analysed trip and a geographical position of a delivery location of said first order, and 3) a time of delivery of said analysed trip compared to a time of delivery of said first order; presenting means arranged for presenting to a user, said match; wherein said receiving means are further arranged for receiving, from said user, a confirmation for said match.
In an example here, said system further comprising: planning means arranged for planning said first order by adding said first order to said any of said analysed trips in said match.
Here, said presenting means and said receiving means may be arranged to communicate with said user via at least one of a web application portal and an app for a User Equipment.
In another example, the trip optimizer system is arranged to receive trips and orders from each transport management system and to store said received trips and orders in a database based one at least one of: a PUSH strategy, wherein a transport management system pushes new and/or amended trips and orders towards said trip optimizer system; a PULL strategy, wherein said trip optimizer system requests new and/or amended trips and orders from a transport management system.
In a fourth aspect, there is provided a system for providing a match between trips and orders for at least two logistics service providers, said system comprising said at least two logistics service providers, wherein each logistics service provider provides logistics services in the form of transporting goods from a first location to a second location, wherein each logistics service provider has its own transport management system comprising trips and orders, wherein: a trip is defined as at least one planned order, and wherein an order is defined as a request for transporting goods between two locations, wherein said order comprises data relating to a geographical position of a pickup location and a delivery location of said two locations, being a pickup location and a delivery location respectively, and data relating to a time of delivery of said goods, and wherein said trip comprises data relating to a geographical position of a start location, an end location and each of said pickup locations and delivery locations comprised by said at least one order, and a route between each of said locations, said system comprising a trip optimizer system, wherein said trip optimizer system is arranged to receive trips and orders from each transport management system and to store said received trips and orders in a database, said trip optimizer system comprising: receiving means arranged for receiving a first order, said first order comprising data relating to a pickup location and a delivery location and comprising data relating to a time of delivery of goods to be transported; analysing means arranged for trips in said database with respect to said first order, thereby providing a match between any of said analysed trips and said first order, wherein said match takes into account: 1) a shortest distance between a route of said analysed trip and a geographical position of a pickup location of said first order, and 2) a shortest distance between said route of said analysed trip and a geographical position of a delivery location of said first order, and 3) a time of delivery of said analysed trip compared to a time of delivery of said first order; presenting means arranged for presenting to a user, said match; wherein said receiving means are further arranged for receiving, from said user, a confirmation for said match.
In an example hereof, the presenting means and said receiving means are arranged to communicate with said user via at least one of a web application portal and an app for a User Equipment.
The advantages of the system according to the second aspect, the third aspect and the fourth aspect of the invention are analogue to the advantages of the method according to the first aspect of the invention.
The above-mentioned and other features and advantages of the disclosure will be best understood from the following description referring to the attached drawings. In the drawings, like reference numerals denote identical parts or parts performing an identical or comparable function or operation.
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Figure 1 is an overview of a system according to the present invention.
Figure 2 is an overview of a User Interface, Ul, for communication between a user and the trips optimizer system.
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Figure 1 is an overview of a system 1 according to the present invention. The method steps according to the present invention are performed within the system 1 as shown in figure 1.
As mentioned before, the present disclosure is related to a method for providing a match between trips and orders for at least two logistics service providers. In the present example two transport management systems 7, 22 are shown. The transport management system indicated with reference numeral 7 is directly related to a single logistics service provider, and the transport management system indicated with reference numeral 22 is directly related to another logistics service provider. The scheme shown in figure 1 may be simply scaled by providing more transport management systems, wherein each transport management system is related to a single logistics service provider.
The transport management systems 7, 22 are used by logistics service providers for planning and maintaining trips and orders, wherein a trip is defined as at least one planned order and wherein an order is defined as a request for transporting goods between two locations, i.e. a pickup location and a delivery location. The trips and orders may be coupled to meta data, for example parameters which may have a lower or high importance like transport costs, shorter lead-time, fewer stops possible to ensure quality, etc. As such, each logistic service provider has its own transport management system 7, 22 for planning purposes.
In accordance with the present invention, each transport management system 7, 22 is in direct connection with a trip optimizer system 2. The trip optimizer system may receive trips 5, 17 and orders 6, 18 from the transport management systems 7, 22. The trips 5, 17 and orders 6, 18 may, for example, be provided using webhooks 8, 21. A webhook 8, 21 is a method of amending the behaviour of a web page, or web application, with custom callbacks. These callbacks may be amended such that they correspond to the trips 5, 17 and/or orders 6, 18 to be provided to the trip optimizer system 2, and are to be received, by the trip optimizer system 2, via its webservice 4. The trips 5, 17 and orders 6, 18 may be communicated to the trips optimizer system 2 via, for example, Extensible Markup Language, XML, or JavaScript Object Notation, JSON, standards.
The effect hereof is that the trips optimizer system 2 is aware of the trips 5, 17 and orders 6, 18 of each of the transport management systems 7, 22 connected thereto. The trips 5, 17 and orders 6, 18 may be provided to the trip optimizer system 2 on a regular basis, continuously, on request (PULL), or on trigger basis (for example PUSH), and are subsequently stored, i.e. shadowed, in a database.
Whenever the trip optimizer system 2 receives an order, for example via the transport management system 7, 22 or via a web application 15 in connection 12 with the trips optimizer system 2, it may decide to check whether it is able to suggest efficient matches therefore.
In order to do so, the trips optimizer system 2 analyses the trips in a database to determine whether they could match with the received order. That is, the trip optimizer system 2 checks whether any route, or part of a route comprised by the trips may be suitable for the received order. In order to detect these possibilities, the trips optimizer system 2 analyses whether a geographical position of a delivery location of an analysed trip substantially coincides with the geographical position of a pickup location of the received order, and whether a geographical position of a pickup location of an analysed trip substantially coincides with a geographical position of a delivery location of the received order, and whether a time of delivery of the analysed trip substantially coincides with a time of delivery of the received order.
The inventors have found that, for each trip, the truck should return to its initial location, for example the pickup location where it first picked up the goods related to the trip. The basic concept here is that the driver normally returns home after each trip, and that that part of the route comprised by the trip is usually suitable to be used for another order.
These empty return rides are typically not registered as such in the transport management system 7, 22, but can be detected by the trips optimizer system 2. That is, the trips optimizer system 2 assumes that there is always a return ride in which the truck is empty, i.e. the part of the route from the final delivery location to the end location, and determines, based on that assumption, whether any order fits that empty return ride. If so, that empty return ride may be used for that particular order. In such a case, the truck is more efficiently utilized.
In accordance with the present invention, the system may be controlled, or inputted, by a user 14, 28. The user 14, 28 has access to its transport management system 7, 22 as well as to a web application 16, 25.
The trip optimizer system 2 will present a match based on the above described ranking factors, to the user. Typically, the presenting step will take place via the web application 15, 25. The presenting step may, alternatively, also be presented via the transport management system 7, 22 or via an app running on a mobile device, such as a mobile phone or a tablet. The user 14, 28 can then select any of the trips which he or she believes is the most suitable for the corresponding order.
The corresponding match 10, 19 is then communicated from the trip optimizer system 2 to the transport management system 7, 22 and is, optionally, acknowledged 11, 20 by the transport management system 7, 22 towards the trip optimizer system 2.
Figure 2 is an overview of a User Interface 51, Ul, for communication between a user and the trips optimizer system.
Here, it is shown how the list of analysed trips 52, 53, 54, 55 are presented to the user via an APP on a mobile device or via a dedicated website.
The figure is explained with reference to the analysed trip indicated with reference numeral 52. It may be clear that an analogue reasoning is valid for the trips indicated with reference numeral 53, 54, 55.
In the present example, the trip indicated with reference numeral 52 is the trip that has the best ranking factor. That is, according to the trip optimizer system, this trip 52 is most suitable to be used for a corresponding order. This trip 52 has certain meta data which will be explained as follow.
First, the trip comprises a date and a time stamp 58 indicating at which moment in time the goods are to be picked up or when the goods are to be delivered. Both situations are possible. Further, the pickup location is indicated with reference numeral 56 and the delivery location is indicated with reference numeral 57. Finally, the corresponding trip 52 details are provided, indicated with reference numeral 60, and the corresponding order is provided, indicated with reference numeral 61.
Three icons 59 are displayed, which icons 59 may be used for accepting the proposed, analysed, trip 52, for liking the trip 52 or for rejecting the trip 52. In case the user accepts the trip 52, then the trip optimizer system may automatically plan the trip in the transport management system of the user.
The present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments as disclosed above, and can be modified and enhanced by those skilled in the art beyond the scope of the present disclosure as disclosed in the appended claims without having to apply inventive skills.

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Werkwijze van het verschaffen van een match tussen trips en orders voor ten minste twee logistieke dienstensverschaffers, waarin elke logistieke dienstenverschaffer logistieke diensten verschaft in de vorm van het transporteren van goederen van een eerste locatie naar een tweede locatie, waarin elke logistieke dienstenverschaffer diens eigen transportmanagementsysteem heeft omvattende trips en orders, waarin: - een trip is gedefinieerd als ten minste een geplande order, en waarin - een order is gedefinieerd als een verzoek voor het transporteren van de goederen tussen twee locaties, waarin de order omvat data gerelateerd aan een geografische positie van een ophaallocatie en een afleverlocatie van de twee locaties, zijnde een ophaallocatie en een afleverlocatie respectievelijk, en data gerelateerd aan een tijdstip van het afleveren van de goederen, en waarin de trip omvat data gerelateerd aan een geografische positie van een startlocatie, een eindlocatie en elke van de ophaallocaties en afleverlocaties vervat door de ten minste een order, en een route tussen elk van de locaties, waarbij de werkwijze gebruik maakt van een tripoptimalisatiesysteem, waarin het tripoptimalisatiesysteem is ingericht voor het ontvangen van trips en orders van elk transportmanagementsysteem en voor het opslaan van de ontvangen trips en orders in een database, waarbij de werkwijze de stappen omvat van het: ontvangen, door het tripoptimalisatiesysteem, van een eerste order, waarbij de eerste order omvat data gerelateerd aan een ophaallocatie en een afleverlocatie en omvat data gerelateerd aan een tijdstip van het afleveren van de goederen die getransporteerd dienen te worden; analyseren, door het tripoptimalisatiesysteem, van trips in de database ten aanzien van de eerste order, daarbij het verschaffen van een match tussen een van de geanalyseerde trips en de eerste order, waarin het matchen het volgende in acht neemt: 1) een kortste afstand tussen een route van de geanalyseerde trip en een geografische positie van een ophaallocatie van de eerste order, en 2) een kortste afstand tussen de route van de geanalyseerde trip en een geografische positie van een afleverlocatie van de eerste order, en 3) een tijdstip van het afleveren van de geanalyseerde trip vergeleken met een tijdstip van het afleveren van de eerste order; presenteren, door het tripoptimalisatiesysteem aan een gebruiker, van de match; ontvangen, door het tripoptimalisatiesysteem van de gebruiker, een bevestiging voor de match.A method of providing a match between trips and orders for at least two logistics service providers, wherein each logistics service provider provides logistics services in the form of transporting goods from a first location to a second location, wherein each logistics service provider has its own transport management system has trips and orders in which: - a trip is defined as at least one planned order, and in which - an order is defined as a request for transporting the goods between two locations, wherein the order comprises data related to a geographical position of a pick-up location and a delivery location of the two locations, being a pick-up location and a delivery location, respectively, and data related to a time of delivery of the goods, and wherein the trip comprises data related to a geographical position of a start location, a final location and each of the pick-up locations and delivery locations comprised by the at least one order, and a route between each of the locations, the method utilizing a trip optimization system, wherein the trip optimization system is adapted to receive trips and orders from each transport management system and to store the received trips and orders in a database, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, by the trip optimization system, a first order, the first order comprising data related to a pick-up location and a delivery location and including data related to a time of delivery of the goods to be transported; analyzing, through the trip optimization system, trips in the database with respect to the first order, thereby providing a match between one of the analyzed trips and the first order, in which matching takes into account the following: 1) a shortest distance between a route of the analyzed trip and a geographical position of a pickup location of the first order, and 2) a shortest distance between the route of the analyzed trip and a geographical position of a delivery location of the first order, and 3) a time of the trip delivery of the analyzed trip compared to a time of delivery of the first order; presenting the match through the trip optimization system to a user; received, by the user's trip optimization system, a confirmation for the match. 2. Werkwijze volgens conclusie 1, waarbij de werkwijze verder omvat de stap van het: plannen van de eerste order, door het tripoptimalisatiesysteem, door het toevoegen van de eerste order aan de ene van de geanalyseerde trips in de match.The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises the step of: planning the first order, by the trip optimization system, by adding the first order to the one of the trips analyzed in the match. 3. Werkwijze volgens een van de voorgaande conclusies, waarin de gebruiker is gepresenteerd met de match, en waarin het tripoptimalisatiesysteem de bevestiging van de gebruiker heeft ontvangen, via ten minste een van een webapplicatieportaal en een app voor een gebruikersinrichting.Method according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the user is presented with the match, and wherein the trip optimization system has received the confirmation from the user, via at least one of a web application portal and an app for a user device. 4. Werkwijze volgens een van de voorgaande conclusies, waarin de werkwijze is ingericht om werkzaam te zijn in real-time of quasi real-time.A method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the method is adapted to operate in real-time or quasi-real-time. 5. Werkwijze volgens een van de voorgaande conclusies, waarin het tripoptimalisatiesysteem is ingericht voor het faciliteren van een communicatiesessie tussen een operator verantwoordelijk voor de ene van de geanalyseerde trips in de match en een operator verantwoordelijk voor de eerste order, waarin de werkwijze verder de stap omvat van het: opzetten, door het tripoptimalisatiesysteem, van een communicatiesessie tussen de operators.A method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the trip optimization system is adapted to facilitate a communication session between an operator responsible for one of the analyzed trips in the match and an operator responsible for the first order, wherein the method further comprises the step includes: setting up, through the trip optimization system, a communication session between the operators. 6. Werkwijze volgens een van de voorgaande conclusies, waarin de werkwijze verder de stap omvat van het: ontvangen, door het tripoptimalisatiesysteem, van een gebruiker of een transportmanagementsysteem, van een verder rangschikfactorcriteria voor de eerste order, waarin de verdere rangschikfactorcriteria in acht wordt genomen gedurende de analysestap voor het verschaffen van de match.A method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the method further comprises the step of: receiving, by the trip optimization system, a user or a transport management system, a further ranking factor criteria for the first order, wherein the further ranking factor criteria are taken into account during the analysis step to provide the match. 7. Werkwijze volgens conclusie 6, waarin de verdere rangschikfactorcriteria omvat een van de: truckbronnen / beperkingen; laadkwantiteit; ontlaadkwantiteit; omgevingsvereisten; ADR vereistenThe method of claim 6, wherein the further ranking factor criteria comprises one of the: truck sources / limitations; load quantity; discharge quantity; environmental requirements; ADR requirements 8. Werkwijze volgens een van de voorgaande conclusies, waarin het tripoptimalisatiesysteem is ingericht voor het ontvangen van trips en orders van elk transportsysteem en voor het opslaan van de ontvangen trips en orders in een database op basis van ten minste een: - een PUSH strategie, waarin een transportmanagementsysteem nieuwe en/of geamendeerde trips en orders pusht richting het tripoptimalisatiesysteem; - een PULL strategie, waarin het tripoptimalisatiesysteem nieuwe en/of geamendeerde trips en orders verzoekt van een transportmanagementsysteem.A method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the trip optimization system is arranged for receiving trips and orders from each transport system and for storing the received trips and orders in a database based on at least one: - a PUSH strategy, in which a transport management system pushes new and / or amended trips and orders towards the trip optimization system; - a PULL strategy, in which the trip optimization system requests new and / or amended trips and orders from a transport management system. 9. Door een computer leesbaar opslagmedium omvattende instructies welke, wanneer uitgevoerd op ten minste een processor, bewerkstelligt dat de processor de werkwijze volgens een van de voorgaande conclusies uitvoert.A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed on at least one processor, causes the processor to perform the method of any one of the preceding claims. 10. Tripoptimalisatiesysteem ingericht om werkzaam te zijn in een van de conclusies 1 tot en met 8, waarin het tripoptimalisatiesysteem is ingericht voor het ontvangen van trips en orders van elk transportmanagementsysteem en voor het opslaan van de ontvangen trips en orders in een database, waarbij het tripoptimalisatiesysteem omvat: ontvangstmiddelen ingericht voor het ontvangen van een eerste order, waarbij de eerste order omvat data gerelateerd aan een ophaallocatie en een afleverlocatie en omvat data gerelateerd aan een tijdstip van het afleveren van de goederen die getransporteerd dienen te worden; analyseermiddelen ingericht voor het analyseren van trips in de database ten aanzien van de eerste order, daarbij het verschaffen van een match tussen een van de geanalyseerde en de eerste order, waarin de match het volgende in acht neemt: 1) een kortste afstand tussen een route van de geanalyseerde trip en een geografische positie van een ophaallocatie van de eerste order, en 2) een kortste afstand tussen de route van de geanalyseerde trip en een geografische positie van een afleverlocatie van de eerste order, en 3) een tijdstip van het afleveren van de geanalyseerde trip vergeleken met het tijdstip van het afleveren van de eerste order; presenteermiddelen ingericht voor het presenteren aan een gebruiker van de match; waarin de ontvangstmiddelen verder zijn ingericht voor het ontvangen van de gebruiker van een bevestiging voor de match.The trip optimization system adapted to operate in any of claims 1 to 8, wherein the trip optimization system is adapted to receive trips and orders from each transport management system and to store the received trips and orders in a database, the trip optimization system comprises: receiving means adapted to receive a first order, the first order comprising data related to a pick-up location and a delivery location and comprising data related to a time of delivery of the goods to be transported; analyzing means arranged for analyzing trips in the database with respect to the first order, thereby providing a match between one of the analyzed and the first orders, wherein the match takes into account the following: 1) a shortest distance between a route of the analyzed trip and a geographical position of a pick-up location of the first order, and 2) a shortest distance between the route of the analyzed trip and a geographical position of a delivery location of the first order, and 3) a time of delivery of the analyzed trip compared to the time of delivery of the first order; presentation means arranged for presenting to a user of the match; wherein the receiving means are further adapted to receive a confirmation for the match from the user. 11. Tripoptimalisatiesysteem volgens conclusie 10, waarbij het systeem verder omvat: planmiddelen ingericht voor het plannen van de eerste order door toevoegen van de eerste order aan de ene van de geanalyseerde trips in de match.A trip optimization system according to claim 10, wherein the system further comprises: planning means adapted to plan the first order by adding the first order to the one of the analyzed trips in the match. 12. Tripoptimalisatiesysteem volgens een van de conclusies 10-11, waarin de presenteermiddelen en de ontvangstmiddelen zijn ingericht voor het communiceren met de gebruiker via ten minste een van een webapplicatieportaal en een app voor een gebruikersinrichting.A trip optimization system according to any of claims 10-11, wherein the presenting means and the receiving means are adapted to communicate with the user via at least one of a web application portal and an app for a user device. 13. Tripoptimalisatiesysteem volgens een van de conclusies 10 - 12, waarin het tripoptimalisatiesysteem is ingericht voor het ontvangen van trips en orders van elk transportmanagementsysteem en voor het opslaan van de ontvangen trips en orders in een database op basis van ten minste een van: - een PUSH strategie, waarin een transportmanagementsysteem nieuwe en/of geamendeerde trips en orders pusht richting het tripoptimalisatiesysteem; - een PULL strategie, waarin het tripoptimalisatiesysteem nieuwe en/of geamendeerde trips en orders verzoekt van een transportmanagementsysteem.A trip optimization system according to any of claims 10-12, wherein the trip optimization system is arranged for receiving trips and orders from each transport management system and for storing the received trips and orders in a database based on at least one of: - a PUSH strategy, in which a transport management system pushes new and / or amended trips and orders towards the trip optimization system; - a PULL strategy, in which the trip optimization system requests new and / or amended trips and orders from a transport management system. 14. Systeem voor het verschaffen van een match tussen trips en orders voor ten minste twee logistieke dienstenverschaffers, waarbij het systeem omvat ten minste twee logistieke dienstenverschaffers, waarin elke logistieke dienstenverschaffer logistieke diensten verschaft in de vorm van het transporteren van goederen van een eerste locatie naar een tweede locatie, waarin elke logistieke dienstenverschaffer diens eigen transportmanagementsysteem heeft omvattende trips en orders, waarin: - een trip is gedefinieerd als ten minste een geplande order, en waarin - een order is gedefinieerd als een verzoek voor het transporteren van goederen tussen twee locaties, waarin de order omvat data gerelateerd aan een geografische positie van een ophaallocatie en een afleverlocatie van de twee locaties, zijnde een ophaallocatie en een afleverlocatie respectievelijk, en data gerelateerd aan het tijdstip van het afleveren van de goederen, en waarin de trip omvat data gerelateerd aan een geografische positie van een startlocatie, een eindlocatie en elk van de ophaallocaties en afleverlocaties vervat door de ten minste ene order, en een route tussen elk van de locaties, waarbij het systeem een tripoptimalisatiesysteem omvat, waarbij het tripoptimalisatiesysteem is ingericht voor het ontvangen van trips en orders van elk transportmanagementsysteem en voor het opslaan van de ontvangen trips en orders in een database, waarbij het tripoptimalisatiesysteem omvat: ontvangstmiddelen ingericht voor het ontvangen van een eerste order, waarbij de eerste order omvat data gerelateerd aan een ophaallocatie en een afleverlocatie en omvat data gerelateerd aan een tijdstip van het afleveren van goederen die getransporteerd dienen te worden: analyseermiddelen ingericht voor het analyseren van trips in de database ten aanzien van de eerste order, daarbij verschaffen van een match tussen een van de geanalyseerde trips en de eerste order, waarin de match het volgende in acht neemt: 1) een kortste afstand tussen een route van de geanalyseerde trip en een geografische positie van een ophaallocatie van de eerste order, en 2) een kortste afstand tussen de route van de geanalyseerde trip en een geografische positie van een afleverlocatie van de eerste order, en 3) een tijdstip van het afleveren van de geanalyseerde trip vergeleken met het tijdstip van het afleveren van de eerste order; presenteermiddelen ingericht voor het presenteren aan een gebruikers van de match; waarin de ontvangstmiddelen verder zijn ingericht voor het ontvangen, van de gebruiker, van een bevestiging voor de match.A system for providing a match between trips and orders for at least two logistic service providers, the system comprising at least two logistic service providers, wherein each logistic service provider provides logistic services in the form of transporting goods from a first location to a second location, in which each logistics service provider has its own transport management system comprising trips and orders, in which: - a trip is defined as at least one planned order, and wherein - an order is defined as a request for transporting goods between two locations, wherein the order comprises data related to a geographic position of a pickup location and a delivery location of the two locations, being a pickup location and a delivery location, respectively, and data related to the time of delivery of the goods, and wherein the trip includes data related to a geographical posi a start location, an end location and each of the pick-up locations and delivery locations contained by the at least one order, and a route between each of the locations, the system comprising a trip optimization system, the trip optimization system being arranged for receiving trips and orders of each transport management system and for storing the received trips and orders in a database, the trip optimization system comprising: receiving means arranged for receiving a first order, the first order comprising data related to a pick-up location and a delivery location and comprising data related to a time of delivery of goods to be transported: analyzing means arranged for analyzing trips in the database with respect to the first order, thereby providing a match between one of the analyzed trips and the first order, in which the match following: 1) a shortest distance t a route of the analyzed trip and a geographical position of a pickup location of the first order, and 2) a shortest distance between the route of the analyzed trip and a geographical position of a delivery location of the first order, and 3) a time of delivering the analyzed trip compared to the time of delivery of the first order; presentation means arranged for presenting to a users of the match; wherein the receiving means are further adapted to receive, from the user, a confirmation for the match. 15. Systeem volgens conclusie 14, waarin de presenteermiddelen en de ontvangstmiddelen zijn ingericht voor het communiceren met de gebruiker via ten minste een van een webapplicatieportaal en een app voor een gebruikersinrichting.The system of claim 14, wherein the presenting means and the receiving means are adapted to communicate with the user via at least one of a web application portal and an app for a user device.
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