WO2001037118A2 - Systeme et procede de location virtuelle d'une flotte de biens, la modelisation d'une flotte de biens simulee et la mise a disposition de ces biens - Google Patents

Systeme et procede de location virtuelle d'une flotte de biens, la modelisation d'une flotte de biens simulee et la mise a disposition de ces biens Download PDF

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WO2001037118A2
WO2001037118A2 PCT/US2000/031426 US0031426W WO0137118A2 WO 2001037118 A2 WO2001037118 A2 WO 2001037118A2 US 0031426 W US0031426 W US 0031426W WO 0137118 A2 WO0137118 A2 WO 0137118A2
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Andy F. Suhy
Brent C. Parent
Aaron J. Roth
Patrick O'brien
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Dana Corporation
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  • Another common business arrangement involves a third-party financing company that buys pieces of industrial equipment from the manufacturer and then leases the equipment to the end-user customer.
  • the customer then utilizes the industrial equipment (the customer's "fleet") in its business.
  • the customer actively "manages” the fleet of industrial equipment, attending to repair and maintenance, the acquisition of replacement equipment, and the retirement of old or unproductive equipment from the fleet.
  • the leasing company performs the asset management function.
  • challenges to be overcome by fleet managers include how to effectively and efficiently determine the timing, selection, and acquisition of replacement equipment, and the disposal of equipment being retired from the fleet or coming to an end of the lease term.
  • the first database is configured to store information associated with a plurality of assets, such as pieces of industrial equipment.
  • the market search module is configured to search the first database, based on search parameters specified by the user in anticipation of at least one of a purchase, rental and lease transaction.
  • the market search module is also adapted to generate an identification of assets in accordance with the specified search parameters.
  • At least one of the identified assets has a description that includes maintenance history data of the asset.
  • the communications interface is configured to facilitate electronic remote access of the system by the user which, in one embodiment, occurs over the Internet.
  • the electronic system maximizes value extraction by making detailed information concerning the asset readily available to the user.
  • the maintenance history of the asset constitutes information that may increase the price obtained for the asset.
  • Figure 1 is a simplified diagrammatic and block diagram view of a fleet management and electronic commerce system in accordance with the present invention
  • Figure 3 is a simplified diagrammatic view of a screen output of the system of Figure 1, including a link to further fleet information;
  • Application server 32 is configured for running components of system 20, described functionally below, as well as serving reports.
  • Application server 32 may comprise conventional, commercially available hardware, and include conventional, commercially available software such as Windows NT 4.0 operating system software, Microsoft Transaction Server 2.0 transaction server software, as well as a conventional, commercially available reporting engine software, such as Power Builder or Crystal Reports .
  • Database server 34 is configured for executing all database serving within electronic system 20, and may comprise suitably adapted hardware selected, in part, on anticipated traffic and data access response-time standards set for system 20.
  • Database server 34 may include conventional, commercially available software, such as Windows NT 4.0 operating system software, and Microsoft SQL server 7.0 database server software, both from Microsoft, Redmond, Washington USA.
  • Functional modules include a login or authentication module 46, a fleet module 48 comprising a simulated fleet module 50 and a current fleet module 52, a fleet search module 54, a market module 56 comprising a market search module 58 and a bid module 60, a reporting and analysis module 62, and a bid definition module 64.
  • the method begins m step 134.
  • the "Add Asset" function may be invoked from either simulated fleet module 50 or current fleet module 52.
  • the description of Figure 5 will be made with reference to module 52, although it should be understood that module 50 could be executing the steps as well .
  • "clicking" the "Add Asset” button causes a dialog box to be presented to the user having four tabs labeled “basic”, “additional”, “usage” and “performance”. The user moves from tab to tab, filling out respective forms, comprising input boxes and pull down menus When complete, the user "clicks" on a "SAVE” link. The method then proceeds to step 138.
  • step 140 current fleet module 52 obtains "usage" asset specification data, which may comprise the following: an acquired- from name (i.e., name), an application rating (e.g., light, medium, heavy) , a date in service, an active asset designation (i.e., yes or no), a number of shifts used, an original cost per hour, an original usage, an original utilization, as well as other features.
  • "usage" asset specification data may comprise the following: an acquired- from name (i.e., name), an application rating (e.g., light, medium, heavy) , a date in service, an active asset designation (i.e., yes or no), a number of shifts used, an original cost per hour, an original usage, an original utilization, as well as other features.
  • step 144 current fleet module 52 determines, through a suitable prompt to the user, whether further maintenance history data is available. If the answer is "YES”, then the method branches to step 146.
  • Selecting link 167 causes current fleet module 52 to retrieve an image of the selected asset .
  • Other features may be provided in the asset description shown in Figure 6, including links to asset specification information provided by the manufacturer, user manuals, repair manuals, and many other types of information that may be useful concerning the asset.
  • Step 172 involves storing the asset specification data and the bid definition together in an asset profile in market database 36.
  • search parameter input form 216 is displayed. Included in display 216 is a series of radio buttons: a lease radio button 218, a buy radio button 220, a rent radio button 222, and an "All" radio button 224. As illustrated, the lease radio button 218 has been selected; accordingly, all assets in market database 36 that are available for lease, and satisfy the other search parameters, will be identified and returned in an output display, shown in Figure 11.
  • FIG 12 shows a screen output 245 generated by bid module 60.
  • output 245 includes the detailed description of the asset, similar to Figure 6, but which has been omitted from Figure 12 for clarity.
  • Bid module 60 provides transaction options: a purchase transaction option 246, a lease transaction option 248, and a rental transaction option 250. The desired transaction is selected by the user through the radio buttons. In the illustrated embodiment, a "Buy" transaction has been selected by the user.
  • bid module 60 is configured to prompt the user for a bid price offered for the selected asset, which is entered in input box 252.
  • the wording "prompt" merely means to provide a mechanism or means to accept the bid price, and does not suggest or require some active activity, such as a blinking input box, input wizard or the like.
  • the composite total hourly cost 282 can then be compared to the corresponding total hourly cost for the existing fleet (in the other report) to make an evaluation of the proposed changes.
  • Another composite output shown in Figure 14 is percent utilization 284.
  • some of the composite parameter values are determined by reporting and analyzing module 62 according to an arithmetic sum function, such as the total maintenance cost parameter.
  • Reporting and analyzing module 62 is further configured to determine other composite parameters, such as hourly maintenance cost, utilization, and total hourly cost, according to an arithmetic average function.
  • the parameters dealing with money amounts (e.g., dollars) required or desirable to make an asset acquisition determination may be characterized as a financial figure of merit.
  • Other parameters, such as utilization percent may be characterized as a performance figure of merit .

Abstract

L'invention concerne un système de gestion des biens facilitant le commerce électronique relatifs à ces biens. Ce système comprend une base de données informatiques pour mémoriser les profils d'une pluralité de biens. Ces profils comprennent chacun une spécification et une définition de l'offre. La spécification comprend les données relatives à l'historique de la maintenance et la définition de l'offre définit les limites relatives à la vente, la location ou la location à bail du bien. Les utilisateurs de ce système peuvent interroger la base de données à distance sur Internet pour obtenir des informations détaillées sur les biens, comme l'historique de la maintenance, avant de faire une offre d'achat, de location ou de location à bail de ce bien. Les utilisateurs peuvent également ajouter leurs propres biens à la base de données en vue de demande d'informations de la part des autres utilisateurs. Ce système comprend également une fonction de flotte de fantaisie pour effectuer des analyses </= et si >/= d'une flotte simulée contenant des biens existants et des biens proposés.
PCT/US2000/031426 1999-11-16 2000-11-15 Systeme et procede de location virtuelle d'une flotte de biens, la modelisation d'une flotte de biens simulee et la mise a disposition de ces biens WO2001037118A2 (fr)

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AU16133/01A AU1613301A (en) 1999-11-16 2000-11-15 System and method for virtual rental fleet, modeling a simulated fleet of assetsand disposing of assets
EP00978701A EP1242906A2 (fr) 1999-11-16 2000-11-15 Systeme et procede de location virtuelle d'une flotte de biens, la modelisation d'une flotte de biens simulee et la mise a disposition de ces biens

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US09/441,289 US7062446B1 (en) 1999-11-16 1999-11-16 Apparatus and method for tracking and managing physical assets
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US16604299P 1999-11-17 1999-11-17
US60/166,042 1999-11-17
US50400000A 2000-02-14 2000-02-14
US50434300A 2000-02-14 2000-02-14
US09/503,671 US7395275B1 (en) 1999-11-16 2000-02-14 System and method for disposing of assets
US09/504,343 2000-02-14
US09/503,671 2000-02-14
US09/504,000 2000-02-14
US09/653,735 US7152035B1 (en) 1999-11-16 2000-09-01 Apparatus and method for tracking and managing physical assets
US09/653,735 2000-09-01
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US09/702,363 US6952680B1 (en) 1999-11-16 2000-10-31 Apparatus and method for tracking and managing physical assets

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