WO2017138848A1 - Method and system for handling transport of wood based objects - Google Patents

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WO2017138848A1
WO2017138848A1 PCT/SE2016/050093 SE2016050093W WO2017138848A1 WO 2017138848 A1 WO2017138848 A1 WO 2017138848A1 SE 2016050093 W SE2016050093 W SE 2016050093W WO 2017138848 A1 WO2017138848 A1 WO 2017138848A1
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Magnus TJÄRNSKOG
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  • Embodiments herein relate generally to a transport management system, a method performed by the transport management system, a transport vehicle system and a method performed by the transport vehicle system. More particularly the embodiments herein relate to handling transport of wood based objects to a receiving location.
  • BACKGROUND Industries such as for example a pulp mill, a paper mill, a kraftliner mill, a saw mill, district heating plants, power and heating plants etc. uses wood based objects in their production.
  • the term wood may be used to describe the part of a tree which is underneath the bark, and wood may be for example a source of timber.
  • the wood is transported to the industry by transport vehicles such as trucks, ships, trains etc.
  • the order may be for a certain amount of wood based objects, a certain type of wood based object (e.g. pine, spruce, deciduous tree etc.) etc. After the transport vehicle has received the order, they typically travel to a landing where the wood based objects are loaded on the vehicle.
  • the logs After trees have been logged in a forest, they are usually accumulated at a landing. At the landing, the logs may also be sorted depending on size, age, type etc. As mentioned above, the logs at the landing are loaded on transport vehicles for further transportation to the industry.
  • the transport vehicle arrives at a landing, the driver of the vehicle may discover that the available log stock is not sufficient, that the stock is empty, that the landing does not have the correct type of wood etc. in order to fulfill the order from the industry. In such scenario, the transport vehicle needs to travel to another landing and hope that this other landing has a sufficient log stock. Thus, the transport vehicle has wasted its time by traveling, it has spent unnecessary amount of gasoline, to the first landing which did not have the sufficient amount of logs.
  • the transport vehicle arrives at a landing, it may discover that it is a queue of several transport vehicles waiting to load wood. This leads to that the transport vehicle will stand still for a long time until it is its turn to load the wood.
  • Forrest roads may be built specifically for transport vehicles which lead to a landing. Such roads can be so narrow that it is only possible for one transport vehicle to travel on the road at a time, i.e. it is not possible for two transport vehicle to meet at the road. Thus, when several transport vehicles intends to load wood from the same landing, it may create traffic problems on the forest roads.
  • the crane may be mounted on the transport vehicle or it may be mounted on a truck belonging to the industry.
  • the transport vehicle has booked an offloading time, there may be a queue for offloading the wood at the industry.
  • the booked offloading time may have been postpone due to unforeseen scenarios such as for example breakdown of the crane or some part of the industry, an unannounced transport vehicle has arrived etc.
  • the transport vehicle may need to wait several hours before it is his turn to offload.
  • An objective of embodiments herein is therefore to obviate at least one of the above disadvantages and to provide improved transport management of wood based objects.
  • the object is achieved by a method performed by a transport management system for handling transport of wood based objects to a receiving location.
  • the transport management system obtains a transport order for the transport vehicle.
  • the transport order comprises receiving location information indicating which receiving location the objects should be transported to, object information indicating an amount and type of objects which should be transported by the transport vehicle to the receiving location, and route information indicating a geographical area comprising landings.
  • the transport vehicle should transport objects from at least one of the landings within the geographical area to the receiving location.
  • the management system transmits the obtained transport order comprising the receiving location information, the object information and the route information to a transport vehicle system associated with the transport vehicle.
  • the transport management system creates transport information based on at least one of: the transport order,
  • the transport management system transmits the created transport information to the transport vehicle system in real time.
  • the object is achieved by a method performed by a transport vehicle system for handling transport of wood based objects to a receiving location.
  • a transport vehicle is associated with the transport vehicle system.
  • the transport vehicle system receives a transport order from a transport management system.
  • the transport order comprises receiving location information indicating which receiving location the objects should be transported to, object information indicating an amount and type of objects which should be transported by the transport vehicle to the receiving location and route information indicating a geographical area comprising landings.
  • the transport vehicle should transport the objects from at least one of the landings to the receiving location.
  • the transport vehicle system creates transport vehicle system information.
  • the transport vehicle system transmits the created transport vehicle system information to the transport management system.
  • the transport vehicle system receives transport information from the transport management system in real time.
  • the object is achieved by a transport management system for handling transport of wood based objects to a receiving location.
  • the transport management system is adapted to obtain a transport order for the transport vehicle.
  • the transport order comprises receiving location information indicates which receiving location the objects should be transported to, object information indicating an amount and type of objects which should be transported by the transport vehicle to the receiving location, and route information indicating a geographical area comprising landings.
  • the transport vehicle should transport objects from at least one of the landings within the geographical area to the receiving location.
  • the transport management system is further adapted to transmit the obtained transport order comprising the receiving location information, the object information and the route information to a transport vehicle system associated with the transport vehicle.
  • the transport management system is adapted to create transport information based on at least one of: the transport order, predetermined transport information and transport vehicle system information received from the transport vehicle system.
  • the transport management system is adapted to transmit the created transport information to the transport vehicle system in real time.
  • the object is achieved by a transport vehicle system for handling transport of wood based objects to a receiving location.
  • a transport vehicle is associated with the transport vehicle system.
  • the transport vehicle system is adapted to receive a transport order from a transport management system.
  • the transport order comprises receiving location information indicating which receiving location the objects should be transported to, object information indicating an amount and type of objects which should be transported by the transport vehicle to the receiving location and route information indicating a geographical area comprising landings.
  • the transport vehicle should transport the objects from at least one of the landings to the receiving location.
  • the transport vehicle system is adapted to create transport vehicle system information.
  • the transport vehicle system is adapted to transmit the created transport vehicle system information to the transport management system, and to receive transport information from the transport management system in real time.
  • the object is achieved by a method performed by a transport system.
  • the transport system comprises a transport management system and a transport vehicle system.
  • the method comprises a method performed by the transport management system according to the first aspect and the method performed by a transport vehicle system according to the second aspect.
  • the object is achieved by a transport system comprising a transport management system according to the third aspect and a transport vehicle system according to the fourth aspect.
  • the object is achieved by a management computer program comprising instructions which, when executed on at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to carry out the method according to the first aspect.
  • the object is achieved by a managment carrier comprising the management computer program.
  • the management carrier is one of an electronic signal, optical signal, radio signal or computer readable storage medium.
  • the object is achieved by a vehicle computer program comprising instructions which, when executed on at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to carry out the method according to the second aspect.
  • the object is achieved by a vehicle carrier comprising the vehicle computer program.
  • the vehicle carrier is one of an electronic signal, optical signal, radio signal or computer readable storage medium.
  • An advantage of the embodiments herein is that the user of the systems is provided with real time information regarding the landing, updated object stock, orders from the industry, routes, available landings, the current position of the transport vehicle, opening hours of landings and receiving locations, status at the receiving location etc.
  • Another advantage of the embodiments herein is that they can be used in any electronic device such as a laptop, tablet computer, mobile phone, stationary computer etc.
  • a further advantage of the embodiments herein is that the receiving location will have a more even incoming flow of wood based objects.
  • Another advantage of the embodiments herein is that the driver of the transport vehicle has access to updated object stock information in real time, and thereby avoids traveling to a landing which does not have the ordered object.
  • an advantage of the embodiments herein is that the position of other transport vehicles (e.g. log trucks) are accessible to the users of the system, e.g. the driver of the transport vehicle.
  • An advantage of the embodiments herein is that it provides up to date information on roads like cleaning of snow, prevention for icy roads and road barriers to the users of the transport tsystem.
  • the wood seller may be provided with information which indicates that all wood has been transported away from the landing.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic block diagram illustrates a transport vehicle
  • Figure 2 is a signaling diagram illustrating embodiments of a method.
  • Figure 3 is a flow chart illustrating embodiments of a method performed by a transport management system.
  • Figure 4 is a schematic block diagram illustrating embodiments of the transport management system.
  • Figure 5 is a flow chart illustrating embodiments of a method performed by a transport vehicle system.
  • Figure 6 is a schematic block diagram illustrating embodiments of the transport vehicle system.
  • Figure 7 is a schematic block diagram illustrating an example of a screen shot for an example use case of the transport system.
  • Figure 8 is a flow chart illustrating embodiments of a method performed by a transport vehicle system.
  • Figure 9 is a schematic block diagram illustrating embodiments of an example of a screen shot for a transport vehicle configuration.
  • Figure 10 is a schematic block diagram illustrating embodiments of an example of a screen shot for an announcement.
  • Figure 1 1 is a schematic block diagram illustrating embodiments of an example of a screen shot for a load.
  • Figure 12 is a flow chart illustrating embodiments of a method performed by a transport management system.
  • DETAILED DESCRIPTION Figure 1 depicts an example of the transport of wood based objects 101.
  • the wood based objects 101 may also be referred to as logs, timber, lumber, pulpwood, discarded wood, rotten wood, logging residues etc...
  • the wood based objects 101 may be of different types such as e.g. pine, spruce, deciduous tree etc., and the wood based objects 101 may be of different ages.
  • the wood based objects 101 have been logged in the forest and transported to a landing 103.
  • a forwarder may be the vehicle which tranpsorts the logs from the forest to the landing 103.
  • the landing 103 is an area or location where the wood based objects 101 are stored and accumulated prior to loading on a transport vehicle 108.
  • the landing 103 is typically located in a forest or in proximity of the forest where the wood based objects 101 has been logged.
  • the wood based objects 101 may be sorted, processed, piled etc.
  • the landing 103 may comprise one or more types of wood based objects 101 , and there may be a plurality of wood based objects 101 at the landing 103.
  • the amount of wood based objects 101 at the landing 103 is for example measured in m3.
  • the landing 103 may also be referred to as a log landing, a forest landing, a storage location etc.
  • the transport vehicle 108 may be of different types. For example, it may be a crane truck, a wood chip truck, a High Capacity Transport (HCT) vehicle, a train, a boat etc.
  • the transport vehicle 108 may load the wood based objects 101 by using its own crane or it may be loaded by a loading vehicle which is based at the landing 103.
  • the receiving location 110 which receives the wood based objects 101.
  • the receiving location 1 10 has sent an order to the transport vehicle 108 for the wood based objects 101.
  • the receiving location 1 10 may also be referred to as a delivery location, an industry location, an object ordering location, a depot, consuming industry location etc.
  • the receiving location 1 10 may be for example a pulp mill, a paper mill, a kraftliner mill, a saw mill etc. which uses wood based objects in their production.
  • the receiving location 1 10 may comprise one or more unloading stations 115.
  • the wood based objects 101 should be unloaded from the transport vehicle 108 at the unloading station 115.
  • Unloading vehicles may be associated with the receiving location 1 10, or with each unloading station 1 15.
  • the wood based objects 101 may be unloaded by an unloading vehicle or by a crane in case the transport vehicle 108 is a crane truck.
  • 1 10 may be performed by at least one of a transport management system and a
  • transport vehicle system may form a transport system.
  • the transport management system may be located at the receiving location
  • the transport management system may for example be operated by a transport manager at the receiving location 1 10.
  • the transport management system may be
  • the electronic device comprised in an electronic device associated with the receiving location 1 10, and the electronic device may be operated by the transport manager at the receiving location
  • the transport management system may be comprised in a computer (stationary or non-stationary), a tablet computer, a laptop or a mobile phone which is operated by the transport manager.
  • the transport vehicle system may be located in a transport vehicle 108, and the transport vehicle system may be operated by the driver of the transport vehicle 108.
  • the transport vehicle system may be comprised in an
  • the electronic device associated with the transport vehicle 108 may be operated by the driver of the transport vehicle 108.
  • the transport vehicle system may be comprised in a mobile phone, a laptop, a tablet computer etc.
  • the method for handling the transport of wood based objects 101 to the receiving location 1 10, according to some embodiments will now be described with reference to the signaling diagram in Figure 2.
  • the method may be performed in real time.
  • the method comprises at least some of the following steps, which steps may as well be carried out in another suitable order than described below.
  • the transport management system obtains a transport order.
  • the transport order may be for a particular transport vehicle 108.
  • the transport order may be associated with the receiving location 1 10.
  • the transport vehicle 108 used in the transport of the objects is registered in the transport management system.
  • the transport order may be obtained in different ways. For example, the transport order may be obtained by reception from an external transport order system, i.e. the external transport order system has created the transport order. In another example, the transport order may be obtained by that the transport management system itself creates the transport order.
  • the transport order may comprise at least some of the following information:
  • the receiving location information indicates which receiving location 110 the objects 101 should be transported to.
  • the object information indicates an amount and type of objects 101 which should be transported by the transport vehicle 108 to the receiving location 1 10.
  • the route information indicates a geographical area comprising landings 103.
  • the transport vehicle 108 should transport objects 101 from at least one of the landings 103 within the geographical area to the receiving location 110. Which landings the transport vehicle 108 should transport from may be predetermined or determined by the user of the transport vehicle system.
  • the transport order may comprise additional information such as e.g. a transport order ID, date and expiry of the transport order, contact information for the logging responsible, the receiving location etc.
  • the transport order may be split into quotas. There may be quotas to be met for each receiving location 1 10. These quotas may then be divided into smaller quotas for each transport vehicle 108, e.g. for each driver or truck contractor.
  • the transport order may origin from a document which is needed for delivery and measurement of the wood based objects 101. This is to make sure that the right seller gets payed the right amount of money.
  • Step 202 The transport management system transmits the transport order to the transport vehicle system.
  • the transport order may be transmitted immediately after it has been obtained, it may be transmitted on a regular basis, it may be transmitted upon request from the transport vehicle system etc.
  • the transport vehicle system receives the transport order from the transport management system.
  • the transport vehicle system creates transport vehicle system information. For example, when the transport vehicle system has received the transport order, it needs to be determined which of the landings 103 within the geographical area the transport vehicle 108 should travel to. This decision may be taken by the operator of the transport vehicle system by that he selects one particular landing 103 from a list of landings within the geographical area (this list may be comprised in the predetermined transport information which is described in step 205 below). The decided landing 103 is comprised in the transport vehicle system information. When the transport vehicle 108 has loaded objects 101 at the landing 103, the operator of the transport vehicle system may enter an arrival time for arrival at the receiving location 1 10 into the transport vehicle system. Thus, information indicating the arrival time may be comprised in the transport vehicle system information.
  • Stock information (indicating an available object stock at a landing 103 which is currently visited by the transport vehicle 108).
  • Landing arrival information (the time when the transport vehicle 108 should arrive at the landing 103).
  • Subload information (indicating where a subload of a total load of objects 101 is located on the transport vehicle 108).
  • Landing information (indicates a decided landing from which the objects should be transported by the transport vehicle 108).
  • Vehicle position information (the current position of the transport vehicle 108)
  • the transport vehicle system transmits the created transport vehicle system information to the transport management system.
  • the transport management system receives the transport vehicle system information.
  • the transport management system creates transport information based on at least one of: predetermined transport information and transport vehicle system information
  • the transport information is based on at least one of the following information:
  • Transport vehicle system information received from the transport vehicle system may be done by sorting, organizing, adjusting and gathering at least one of the information in the transport order, the predetermined transport information and the transport vehicle system information.
  • the transport management system transmits the transport information to the transport vehicle system.
  • the transport vehicle system receives the transport information from the transport management system.
  • the transport information may be accessible, editable and visible on e.g. the electronic device associated with the transport vehicle 108.
  • the transport information may be accessible, editable and visible on the mobile phone used by the driver of the transport vehicle 108.
  • Steps 205 and 206 may be performed after step 202 or after step 204, or both. In other words, it is not necessary for the transport management system to receive transport vehicle system information from the transport vehicle system in order to create and transmit transport information. In case steps 205 and 206 are preformed after step 202, the transport information is created based on at least one of the transport order and predetermined transport information (not based on the transport vehicle system information since it is not yet received).
  • Figure 3 is a flowchart describing the present method in the transport management system for handling transport of wood based objects 101 to a receiving location 1 10.
  • the transport management system may be handled by for example a transport manager employed at the receiving location 110.
  • At least some of the steps of the method in figure 3 may be performed in real time.
  • the method comprises at least some of the following steps to be performed by the transport management system:
  • the transport management system obtains the transport order.
  • the transport order may be obtained by reception from an external transport order system or by that the transport management system itself creates the transport order.
  • the transport order may comprise at least some of the following information:
  • the receiving location information indicates which receiving location 110 the objects 101 should be transported to.
  • the object information indicates an amount and type of objects 101 which should be transported by the transport vehicle 108 to the receiving location 1 10.
  • the route information indicates a geographical area comprising landings 103.
  • the transport vehicle 108 should transport objects 101 from at least one of the landings 103 within the geographical area to the receiving location 1 10.
  • the transport order may comprise additional information such as e.g. a transport order ID, date and expiry of the transport order, contact information for the logging responsible, the receiving location etc.
  • This step corresponds to step 202 in figure 2.
  • the transport management system transmits the obtained transport order comprising the receiving location information, the object information and the route information to a transport vehicle system associated with the transport vehicle 108.
  • the transport vehicle system receives the transport order from the transport management system.
  • the transport order may be transmitted to one or more transport vehicles 108.
  • the following description describes the scenario where the transport order is transmitted to one transport vehicle 108, but it is equally applicable to a scenario where it is transmitted to a plurality of transport vehicle 108.
  • the transport management system may receive transport vehicle system information from the transport vehicle system.
  • the received transport vehicle system information may comprise for example at least one of the following: landing information, amount information, status information, arrival information, suboad information etc.
  • the transport vehicle system information may comprise landing arrival information indicating the transport vehicle's 108 time of arrival at a landing 103 and amount information indicating an amount of objects 101 which has been loaded onto the transport vehicle 108 at the landing 103.
  • Step 304 The content of the transport vehicle system information is described in more detail below with reference to steps 304-step 319. Step 304
  • the transport management system may obtain landing information.
  • the landing information indicates from which of the landings 103 within the geographical area the objects 101 should be transported by the transport vehicle 108 to the receiving location 1 10.
  • the landing information may be obtained by reception from the transport vehicle system or by that the transport management system itself decides which landing 103 to transport from.
  • the transport management system may have access to a predetermined list of landings 103 within the geographical area. Based on information such as e.g. traffic situation in the geographical area, the shortest travel distance, predetermined preferences of the transport vehicle 108, the transport management system may take a decision regarding which of the landings 103 within the geographical area the objects 101 should be transported from.
  • the decision of from which landing 103 the objects 101 should be transported may instead or in addition be taken by the transport vehicle system based on the transport information (which is created in step 320, and in case step 320 is performed before step 302).
  • the transport information may comprise at least one of: a position of the landing 103, an opening hour of the landing 103, an opening hour of the receiving location 1 10, a loading capacity of the landing 103, and whether an available object stock at the landing 103 at least partly fulfils the order.
  • the landing information may be comprised in the transport vehicle system information which is received from the transport vehicle system in step 303.
  • step 304 may be seen as a substep of step 303 in case the landing information is received from the transport vehicle system.
  • the transport information which will be transmitted in step 321 may comprise the landing information.
  • the route which the transport vehicle 108 should travel is updated. Recall that the route indicated only a geographical area in the transport order. After having obtained the landing information, the route is provided with additional details, e.g. the landing 103.
  • the transport management system may obtain amount information.
  • the information indicates an amount of objects that should be transported by the transport vehicle 108 from the landing 103.
  • the amount at least partly fulfills the order.
  • the amount information may be obtained by reception from the transport vehicle system or by that the transport management system itself determines the amount information.
  • the decision may be taken based on e.g. information in the transport order.
  • the amount information may indicate that the transport vehicle 108 should transmit 45m3 of objects from the landing 103.
  • the amount information may be comprised in the transport vehicle system information which is received from the transport vehicle system in step 303.
  • step 305 may be seen as a substep of step 303 in case the amount information is received from the transport vehicle system.
  • the transport information which will be transmitted in step 321 may comprise the amount information.
  • the transport management system may obtain an update of the transmitted transport order.
  • the updated transport order may be obtained by receiption from an external transport order system (the same which created the transmitted transport order) or by that the transport management system itself creates the updated transport order.
  • the the transport order may updated due to at least one of: a change in the available object stock at the landing 103, traffic situations on the route, availability of the receiving location (1 10);.
  • the transport management system may transmit the updated transport order to the transport vehicle system.
  • Step 308 the transport management system may determine an alternative receiving location 110 that the transport vehicle 108 should transport the objects to.
  • the alternative receiving location 1 10 is an alternative to the receiving location 110 indicated in the transport order.
  • the transport management system may comprise information indicating at least one alternative receiving location 110. This information which indicates the alternative receiving location 1 10 may be stored within the transport management system at a previous time.
  • the transport management system may determine the alternative receiving location 1 10 by sending a request for an alternative receiving location 1 10 to an external transport order system, e.g. the same system which created the transport order.
  • a receiving location 1 10 may be unavailable for example could be closed down temporary due to malfunction, and that in such case the load has to be directed to another receiving location.
  • the updated transport order transmitted in step 307 may comprise information about the alternative receiving location 1 10.
  • the transport management system may recall at least part of the transmitted or transmitted updated transport order from the transport vehicle system. Recalling a transport order may happen for example when there is a breakdown at the receiving location 1 10 or changed demand/orders from the receiving location 1 10.
  • the transport management system may obtain status information.
  • the status information indicates whether a landing 103 is open or closed.
  • the status information may be obtained by reception from the transport vehicle system or by that the transport management system decides to open or close a landing.
  • a landing 103 may be unavailable due to weather conditions such as snow, rain, ice, frost damage, accidents etc.
  • the status information may be comprised in the transport vehicle system information which is from the transport vehicle system in step 303.
  • step 309 may be seen as a substep of step 303 in case the status information is received from the transport vehicle system.
  • the transport information which is transmitted in step 321 may comprise the status information.
  • the transport vehicle system information may comprise receiving arrival information.
  • the receiving arrival information may indicate the transport vehicle's 108 time of arrival at the receiving location 1 10 from the transport vehicle system.
  • the receiving arrival information may be an estimated time of arrival, and the estimate may be made by the driver of the transport vehicle 108.
  • the transport management system may schedule when the transport vehicle 108 can unload the objects 101 at the receiving location 1 10.
  • the transport management system knows when the transport vehicle 108 will arrive at the receiving location 1 10 it can allocate e.g. an unloading truck at the receiving location 1 10 for unloading the objects 101 from the transport vehicle 108.
  • the receiving arrival information may be comprised in the transport vehicle system information received in step 303.
  • step 309 may be seen as a substep of step 303 in case the receiving arrival information is received from the transport vehicle system.
  • the transport information which is transmitted in step 321 may comprise the scheduling information.
  • the receiving location 1 10 comprises a plurality of unloading stations 1 15.
  • the transport management system may determine at which of the plurality of unloading stations 1 15 the transport vehicle 108 should unload the objects at the receiving location 1 10. The decision may be taken based on which unloading station 1 15 that is available at the time of arrival of the transport vehicle 108, which unloading station 1 15 that accepts the particular type of objects 101 that the transport vehicle 108 transports, which unloading station 1 15 that has capacity to receive the amount of objects 101 that the transport vehicle 108 transports etc.
  • the transport information which is transmitted in step 321 may comprise unloading information indicating the determined unloading station 1 15.
  • the transport management system may obtain queue information associated with an offloading truck at the receiving location 1 10.
  • the queue information may indicate if and when there will be queue for unloading objects 101 at the receiving location 1 10.
  • the queue information may be obtained by reception of the information from an offloading truck system associated with a truck vehicle located at the receiving location 1 10 and which has a schedule for the offloading at the receiving location.
  • the transport vehicle system information may comprise subload information indicating where a subload of a total load of objects 101 is located on the transport vehicle 108.
  • the scheduling of unloading of the objects 101 at the receiving location 1 10 may then be based on the location of the subload.
  • the subload information may be comprised in the transport vehicle system information received in step 303.
  • step 314 may be seen as a substep of step 303 in case the subload information is received from the transport vehicle system.
  • the transport information which is transmitted in step 321 may comprise the queue information.
  • the transport management system may detect when the transport vehicle 108 is within a predetermined amount of travel time to the receiving location 1 10.
  • the transport management system may evaluate whether the transport vehicle 108 should unload the objects 101 at the receiving location 1 10 at a time of arrival or if the unloading should be postponed.
  • the unloading by other transport vehicles 108 may be prioritized if the unloading of the transport vehicle 108 should be postponed.
  • the time of arrival may have been estimated and received from the transport vehicle system, and is the time of arrival for the transport vehicle 108 at the receiving location.
  • the transport information which is transmitted in step 321 may comprise evaluation information indicating a result of the evaluation.
  • the transport management system may obtain landing position information of the at least one landing 103.
  • the landing position information may be obtained by reception from the transport vehicle system or from a landing vehicle system.
  • the landing vehicle system may be associated with a landing vehicle which may be responsible for bringing the objects 101 to the landing 103 after they have been cut down in the forest.
  • the landing position information may for example be in the form of GPS coordinates.
  • the transport information which is transmitted in step 321 may comprise the landing position information.
  • the transport management system may monitor a vehicle position of the transport vehicle 108 when it travels the route.
  • the transport vehicle 108 may be equipped with a position tracking device which sends position data to the transport management system.
  • Such positioning tracking device may be a GPS device.
  • the transport information which is transmitted in step 321 may comprise the monitored vehicle position.
  • the transport management system may obtain an overview of all transport vehicles 108 to which the transport order has been transmitted and which should transport objects 101 to the receiving location 1 10.
  • the transport information which is transmitted in step 321 may comprise overview information indicating the overview.
  • the transport management system may display at least one of indications of the transport vehicle 108, the landing 103, the receiving location 1 10 and the route on a map.
  • the map is accessible by the transport vehicle system.
  • the transport management system creates transport information based on at least one of: the transport order,
  • the transport order and the predetermined transport information may be used for example before the transport management system receives any transport vehicle system information from the transport vehicle system.
  • the transport information may be created without receiving any input from the transport vehicle system.
  • the predetermined transport information may be for example predetermined landing position information for landings 103 within the geographical area, predetermined stock information which indicates the available object stock at a landing 103 etc.
  • This step corresponds to step 206 in figure 2.
  • the transport management system transmits the created transport information to the transport vehicle system in real time.
  • a management computer program may comprise instructions which, when executed on at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to carry out the method according to any one of the steps in figure 3.
  • a managment carrier may comprise the management computer program.
  • the management carrier may be one of an electronic signal, optical signal, radio signal or computer readable storage medium.
  • a transport management device may comprise the management carrier.
  • the transport management device may be an electronic device such as e.g. a mobile phone, a laptop, a tablet computer, a computer (stationary or non-stationary), an integrated transport vehicle computer etc.
  • the transport management system comprises a transport management arrangement as shown in Figure 4.
  • the transport management system is adapted to, e.g. by means of an obtaining module 401, obtain a transport order for the transport vehicle 108.
  • the transport order comprises receiving location information indicating which receiving location 1 10 the objects 101 should be transported to, object information indicating an amount and type of objects 101 which should be transported by the transport vehicle 108 to the receiving location 110, and route information indicating a geographical area comprising landings 103.
  • the transport vehicle 108 should transport objects 101 from at least one of the landings 103 within the geographical area to the receiving location 1 10.
  • the obtaining module 401 may also be referred to as an obtaining unit, an obtaining means, an obtaining circuit, means for obtaining etc.
  • the obtaining module 401 may be a processor 402 of the transport management system.
  • the transport management system is further adapted to, e.g. by means of a
  • the transmitting module 403 transmit the obtained transport order comprising the receiving location information, the object information and the route information to a transport vehicle system associated with the transport vehicle 108.
  • the transmitting module 03 may also be referred to as a transmitting unit, a transmitting means, a transmitting circuit, means for transmitting, output unit etc.
  • the transmitting module 403 may be a transmitter, a transceiver etc.
  • the transmitting module 403 may be a wireless transmitter of the transport management system of a wireless or fixed communications system, e.g. the transport system.
  • the transport management system is adapted to, e.g. by means of a creating module 406, create transport information based on at least one of: the transport order, predetermined transport information and transport vehicle system information received from the transport vehicle system.
  • the creating module 406 may also be referred to as a creating unit, a creating means, a creating circuit, means for creating etc.
  • the creating module 406 may be the processor 402 of the transport management system.
  • the transport management system is adapted to, e.g. by means of the transmitting module 403, transmit the created transport information to the transport vehicle system in real time.
  • the transport management system is adapted to, e.g. by means of a receiving module 408, receive information from other entities in the transport system, e.g. the transport vehicle system, an offloading truck system, an external order generating system etc.
  • the receiving module 408 and the obtaining module 401 may be the same module.
  • the receiving module 408 may also be referred to as a receiving unit, a receiving means, a receiving circuit, means for receiving, input unit etc.
  • the receiving module 408 may be a receiver, a transceiver etc.
  • the receiving module 408 may be a wireless receiver of the transport management system of a wireless or fixed communications system.
  • the transport management system may comprise the processor 402 and a memory 410.
  • the memory 410 comprises instructions executable by the processor 408. When the instructions are executed on the processor 402, it may cause the processor 402 to carry out the method according any one of steps 301-321 in figure 3 and the appropriate steps in figure 2 and 12.
  • the memory 410 comprises one or more memory units.
  • the memory 410 is arranged to be used to store data, received data streams, power level measurements, information, transport orders, threshold values, time periods, configurations, schedulings, and applications to perform the methods herein when being executed in the transport management system.
  • obtaining module 410, the transmitting module 403, the creating module 406 and the receiving module 408 described above may refer to a combination of analog and digital circuits, and/or one or more processors configured with software and/or firmware, e.g. stored in a memory, that when executed by the one or more processors such as the processor 402 perform as described above.
  • processors as well as the other digital hardware, may be included in a single application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or several processors and various digital hardware may be distributed among several separate components, whether individually packaged or assembled into a system-on-a-chip (SoC).
  • ASIC application-specific integrated circuit
  • SoC system-on-a-chip
  • Figure 5 is a flowchart describing the present method in the transport vehicle system for handling transport of wood based objects 101 to a receiving location 1 10.
  • the transport vehicle system may be handled by for example a driver of the transport vehicle 108. At least some of the steps of the method in figure 5 may be performed in real time.
  • the transport vehicle system may be comprised in an electronic device associated with the transport vehicle 108.
  • the method in figure 5 comprises at least some of the following steps to be performed by the transport vehicle system:
  • the transport vehicle system receives a transport order from a transport management system.
  • the transport order comprises receiving location information indicating which receiving location 1 10 the objects 101 should be transported to, object information indicating an amount and type of objects 101 which should be transported by the transport vehicle 108 to the receiving location 1 10 and route information indicating a geographical area comprising landings 103.
  • the transport vehicle 108 should transport the objects 101 from at least one of the landings 103 to the receiving location 1 10.
  • This step corresponds to step 203 in figure 2.
  • the transport vehicle system creates transport vehicle system information.
  • the transport vehicle system may obtain landing information indicating from which of the landings 103 within the geographical area the objects 101 the transport vehicle 108 should transport objects 101.
  • the landing information may be based on at least one of: a position of the landing 103, an opening hour of the landing 103, a loading capacity of the landing 103 and whether an available object stock at the landing 103 at least partly fulfils the order.
  • the landing information may be obtained by that the driver of the transport vehicle 108 decides a landing 103.
  • the driver may decide by selecting a landing from e.g. a list of landings within the area. Such list of landings maybe provided to the transport vehicle system in the transport information (the step of creating and transmitting transport information is then performed before step 503).
  • Transport vehicle system information may comprise the landing information.
  • Step 503 may be seen as a substep of step 502, i.e. the obtaining of the landing information may be part of the creation of transport vehicle system information.
  • Step 504
  • the transport vehicle system may receive an updated transport order from the transport management system.
  • the updated transport order may comprise information indicating an alternative receiving location 1 10 which is to be used when the current receiving location 1 10 is unavailable.
  • the current receiving location 1 10 is the one which is associated with the transport order and to which the ordered objects 101 should be transported.
  • the transport vehicle system may detect a recall of at least part of the received transport order from the transport management system.
  • the transport vehicle system may obtain stock information indicating an available object stock at a landing 103 which is currently visited by the transport vehicle 108.
  • the stock information may be obtained by that the driver of the transport vehicle 108 enters the stock information into the transport vehicle system when he is at the landing 103 and sees the amount of objects 101 which actually is at the landing 103.
  • the transport vehicle system will obtain updated and real time stock information. With updated and real time stock information, a transport vehicle 108 will reduce the risk of traveling to a landing 103 which does not have a sufficient object stock in order to fulfill the transport order.
  • the transport vehicle system information may comprise the stock information. Step 507
  • the transport vehicle system may obtain status information indicating whether an open landing 103 is closed or whether a closed landing 103 is opened.
  • the driver may decide that the landing 103 needs to be closed.
  • the driver enters such decision in to the transport vehicle system, i.e. the transport vehicle system obtains status information indicating that the open landing 103 is now closed.
  • the transport vehicle system obtains status information indicating that the open landing 103 is now closed.
  • a closed landing 103 is opened.
  • the transport vehicle system may obtain the status information from e.g. a landing vehicle, from the transport management system etc.
  • the transport vehicle system information may comprise the status information.
  • the transport vehicle system may obtain receiving arrival information indicating the transport vehicle's 108 time of arrival at the receiving location 110.
  • the receiving arrival information may be obtained by that the driver of the transport vehicle 108 estimates the time when he thinks that he will arrive at the receiving location 1 10. The estimate may be made based on the distance between the current location of the transport vehicle 108 and the receiving location, the drivers knowledge of the road standards, the weather conditions etc. The driver may enter the time of arrival into the transport vehicle system.
  • the transport vehicle system information may comprise the receiving arrival information. Step 509
  • the transport vehicle system may obtain subload information.
  • the subload information may indicate where a subload of a total load of objects 101 is located on the transport vehicle 108.
  • a subload may be associated with a particular type of objects, objects of a particular size etc.
  • the subload information may be obtained by that the driver of the transport vehicle 108 enters where the subload is located into the transport vehicle system, e.g. it is located in the first section, the middle section, the last section etc. of the transport vehicle 108.
  • the transport vehicle system information may comprise the subload information. Step 510
  • the transport vehicle system may obtain arrival information and amount information.
  • the arrival information may indicate the transport vehicle's 108 time of arrival at a landing 103.
  • the amount information may indicate an amount of objects 101 which has been loaded onto the transport vehicle 108 at the landing 103.
  • the arrival information may be obtained by that the driver of the transport vehicle 108 enters the actual time that he arrived at the landing 103 into the transport vehicle system. After the objects 101 has been loaded on to the transport vehicle 108, the driver of the transport vehicle 108 enters the actual amount of objects 101 which he has loaded on to the transport vehicle 108 at the landing 103.
  • the transport vehicle system information may comprise the arrival time information and the amount information.
  • the transport vehicle system may distribute at least at part of the transport order to other transport vehicles 108.
  • the transport order is associated with the transport vehicle 108. If the driver of the transport vehicle 108 to which the transport order is associated determines that he is not able to fulfill the complete transport order, he may decide that the transport order needs to be distributed to at least one additional transport vehicle 108 in addition to itself.
  • the transport vehicle system provides the driver of the transport vehicle with a list of other available transport vehicles which the transport order can be distributed to. The driver may select one other transport vehicle 108 and the transport vehicle system distributes by sending the transport order to the selected other transport vehicle 108.
  • the transport vehicle system may track the position of the transport vehicle 108.
  • the position may be tracked by receiving the position from a positioning device associate with our mounted on the transport vehicle 108.
  • the transport vehicle system information comprises vehicle position information.
  • the transport vehicle system may display at least one of indications of the transport vehicle 108, the landing 103, the receiving location 1 10 and the route on a map.
  • the map is visible to e.g. the driver of the transport vehicle 108, the transport manager operating the transport management system etc.
  • This step corresponds to step 204 in figure 2.
  • the transport vehicle system transmits the created transport vehicle system information to the transport management system.
  • This step corresponds to step 206 in figure 2.
  • the transport vehicle system receives transport information from the transport management system in real time.
  • the received transport information may comprise scheduling information indicating when the transport vehicle 108 can unload the objects 101 at the receiving location 1 10.
  • the receiving location 1 10 may comprise a plurality of unloading stations 1 15.
  • the received transport information may comprise unloading information indicating at which of the plurality of unloading stations 1 15 the transport vehicle 108 should unload the objects at the receiving location 1 10.
  • the driver of the transport vehicle 108 can drive directly to the correct unloading station 115 to unload the objects 101.
  • the received transport information may comprise queue information.
  • the queue information may indicate if and when there will be a queue for unloading objects 101 at the receiving location 1 10.
  • a vehicle computer program may comprise instructions which, when executed on at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to carry out the method according to any one of the steps in figure 5.
  • a vehicle carrier may comprise the vehicle computer program.
  • the vehicle carrier may be one of an electronic signal, optical signal, radio signal or computer readable storage medium.
  • a transport vehicle device may comprise the vehicle carrier.
  • the transport vehicle device may be an electronic device such as e.g. a mobile phone, a laptop, a tablet computer, a computer (stationary or non-stationary), an integrated transport vehicle computer etc.
  • the transport vehicle system comprises a transport vehicle arrangement as shown in Figure 6.
  • the transport vehicle system is adapted to, e.g. by means of a receiving module 601, receive a transport order from a transport management system.
  • the transport order comprises receiving location information indicating which receiving location 1 10 the objects 101 should be transported to, object information indicating an amount and type of objects 101 which should be transported by the transport vehicle 108 to the receiving location 1 10 and route information indicating a geographical area comprising landings 103.
  • the transport vehicle 108 is adapted to transport the objects 101 from at least one of the landings 101 to the receiving location 1 10.
  • the receiving module 601 may also be referred to as a receiving unit, a receiving means, a receiving circuit, means for receiving, input unit etc.
  • the receiving module 601 may be a receiver, a transceiver etc.
  • the receiving module 601 may be a wireless receiver of the transport vehicle system of a wireless or fixed communications system.
  • the transport vehicle system is adapted to, e.g. by means of a creating module 603, create transport vehicle system information.
  • the creating module 603 may also be referred to as a creating unit, a creating means, a creating circuit, means for creating etc.
  • the creating module 603 may be a processor 605 of the transport vehicle system.
  • the transport vehicle system is adapted to, e.g. by means of a transmitting module 608, transmit the created transport vehicle system information to the transport management system.
  • the transmitting module 608 may also be referred to as a transmitting unit, a transmitting means, a transmitting circuit, means for transmitting, output unit etc.
  • the transmitting module 608 may be a transmitter, a transceiver etc.
  • the transmitting module 608 may be a wireless transmitter of the transport vehicle system of a wireless or fixed communications system, e.g. the transport system.
  • the transport vehicle system is adapted to, e.g. by means of the receiving module 601 , receive transport information from the transport management system in real time.
  • the transport vehicle system may comprise the processor 605 and a memory 610.
  • the memory 610 comprises instructions executable by the processor 605. When the instructions are executed on the processor 605, it may cause the processor 605 to carry out the method according any one of steps 501 -515 in figure 5, and the appropriate steps in figure 2 and figure 8.
  • the memory 610 comprises one or more memory units.
  • the memory 610 is arranged to be used to store data, received data streams, power level measurements, information, transport orders, threshold values, time periods, configurations, schedulings, and applications to perform the methods herein when being executed in the transport vehicle system.
  • receiving module 601 , the creating module 603 and the transmitting module 508 described above may refer to a
  • processors configured with software and/or firmware, e.g. stored in a memory, that when executed by the one or more processors such as the processor 605 perform as described above.
  • processors may be included in a single ASIC, or several processors and various digital hardware may be distributed among several separate components, whether individually packaged or assembled into a SoC.
  • the embodiments herein for handling transport of wood based objects 101 to a receiving location 1 10 may be implemented through one or more processors, such as the processor 402 in the transport management system depicted in figure 4 and a processor 605 in the transport vehicle system depicte din figure 6, together with computer program code for performing the functions and actions of the embodiments herein.
  • the program code mentioned above may also be provided as a computer program product, for instance in the form of a data carrier carrying computer program code for performing the embodiments herein when being loaded into at least one of the transport management system and the transport vehicle system.
  • a data carrier carrying computer program code for performing the embodiments herein when being loaded into at least one of the transport management system and the transport vehicle system.
  • One such carrier may be in the form of a CD ROM disc. It is however feasible with other data carriers such as a memory stick.
  • the computer program code may furthermore be provided as pure program code on a server and downloaded to at least one of the the transport management system and the transport vehicle system.
  • a method may be performed by a transport system.
  • the transport system comprises a transport management system and a transport vehicle system.
  • the method comprises a method performed by the transport management system according to any one of the steps in figure 3 and the method performed by a transport vehicle system according to any one of the steps in figure 5.
  • the transport system may comprise a transport management system as described with reference to figure 4 and a transport vehicle system as described with reference to figure 6.
  • the transport system may be described as a wireless or fixed communication system.
  • the example transport system may further include any additional elements suitable to support communication between transport management system and the transport vehicle system.
  • An example use case of the transport system will now be described.
  • the transport system is implemented as a computer program.
  • At least part of the computer program e.g. the transport management system
  • the program e.g. the transport vehicle system
  • the transport system is visible and accessible to its users as a computer program.
  • the computer program is visible in the sence that it is displayed on a display.
  • Figure 7 illustrates an example screen shot which may be displayed to e.g. the transport manager, the driver of a transport vehicle etc.
  • the user may activate the upper transport vehicle system button 701.
  • Activation of the transport vehicle system button 701 may trigger the start of the method performed by the transport vehicle system, as described in relation to figures 2 and 4.
  • the transport manager it may activate the transport management system button 702.
  • Activation of the transport management system button 702 may trigger the start of the method performed by the transport management system, e.g. as described in relation to figure 2 and 3.
  • the driver of the transport vehicle 108 has only access to activate the transport vehicle system button 701 and the transport manager may have access to activate both the transport vehicle system button 701 and the transport management system button 702.
  • buttons Permissions 703 and Documentation 704 may be accessible to both the users of the transport vehicle system and the transport management system. Activation of the Documentation 704 will provide any user with e.g. user manuals related to the use of the transport vehicle system and the transport management system.
  • the permissions button 703 provides information indicating who has permissions to use the transport system. The above uses the term "button", and should be interpreted as any means adapted to activating e.g. the transport
  • the button may be activated by that the user (e.g. the transport vehicle driver, the transport manager etc.) clicks or taps on the applicable button on a display.
  • Step 801 - Select transport vehicle When the Transport Vehicle System bottom has been activated, a list of transport vehicles which are associated with the system is visible. The user of the transport vehicle system selects its transport vehicle 108 from the list. Thus, the transport vehicle system transmits information which indicates the transport vehicle 108 to the transport management system, e.g. in the transport vehicle system information in step 204 in figure 2.
  • the list may provide information of the name of the transport vehicle 108, a transport vehicle identity and the transport vehicle type.
  • the user of the transport vehicle system may also select the configuration of the transport vehicle 108, e.g. a single transport vehicle 108, a transport vehicle 108 with a trailer where the trailer comprises two or three piles of objects 101 etc.
  • An example screen shot of such selectable transport vehicle configuration list is illustrated in Figure 9.
  • the user of the transport vehicle system selects a configuration by activating the applicable configuration, e.g. by clicking or tapping on the applicable configuration on the display which displays the available configurations. Information indicating the selected transport vehicle
  • the user of the transport vehicle system may announce various information to the transport management system, i.e. it may transmit different types of transport vehicle system information to the transport management system.
  • the announcements may be associated with a landing 103, a receiving location 1 10, the objects 101 etc.
  • Some announcements will now be described in steps 802, 803 and 803a.
  • the user may input information (e.g using a keyboard or a touch screen) to the transport vehicle system, and the transport vehicle system transmits the information further to the transport management system.
  • an announcement may be described as transmission of a message comprising information, a notice of information etc.
  • Step 802 Select landing
  • the transport vehicle system may provide the user of the system with a selectable list of landings 103 within the geographical area.
  • the list may comprise information such as e.g. a landing ID number, a landing name, the current object stock, announced quantity, forest stock, object marking, age of the object 101 , and object origin.
  • the user selects which of the landings 103 he intends to transport objects 101 from. The selection may be done by that the user taps or clicks on the selected landing 103 on a display which displays the list.
  • the selection of the landing 103 triggers transmission of transport vehicle system information to the transport management system, i.e.
  • information indicating the selected landing may be comprised in the transport vehicle system information in step 204 in figure 2.
  • Additional information associated with each landing 103 on the list may also be obtained by clicking on each entry in the list.
  • Such additional information may be for example contact information, carrier responsible for flow, carrier responsible for landing, production manager, felling team, latest announcement, status (open or closed) etc. If the user is responsible for the landing 103 then there will be additional buttons visible to him. Such additional bottoms may enable the user to for example finish or close the landing 103, as well as share the transportation order with other transport vehicles 108.
  • Step 803 Select receiving location
  • the user of the transport vehicle system may select the place of delivery of the objects 101 , i.e. select a receiving location 1 10.
  • the user may be presented with a list of available receiving locations 110.
  • information such as receiving location name, object type, current stock, announced quantity, forest stock, mark may be visible to the user. Further details such as contact information, opening hours and changes (i.e. if blocking the receiving location 1 10 for intake of new objects 101 is planned) may also be visible to the user.
  • the selected receiving location 1 10 may be part of the transport vehicle system information which is transmitted to the transport management system in step 204 in figure 2.
  • the user of the transport vehicle system may choose from a list of all receiving location 1 10, e.g. in all of Sweden. To make things easier the user of the transport vehicle system can make a list of favorites.
  • Selected receiving locations 1 10 may be added, removed or both at any time. Specification of which assortment range the transport vehicle 108 intends to transport may also be done in step 803.
  • the assortment ranges may be managed by the transport managers, i.e. the transport management system.
  • the specified assortment range may be comprised in the transport vehicle system information transmitted to the transport management system in step 204 in figure 2.
  • Step 803a Define time of arrival
  • the transport vehicle system may provide the transport
  • the management system with transport vehicle system information such as amount information, receiving arrival information and landing arrival information.
  • amount information may also be referred to as an intended quantity of objects 101 which should be transported from the landing 103.
  • Figure 10 is an example screen shot of what may be displayed to the user of the transport vehicle system.
  • the top row is for the quantity of objects 101 that the transport vehicle 108 should transport from the selected landing 103.
  • the user of the transport vehicle system may indicate the intended quantity in the box at the right hand side,
  • a time of arrival to the place of delivery i.e. the receiving location 1 10
  • the time of arrival may be entered in to the system by either providing an estimate of the time which the transport vehicle 108 will arrive or by estimating a remaining time until arrival. The times may be entered in the empty boxes on the right hand side of figure 10. If the announcement has not been performed before the objects 101 are loaded at the landing 103, this may be indicated in this step 803a. If the announcement has not been performed before the objects 101 are loaded at the landing 103, the route may start instantly and gains the status on the road.
  • the quantity and time of arrival may be comprised in the transport vehicle system information transmitted to the transport management system in step 204 in figure 2.
  • Step 803a may be seen as a substep of step 803.
  • the planning of the route which the transport vehicle 108 should travel for handling the transport of the objects 101 should start.
  • the route may be started when the driver of the transport vehicle 108 starts driving, e.g. when a change of position has been detected by the GPS or by that the driver of the transport vehicle 108 activates a "start route" button.
  • the announcement status may be visible as Preliminary.
  • the text "preliminary" may be seen in association with the particular ruote.
  • Information about the landing 103 and the receiving location 1 10 may also be accessible. Information indicating
  • Announcements such as the ones in steps 802, 803 and 803a described above may also be made without a transport order for example if the driver of the transport vehicle 108 is not associated with the receiving location 1 10. If the driver of the transport vehicle 108 is associated with the receiving location 1 10, then announcements may be made in accordance to a legitimate transportation order. An announcement may be started by choosing a receiving location 1 10. When the row with the receiving location in the list e.g. turns green when highlighted, it is an indication of that the announcement has begun.
  • the transport order may be accessible in step 804. Since the transport order is accessible through the system, i.e. electronically, the driver of the transport vehicle 108 does not have to bring any paperwork associated to the transport order when unloading at the receiving location 1 10.
  • An overview of the announcement may be displayed to the user of the transport vehicle system. The overview may show all announced arrivals at the receiving location 110. For example, a green indicator may means that there is no queue for unloading at the receiving location 1 10, yellow may means that the next announcement will cause a queue, and red means that there is a queue already.
  • step 803 may shows all receiving location 1 10 to which the transport vehicle 108 have a transportation order. There may be indications which indicates when a receiving location 1 10 is closed or when unloading trucks are on a brake. The indications are visible to the user of the transport vehicle system.
  • a detailed view of the announcement may shows every announcement made within a 3 hour and a 24 hour interval. This information may be useful to the driver of the transport vehicle 108 when deciding where to go.
  • Step 805 Display on map
  • indications may be displayed on a map (e.g. step 319 in figure 3 and step 413 in figure 4).
  • the map may always be available to the user of the transport vehicle system.
  • the map shows the location of the transport vehicle 108, the landings 103 (the landings 103 associated with the current transport order may be announced green, others may be announced blue) and also the receiving locations 1 10 to which the transport vehicle 108 have a transportation order (announced green). It may be possible to zoom in and out on the map.
  • the map may be displayed in satellite view or in map view.
  • the map may show all transport vehicles 108 that have announced with a symbol in the map. Their position may be updated e.g. once every 5 to 15 seconds provided that they are connected to the internet. An initial announcement may show as purple, and a loaded transport vehicle as red. So if the transport vehicle system have an internet connection when going to the landing 103, the user of the transport vehicle system may also see other transport vehicles 103 arriving to or departing from the landing 130 on the map.
  • Step 806 Load
  • the transport vehicle 108 When the transport vehicle 108 is at the landing 103 and have loaded the objects 101 , this may be confirmed to the transport management system by transmitting transport vehicle system information to the transport management system.
  • Figure 11 illustrates an example screen shot of a display which may be used by the user of the transport vehicle system when he is at the landing 103.
  • Any alterations to the initial announcement may be transmitted to the transport management system, e.g. the loaded quantity and time of arrival to the receiving location 1 10. This may be transmitted to the transport management system by entering the loaded quantity and arrival time in a corresponding field, as illustrated in figure 11 . It is also possible to inventory the remaining stock by entering the remaining stock into the corresponding field in figure 11 .
  • the forwarders build object stocks. They are then counted down based on the announcements.
  • the receiving locations 1 10 may not be involved in the handling of the current object stock. Since the only thing that influences the stock is the announcements by the transport vehicles 108 it is important that they correct any visible errors in the numbers. This may be extra important when the current stock falls under one truckload, even more so when it is empty. If a landing 103 has an assortment range which is larger than zero it is not possible to close the landing 103. It is possible to inventory the stock of an assortment range at the same time as the transport vehicle 108 is loading.
  • the object stock may also be referred to as a road stock, a road storage etc.
  • the user of the transport vehicle system has the authorization, e.g. it is a landing responsible, he can administrate the landing 103. This means he can:
  • Such information may be in the form of a list of all carriers connected to said transport order.
  • a transport order may be removed from a transport vehicle 108.
  • a landing 103 When a landing 103 is closed, it blocked from any incoming announcements. This might be useful if for example the road leading to the landing 103 is broken.
  • the landing 103 may be opened again when the road is up and running again.
  • a closed landing 103 may be indicated with a yellow color on the display which is visible to the user of the transport vehicle system. The yellow color may mean the landing is blocked for announcements. If the user wants to know the reason for this he can click the name of the landing 103.
  • Step 809 Unload
  • the unloaded status may be transmitted to the transport management system in the transport vehicle system information (step 204 in figure 2). If the transport vehicle 108 has several announcements, it needs to first specify which announcement to unload. In some receiving locations 1 10, the unloading trucks may also have access to the transportation order for easier planning. This also means that the unloading tracks are able to mark the transport vehicle 108 as unloaded in the system, i.e. by transmitting unloaded status to the transport management system. With this, the transport vehicle 108 may focus on making its next announcement.
  • the transport vehicle 108 may create a new announcement, i.e. start at step 802 again.
  • the method in figure 12 comprises at least some of the following steps, which steps may be performed in any suitable order than described below:
  • the transport management system may provide to its user, a list of all landings 103 that it is associated with. For each landing 103 in the list, there is information which indicates the landing name, landing number, the associated forest storage and object storage, the responsible transport number, the responsible transport company etc.
  • the transport management system may select one or more landings 103 in the list to which a transport order should be associated and assigned.
  • the transport management system may access to a list of available transport vehicles 108, and selects one or more transport vehicles to assign the transport order to.
  • the transport management system may access to a list of available transport vehicles 108, and selects one or more transport vehicles to assign the transport order to.
  • the transport management system transmits the transport order to the selected transport vehicles 108. This step may correspond to step 202 in figure 2.
  • the transport management system can manage the announcements. For example, the transport management system may create a schedule for when each transport vehicle 108 is planning to arrive at each receiving location 1 10. Such schedule may be displayed to the transport manager who uses the transport management system in e.g. a table where a red time instance indicates that the receiving location 110 is booked, a yellow time instance indicates that the receiving location 1 10 may be booked (it may preliminary booked, but not confirmed), and a green time instance indicates that the receiving location 1 10 is not booked.
  • information such as the number of announced arrivals of transport vehicles 108 at each receiving location 1 10 may be visible, the total amount of objects 101 which is planned to be delivered to the receiving location 1 10 etc.
  • the management of the announcements may be based on the transport vehicle system information which has been described in step 204 in figure 2. Step 1204
  • the transport management system may handle information associated with the receiving location. Such information may be for example contact information such as name, telephone number, email address, position etc. of a person associated with the receiving location 1 10. Such information may be editable by the transport management system.
  • the transport management system may also handle information such as opening hours of a receiving location 1 10.
  • the transport management system may handle information indicating a breakdown of the receiving location 1 10, the time of the breakdown, the duration of the breakdown, the reason for the breakdown
  • the transport management system may create transport quotas.
  • the quotas may be internally for a company, for external suppliers or for both.
  • the transport management system distributes transport assignments, i.e. transport orders.
  • the transport management system handles information related to landings 103, such as e.g. opening hours, loading capacity, contact information, closing of landings 103 (filled quotas, breakdown etc.).
  • the transport management system may create announcement for transport vehicles such as trucks, trains and boats.
  • the transport management system may be handled or operated by a transport manager.
  • the transport management system provides a powerful tool for enforcement and
  • assigning of transport orders This may be visually seen as a table or directly in a map which is visible to e.g. the transport management.
  • the map may be directly attached to the enforcement tool.
  • All transport vehicles' 108 e.g. trucks, trains, boats arrival at a receiving location 1 10 may be announced.
  • a forwarder which transports the objects 101 from the cutting
  • the location to the landing 103 may report the position of the landing 103 to the transport management system.
  • the transport vehicles 108 may obtain a prognosis of the queue situation at the receiving location 1 10.
  • the offloading truck at the receiving location 1 10 may have access to information about all incoming object loads.
  • the drivers of the transport vehicles 108 may keep track of their assigned transport orders.
  • the drivers may announce their arrival at a receiving location 1 10 with a time and amount of objects and object type.
  • the drivers of the transport vehicles 108 may be responsible for the operative stock at the roadside .
  • the drivers may close, open and finish a landing 103 using the transport vehicle system, they may distribute transport orders etc.
  • the transport system may handle everything in real time, for example landings 103, the position of the transport vehicle 108, transport orders may be assigned and recalled, closing of receiving locations 110 may directly affect the whole system and all possibilities for announcing are stopped.
  • the transport system comprising the transport management system and the transport vehicle system may be used by for example a transport manager, area responsible road carriers, truck centers, drivers of crane trucks, loaders, log trucks and offloading trucks, Wood Measuring Organization (WMO) personell, wood yard responsible personell etc.
  • WMO Wood Measuring Organization
  • the embodiments herein improve the control of transport of wood based objects 101 and increase the efficiency at the receiving locations 1 10. Furthermore, the embodiments herein increases the efficiency in the transport chain by making all operative information in the transport chain visible to all involved parties in real time.
  • the embodiments herein are not any time booking system. However it is possible to announce the arrival of a transport vehicle 108 at a receiving location 103 at any time, presumed that the receiving location 103 is open.
  • the transport management system and the transport vehicle system may be adapted to be connected to an object yard system.
  • the object yard system may also be referred to as a wood yard system, timber yard system or timber management system.
  • the object yard system is a system for improving the logistics of a objectyard, e.g. a timber yard.
  • the object yard system is adapted to keep track of what objects 101 is stored where and, in this way, facilitates accurate and efficient management.
  • the object yard system manages data from offloading trucks, saw benches, sorting etc.
  • the embodiments herein is a prerequisite for a demand based supply chain of high quality for the forest industry.
  • the supply of wood based objects 101 to a large consumer e.g. the industry
  • the supply of wood based objects 101 to a large consumer is special in the fact that it is not possible to handle single logs as a unit. This can be compared with parcels where one always has one unit and one identity.
  • the driver of the transport vehicle 108 is supported with information for his planning in the transport of the objects 101. In other words, giving the driver a visual support.

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