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Transportation arrangement system and transportation arrangement apparatus

  • US 20010047237A1
  • Filed: 01/14/2000
  • Published: 11/29/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/15/1998
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A transportation arrangement system for operating a plurality of vehicles in accordance with transportation orders of various types of cargoes, from a plurality of shippers including a plurality of physical distribution centers for loading and unloading the various types of cargoes and a plurality of transportation bases for transporting the various types of cargoes between the plurality of physical distribution centers by the plurality of vehicles, wherein a transportation arrangement center operates the plurality of shippers and both the plurality of physical distribution centers and the plurality of transportation bases, for drawing up operations plans for the plurality of vehicles, the transportation arrangement center is provided with:

  • a master data managing means for managing at least cargo item data relating to groups of the various types of cargoes, physical distribution center data relating to the plurality of physical distribution centers, and vehicle and garage data relating to the plurality of vehicles managed by the plurality of transportation bases and the garages from which these vehicles operate and a route making means for making routes for the plurality of vehicles in accordance with the transportation orders from the plurality of shippers based on at least the cargo item data, physical distribution center data, and vehicle and garage data which are in the master data managing means, the route making means is operative to make routes minimizing the total number of vehicles dispatched.

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