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Method for consigning ordered commodities

  • US 20020128927A1
  • Filed: 02/21/2002
  • Published: 09/12/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for the dispatch of ordered articles, in which different articles are ordered from a mail-order firm or one or more online suppliers (2), and the relevant order data and customer details, such as name, address, are saved in a database (4), characterized by the steps:

  • transferring or forwarding the order data from the customer (1) in question to the relevant manufacturers/suppliers (5) of the requested articles, notifying the dispatch center (3) of a common dispatch service of the earliest possible outward delivery time tOutM for each of the manufacturers/suppliers (5), and saving this under the respective article no. in the database (4) at the dispatch service, determining the latest of the earliest possible arrival times of the articles at the dispatch center tArrD, each arrival time being calculated by adding the respective transport time tTransMD to the earliest possible outward delivery time tOutM, the dispatch service notifying each manufacturer/supplier (5) for the order concerned of the outward delivery time to be achieved, which is obtained from the latest of the earliest possible arrival times at the dispatch center tArrD minus the respective transport time from the manufacturer/supplier (5) to the dispatch center (3), the manufacturers/suppliers (5) sending out the ordered articles to the dispatch center (3) at the notified times, and the articles being forwarded jointly to the customer (1).

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