Networked route scheduling
First Claim
1. A method for routing delivery of chemical products to chemical usage facilities, the method comprising:
- determining usage of a first chemical product at a first chemical usage facility during a plurality of specified periods in time;
predicting an estimated time of exhaustion of the first chemical product based on usage determined for each of the plurality of specified periods in time; and
scheduling delivery of the first chemical product to the first chemical usage facility based on a predetermined time for replenishment respective to the estimated time of exhaustion of the first chemical product.
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Abstract
A method and system for routing a delivery vehicle to a chemical usage facility is disclosed. The chemical usage facility includes one or more chemical dispense systems that dispense one or more chemical product. The quantity of each chemical product remaining is measured and communicated to a central management facility. The central management facility analyzes a trend in product usage to predict when the product quantity will reach a threshold depletion point. The chemical usage facility is scheduled on the route according to the predicted time associated with the threshold depletion point.
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67 Claims
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1. A method for routing delivery of chemical products to chemical usage facilities, the method comprising:
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determining usage of a first chemical product at a first chemical usage facility during a plurality of specified periods in time;
predicting an estimated time of exhaustion of the first chemical product based on usage determined for each of the plurality of specified periods in time; and
scheduling delivery of the first chemical product to the first chemical usage facility based on a predetermined time for replenishment respective to the estimated time of exhaustion of the first chemical product. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system for routing delivery of chemical products to chemical usage facilities, the system comprising:
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a chemical usage facility having one or more chemical dispense systems, each chemical dispense system dispensing a chemical product and having a monitor for obtaining measurement data corresponding to a dispensed quantity of the chemical product;
a central management facility in operable communication with the chemical usage facility, the central management facility having a server computer receiving transmissions of measurement data from the chemical usage facility, analyzing the measurement data to determine a time for replenishing the chemical product at the chemical usage facility and adjusting a delivery schedule for a chemical delivery route based on the determined time; and
a delivery vehicle communicatively connected to the central management facility, receiving the adjusted delivery schedule from the central management facility and delivering the chemical product to the chemical usage facility according to the adjusted delivery schedule. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A computer program product readable by a computing system and encoding a computer program for executing a computer process for routing delivery of chemical products to chemical usage facilities, the computer process comprising:
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determining usage of a first chemical product at a first chemical usage facility during a plurality of specified periods in time;
predicting an estimated time of exhaustion of the first chemical product based on usage determined for each of the plurality of specified periods in time; and
scheduling delivery of the first chemical product to the first chemical usage facility based on a predetermined time for replenishment respective to the estimated time of exhaustion of the first chemical product. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67)
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