Freight transport logistics performance modeling software system and process
First Claim
1. A process for creating an interactive, visual, user-defined freight transport supply model, said process comprising:
- establishing a freight logistics chain by logistically initializing both a seaport node and a hinterland node on a canvas;
subdividing said freight logistics chain with a logistically initialized transport transition node on said canvas into a freight logistics subchain;
interconnecting at least two of said logistically initialized nodes with a logistically initialized transportation link representing a single transport pathway; and
calculating a freight transport performance value between at least two of said nodes based on all of said logistical initializations between said at least two nodes.
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Abstract
A freight logistics efficiency modeling software embodied in a system and a process for implementing the software. The software interface allows an interactive, visual, user-defined freight transport supply model to be created at the instructions of the user. The model includes a seaport node, hinterland nodes, transportation links that represent transport pathways between nodes, and transportation transition nodes to represent discrete alterations of transport performance along transport pathways. The present invention allows a user to model logistics chain from a low level of abstraction, and to create highly effective theoretical alterations of existing models to examine proposed changes to an existing logistics chain. The use of existing standards allows completion of a model lacking complete data values, and further allows comparison of existing logistics chains to benchmark logistic chain performance and normal logistic chain performance.
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17 Claims
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1. A process for creating an interactive, visual, user-defined freight transport supply model, said process comprising:
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establishing a freight logistics chain by logistically initializing both a seaport node and a hinterland node on a canvas; subdividing said freight logistics chain with a logistically initialized transport transition node on said canvas into a freight logistics subchain; interconnecting at least two of said logistically initialized nodes with a logistically initialized transportation link representing a single transport pathway; and calculating a freight transport performance value between at least two of said nodes based on all of said logistical initializations between said at least two nodes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. Freight logistics transport modeling software system comprising:
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a canvas; a seaport node logistics initializer for accepting data values related to freight transport performance and displaying a seaport node on said canvas; a hinterland node logistics initializer for accepting data values related to freight transport performance and displaying a hinterland node on said canvas; a transportation link logistics initializer for accepting data related to a freight transport transit time and a freight transport price, and displaying a transportation link corresponding to a single transport pathway between two nodes on said canvas; a transport transition node logistics initializer for altering data related to said freight transport transit time and said freight transport price; and
displaying a transportation transition node in an adjustable location on said canvas;a standards database with multiple levels of standards data corresponding to freight transport proficiency and adapted to be accessed by at least one of said initializers; and a freight logistics efficiency calculator adapted to formulate a freight transport performance value between at least two of said nodes based on all of said logistical initializations between said at least two nodes. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A geographic information systems aided process for creating an interactive, visual, user-defined freight transport supply model, said process comprising:
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displaying a representation of a seaport, said seaport representation adapted to create a seaport node and a representation of a hinterland destination, said hinterland representation adapted to create a hinterland node; retrieving geographic coordinate data related to a location of said seaport and said hinterland destination; portraying on a canvas a spatially accurate model of said seaport node and said hinterland node; logistically initializing said seaport node and said hinterland node with data values related to freight transport performance; and interconnecting at least two of said logistically initialized nodes with a logistically initialized transportation link representing a single transport pathway. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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