LOGISTICS AND MANIFEST MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20120053975A1
• Filed: 08/24/2011
• Published: 03/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cecil E. Lohn Jr
• Original Assignee: Cecil E. Lohn Jr
• Inventors: Lohn, Cecil E. Jr.
• Application Number:
  US13/216,792
• Publication Number:
  US 20120053975A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.12
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0875 Itemisation or classification of parts, supplies or services, e.g. bill of materials
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/08 Construction

Abstract

A logistics management system and method for organizing and managing the operations of an oil rig or other offshore location. The logistics management system can organize and track boat and helicopter manifests, inventory for onshore and offshore locations, floating stock, and bulk materials. Additionally, the logistics management system can create lists of contact information for personnel, personnel on board particular offshore locations and particular helicopters or boats, items to be transferred from one location to another, operations schedules and timelines, and rental information.

Claims

1. A method for logistics management, comprising:

managing and tracking locations;

managing and tracking vehicles;

managing and tracking bulk materials;

managing and tracking materials and equipment;

managing boat manifests;

managing service company manifests;

managing and tracking rental equipment;

managing operations look-ahead timelines;

managing callout lists;

managing planning files;

managing contact lists;

managing helicopters;

managing boat daily activity reports; and

managing personnel information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein managing and tracking locations further comprises:

registering a location in a database;

entering data pertaining to the location in the database; and

monitoring the activity of each registered location.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein managing and tracking vehicles further comprises:

registering a vehicle in a database;

entering data pertaining to the vehicle in the database; and

tracking the location and activity of each registered vehicle.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein managing bulk materials further comprises:

displaying inventory lists of bulk materials;

accepting and converting between units of mass and volume based on an input of a density of a particular bulk material;

tracking incoming and outgoing quantities of bulk materials; and

calculating and tracking transfer losses of bulk materials.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein managing boat manifests further comprises:

creating a manifest for a vessel, wherein the manifest comprises one or more of location details, transportation details and inventory lists;

selecting materials or personnel for transfer to a desired location;

setting the status of the selected materials or personnel as in-queue for the desired location;

displaying the in-queue materials or personnel on manifests of all vessels departing to the desired location;

adding the in-queue materials or personnel to a boat manifest of a vessel departing to the desired location;

finalizing the boat manifest;

removing materials or personnel from the boat manifest upon the vessel'"'"'s arrival to an inventory of the desired location.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein managing materials and equipment further comprises:

tracking and managing warehouse inventories for onshore locations;

tracking and managing warehouse inventories for offshore location; and

tracking and managing floating stock inventories for vessels.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein managing load-out data further comprises:

creating a loadout list having designated items to be sent from a location to a desired destination;

displaying the designated items on manifests of all vessels departing to the desired destination from the location;

selecting desired designated items for shipment on a desired vessel; and

adding the selected items to the desired vessel'"'"'s manifest.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein managing service company manifests further comprises:

creating data lists that describe the items to be sent by a service company;

creating data lists that describe items that are in queue to be sent by a service company; and

creating data lists that describe items that are in transit from a service company.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein managing rental equipment further comprises:

designating rental status to certain items;

designating a rental rate for each item;

tracking the status of rental items; and

managing billing for the rental items.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein managing operations look-ahead timelines further comprises:

creating a schedule of future expected operations;

creating a timeline of the expected durations of the future expected operations; and

cross-referencing the future expected operations schedule and the expected durations timeline with actual departure and arrival dates of personnel and equipment.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein managing call-out lists further comprises:

designating items as requested to be sent to a desired location and delivered by a certain date;

displaying the designated items on a list;

marking items on the list that have been loaded for shipment to the desired location; and

removing marked items from the list that have been delivered to the desired location.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein managing planning files further comprises:

uploading documents related to the planning and performing of onshore and offshore operations;

storing the documents in an internet-accessible database;

displaying the documents; and

editing the documents when changes are necessary.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein managing contact lists further comprises:

creating a database containing personal and contact information for all personnel assigned to a particular location, vehicle, or operation;

editing the information when changes are necessary; and

displaying the information.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein managing helicopters further comprises:

registering a flight for a desired helicopter;

entering applicable flight data for the flight;

determining a point of departure, a destination, and intermediate stops for the flight;

adding desired personnel to a flight manifest for the desired helicopter;

adding desired inventory items to a flight manifest for the desired helicopter;

tracking the locations of the personnel and the inventory items;

determining the number of flights necessary to transport all necessary personnel and inventory items to a particular location; and

logging, organizing, and displaying flight hours for each created flight.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein managing personnel information further comprises:

creating lists of all personnel located at a particular offshore location;

transferring personnel data to a helicopter or boat manifest from a particular offshore location when personnel travel to a different location;

transferring personnel data from a helicopter or boat manifest to a particular offshore location when personnel arrive at a different location;

tracking the location of personnel;

checking the records to determine when certain personnel will arrive at a particular location in the future; and

checking the records to determine when certain personnel arrived or departed a particular location in the past.

16. A logistics management system, comprising:

a location and vehicle management capability;

a bulk materials management capability;

a boat manifest management capability;

a materials management capability;

a load-out list management capability;

a service-company manifest management capability;

a rental equipment management capability;

an operations look-ahead timeline management capability;

a call-out list management capability;

a planning files management capability;

a contact lists management capability;

a helicopter management capability;

a boat daily activity report capability; and

a personnel management capability.

17. The system of claim 16, further comprising a plurality of accounts that can be registered under a plurality of operating companies, countries, and divisions.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the system can be accessed by various classes of users and super-users.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the system can be accessed via an interne connection.

20. The system of claim 16, further comprising a plurality of permissions pages comprising:

separation of different user classes;

permissions for access to oil rig location data;

permissions for access to onshore location data;

permissions for access to boat daily activity reports; and

permissions for access to offshore location data.

21. The system of claim 16, wherein the location and vehicle management capability further comprises:

means for registering locations and vehicles in a database;

means for entering data pertaining to the locations and vehicles;

means for monitoring the activity of the locations; and

means for monitoring the location and activity of the vehicles.

22. The system of claim 16, wherein the bulk materials management capability further comprises:

means for displaying inventory lists of bulk materials;

means for converting between units of mass and volume for the bulk materials based on the density of the bulk materials;

means for tracking incoming and outgoing quantities of bulk materials; and

means for calculating and tracking transfer losses of bulk materials.

23. The system of claim 16, wherein the boat manifest management capability further comprises:

means for creating a manifest for a vessel;

means for selecting materials or personnel for transfer to a desired location;

means for setting the status of the selected materials or personnel as in-queue for the desired location;

means for adding the in-queue materials or personnel to a boat manifest of a vessel departing to the desired location;

means for removing materials or personnel from the boat manifest upon the vessel'"'"'s arrival to the desired location and transferring the materials or personnel to the personnel-on-board list and inventory list of the desired location.

24. The system of claim 16, wherein the materials management capability further comprises:

means for tracking and managing warehouse inventories for onshore locations;

means for tracking and managing warehouse inventories for offshore location; and

means for tracking and managing floating stock inventories for vessels.

25. The system of claim 16, wherein the load-out list management capability further comprises:

means for designating items to be sent from a location to a desired destination;

means for displaying the designated items on manifests of all vessels departing to the desired destination from the location;

means for selecting desired designated items for shipment on a desired vessel; and

means for adding the selected items to the desired vessel'"'"'s manifest.

26. The system of claim 16, wherein the service-company manifest management capability further comprises:

means for creating data lists that describe the items to be sent by a service company;

means for creating data lists that describe items that are in queue to be sent by a service company; and

means for creating data lists that describe items that are in transit from a service company.

27. The system of claim 16, wherein the rental equipment management capability further comprises:

means for designating rental status to certain items;

means for designating a rental rate for each item;

means for tracking the status of rental items;

means for tracking the movement history of rental items; and

means for managing billing for the rental items.

28. The system of claim 16, wherein the operations look-ahead timeline management capability further comprises:

means for creating a schedule of future expected operations;

means for creating a timeline of the expected durations of the future expected operations; and

means for cross-referencing the future expected operations schedule and the expected durations timeline with actual arrival and departure dates of personnel and equipment.

29. The system of claim 16, wherein the call-out list management capability further comprises:

means for designating items as requested to be sent to a desired location and delivered by a certain date;

means for displaying the designated items on a list;

means for marking items on the list that have been loaded for shipment to the desired location; and

means for removing marked items from the list that have been delivered to the desired location.

30. The system of claim 16, wherein the planning files management capability further comprises:

means for uploading documents related to the planning and performing of onshore and offshore operations;

means for storing the documents in a database;

means for displaying the documents; and

means for editing the documents when changes are necessary.

31. The system of claim 16, wherein the contact lists management capability further comprises:

means for creating a database containing personal and contact information for all personnel assigned to a particular location, vehicle, or operation; and

means for editing the information when changes are necessary.

32. The system of claim 16, wherein the helicopter management capability further comprises:

means for registering a flight for a desired helicopter;

means for entering applicable flight data for the flight;

means for determining a point of departure, a destination, and intermediate stops for the flight;

means for adding desired personnel to a flight manifest for the desired helicopter;

means for adding desired inventory items to a flight manifest for the desired helicopter;

means for tracking the locations of the personnel and the inventory items;

means for determining the number of flights necessary to transport all necessary personnel and inventory items to a particular location; and

means for logging, organizing, and displaying flight hours for each created flight.

33. The system of claim 16, wherein the personnel management capability further comprises:

means for creating lists of all personnel located at a particular offshore location;

means for transferring personnel data to a helicopter or boat manifest from a particular offshore location when personnel travel to a different location;

means for transferring personnel data from a helicopter or boat manifest to a particular offshore location when personnel arrive at a different location;

means for tracking the location of personnel;

means for checking the records to determine when certain personnel will arrive at a particular location in the future; and

means for checking the records to determine when certain personnel arrived or departed a particular location in the past.