MANAGING TRAILERS AND SHIPMENTS
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1. An apparatus for providing shipping and trailer management over a network, comprising:
- at least one processor operable to execute computer program instructions; and
at least one memory operable to store computer program instructions executable by said at least one processor, for performing;
receiving trailer visit data from a plurality of trailer visit sources and storing said received trailer visit data;
receiving shipment data from a plurality of shipment data sources and storing said received shipment data, wherein said shipment data comprises least common denominator data of a least common denominator model, said least common denominator data comprising informational data that are in the same format across a plurality of trailer visit sites;
extracting data from said stored trailer visit data and extracting data from said stored shipment data to process said extracted data to form monitoring and analysis data;
generating a data map of trailer states to shipping states based on the least common denominator model using said stored trailer visit data, said stored shipment data, and local trailer visit data, by translating a trailer state to a shipping state;
providing one or more interfaces to enter new or modify existing trailer visit data associated with particular trailer visits at a local yard;
providing one or more interfaces to enter new or modify existing shipment data at a local yard and across the network; and
providing one or more interfaces to allow monitoring and analyzing any of said analysis data, stored trailer visit data, and stored shipment data.
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Abstract
A shipping management system manages trailers and shipments across supply chains, provides universal dashboards for shipment and trailer management and for monitoring meaningful statistics, and provides universal analysis and optimization techniques for shipment and trailer visit management and for analyzing and optimizing meaningful statistics.
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1. An apparatus for providing shipping and trailer management over a network, comprising:
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at least one processor operable to execute computer program instructions; and at least one memory operable to store computer program instructions executable by said at least one processor, for performing; receiving trailer visit data from a plurality of trailer visit sources and storing said received trailer visit data; receiving shipment data from a plurality of shipment data sources and storing said received shipment data, wherein said shipment data comprises least common denominator data of a least common denominator model, said least common denominator data comprising informational data that are in the same format across a plurality of trailer visit sites; extracting data from said stored trailer visit data and extracting data from said stored shipment data to process said extracted data to form monitoring and analysis data; generating a data map of trailer states to shipping states based on the least common denominator model using said stored trailer visit data, said stored shipment data, and local trailer visit data, by translating a trailer state to a shipping state; providing one or more interfaces to enter new or modify existing trailer visit data associated with particular trailer visits at a local yard; providing one or more interfaces to enter new or modify existing shipment data at a local yard and across the network; and providing one or more interfaces to allow monitoring and analyzing any of said analysis data, stored trailer visit data, and stored shipment data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-implemented method for providing shipping and trailer management over a network, comprising:
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receiving trailer visit data from a plurality of trailer visit sources and storing said received trailer visit data; receiving shipment data from a plurality of shipment data sources and storing said received shipment data, wherein said shipment data comprises least common denominator data of a least common denominator model, said least common denominator data comprising informational data that are in the same format across a plurality of trailer visit sites; extracting data from said stored trailer visit data and extracting data from said stored shipment data to process said extracted data to form monitoring and analysis data; generating a data map of trailer states to shipping states based on the least common denominator model, using said stored trailer visit data, said stored shipment data, and local trailer visit data, by translating a trailer state to a shipping state; providing one or more interfaces to enter new or modify existing trailer visit data associated with particular trailer visits at a local yard; providing one or more interfaces to enter new or modify existing shipment data at a local yard, or across the network; and providing one or more interfaces to allow monitoring and analyzing any of said analysis data, stored trailer visit data, and stored shipment data. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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