CN1469285A - A logistics control system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

A logistics management and control system includes a database, which stores freight data and freight route data; a website server, which includes a freight route library that stores models of various freight routes, and a transport carrier model library that stores models of simulated cargo transport tools. The carrier model, a freight route generator invokes the freight route model to generate multiple freight routes for each base, and a dynamic carrier model generator displays multiple carrier models and makes the carrier model move dynamically along the freight route, accessing the website server can generate A dynamic map of freight routes, click on the freight route to obtain the in-transit freight data of the route, and click on the carrier model in it to obtain the freight data of the simulated freight transport means. The logistics control method is implemented through the aforementioned logistics control system. The present invention can manage and control the purchasing logistics and shipping logistics of the enterprise in a graphical (freight route dynamic diagram) manner.

Description

A logistics control system and method

【Field of Invention】

The present invention relates to a logistics management and control system and method, in particular to a logistics management and control system and method for controlling the purchasing logistics and shipping logistics of an enterprise through a graphical interface (dynamic freight route diagram).

[Background of the invention]

Since the 1990s, due to the continuous advancement of science and technology and the continuous development of the economy, global information networks and global markets have gradually formed, technological changes have accelerated, and market competition has become increasingly fierce. How do companies manage and control their information flow, cash flow and Logistics is the basis for reducing costs and improving economic benefits. According to relevant data, the logistics cost accounts for about 10% of the gross national product (GrossNational Product) in European and American economically developed countries, while in mainland China, the logistics cost accounts for about 15% of the gross national product, and the logistics cost accounts for 40% of the production cost. %, so the role of logistics management in the operation of enterprises has attracted more and more attention from the decision-makers of enterprises, and the research on logistics management has been more active in recent years. Today's logistics is not simply the delivery of goods from producers to consumers, but includes the procurement of raw materials by producers from suppliers, as well as the transportation, storage and information exchange of producers themselves in the process of product manufacturing. However, how to obtain relevant logistics information in a timely and accurate manner, such as freight information and material information in transit, is critical in logistics management. With the development of information technology such as relational database technology, network technology and communication technology, it is easier for relevant personnel to obtain timely and accurate information Logistics information. The current technology and method of obtaining logistics information is to store relevant logistics information in a database, and then obtain relevant logistics information reports through keyword query. For example, U.S. Patent No. 6,148,291 announced on November 14, 2000, its patent name is "Container and Inventory Monitoring Methods and System (Container and Inventory Monitoring Methods and System)", and U.S. No. 5,631,827 announced on May 20, 1997 Patent No. 1, whose patent title is "Logistics System for Automating Transportation of Goods" uses the aforementioned method to obtain relevant logistics information. The disadvantage of the aforementioned method of using keywords to query and obtain relevant logistics information is that the relevant personnel who need to obtain the freight information of a certain freight route of the enterprise must know the identifier of the freight route, such as the name of the freight route, rather than specialized logistics management. Personnel such as managers of the production department and business leaders cannot quickly and timely obtain the freight information of the freight route because they do not know the identifier of the freight route of the storage location. In addition, using keyword query technology, the obtained logistics freight information lacks intuition.

【Content of invention】

Aiming at the deficiencies in the above-mentioned systems and methods, a logistics control system and method are provided. The logistics control system and method provide a graphical freight route dynamic map, through which the freight route dynamic map can accurately and quickly obtain different bases of the enterprise ( The freight information of each freight route of Site) is really necessary.

The logistics management and control system of the present invention includes a database server and a website server, wherein the database server includes a database, and the database server is connected to a plurality of external systems through a network, receives purchasing data, shipping data and shipping data, and generates a shipping data through integration processing information and freight route information, and store such information in the database. The website server includes: a freight route library, which stores the models of each freight route predefined according to the freight route data, and the model includes the value of the location passed by the freight route and the direction of the freight route; a transport carrier model library, which is used to store simulated goods The cargo transport vehicle model of the transportation means; a freight route generator, which can call the freight route model in the freight route library, and generate the freight route dynamic diagram of each base; a dynamic carrier model generator, which can call the cargo in the transport carrier model library The vehicle model displays multiple carrier models in the freight route dynamic diagram, and makes the cargo transport model dynamically move along the freight route. Log in to the website server, and you can get a graphical user interface (Graphic User Interface; GUI) that includes a dynamic map of freight routes at different sites (Sites) of the enterprise. The dynamic map of freight routes includes: a map for marking the geographical location; multiple freight routes, each freight route is used to simulate the freight route of the goods from the selected base to other bases, click on the freight route to obtain the in-transit freight data of the freight route stored in the database; multiple carrier models, Cargo transportation means used to simulate each freight route. Each carrier model can move along the freight route. When the freight type of the freight route is sea freight, the carrier model on the freight route is a freighter, and the carrier model is dynamic along the freight route. Stop moving when moving to the location of the current date. The calculation formula of the current location is: current location = ((current date-shipping time)/(estimated arrival date-shipping date))×length of freight route, the freight of the freight route When the type is air freight, the carrier model on the freight route is an airplane, and the carrier model stops moving when it dynamically moves along the freight route to a position in the middle of the freight route. The number of carrier models on each freight route indicates the current date of the freight The quantity of the in-transit cargo transportation means of the route, click on the carrier model to obtain the freight data of the cargo transportation means simulated by the carrier model stored in the database.

The present invention also provides a logistics control method, which includes the following steps: (a) providing a database server, which includes a database, storing freight data and freight route data in the database; (b) providing a website server, the website server It includes a freight route library, a transport carrier model library, a freight route generator and a dynamic carrier model generator; (c) the operator logs in to the website server through a browser and enters the dynamic management page of the freight route; (d) the browser according to The operator clicks on the base list on the route dynamic management page and selects the base to be displayed and the logistics mode to generate an address parameter and a logistics mode parameter, and transmits these parameters to the website server; (e) the website server starts the freight route generator The freight route generator uses the aforementioned address parameters and logistics mode parameters as query conditions to query the freight route database of the website server, generates a freight route map including the aforementioned bases and logistics methods, and displays the freight route map on the browser. The freight route map includes a map and a plurality of freight routes, wherein the map is used to indicate the geographical location of each stronghold, and each freight route is used to simulate the freight route of the goods from the selected stronghold to other strongholds; (f) the website server Generate a query message, and send the query message to the database server, the database server uses the query message as the query condition to query the shipping data of the database, and obtain the corresponding shipping data; (g) the dynamic carrier model generator of the website server according to the steps ( f) The obtained freight information calls the carrier model in the carrier model library, and displays the carrier model in the freight route map. The carrier model moves dynamically along the corresponding freight route. When the freight type of the freight route is sea freight, the The carrier model is a freighter, and the carrier model stops when it dynamically moves along the freight route to the position on the current date. The calculation formula for the current position is: current position = ((current date-shipping time)/(estimated arrival date- Shipment date)) × length of the freight route, when the freight type of the freight route is air transport, the carrier model on the freight route is an airplane, and the carrier model stops moving when it dynamically moves to a position halfway along the freight route; (h) Click on a freight route to obtain the freight information of the route, and click on the carrier model to obtain the freight information corresponding to the carrier model.

The present invention can accurately and intuitively obtain the freight information of various freight routes of purchasing logistics and shipping logistics at different sites (Sites) of the enterprise through the dynamic map of freight routes.

【Description of drawings】

Fig. 1 is a hardware architecture diagram of the logistics management and control system of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a functional structural diagram of the website server of the logistics management and control system and method of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of the initial page of the logistics management and control system and method of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of the logistics dynamic management and control page of the logistics management and control system of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a data flow diagram for generating a dynamic freight route diagram of the logistics management and control system of the present invention.

【Example Description】

Referring to Fig. 1, it is a hardware architecture diagram of the logistics management and control system of the present invention. The logistics management and control system of the present invention is an application system of B/S (Browser/Server) framework, and the logistics management and control system is composed of a database server 1, a website server 2 and a plurality of external systems. The database server 1 is connected to multiple external systems through the network 3, and receives data related to the logistics control system of the present invention from different external systems. In the present invention, the external systems may include the enterprise's internal procurement management system 4, shipment management system 5, multiple freight forwarder systems 6, and multiple supplier supplier systems 7. The database server 1 can receive enterprise procurement data from the procurement management system 4 , enterprise shipment data from the shipment management system 5 , supplier shipment data from the supplier system 7 , and shipment data from the shipper system 6 . The database server 1 obtains the data, and integrates the data to generate freight data, basic data of freight routes, and site material status data. In addition, the database server 1 includes a database 10, which is used to store the above-mentioned freight data, basic data of freight routes, and material status data of bases. Among them, the freight data is the freight data describing the transfer of goods between the various bases of the enterprise, the shipment of the enterprise to each customer, and the raw materials provided by the supplier to the enterprise, including the origin, destination, freight route number, flight number, cargo Information such as name, quantity, date of shipment, expected arrival date, customer name, supplier name, and name of freight forwarder; the basic data of the freight route is used to describe the basic data of the freight route of the goods at each base of the enterprise. The basic data of the freight route Including the freight route name, freight route number, origin, destination, freight type, and transit point; the material status data of the base describes the inventory data of the important materials of the enterprise at each base, and the material status data of the base includes the name of the base, the goods Name, item number, quantity and other information.

Web server 2 provides logistics management and control application for the user of enterprise, and user can visit the World Wide Web (WWW) website where this web server 2 is located by Internet Explorer browser 8 of Microsoft Corporation, or the Navigator browser 8 of Netscape Corporation, can obtain each stronghold of enterprise The dynamic freight route map, freight data and material status data of strongholds. The website server 2 is connected with the database server 1 through the internal network 11, and sends a corresponding query request to the database server 1 according to the operation request transmitted by the operator through the browser 8, and the database server 1 queries the database 10 according to the received query request, and The query result is sent to the web server 2, and the web server 2 displays the query result on the browser 8 in the form of a web page.

Referring to FIG. 2 , it is a functional structural diagram of the website server of the logistics management and control system and method of the present invention. In the present invention, the website server 2 includes functional modules such as a freight route library 20, a transport carrier model library 22, a freight route generator 24, a dynamic carrier model generator 26, an authority control device 28, and a basic data maintenance operation module 29. Among them, the freight route library 20 is a freight route model that predefines the actual freight route of the simulated enterprise according to the freight route data. Determine the model of each freight route from Shenzhen to the United States. When adding new freight route data, you can add a new freight route model through the maintenance of the freight route library. Similarly, when reducing a freight route data, you can add the new freight route model Delete the freight route model corresponding to each freight route data. The transport carrier model library 22 is to pre-define the model of the cargo transport means. In this embodiment, two types of freight are provided: sea freight and air freight, and the model of the sea freight transport means freighter and the model of the air freight means of aircraft can be defined in advance. Freight route generator 24, it calls the relevant freight route model stored in the freight route storehouse 20 according to the site parameters and logistics mode parameters provided by the website server 2, and generates the freight route map of each base (detailed process is shown in Fig. 5 ). The dynamic carrier model generator 26 can call the carrier model in the transport carrier model library 22 to make the carrier model move along the corresponding freight route (see FIG. 5 for the detailed flow). In the logistics management and control system and method of the present invention, different users have different operation rights such as freight route maintenance operations, basic data maintenance operations, and query of dynamic route maps. The authority management and control device 28 is used to control the authority of different users to access the website server 2, In order to ensure the confidentiality and security of relevant information. The basic data maintenance module 29 is used to maintain the basic data involved in the system, and the maintenance operation includes defining, establishing, modifying, adding, deleting and querying the basic data. These basic data are stored in the database 10, and the basic data include basic data of suppliers, basic data of customers, basic data of freight routes, basic data of bases and basic data of goods, etc.

Refer to FIG. 3 , which is a schematic diagram of the initial page of the logistics control system and method of the present invention. When the user logs in the World Wide Web (WWW) website where the website server 2 is located through the network 3 through the browser 8, the browser 8 displays an initial page 80. The initial page 8 includes a freight route database maintenance operation option 82 , a basic data maintenance operation option 84 and a dynamic route map option 86 . Among them, when the user clicks on the freight route maintenance operation option 82, the user can perform maintenance operations on the freight route library 20 according to the freight route data. When adding a freight route data, the freight route model corresponding to the freight route data needs to be added. When deleting When a freight route data needs to be deleted, the freight route model corresponding to the freight route data needs to be deleted, and when a freight route data is changed, the freight route model corresponding to the freight route data needs to be changed; when the user clicks the basic data maintenance operation option 84, the browser 8 shows the graphical user interface (Graphic User Interface) (not shown) of the basic data maintenance operation module 29 of the website server 2, the user can carry out the basic data maintenance operation through this graphical user interface; when the user clicks the dynamic road map option 86 , the browser 8 displays a graphical user interface of a dynamic map of freight routes.

Refer to FIG. 4 , which is a schematic diagram of the logistics dynamic management and control page of the logistics management and control system and method of the present invention. In this system, the freight route dynamic management page 860 is composed of the global base tree table 862 of the enterprise, the freight data list 864 and the freight route dynamic map 866 . Wherein the stronghold tree table 862 is a route list component (DirectList Object), which is used to display the global strongholds of the enterprise, and the global strongholds are displayed in tree form according to continent names, countries, locations and logistics methods. For example, enterprises have established bases in mainland China, Taiwan, Japan and other countries and regions in Asia, and have bases in places such as Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Beijing in mainland China. The logistics methods of each base are divided into procurement logistics and shipping logistics. . The freight data list 864 is used to display the in-transit freight data of the selected route. The freight list 864 includes flight number, container (Container) number, cargo material number, quantity, shipment date, estimated arrival date, starting point, and freight type , freight forwarder and freight route name and other information. The freight route dynamic diagram 866 is a graphical simulation display of all the freight routes and the freight conditions of each of the aforementioned freight routes for the bases and logistics methods selected by the user (in the embodiment, the shipment logistics in Shenzhen is described as an example) And the material status data of each base in each freight route. In the present invention, each logistics mode of each base has multiple freight routes, but for ease of discussion, in the embodiment, only one of the sea freight routes and one air freight route between the Shenzhen base and the US base is shown, and The freight route from Shenzhen to other bases or other freight routes from Shenzhen to the US base is the same as the above. Freight route dynamic map 866 includes a map 8660, a plurality of strongholds 8662 (such as starting Shenzhen, destination U.S.), a plurality of freight routes 8664 (such as sea route 8664A and air route 8664B) and a plurality of carrier models 8666 (carrier model 8666 includes an air carrier model (airplane) 8666 and a sea carrier model (freighter) 8666). Among them, the map 8660 is used to indicate the geographic location of different strongholds 8662; each freight route 8664 is composed of a plurality of road signs 8665, and the road signs 8665 are marked with the direction of the freight route 8664, and the road signs 8665 are a hyperlink (hyperlink) mark at the same time. When the road sign 8665 is clicked, the freight information list 864 displays the in-transit freight information of the freight route 8664 where the road sign 8665 is located. The number of carrier models 8666 on the freight route 8664 indicates that there are such quantity of in-transit cargo transportation vehicles on the current date on the freight route. When the carrier model 8666 is a freighter, the carrier model (freighter) 8666 is displayed in the freight route dynamic diagram in the order of shipment time 866, and move dynamically along the cargo route 8664A where it is located. When the carrier model (freighter) 8666 stops, its location is the current date estimated location of the carrier model 8666; when the carrier model 8666 is an airplane, the carrier model ( The aircraft) 8666 dynamically moves along the freight route 8664B where it is located, and stops at the middle of the freight route. The number of carrier models (aircraft) 8666 appearing in each freight route 8664B indicates that the aforementioned freight route 8664B has this number of aircraft shipments on the current date. When the mouse moves on the carrier model 8666, the website server 2 queries the database 10 with the flight number of the carrier model 8666 as a query parameter, obtains the basic information of the carrier model 8666, and displays the aforementioned carrier model 8666 in the freight route dynamic map 866 The basic information of the carrier model 8666 includes information such as flight number, freight forwarder, freight route number, and estimated arrival date. When the carrier model 8666 is selected, the website server 2 uses the flight number of the carrier model 8666 as a query parameter to query the freight information of the database 10, and can obtain the freight information of the carrier model 8666, and display the freight information on the browser 8, The freight information includes information such as container number, cargo material number, cargo name, quantity, shipment date, estimated arrival date, starting point, freight type, freight forwarder, and freight route name. When clicking on the stronghold 8662 in the freight route dynamic map 866, the website server 2 uses the stronghold name of the stronghold 8662 as a query parameter to query the stronghold material status data of the database 10, and obtain the material status data of important goods at the stronghold 8662, such as the stronghold Name, product name, material number, quantity and other data, and display the material status data on the browser 8.

Referring to FIG. 5 , it is a data flow chart of generating a dynamic freight route diagram of the logistics management and control system and method of the present invention. The user logs in to the website server 2 through the browser 8, clicks the freight route dynamic diagram option 86 on the initial interface 80, and the browser displays the freight route interface 860. The operator clicks the logistics mode of the desired displayed base in the base tree list 862, for example, selects Shenzhen's shipping logistics in the base distribution column (step S1). The browser 8 transmits to the website server 2 with Shenzhen as the address parameter and the shipping logistics as the logistics mode parameter (step S2). The website server 2 starts the freight route generator 24, and the freight route generator 24 queries the freight route library 20 with Shenzhen and shipments as query conditions, and generates a dynamic map 866 of Shenzhen's shipment freight route (step S3). Display the dynamic map of Shenzhen's shipping freight route through the browser (step S4). The website server 2 generates a query message according to the parameters received in step S2, the query message includes address, logistics mode and current date information, and sends the query message to the database server 1 (step S5). Database server 1 uses Shenzhen as the query condition to query the shipping information in the database, and obtains the shipping records whose starting place is Shenzhen, and whose Estimated Time of Departure (Estimated Time of Departure) is earlier than the current date and whose Estimated Time of Departure is later than the current date, and generates A temporary list of shipping data, the shipping data stored in the temporary list of shipping data are sorted in descending order according to shipping time (step S6). The dynamic carrier model generator 26 of the website server 2 reads the first record of the temporary list of shipping data (step S7). The dynamic carrier model generator 26 judges whether the record is empty (step S8). When the record is empty, end this operation (step S9). When the record is non-empty, generate a carrier model 8666. When the freight type of the freight data is ocean freight, calculate the approximate current position of the carrier 8666 (freighter). The calculation formula for the current position of the freighter is: current position =((current date-shipping time)/(estimated arrival date-shipping date))×freight route length, the dynamic carrier model generator 26 calls the freighter model in the carrier model library, and makes it follow the freight of the freight data The route moves dynamically, and stops when the carrier model (freighter) 8666 moves to the current position. When the freight type of this freight data is air freight, the dynamic carrier model generator 26 calls the aircraft model in the carrier model storehouse 22, and makes it move dynamically along the freight route of the freight data, when the carrier model (aircraft) 8666 moves to When the cargo route is at one position in two, the carrier model (aircraft) 8666 stops moving (step S10). The carrier dynamic generator 26 reads the next record in the temporary shipping data list, and repeats step S8 (step S11).

Claims (10)

1. logistics managing and control system, it can be by the buying logistics and the shipment logistics at the different strong points of graphical interfaces mode management and control enterprise, and this logistics managing and control system includes a database server and a Website server, it is characterized in that:

Database server includes a database, and this databases contains shipping data and freightways data;

Website server, it includes:

One freightways storehouse stores the model according to predefined each freightways of freightways data, and this model includes the ground point value and the freightways direction of freightways process;

One transport agent model bank is used for the carrier model of storage emulation freight transportation instrument;

One freightways maker, it can call the freightways model in freightways storehouse, to generate a plurality of freightways, clicks the shipping data in transit that freightways can obtain to be stored in this freightways in the database;

One dynamic carrier model generator, it can call freight transportation tool model in the transport agent model bank, to generate a plurality of carrier models, and make this freight transportation tool model carry out dynamically moving along freightways, when clicking the shipping data that the carrier model can obtain to be stored in the freight transportation instrument of this carrier model institute emulation in the database.

2. logistics managing and control system as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: wherein database server is connected with a plurality of external systems by network, receive buying data, shipment information and shipping data, and generate aforesaid shipping data and freightways data through integration processing.

3. logistics managing and control system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the in-transit goods means of transport quantity of bright this freightways of current date of carrier pattern number scale on every freightways.

4. logistics managing and control system as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: wherein when the shipping type of freightways is sea-freight, carrier model on this freightways is a cargo ship, this carrier model stops to move when the place freightways dynamically moves to the current date position, and the computing formula of the current position of carrier model is: current location=((current date-go out ETCD estimated time of commencing discharging)/(expected date of arrival-shipment date)) * and freightways length.

5. logistics managing and control system as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: wherein when the shipping type of freightways is air transport, carrier model on this freightways is an aircraft, and this carrier model stops to move when the place freightways dynamically moves to a position of two minutes of freightways.

6. stream tube control method, it can be by the buying logistics and the shipment logistics at the different strong points of graphics mode management and control enterprise, and it is characterized in that: this stream tube control method includes following steps:

(a) provide a database server, it includes a database, and this databases contains shipping data and freightways data;

(b) provide a Website server;

(c) operating personnel enters the freightways dynamic management page by browser Website login server;

(d) browser clicks according to the operating personnel in the strong point tabulation of the route dynamic management page and selects the strong point and the logistics mode of required demonstration to generate an address parameter and logistics mode parameter, and sends these parameters to Website server;

(e) Website server starts the freightways maker, this freightways maker is the freightways storehouse of querying condition query web server with aforesaid address parameter and logistics mode parameter, generate the freightways figure of aforementioned strong point and logistics mode, and showing this freightways figure at browser end, this freightways figure includes a map and a plurality of freightways;

(f) Website server is according to the received parameter generating one inquiry message of step (d), and should inquire about message and be sent to database server, database server obtains corresponding shipping data with the shipping data of this inquiry message as the querying condition Query Database;

(g) the shipping data that obtained according to step (f) of the dynamic carrier model generator of Website server is called the carrier model in the carrier model bank, shows the carrier model in freightways figure, and this carrier model dynamically moves along corresponding freightways;

(h) click freightways among the freightways figure with the shipping data of the actual freightways that obtains this freightways institute emulation;

(i) click carrier model among the freightways figure with the shipping data of the lade means of transport that obtains this carrier model institute emulation.

7. stream tube control method as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that: wherein map is used to indicate the geographic position at each strong point, and each freightways is used for the freightways of emulation goods from selected strong point to other strong point.

8. stream tube control method as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that: wherein logistics mode includes buying logistics and shipment logistics.

9. stream tube control method as claimed in claim 6, it is characterized in that: wherein step (f) when logistics mode for going out freight traffic time, the shipping data that obtains is that the starting point is the strong point of selecting, and estimates that the shipment date is later than the shipment record of current date early than current date and expected date of arrival.

10. stream tube control method as claimed in claim 6, it is characterized in that: wherein step (f) is when logistics mode is the buying logistics, the shipping data that is obtained is that the destination is the strong point of selecting, and estimates that the shipment date is the purchase records that current date and expected date of arrival are later than current date.

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