JP2001273353A - Physical distribution system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a physical distribution system by which goods are carried away quickly from a sender with no lowering of carrying efficiency and cars are allocated smoothing at a transfer station. SOLUTION: A physical distribution information server 20 includes a departure carrier means decision part 21 which decides the carrier means 8a and 8b for carrying the goods from a sender 4 to transfer station 5 and also transmits car allocation commands, a transfer carrier means decision part 22 which decides a carrier means for carrying the goods from the transfer station 5 to another station and also transmit car allocation commands and a final carrier means decision part 23 which decides carrier means for carrying the goods from the station 5 to a delivery destination 1 and also transmits car allocation commands. These decision parts 21, 22 and 23 decide their carrier means of goods independently of each other.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a physical distribution system for transporting luggage from a source to a destination via a relay base using a transport means such as a truck under the control of a physical distribution information server.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a general company needs to carry a package, a shipping company and an in-house logistics department are required to present a shipping source and a destination to a logistics company or an in-house logistics department. Decisions are made and sent to factories, warehouses or harbor collection bases where the goods are sent from, and then the goods are collected and transported directly to the destination, or once the logistics network of a logistics company, etc. Is transported to a relay station located at the station, where sorting is performed as necessary, and the packages are relayed and transported to a route truck that is reciprocating at the relay station, and finally the packages are delivered to the delivery destination.
In particular, in the case of long-distance transportation, many transportation company route trucks are running on the distribution route called the distribution aorta that exists along the way, so relay transportation that relays luggage on such route trucks is common. is there.

[0003]

However, each of the above-mentioned two conventional transport modes employed in the current physical distribution system, that is, direct transport and relay transport, has disadvantages. In the case of the former transport mode, in consideration of transport efficiency in long-distance transport, a cargo truck as large as possible is used, and it is necessary to collect a large number of packages in one transport. Therefore, even if a request for delivery of a plurality of packages is generated, there is a tendency that these packages are loaded after a certain number of packages have been delivered. For example, in a case where a completed passenger car is transported from a factory or a port's collection base to a store, even if the store requests delivery of a few completed vehicles, a few more requests are delivered. Wait until the large truck is almost full before you start transporting. Therefore, the transportation of the completed vehicle for which the first delivery request is made has to be waited for one or two days. In exchange for the improvement of transportation efficiency, the delivery time is delayed and the waiting yard of the completed vehicle is enlarged. . Also, if a large transport truck is full and carries your luggage to the destination, you will need a large place to receive the luggage,
Mass transit is not always producing benefits alone. Conversely, when the delivery is urgent, the cargo is transported in a state where the loading ratio is less than 50%, which has been a serious problem in recent years from the viewpoint of resource saving and the environment.

[0004] In the latter mode of transport, when a request for delivery of a package occurs, the cargo is transported by a patrol vehicle to the nearest relay base connected by the distribution aorta, and then the distribution aorta is transported by a route vehicle. Although taking out the luggage is quicker than the former, there is no guarantee that the transfer time of the luggage from the patrol vehicle to the route vehicle at the transfer station will be quick.

[0005] In addition, the current logistics companies use computer networks to grasp the movements of patrol vehicles and route vehicles. Therefore, when a delivery request for a package occurs, a transfer base from the shipping source to the delivery destination is established. Determine the transportation route including
The patrol vehicle and the route vehicle for the package requested to be delivered are determined. However, in the transport dispatch plan, after the dispatch plan of vehicles related to all transport routes from the shipping source to the delivery destination is determined, the traveling vehicles at the relay base and the like are taken over by the traveling vehicles for collection purposes to the shipping source. In the case where it is difficult to obtain the package, the luggage will have to wait for a long time at the shipping source. In an industry where production and sales are closely linked like the automobile industry, delays in delivery This will increase the size of the waiting yard for completed vehicles. In view of the above situation, an object of the present invention is to provide a logistics system that can quickly carry out a package from a shipping source without lowering the transportation efficiency and smoothly perform a dispatch plan at a relay base.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in a physical distribution system for transporting packages from a shipping source to a destination via a relay base under the control of a physical distribution information server using a transporting means, In the invention, the logistics information server determines a transportation means for transporting the package from the shipping source to the relay base and a departure transportation means determination unit for transmitting a dispatch instruction,
A relay transportation means determining unit that determines a transportation means for transporting the package from the relay base to the relay base and sends a dispatch instruction, and a final transportation means that determines the transportation means for transporting the package from the relay base to the delivery destination and sends the dispatch instruction A determination unit, wherein the departure transportation unit determination unit, the relay transportation unit determination unit, and the final transportation unit determination unit determine a transportation unit for the package independently of each other.

In this configuration, when a delivery request is generated for a package, the departure / transportation means determination unit determines a transportation means for transporting the package from the shipping source to the relay base, generally a cargo truck, and determines the shipping source in the transportation means. Sends a dispatch command to load the corresponding package and transport it to the relay base. In addition, the relaying means determining unit determines a transporting means for transporting the corresponding package from the relay base to the relaying base, and sends a dispatch command to the transporting unit to take over the transportation of the corresponding package at the relaying base. further,
The final transport means determining unit determines a transport means for transporting the corresponding package from the relay base to the delivery destination, and sends a dispatch command to the transport means to take over the corresponding package at the relay base. Since the departure transportation means determination unit, the relay transportation means determination unit, and the final transportation means determination unit perform the operation of determining the transportation means independently of each other, these determination units can work simultaneously or almost simultaneously. Since the relay transportation means determination unit can obtain at least the time of occurrence of the delivery request and the information of the target shipping source and the relay base, the arrival time of the corresponding package at the relay base can be estimated, and the vehicle allocation plan can be independently determined. Can stand. Similarly, the final transportation means determination unit can also obtain the time of occurrence of the delivery request and the information of the sender and the relay base to be relayed, so that the arrival time of the corresponding package at the final relay base can be estimated, and independently. You can make a dispatch plan. With this, as in the conventional logistics system, after the transportation plan from the shipping source to the destination is completed, the patrol truck can be directed to the shipping source, or after the arrival time of the package at the relay base has been clarified or After the package arrives at the relay base, a quick dispatch plan and quick pickup at the shipping source will be realized as compared to sequentially preparing a dispatch plan for the next transport route, for example, Even if the distribution system according to the present invention is applied to an industry in which production and sales are closely linked, such as the automobile industry, it is possible to avoid delays in delivery and an increase in the waiting yard for completed vehicles.

[0008] In one preferred embodiment of the present invention, the relaying means determination unit is based on the bidding information of the transportation company sent in response to the inter-relay base transportation bidding notice transmitted by the distribution information server. Some determine the means of transport. In this configuration, since at least the transportation between the relay stations is generally a distribution aorta, many route flights by many transport companies are running, and it is more than selecting from a specific one company route flight. It is possible to select the most suitable route service in terms of time, and the principle of competition works, which also lowers transportation costs. In particular, if a widely used communication network such as the Internet is used, it is possible to immediately announce a transport bid request and each logistics company should immediately respond to a bid by referring to its own route flight transport plan. Based on the bid information obtained in this way, the relay transportation means determination unit selects the most suitable transportation means, generally a route truck, and sends a dispatch instruction to the route truck via the relevant logistics company or directly. Can be.

[0009] In the case of carrying out a bid notification for transportation and making a bid in accordance with the notification, the physical distribution information server uses WWW.
A server is provided, and the tender notice is transmitted through the WWW server, and a bid can be made available through a WWW browser of a distribution company. Therefore, such a bidding network can be constructed at low cost.

[0010] In general, the address of the sender or destination is often off the main product flow line, and it is difficult to arrange sudden dispatching. Even if the system is adopted, there is a possibility that the tender will not be fully accepted. For this reason, in another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the departure transportation means determination unit and the final transportation means determination unit determine the transportation means by placing an order with a specific transportation company or transportation department. This allows
Even if the sender or destination is inconvenient for transportation, quick collection and delivery can be realized.

As described above, when the time of occurrence of the delivery request and the information of the target shipping source and the relay base are obtained, the results of the transportation diagram from the departure to the arrival of the transportation means are grasped. Although the arrival time of the package at the relay base can be estimated, the reliability may vary if the estimation of the arrival time depends on the empirical estimation of the operator. In order to avoid such inconvenience, in still another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the physical distribution information server is provided with an arrival time estimating unit for estimating a time at which the transportation means arrives at a relay base or a delivery destination. Based on the predicted arrival time of the corresponding package at each relay base, the relaying means determining unit and the final unit determining unit determine the transporting means to take over the package. In order to improve the reliability of the predicted time by the arrival time prediction unit, the arrival time prediction unit stores the statistical transportation time in each transportation section in a table and stores the statistical transportation time in a table. The actual data of arrival time and departure time, weather and local events of the day, and the latest traffic conditions are input at appropriate times.

In the above-described distribution system, the distribution itself can be managed in real time, so a particularly suitable field is a factory for producing goods as luggage, for example, a car for producing passenger cars. The destination is a business entity that is a dealer selling the product. As a result, it is possible to realize an ideal system in which the user order and the production and the delivery are further linked from the conventional system in which the user order and the production are linked. In addition, when sea transportation is performed in the middle of the transportation route, a large-scale collection base installed around each port functions as a delivery destination or a shipping source of the package. In such a case, in the distribution system according to the present invention, the origin is a factory and the destination is a collection base, or the origin is a collection base and the destination is a store.

Further, in the above-described distribution system, the package is taken over by a plurality of transportation means, and therefore, it is important to speed up the work of transferring the package between the transportation means. To this end, in a preferred embodiment of the invention, the transport means is a motor vehicle and the load is loaded on a trailer removably connected to the motor vehicle. Thereby, the luggage loaded on the trailer can be easily taken over by reconnection with the self-propelled vehicle as a towing vehicle. In addition, even if the cargo compartment of a cargo truck as a self-propelled vehicle is full,
Because trailers can be towed, transportation efficiency is dramatically improved. Other features and advantages according to the present invention will become apparent from the following description of embodiments with reference to the drawings.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of a logistics system according to the present invention is shown in FIG. This distribution system is applied to an automobile maker, and a dealer 1 requests a sales headquarters 2 in charge of delivery of a desired type of passenger car according to an order received from a user. Production headquarters 3 that controls the production of passenger cars based on the order information received by sales headquarters 2
, The corresponding vehicle type is produced and collected in the factory shipping yard 4. Such a completed vehicle is transferred from the factory shipping yard 4 as a shipping source to the sales outlet 1 as a delivery destination.
Up to this point, transportation is performed by transportation means such as trains, trucks, ships, etc. Here, trucks are taken as transportation means, and more specifically, several vehicles, for example, two to four completed vehicles can be mounted. This is a transportation mode in which a cargo truck 8 pulls a small trailer 10.

As a cargo truck 8 for pulling the trailer 10, transportation is performed between a patrol truck 8a for picking up and delivering in a relatively small area and a relay base 5 disposed at a distribution base of a distribution aorta such as Tokyo-Osaka-Hakata. The trailer 10 having the route truck 8b and the completed vehicles loaded in the factory shipping yard 4 is first towed by the patrol truck 8a and carried to the nearest A relay base 5a. The towing of the trailer 10 from the A relay base 5a to the B relay base 5 near the store 1a is taken over by the route truck 8b, and
The transfer from the relay base 5 to the dealer 1a, which is the final delivery destination, is taken over again by the patrol truck 8a in that area.

[0016] The terms "tour" and "route" appear here.
It is mainly used only to distinguish between a truck that is running in a specific area and a truck that is running mainly in the distribution aorta.
The trailer 10 is taken over between the vehicle and the traveling truck 8a, and the route truck 8b and the route truck 8b
There are various transportation patterns, such as the takeover of the trailer 10 being carried out between them, and the route truck 8b itself stopping directly at the factory shipping yard 4 or a store.

As described above, the dispatch information of the cargo truck 8 towing the trailer 10 and the trailer 1
The tracking information of No. 0 is managed by the distribution information server 20 which is managed by the distribution headquarters of the automobile manufacturer. For this reason, the above-mentioned store 1, sales headquarters 2, production headquarters 3, factory shipping yard 4, and each relay base 5 are provided with a distribution information server 20 and a terminal 9 which is connected to a computer network. The dispatch information referred to here means that the freight truck 8 is directed to the delivery destination to tow a trailer loaded with the completed vehicle, or a trailer 10 which is towed by another freight truck 8 to take over and is newly provided at a relay base. This is information for directing the cargo truck 8 to the destination.

The logistics information server 20 has a factory shipping yard 4
1 with 2 to 4 completed vehicles from
A departure / transportation means determination unit 21 that determines a dispatch plan for the towing truck 8a and sends a dispatch command, and a route that pulls the trailer 10 from the relay base 5 to the relay base 5 located at a key point in the distribution aorta. A relay transportation means determining unit 22 that determines a dispatching plan of the truck 8b and sends a dispatching instruction, and a final transport that determines a dispatching plan of the patrol truck 8a that pulls the trailer 10 from the relay base 5 to the store 1 and sends a dispatching instruction. The vehicle is provided with a means determining unit 23 and a managing unit 24 for giving information necessary for a vehicle allocation plan to these transportation means determining units. This physical distribution information server is an integrated computer system that is usually composed of a plurality of computers connected by a LAN, and implements various functions that are organically linked based on instructions from an operator.

The management unit 24 receives order information from the sales headquarters 2,
Receiving production information from the production headquarters 3, factory yard 4
Make a transportation plan for the completed vehicles that are sent to This transportation plan includes a relay base name selected according to the date and time at which two to four completed vehicles delivered to the same direction, preferably to the same store can be loaded on the trailer 10, and the delivery destination. It is included. When the date and time are sent from the management unit 24 to the departure transportation means determination means 21 as information necessary for the vehicle allocation plan, the departure transportation means determination means 21 travels the trailer 10 loaded with the completed vehicle to a predetermined relay base 5. We begin work to select a truck.

The distribution information server 20 has a trailer 1
An arrival time predicting unit 25 is provided for predicting the arrival time of the trailer 10 from the time required for 0 to be towed from the factory shipping yard 4 to the predetermined relay base 5 and the time required for tow between the relay bases. When the management unit 24 accesses the arrival time prediction unit 25, the respective estimated arrival times are obtained, and the estimated arrival times are used as information necessary for the vehicle allocation plan by the relay transportation means determination unit 22 and the final transportation means determination. Sent to the unit 23. As a result, the relay transportation means determination unit 22 starts the work of selecting the route truck 8b, and the final transportation means determination unit 23 starts the work of selecting the patrol truck 8a for delivering the trailer to the store 1. The arrival time estimating unit 25 includes a transport route database 26a that stores all transport routes accumulated as actual results and towing times of the trailer 10 for each traffic condition in the transport route in a table, The traffic information database 26b that collects and stores the current traffic information is linked, and the time of arrival at each relay base 5 of the trailer 10 can be predicted with high accuracy.

Based on the arrival time of the trailer 10 at the relay station 5 predicted by the arrival time predicting section 25, the relay transportation means determination section 22 selects a route truck from the relay station 5 to the relay station B. However, in this embodiment, the transportation bidding method via the communication network 7 such as the Internet is adopted for the selection of the route truck. When the expected time of arrival of the trailer 10 at the A relay base 5, that is, the expected time at which the trailer 10 can be towed from the patrol truck 8a is obtained, the relay transportation means determination unit 22 determines the expected time, the trailer 10 A relay base 5 as a takeover point of the vehicle, a relay station B 5 as a destination of the trailer 10, and a trailer transport information including the number and weight of the completed vehicles loaded on the trailer 10 as W.
An announcement is made through the WW server, and a bid for a transportation company (route truck 8b) that pulls the trailer 10 is called for. When the bid is limited to a transportation company selected in advance, a network closed to a third party such as an extranet may be used instead of a public network such as the Internet.

Each transportation company 6 browses the published trailer transportation information through a WWW browser 6a installed in a computer system, and, if the transportation company 6 owns a suitable route truck 8b, through a WWW server 27. The bidding information is sent to the relay transportation determining unit 22. The relay transportation determination unit 22 selects an optimal bid suitable for a predetermined standard from the transmitted bid information, and requests the transportation company 6 to pull the trailer 10.

Similarly, based on the expected arrival time of the trailer 10 at the B relay base 5 sent from the arrival time prediction unit 25, the final transportation means determination unit 23 also sends the trailer 10 from the B relay base 5 to the dealer 1. It is also possible to secure the traveling truck 8a that drives the
It is conceivable that the transportation company 6 may not be able to promptly respond to such a bid in some regions. In such a region, a transportation company 6 which has a contracted cooperative relationship is designated and an appropriate patrol truck 8a is designated. Is sent to the B relay base 5.

As described above, in the distribution system according to the present invention, the trailer 10, which is loaded with a small number of completed vehicles and towed, therefore requires a large number of distributed vehicles. For this reason, the operation management of the trailer 10 is important, and in this embodiment, the distribution source server 4 and the relay base 5 are sent to the distribution information server through the terminal 9 provided in the source 4 and the relay base 5. Furthermore, the actual data of the arrival time and departure time of the traveling truck 8a and the route truck 8b and the trailer 10 towed by these at the delivery destination 1 are input and stored in an extractable and searchable form. The information is stored in a trailer database 28 managed by the management unit 24.
The operation of the trailer database 28 will be described later.

Next, the flow of distribution information until a passenger car ordered at the store 1 is delivered to the store 1 will be described with reference to a time chart shown in FIG. Upon receiving an order for a specific model from a customer, the store 1 issues a delivery request for the model to the production headquarter 3 through the sales headquarter 2 (# 1). The production headquarters 3 controls the production line and prepares for shipment of the completed vehicle of the ordered vehicle type (I). The delivery request issued by the store 1 is input to the management unit 24 of the distribution information server 20 at the same time as a transportation request for transporting the corresponding completed vehicle from the factory to the store 1 of the order source (# 2). The management unit 24 refers to the production plan of the production headquarters 3 based on the transportation request, and refers to the date and time when the corresponding completed vehicle is sent to the shipping yard 4, and from the shipping yard 4 as the shipping source to the dealer as the delivery destination. Is determined, and the relay base 5 to be used on the transport route is determined.

When the relay base 5 is determined, the management unit 24
Requests the departure / transportation means determination unit 21 to dispatch the traveling truck 8a that pulls the trailer 10 loaded with the corresponding completed vehicle from the shipping yard 4 to the A relay base 5 as the first relay base at a predetermined date and time (# 3). ), The A relay base 5 at the expected date and time when the traveling track 8a obtained by accessing the arrival time prediction unit 25 arrives at the A relay base 5;
Trailer 1 from to B relay station 5 as final relay station
A request is made to the transit means determining unit 22 for dispatch of the route truck 8b that takes over and hauls 0 (# 4), and the route truck 8a obtained by accessing the arrival time prediction unit 25 in the same manner.
Requests the final transportation means determination unit 23 to dispatch the traveling truck 8a that takes over the trailer 10 from the relay station 5 to the store 1 at the expected date and time when the vehicle arrives at the relay station 5 from the relay station 5 (# 6). . Here, the departure transportation means determination unit 21 that has received the dispatching plan request from the management unit 24 regards the traveling truck 8a of a cooperating transportation company that travels between factories by parts transportation or the like as optimal, and 8a is sent to the cooperating transportation company so as to go to the shipping yard 4 at a predetermined date and time (#
6).

In the meantime, the completed vehicle in the shipping yard 4 is loaded on a separately prepared trailer 10, and the patrol truck 8a
Of the empty trailer 10 in a place such as a trailer storage yard.
Alternatively, the vehicle may travel to the shipping yard 4 in connection with the vehicle, and after arriving at the shipping yard 4, load a completed vehicle and depart. In any case, the trailer 10 loaded with the completed vehicle is a patrol truck 8
a to the A relay base 5 (I
I).

The relay means determining unit 22 and the final means determining unit 23, which have received the dispatch plan request from the management unit 24,
In each case, desired dispatch request information is created, converted into a bid notice page for such dispatch, and the WWW server 2
7 (# 7, # 8). The WWW server 27 publishes the bid notification page via the Internet 7 and waits for a bid from the transportation company 6 that has viewed the bid notification page through the WWW browser 6a (# 9, # 10). The transportation company 6 that has viewed the bid notification page checks the transportation plan diagram of each, and can pull the trailer 10 from the A relay base 5 to the B relay base 5,
If a vehicle capable of towing the trailer 10 from the relay station 5 to the store 1 is found, the bidding information including the time of arrival at a predetermined towing site and the transportation cost is sent to the WWW.
It is sent to the server 27 (# 11, # 12). WWW server 2
No. 7 classifies the transmitted bidding information and transfers it to the relay means determining unit 22 and the final means determining unit 23 (# 1).
3, # 14).

The transit transportation means determination unit 22 selects the optimal route truck 8b from the collected bid information, designates the successful transport company 6, and requests the vehicle to be dispatched to the route truck 8b (# 15). The shipping company 6 that has won the bid makes a wireless communication with the route truck 8b, connects to the trailer 10 at the relay station A, and additionally gives a transportation command to pull the trailer 10 to the relay station B. The route truck 8b that has received the towing transport command stops at the A relay base 5, connects to the trailer 10, and takes over the towing (III).

Similarly, the final transportation means determination unit 23 selects the optimal traveling track 8a from the collected bid information,
The nominated transport company 6 is designated, and a request is made for dispatch to the corresponding patrol truck 8b (# 16). The successful bid carrier 6 communicates wirelessly with the patrol truck 8b, and takes over the trailer 10 from the route truck 8b at the relay station B,
An additional transportation instruction is provided to pull this to the store.
The patrol truck 8a that has received the towing transportation command stops at the relay station 5 and takes over the towing of the trailer 10 (I
V). The patrol truck 8a pulls the trailer 10 to the dealer and unloads the completed vehicle from the trailer 10 to complete the delivery (V). The empty trailer 10 is likewise
Patrol truck 8 according to a command from distribution information server 20
and is returned to the appropriate factory yard 4 by being pulled by the route truck 8b.

The factory shipping yard 4, the relay base 5, and the store 1
The actual arrival time and departure time of the patrol truck 8a and the route truck 8b are transmitted from the terminal 9 located in the computer network via the computer network to the physical distribution information server 20, and these information are stored in the trailer database 28. Therefore, the distribution information server 20 can grasp the actual arrival time and departure time of the towing truck 8 or the trailer 10 in a timely manner.

Next, management of the trailer 10 will be described with reference to FIG. The trailer 10 is assigned a trailer ID for identifying the trailer 10 and has an electronic tag 30 attached thereto. In the electronic tag 30,
A display unit 31 such as a liquid crystal panel for displaying distribution information and a communication unit 32 for wirelessly communicating with the distribution information server 20
Is provided. The communication unit 32 includes the distribution server 2
0, communication with the management unit 24 via the communication port 29, the scheduled arrival time and departure time at a predetermined transportation base where the trailer 10 is towed, the name of the truck to be towed, the transportation company to which the truck belongs, The logistics information such as the name of the cargo to be loaded on the trailer 10 is acquired. The acquired distribution information is displayed on the display unit 31 as necessary.

The communication unit 32 is a mobile communication terminal having a GPS function added to a mobile phone so as to transmit position information, or a mobile communication terminal having a position information notification service such as a PHS. The management unit 24 communicates with the communication unit 32 directly or at a predetermined interval at a predetermined interval, requests the current position information of the trailer 10, and transmits the obtained position information to the trailer of the trailer 10. The information is linked with the ID and stored in the trailer database 28 so as to be searchable and extractable. Thus, the current position of the electronic tag 30 and, consequently, the current position of the trailer 10 can be easily grasped by accessing the trailer database 28, so that the completed vehicle loaded on the trailer 10 can be tracked along the transportation route. Is easily performed, and the reliability of the arrival time prediction is also improved.

In this physical distribution system, the arrival time and departure time at the transport base of the traveling truck 8a and the route truck 8b that pulls the trailer 10, that is, the originating point 1, the relay base 5 and the destination 1 are transmitted to the distribution server 20 through the terminals 9. In this case, the ID information and the load information of the trailer 10 and the tow truck 8 are transmitted using a barcode printed on a transportation card as a transportation plan table. The task is simple.
The distribution server 20 sequentially corrects the estimated arrival time and departure time based on the input actual arrival time and departure time, whereby the distribution management on the transport route becomes more accurate.

In the above-described embodiment, the completed vehicles are loaded on the trailer 10 and transported from the factory shipping yard 4 as the shipping source to the dealer 1 as the delivery destination via the relay base 5 by the cargo truck 8. However, in the case where sea transportation and the like enter the middle of the transportation route, a large-scale collection base installed around each port will function as a delivery destination or a shipping source of the package. In other words, on the one hand, the shipping route is the factory shipping yard 4 and the delivery destination is such a collection base, and on the other hand, the shipping route is the collection base and the delivery destination is the store 1. Becomes

In the logistics system according to the present invention including such a case, when the trailer 10 loaded with the completed vehicle is towed, the transportation route from the origin to the delivery destination is divided into several transportation routes. By dividing and quickly selecting the most suitable towing vehicle for each transportation section using the information network, low-cost transportation without wasted time is realized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the flow of luggage and information in a distribution system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a flow of vehicle allocation information for each transportation section;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an electronic tag attached to a trailer.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Delivery destination (store) 3 Production headquarters 4 Shipper (factory shipment yard) 5 Relay base 6 Transport company 6a WWW browser 7 Communication network 8a Patrol truck 8b Route truck 10 Trailer 20 Distribution information server 21 Departure transportation means determination means 22 Relay Means of determining transportation means 23 Means of determining final transportation means 24 Management unit 25 Arrival time prediction unit 27 WWW server 28 Trailer database

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Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A logistics system for transporting a package from a shipping source to a destination via a relay base using a transportation means under the control of a physical distribution information server, wherein the physical distribution information server transfers the package from the shipping source to the relay base. A departure transportation means deciding unit that determines a transportation means for transporting and sends a dispatch instruction, a transportation means deciding unit that determines a transportation means for transporting the luggage from the relay base to the relay base and sends a dispatch instruction, and A final transport means determining unit for determining a transport means for transporting the package to the delivery destination and sending a dispatch instruction; and the departure transport means determining unit, the relay transport means determining unit, and the final transport means determining unit are independent of each other. A logistics system for determining the transportation means for the package. 2. The relay means determining unit determines the transportation means based on the bid information of the transportation company sent in response to the notice of the transportation bid between the relay stations transmitted by the physical distribution information server. The distribution system according to claim 1. 3. The physical distribution system according to claim 2, wherein said physical distribution information server includes a WWW server, and said tender notice is transmitted through said WWW server. 4. The physical distribution according to claim 1, wherein said departure transportation means determination unit and said final transportation means determination unit determine transportation means by placing an order with a specific transportation company. system. 5. The distribution information server includes an arrival time predicting unit for predicting a time at which the transport means arrives at a delivery destination, a relay base, or a destination. The distribution system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the unit performs a transportation means determination operation when receiving a scheduled arrival time of the transportation means to be taken over. 6. The physical distribution according to claim 1, wherein the shipping source is a collection base of the product as the package, and the delivery destination is a store selling the product. system. 7. The physical distribution according to claim 1, wherein said transportation means is a self-propelled vehicle, and said luggage is loaded on a trailer detachably connected to said self-propelled vehicle. system.