摘要 |
A method comprising: providing data regarding a plurality of shipment services, each datum comprising a service origin and destination pair and price information; providing data regarding a plurality of shipment service providers, each shipment service associated with a shipment service provider; providing a shipment origin and destination of the cargo; responsive to the shipment origin, the shipment destination and a predetermined route viability criterion, identifying a viability set of the shipment services; responsive to a predetermined business relationship criterion, identifying a set of the shipment service providers; responsive to the identified shipment service viability set and the identified provider set, determining, in real-time, a shipment route for the cargo from the provided shipment origin to the provided shipment destination; responsive to the shipment service price information, determining, in real-time, price information associated with the determined shipment route; and outputting the determined shipment route and the determined associated price information. |