COST AND LATENCY REDUCTIONS THROUGH DYNAMIC UPDATES OF ORDER MOVEMENT THROUGH A TRANSPORTATION NETWORK

摘要

A method, system, and computer program product for shipping management. The computer implemented method commences upon identifying a set of orders to be shipped from a source region to a destination region using a transportation network, and determining candidate options for performing stops over possible routes between the source region and the destination region. A clustering analysis process is performed over the candidate options such that the clustering analysis considers many order consolidation possibilities while observing timing constraints. Low-cost options from among the candidate options are considered to identify one or more low-cost options, and a multi-stop route plan is generated to correspond to a selected low-cost option. The orders are shipped in accordance with the multi-stop route plan, and in accordance with the corresponding consolidation of the set of orders.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
using a computing system having at least one processor to perform a process, the process comprising: identifying a set of orders to be shipped from a source region to a destination region using a transportation network; identifying candidate options for performing stops over possible routes between the source region and the destination region; performing a clustering analysis upon the candidate options, wherein the clustering analysis considers a plurality of order consolidation possibilities while observing timing constraints; identifying a lowest cost option from among the candidate options to form an identified lowest cost option; and generating a multi-stop route plan based at least in part upon the identified lowest cost option.