CONCURRENT DETERMINATION OF SHIPPING MODE AND SHIP UNIT PACKING DURING TRANSPORTATION PLANNING

摘要

A method, system, and computer program product for shipping route selection and transportation planning systems. The computer-implemented method commences upon receiving a set of candidate transportation carrier descriptions, individual ones of the set of candidate transportation carrier descriptions having one or more shipping mode options and having one or more shipping unit options. Then, the method evaluates combinations of using multiple transportation carriers that provide any of the one or more shipping mode options with compatible shipping unit options to determine a combination cost for each of the combinations. Based on the combination costs, the method selects an equipment option that corresponds to the lowest combination cost. Low-cost itineraries can be formed by calculating the cost of a particular itinerary by summing combination costs of constituent legs.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method, the method comprising:
using a computing system having at least one processor to perform a process, the process comprising: receiving a set of shipping mode options and a set of shipping unit options; evaluating a plurality of combinations of using any of the set of shipping mode options corresponding to at least two different transportation carriers with at least one particular shipping unit option to determine a combination cost; and determining a selected combination by selecting at least one of the plurality of combinations based at least in part on the combination cost.