| 摘要 |
A shipping redirection interface allows a seller to change the destination address while a package is in-transit. The seller orders a product from a low-cost overseas factory, inputs the seller's address as an initial destination and begins shipment on a slow container ship. A schedule generator calculates an optimistic estimate of the package's arrival at the intermediate hub that redirects the package so the seller can plan when to redirect. While the product is slowly crossing an ocean on the ship, the seller may sell the product to a buyer such as through an online auction. The seller enters the buyer's address as the new destination address and redirects the product at the intermediate hub after the product is unloaded from the ship. The delay from sale to the buyer until the buyer receives the product is reduced without warehousing the product. Unsold products are delivered to the seller.
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