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Transport logistics systems and methods

a logistics system and logistics technology, applied in the field of logistics systems and methods for the transportation of goods, can solve the problems of inefficiency in the shipments of goods, lack of good strategic planning, and difficulty in the logistics of shipping products of suppliers

Pending Publication Date: 2005-04-28
RIGGS GLENN E +21
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There are inefficiencies in the shipments of goods and a lack of good strategic planning.
Unfortunately, the applications systems of the shipper and the carrier do not communicate with each other.
Thus, circumstances may arise where the shipment can be accomplished more efficiently and less expensively by, for example, shipping one day earlier or later or consolidated with the shipment of another shipper, but the shipper nevertheless requests the shipment when it does because it is not aware that such circumstances exist and does not cooperate with other shippers.
These modes make the supplier's logistics of shipping products more difficult because there is no integration between modes.
It also results in a large amount of administrative and financial transactions related to the shipments.
These problems are especially acute when dealing with ocean transport and with some products, such as chemicals, because of the special handling and regulatory requirements.
Ocean Transport Intermediary (OTI) licenses are necessary for tankers and the various restrictions regarding, for example, ownership interests in the vessels and the transported goods causes such carriers to operate more independently from the shippers than in other transport modes and without the benefit of licensed third-party intermediaries with substantial logistics capabilities.

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[0023] A preferred embodiment of the invention is a fully integrated logistics system operated by a third party intermediary for the transport of goods from a plurality of different shippers by a plurality of different carriers. The logistics system operates across all modes of transport (i.e., truck, rail, containership, bulk tanker and air) and has full logistics supply chain capability. This provides advantages in circumstances where goods are transported across multiple modes, such as the rail / bulk truck transport illustrated in FIG. 36 of the provisional application.

[0024] Each of the modes is described later in this application. Although each transport mode has unique characteristics, standard work processes, and business requirements, a key aspect of the preferred embodiment is that enables the modes to be integrated. Various related transport business interests are shown in FIG. 14 of the provisional application along with suppliers, customers and government agencies. (Exem...

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A logistics system manages the shipments of goods supplied from a plurality of different shippers by a plurality of carriers. It has a variety of modules integrated with each other to perform various functionalities. For example, it may have a purchasing module evaluating proposals by shippers for respective shipments of goods and awarding contracts for the shipments to the plurality of carriers. It may have an optimization module analyzing the proposals and informing the purchasing module if an opportunity exists for at least some of the shipments to be consolidated, in which case at least one contract awarded by the purchasing module is for a consolidated group of the shipments. It may have a contract administration module maintaining information relating to the status of proposals received and contracts awarded by the purchasing module. It may have a scheduling module scheduling shipments according to the awarded contracts. It may also have a shipment management module tracking the status of shipments awarded by the purchasing module and scheduled by said scheduling module. It may further have a financial module authorizing payments according to the status of shipments tracked by the shipment management module are passed between first and second asynchronous clock domains.

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[0001] This application claims the benefit of the filing date of provisional application No. 60 / 221,541, filed on Jul. 28, 2000 and entitled “Transport Logistics Systems and Methods”, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.BACKGROUND [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] This invention relates generally to logistics systems and methods. In particular, the invention relates to logistics systems and methods for the transportation of goods. [0004] 2. Description of the Related Art [0005] There are inefficiencies in the shipments of goods and a lack of good strategic planning. In a typical situation, a large shipper and its customers may all have sophisticated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system software. The shipper's ERP system fine tunes production assets to manage customer orders, production overflows, etc., so that they are continuously producing and providing products to their customers. When a customer wants to order a product, its sys...

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IPC IPC(8): G06Q10/00G06Q30/00
CPCG06Q10/0631G06Q10/06316G06Q10/06375G06Q10/0639G06Q10/08G06Q10/083G06Q50/188G06Q10/0834G06Q10/087G06Q20/40G06Q30/00G06Q30/0201G06Q10/0833
Inventor RIGGS, GLENN E.KIVELA, JOHN H.SHELLMAN, ROBERT H.ROCKY, JOSEPH F. JR.BAINOR, STANLEY M.BRECHTER, RALPH K.CLARK, DOUGLAS L.CLARK, JAMES R.CLOW, JON L.DALEY, AMYHU, LARRYINDELICATO, LOUIS F.LOHAN, WILLIAM J.NAUGHTON, MICHAEL M.NELSON, PETER P.SHOLLENBERGER, ALAN D.WILLETT, M. NADINEJOHNSTON, DOUGMUELLER, DONALD H.MICHAUD, MICHAEL D.PHANEUF, ROBERTBAINOR, JOSEPH J.
Owner RIGGS GLENN E
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