A business subcontracting system and method applied to an online freight platform

Abstract

The present invention belongs to the field of logistics information technology, and specifically relates to a business subcontracting system applied to an online freight platform, comprising: a subcontracting configuration module, which is used to configure the activation or deactivation of the business subcontracting function for different contracting cargo owners. A contracting enterprise management module, which is used to configure the data information of the contracting enterprise for business subcontracting, and the data information of the contracting enterprise includes the service rate, the monthly invoice amount of logistics service invoices and the payment information. A waybill management module, which is used to trigger the subcontracting process after the contracting cargo owner's waybill is concluded, and automatically match the appropriate contracting enterprise to generate the corresponding subcontract waybill. A fee settlement module, which is used to automatically calculate the subcontracting fee according to the subcontracting service rate. The present invention takes into account the needs of the online freight platform for capital and invoicing circulation, realizes a more effective intelligent matching of the two subcontracting parties, and allows the business to be subcontracted to achieve "four flows in one" when the invoicing amount is insufficient.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention belongs to the field of logistics information technology, and specifically relates to a business subcontracting system and method applied to an online freight platform. Background Art

[0002] With the rapid development of internet technology, online freight platforms have become the core driving force of the logistics industry, significantly improving the efficiency and transparency of logistics operations. However, in actual operations, these existing platforms still face a series of challenges in terms of business subcontract matching and management:

[0003] Invoicing quota bottleneck: During a specific period, some companies may encounter a tight invoicing quota, making it difficult to meet shippers' demand for logistics service invoices in a timely manner, thereby hindering the smooth progress of business.

[0004] Payment limit limits: Banks’ payment limit settings sometimes restrict companies from paying freight on time, which not only affects logistics efficiency but may also damage drivers’ legitimate rights and interests and income stability.

[0005] To sum up, the online freight platform under the existing technology has obvious deficiencies in terms of invoicing quota, payment quota, and temporary invoicing and payment. An innovative, efficient and transparent business subcontracting system and method is urgently needed to solve these problems, ensure timely payment of freight and timely issuance of invoices, and achieve a high degree of unification of capital flow, ticket flow, logistics flow and information flow (that is, "four flows in one"). Summary of the Invention

[0006] The purpose of the present invention is to provide a business subcontracting system applied to an online freight platform to solve the technical problem that the platform system in the existing technology fails to solve the impact of information related to invoice amounts and payment amounts on subcontract matching in subcontract matching and management, and lacks the means to process relevant data, resulting in the system being unable to achieve the integration of four flows in the subcontract matching process.

[0007] The business subcontracting system applied to the online freight platform includes:

[0008] The subcontract configuration module is used to enable or disable the business subcontracting function for different shippers.

[0009] The subcontracting enterprise management module is used to configure data information for the subcontracting enterprises to which the business is subcontracted. The subcontracting enterprise's data information includes service rates, monthly invoice amounts for logistics services, and payment information.

[0010] The waybill management module is used to trigger the subcontracting process after the outsourcing shipper's waybill is completed, automatically match the appropriate subcontracting enterprise, and generate the corresponding subcontract waybill.

[0011] The fee settlement module is used to automatically calculate the subcontracting fees based on the subcontracting service rate.

[0012] The exception handling module is used to provide a complete exception handling mechanism. The exception handling mechanism includes automatic detection of waybill errors, fee calculation anomalies, and fund payment failures, as well as the manual intervention process for corresponding exceptions.

[0013] Preferably, the payment information includes the bank-enterprise direct communication parameters and bank account information of the contracting enterprise. The waybill management module integrates waybill generation, status tracking, receipt upload and real-time update of waybill status. The fee settlement module provides fee details query function.

[0014] The present invention also provides a business subcontracting method applied to an online freight platform, which is applied to a business subcontracting system applied to an online freight platform as described above. The business subcontracting method includes the following steps.

[0015] Step 1: Subcontract configuration. In the subcontract configuration module, the platform administrator enables or disables the subcontract function for the shipper.

[0016] Step 2: Intelligent matching of subcontracting process. The waybill management module triggers the subcontracting process after the waybill of the outsourcing shipper is completed, and then realizes intelligent matching between the shipper and the receiving enterprise.

[0017] Step 3: Automatically realize the generation and information synchronization of subcontracted waybills, billing, bill generation and waybill status synchronization.

[0018] Step 4: Complete payment through the fee settlement module.

[0019] Preferably, the step one also configures the basic information, service fee rate, and monthly invoice quota of the contracting enterprise through the contracting enterprise management module, integrates bank-enterprise direct communication parameters and bank account information, and ensures that the contracting party has sufficient invoicing and payment capabilities to meet business needs.

[0020] Preferably, in step 2, the intelligent matching between the cargo owner and the contracting enterprise includes the following sub-steps.

[0021] Step 2.1, Preliminary Screening: Determine whether the shipper has enabled business subcontracting. Shippers who have enabled business subcontracting will match subcontractors when placing orders and completing transactions on the platform. This step is based on the condition that the service fee rate the platform provides to the shipper must be greater than the service fee rate of the maintained subcontractor. Suitable subcontractors are preliminarily screened and form the subcontractor set S1.

[0022] Step 2.2, invoicing quota verification: Calculate the payable amount of the subcontracted waybill and select the subcontracting companies whose remaining monthly invoicing quota is sufficient to invoice the payable amount, forming the subcontracting party set S2.

[0023] Step 2.3. Select matching results based on service rates: The waybill management module first obtains the intersection of set S1 and set S2, then sorts the contracting companies in the intersection from low to high according to service rates, and selects the contracting company with the lowest rate as the matching result. If the matching result is not empty, the matching is completed; otherwise, proceed to step 2.4.

[0024] Step 2.4: No matching process: If there is no suitable contracting enterprise, the system will promptly provide feedback and notify the platform administrator to handle the matter.

[0025] Preferably, in the step three, the subcontracted waybill is automatically synchronized with the corresponding information in the waybill executed by the shipper in the waybill management module; in the transportation service agreement using subcontracting, the shipper, i.e. the contractor, acts as the shipper, and the subcontracting company acts as the carrier; in the transportation service agreement not using subcontracting, the shipper, i.e. the contractor, acts as the shipper, and the driver acts as the carrier; then the cost calculation and bill generation are performed, and finally the waybill status is synchronized.

[0026] Preferably, bill generation calculates the billing fee of the contractor based on the configured service rate of the contractor enterprise and generates a waybill bill; status synchronization includes the contractor's waybill status change, return upload, and freight adjustment, and automatically synchronizes this information to the contractor's waybill content. When the contractor makes a freight adjustment, the information can be automatically synchronized to the contractor's waybill bill and the service fee can be recalculated.

[0027] Preferably, in step 4, the corresponding process for the driver to collect payment is as follows.

[0028] Step 4.1: After the contractor successfully pays, the system automatically triggers the contractor to pay the driver. The driver's bill status is updated through the bank-enterprise direct connection, and the payment result is synchronized.

[0029] Step 4.2: When the driver modifies the payment account, the system will automatically update the modified payment account to the billing information of the last contractor the driver has contacted.

[0030] Preferably, in step 4, the payment process between business subcontractors is as follows.

[0031] 1) After receiving payment from the shipper, the platform generates a remittance payment order for the waybill of the downstream subcontractor.

[0032] 2) The platform creates a payment order corresponding to the recharge order, transfers the funds to the bank account configured by the contractor on the platform through the bank-enterprise direct link, and reads and records the bank payment flow of the platform to the contractor through the bank-enterprise direct link.

[0033] 3) The platform then reads and records the income flow of the contractor's collection account through the bank-enterprise direct connection system, connects it to the recharge order, realizes the recharge and payment of the waybill bill of the contractor's business subcontract, and then cancels the waybill bill.

[0034] Preferably, the steps of the business subcontracting method also include an error-proofing process, in which errors in waybills, abnormal cost calculations, and failed fund payments are automatically detected by the exception handling module, and after determining the anomaly, the module switches to the manual intervention process that corresponds to the anomaly.

[0035] The present invention has the following advantages: This solution is designed based on existing actual network freight business scenarios, taking into account the needs of the network freight platform for capital and invoicing circulation, and realizes more effective intelligent matching of the subcontracting parties, improves invoicing flexibility, allows business to be subcontracted when the invoicing quota is insufficient, avoids invoicing quota restrictions, and meets invoicing needs within a specific period. In the system's operating process, it ensures that the flow of funds can be checked and verified, and the waybill, bill and payment process correspond to each other. The system also realizes real-time synchronization of information between each other, making it convenient for participants to query the required information, realizing the "four flows in one", and overcoming the corresponding technical problems existing in the existing technology. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0036] Figure 1 The present invention is a business subcontracting method applied to an online freight platform, which is a flow chart of synchronizing the waybill status from the time the waybill is concluded to the time the delivery is completed.

[0037] Figure 2 The present invention is a business subcontracting method applied to an online freight platform, which is a flow chart of the process from the cargo owner's payment to the recharge confirmation and settlement of the waybill bill. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0038] The specific implementation methods of the present invention will be further explained in detail below through the description of embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings, so as to help those skilled in the art to have a more complete, accurate and in-depth understanding of the inventive concept and technical solution of the present invention.

[0039] like Figure 1 and Figure 2 As shown, the present invention provides a business subcontracting system applied to a network freight platform, comprising:

[0040] Subcontract configuration module: used to enable or disable the business subcontracting function for different shippers.

[0041] Subcontracting enterprise management module: used to configure data information of the subcontracting enterprises for business subcontracting. The data information of the subcontracting enterprises includes service rates, monthly invoice amounts for logistics services, and payment information.

[0042] Waybill Management Module: It is used to trigger the subcontracting process after the outsourcing shipper's waybill is completed, automatically match the appropriate subcontracting enterprise, and generate the corresponding subcontract waybill.

[0043] Cost settlement module: used to automatically calculate subcontracting costs based on subcontracting service rates.

[0044] Exception handling module: used to provide a comprehensive exception handling mechanism, which includes automatic detection of waybill errors, fee calculation anomalies, and payment failures, as well as manual intervention processes for corresponding exceptions.

[0045] Among the aforementioned modules, the data configured in the Contracting Enterprise Management module includes the contracting enterprise's bank-enterprise direct communication parameters and payment information, such as bank account information. The Waybill Management module integrates functions such as waybill generation, status tracking, and receipt upload, and provides real-time updates on waybill status, ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of logistics information. The Fee Settlement Module provides detailed fee inquiries, making it easier for shippers, logistics companies, and drivers to verify costs. The Exception Handling Module ensures that the system can quickly respond and resolve any unusual situations.

[0046] After the above-mentioned business subcontracting system applied to the network freight platform is applied, the present invention also provides a business subcontracting method applied to the network freight platform, which includes the following steps.

[0047] Step 1. Subcontract configuration: In the subcontract configuration module, the platform administrator uses an intuitive graphical interface to flexibly enable or disable the subcontract function for the shipper to cope with the actual situation of tight invoicing quota or limited payment quota, so that the system matching process can take into account the impact of invoicing quota and payment quota related information on subcontract matching.

[0048] This step also configures key parameters such as the basic information, service fee rate, and monthly invoice quota of the contracting enterprise through the contracting enterprise management module, and integrates bank-enterprise direct communication parameters and bank account information to ensure that the contracting party has sufficient invoicing and payment capabilities to meet business needs.

[0049] Step 2: Intelligent matching of subcontracting process. The waybill management module triggers the subcontracting process after the waybill of the outsourcing shipper is completed, and then realizes intelligent matching between the shipper and the subcontracting enterprise according to the following sub-steps.

[0050] Step 2.1, Preliminary Screening: Determine whether the shipper has enabled business subcontracting. Shippers who have enabled business subcontracting will match subcontractors when placing orders and completing transactions on the platform. This step preliminarily screens suitable subcontractors, forming a subcontractor set S1, based on the requirement that the platform's service fee rate for the shipper must be higher than the service fee rate of the maintained subcontractor. This preliminary screening ensures that the subcontractors selected in the set can keep subcontracting costs manageable.

[0051] Step 2.2, Invoicing Amount Verification: Calculate the payable amount for the subcontracted waybill and select the subcontracting companies whose remaining monthly invoicing quota is sufficient to invoice the payable amount, forming the subcontractor set S2. This allows you to select subcontracting companies that can ensure timely invoicing.

[0052] Step 2.3: Select a matching result based on service rates: The waybill management module first obtains the intersection of sets S1 and S2, then sorts the subcontracting companies in the intersection from low to high by service rate. The subcontracting company with the lowest service rate is selected as the matching result, i.e., the subcontracting partner. This ensures that the invoice is issued in accordance with the payable amount while reducing subcontracting costs. If the matching result is not empty, the matching is complete; otherwise, proceed to step 2.4.

[0053] Step 2.4: No matching process: If there is no suitable enterprise to take over the contract, that is, the intersection in step 2.3 is an empty set, the system will promptly feedback the information and notify the platform administrator to handle it.

[0054] Step 3: Automatically realize the generation and information synchronization of subcontracted waybills, billing, bill generation and waybill status synchronization.

[0055] After the matching of the receiving enterprise in the previous step is completed, the information of the waybill concluded by the cargo owner as the contractor through the platform is synchronized to the receiving enterprise and the corresponding subcontract waybill is automatically generated.

[0056] Specifically, in the waybill management module, the subcontracted waybill automatically synchronizes the information in the waybill executed by the shipper. The waybill number of the subcontracted waybill is formed by adding a suffix to the end of the waybill number of the corresponding shipper. For example, if the waybill number of the shipper (i.e., the contractor) is Y240923614712, then the waybill number of the corresponding subcontracting company (i.e., the subsequent subcontractor) is Y240923614712-1. In the transportation service agreement using subcontracting implemented by this method, the contractor is Party A (shipper) and the subcontracting company is Party B (carrier). In the transportation service agreement that does not use subcontracting, the contractor is Party A (shipper) and Party B (carrier) is the driver.

[0057] Next, the cost calculation and bill generation process is performed. The billing fee for the subcontracting party is calculated based on the configured service rate of the subcontracting company, and a waybill is generated.

[0058] Finally, the waybill status is synchronized. This includes changes to the contractor's waybill status, receipt uploads, and freight adjustments. This information is automatically synchronized to the contractor's waybill. When the contractor makes freight adjustments, this information is automatically synchronized to the contractor's waybill invoice, and the service fee is recalculated.

[0059] Step 4: Complete payment through the fee settlement module.

[0060] Among them, the corresponding process for drivers to collect payments is as follows.

[0061] Step 4.1: After the contractor successfully pays, the system automatically triggers the contractor to pay the driver. The driver's bill status is updated through the bank-enterprise direct link, and the payment result is synchronized.

[0062] Step 4.2: When the driver modifies the payment account, the system will automatically update the modified payment account to the billing information of the last contractor the driver has contacted.

[0063] Among them, the payment process between business subcontractors is as follows.

[0064] 1) After receiving payment from the shipper, the platform generates a remittance payment order for the waybill of the downstream subcontractor's business;

[0065] 2) The platform creates a payment order corresponding to the recharge order, transfers the funds to the bank account configured by the contractor on the platform through the bank-enterprise direct link, and reads and records the bank payment flow of the platform to the contractor through the bank-enterprise direct link;

[0066] 3) The platform then reads and records the income flow of the contractor's collection account through the bank-enterprise direct connection system, connects it to the recharge order, realizes the recharge and payment of the waybill bill of the contractor's business subcontract, and then cancels the waybill bill.

[0067] If any top-up order connection, payment failure, or refund occurs during the above steps, the system automatically synchronizes the status to the relevant waybill (the corresponding shipper's waybill and subcontractor's waybill) and invoice (the corresponding waybill invoice), and notifies the relevant parties (the contractor, the contractor, and the driver). This process ensures that the flow of funds can be checked and verified, achieving the "four flows in one" principle.

[0068] Finally, the aforementioned steps also include error prevention. The exception handling module automatically detects possible errors in shipping orders, abnormal fee calculations, and payment failures. Once an exception is identified, the issue is redirected to the appropriate manual intervention process. For example, when paying the driver, the platform automatically verifies that the driver's receivable freight amount is consistent with the amount agreed upon by the contracting party, ensuring accurate freight rates.

[0069] The present invention is described above by way of example in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. It is obvious that the specific implementation of the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned method. As long as various non-substantial improvements are made using the inventive concept and technical solution of the present invention, or the inventive concept and technical solution are directly applied to other occasions without improvement, they are all within the scope of protection of the present invention.

Claims

1. A business subcontracting system applied to an online freight platform, characterized by: include: The subcontract configuration module is used to enable or disable the business subcontracting function for different shippers; The subcontractor management module is used to configure data information for the subcontractor to which the business is subcontracted. The subcontractor's data information includes service rates, monthly invoice amounts for logistics services, and payment information. The waybill management module is used to trigger the subcontracting process after the outgoing shipper's waybill is completed, automatically matching the appropriate subcontracting enterprise and generating the corresponding subcontract waybill; Cost settlement module, used to automatically calculate subcontracting costs based on subcontracting service rates; The exception handling module provides a comprehensive exception handling mechanism, including automatic detection of waybill errors, fee calculation anomalies, and payment failures, as well as manual intervention processes for corresponding exceptions. Automatically matching a suitable contractor includes the following sub-steps: Step 2.1, Preliminary Screening: Determine whether the shipper has enabled business subcontracting. For shippers who have enabled business subcontracting, match subcontracting companies with subcontracting companies when placing orders and completing transactions on the platform. This step preliminarily screens suitable subcontracting companies based on the requirement that the service fee rate the platform charges the shipper must be higher than the service fee rate of the subcontracting companies maintained, and forms a subcontracting company set S1. Step 2.2, Invoicing Amount Verification: Calculate the payable amount of the subcontracted waybill and select the subcontracting companies whose remaining monthly invoicing amount is sufficient to invoice the payable amount, forming the subcontracting company set S2; Step 2.3: Select matching results based on service rates: The waybill management module first obtains the intersection of set S1 and set S2, then sorts the contracting companies in the intersection from low to high based on service rates, and selects the contracting company with the lowest service rate as the matching result. If the matching result is not empty, the matching is completed; otherwise, proceed to step 2.4; Step 2.4: No matching process: If there is no suitable contracting enterprise, the system will promptly provide feedback and notify the platform administrator to handle the matter.

2. The business subcontracting system applied to an online freight platform according to claim 1 is characterized by: The payment information includes the bank-enterprise direct communication parameters and bank account information of the contracting enterprise. The waybill management module integrates the functions of waybill generation, status tracking, return upload and real-time update of waybill status. The fee settlement module provides fee details query function.

3. A business subcontracting method applied to an online freight platform, characterized by: A business subcontracting system for an online freight platform as claimed in claim 1 or 2, comprising the following steps: Step 1: Subcontract configuration. In the subcontract configuration module, the platform administrator enables or disables the subcontract function for the shipper. Step 2: Intelligent matching of subcontracting process. The waybill management module triggers the subcontracting process after the waybill of the outgoing shipper is completed, and then realizes intelligent matching between the shipper and the subcontracting enterprise. Step 3: Automatically realize the generation and information synchronization of subcontracted waybills, billing, bill generation and waybill status synchronization; Step 4: Complete payment through the fee settlement module.

4. The business subcontracting method applied to an online freight platform according to claim 3 is characterized by: The step one also configures the service fee rate of the subcontracting enterprise, the monthly invoicing limit of logistics service invoices, integrated bank-enterprise direct communication parameters and bank account information through the subcontracting enterprise management module to ensure that the subcontracting enterprise has sufficient invoicing and payment capabilities to meet business needs.

5. The business subcontracting method applied to an online freight platform according to claim 3 is characterized by: In step three, the subcontracted waybill is automatically synchronized with the corresponding information in the waybill executed by the shipper in the waybill management module; in the transportation service agreement using subcontracting, the shipper, i.e. the contractor, acts as the shipper, and the subcontracting company acts as the carrier; in the transportation service agreement not using subcontracting, the shipper, i.e. the contractor, acts as the shipper, and the driver acts as the carrier; then the cost calculation and bill generation are performed, and finally the waybill status is synchronized.

6. The business subcontracting method applied to an online freight platform according to claim 5 is characterized by: Bill generation calculates the subcontractor's billing fees based on the configured service rate and generates a waybill. Status synchronization includes changes to the subcontractor's waybill status, receipt uploads, and freight adjustments. This information is automatically synchronized to the subcontractor's waybill content. When the subcontractor makes freight adjustments, the information is automatically synchronized to the subcontractor's waybill and the service fee is recalculated.

7. The business subcontracting method applied to an online freight platform according to claim 5 is characterized by: In step 4, the corresponding process for the driver to collect payment is as follows: Step 4.1: After the contractor successfully pays, the system automatically triggers the contractor to pay the driver. The driver's bill status is updated through the bank-enterprise direct link, and the payment result is synchronized. Step 4.2: When the driver modifies the payment account, the system will automatically update the modified payment account to the billing information of the last contracting company that the driver has contacted.

8. The business subcontracting method applied to an online freight platform according to claim 3 is characterized by: In step 4, the payment process between business subcontractors is as follows: 1) After receiving payment from the shipper, the platform generates a remittance payment order for the waybill of the downstream subcontractor; 2) The platform creates a payment order corresponding to the recharge order, transfers the funds to the bank account configured by the subcontracting enterprise on the platform through the bank-enterprise direct link, and reads and records the bank payment flow of the platform to the subcontracting enterprise through the bank-enterprise direct link; 3) The platform then reads and records the income flow of the receiving enterprise's collection account through direct bank-enterprise connection, connects it to the above-mentioned recharge order, realizes the recharge and payment of the waybill bill of the subcontracted business of the contractor, and then cancels the waybill bill.

9. The business subcontracting method applied to an online freight platform according to claim 3 is characterized by: The steps of the business subcontracting method also include error-proofing processing procedures. Waybill errors, abnormal cost calculations, and failed fund payments are all automatically detected by the exception handling module, and after the anomaly is determined, the module is transferred to the manual intervention process that corresponds to the anomaly.

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