Information processing system, method for information processing, and program

Abstract

To enable grasping of a greenhouse gas emission status in logistics.SOLUTION: An information processing system includes: an activity amount acquisition unit for acquiring an activity amount in a transportation route of logistics; an emission amount calculation unit for calculating the emission amount of greenhouse gases in the transportation route by multiplying the activity amount by an emission factor; an emission amount storage unit for storing the emission amount in association with the transportation route; a destination storage unit for storing business entities that provide the emission amount in association with the transportation route; and a providing unit configured to, in response to a request from a business entity, specify the transportation route corresponding to the business entity from the destination storage unit and provide the emission amount corresponding to the specified transportation route to the business entity.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program. [Background technology]

[0002] The amount of carbon dioxide and other emissions has been calculated (see Patent Document 1). [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2007-164754 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] There is a need to understand the status of emissions related to logistics.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above background, and aims to provide a technique that can grasp the state of greenhouse gas emissions in logistics. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] The main invention of the present invention for solving the above problem is an information processing system comprising: an activity amount acquisition unit that acquires an activity amount on a logistics transportation route; an emission calculation unit that calculates greenhouse gas emissions on the transportation route by multiplying the activity amount by an emission intensity; an emission memory unit that stores the emission amount in association with the transportation route; a provider memory unit that stores a business entity that provides the emission amount in association with the transportation route; and a provider unit that, in response to a request from the business entity, identifies the transportation route that corresponds to the business entity from the provider memory unit, and provides the business entity with the emission amount corresponding to the identified transportation route.

[0007] Other problems and solutions disclosed in this application will be made clear in the section on preferred embodiments of the invention and the drawings. [Effects of the Invention]

[0008] According to the present invention, it is possible to grasp the state of greenhouse gas emissions in logistics. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0009] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of the overall configuration of an information processing system. [Figure 2] FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a hardware configuration of a management server 2. [Figure 3] FIG. 2 illustrates an example of the software configuration of a management server 2. [Figure 4] FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the management server 2. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0010] <System Overview> An information processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below. The information processing system of this embodiment manages greenhouse gas emissions.

[0011] 1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of an information processing system. The information processing system of this embodiment is configured to include a management server 2. The management server 2 is communicably connected to a business entity terminal 1 via a communication network. The communication network is, for example, the Internet, and is constructed using a public telephone line network, a mobile phone line network, a wireless communication path, Ethernet (registered trademark), etc.

[0012] The business entity terminal 1 is a computer operated by a transport company (logistics company) in charge of logistics or a user of a related company related to logistics. The business entity terminal 1 can be, for example, a smartphone, a tablet computer, a personal computer, etc.

[0013] The transporter in charge of logistics may be any party that is responsible for the delivery of the package, and may not deliver the package itself but may entrust the delivery of the package to another party. The transporter may be, for example, a large logistics company that employs small and medium-sized goods distributors, or a trading company.

[0014] A related company related to logistics is, for example, a business entity such as a company that is in charge of all or part of delivery at the request of a shipper, a consignee, or a transport company.

[0015] The management server 2 may be a general-purpose computer such as a workstation or a personal computer, or may be logically realized by cloud computing.

[0016] <Administration Server> FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the hardware configuration of the management server 2. Note that the illustrated configuration is an example, and other configurations may also be used. The management server 2 includes a CPU 201, a memory 202, a storage device 203, a communication interface 204, an input device 205, and an output device 206. The storage device 203 stores various data and programs, and is, for example, a hard disk drive, a solid state drive, or a flash memory. The communication interface 204 is an interface for connecting to a communication network, and is, for example, an adapter for connecting to Ethernet (registered trademark), a modem for connecting to a public telephone network, a wireless communication device for wireless communication, or a USB (Universal Serial Bus) connector or an RS232C connector for serial communication. The input device 205 is used to input data, and is, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, a button, a microphone, etc. The output device 206 is used to output data, and is, for example, a display, a printer, a speaker, etc. Each functional unit of the management server 2 described below is realized by the CPU 201 reading a program stored in the storage device 203 into the memory 202 and executing it, and each storage unit of the management server 2 is realized as part of the storage area provided by the memory 202 and the storage device 203.

[0017] 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the software configuration of the management server 2. The management server 2 includes an activity amount storage unit 231, an emission coefficient storage unit 232, an emission amount storage unit 233, a provision destination storage unit 234, an apportionment information storage unit 235, a granularity storage unit 236, an activity amount acquisition unit 211, an emission amount calculation unit 212, and a provision unit 213.

[0018] <Storage section> The activity amount storage unit 231 stores the activity amount of greenhouse gases along a transportation route. The activity amount storage unit 231 stores information related to the activity amount (hereinafter, activity amount information). The activity amount information can include time information, a type of activity amount, and an activity amount, in association with information identifying a transportation route (hereinafter, transportation route ID) and information identifying a business entity (transporter or business entity) that performed an activity that emitted greenhouse gases along the transportation route (hereinafter, business entity ID). The time information can be, for example, date and time, day, month, year, etc. The type of activity amount can be, for example, fuel, mileage, weight of luggage, transportation amount, mileage, etc. The activity amount along a transportation route can be the amount of fuel used (liters), mileage (kilometers), weight of luggage (tons), transportation amount (ton-kilometers), fuel procurement cost (yen), etc. Multiple activity amounts can be included in the activity amount information. The activity amount to be used can be selected as needed.

[0019] The activity amount information may be created for each section that constitutes a transportation route. In this case, the activity amount information may include a section ID that indicates the section, along with a transportation route ID and a business entity ID that indicates the business entity in charge of the section.

[0020] The emission coefficient storage unit 232 stores emission coefficients for calculating greenhouse gases. The emission coefficient storage unit 232 can store emission coefficients for each business entity and / or type of activity amount. In this embodiment, the emission coefficient storage unit 232 stores information related to emission coefficients (hereinafter, emission coefficient information). The emission coefficient information can include an emission coefficient (primary data) related to the business entity in association with the business entity ID and the type of activity amount. Note that the emission coefficient information may include an emission coefficient (secondary data) for each type of activity amount without including the business entity ID.

[0021] The emission amount storage unit 233 stores greenhouse gas emissions in association with the transportation route. The emission amount storage unit 232 stores information regarding emissions (hereinafter referred to as emission amount information). The emission amount information can include time information and emission amount in association with a transportation route ID that identifies the transportation route. The time information can be, for example, date and time, day, month, year, etc. The emission amount information can also include information indicating the scope (scope 1, 2) or scope and category (scope 3) related to the GHG Protocol.

[0022] The destination storage unit 234 (destination storage unit and granularity storage unit) stores business entities that provide emissions in association with transportation routes. The destination storage unit 234 stores information related to destinations (hereinafter referred to as destination information). The destination information can include a business entity ID that identifies the business entity to which emissions related to the transportation route are provided, in association with a transportation route ID that identifies the transportation route.

[0023] The recipient information can include the granularity (multiple granularities) of the emissions to be provided. For example, in the case of emissions, the granularity of the information can be the time granularity, such as daily emissions, weekly emissions, monthly emissions, or yearly emissions. The granularity of the information can also be the precision of the numbers, indicating the number of decimal places to which the numerical values ​​are provided. The granularity of the information can also be the aggregation unit, such as whether to provide overall information, information by scope, or information by category. The granularity of the information can be the aggregation unit, such as whether to provide overall emissions, emissions by business entity, or emissions by section.

[0024] The allocation information storage unit 235 stores information for allocating emissions (hereinafter, "allocation information"). The allocation information storage unit 235 stores information for identifying the activity amount related to the business entity, in association with the business entity for each transportation route. The allocation information can include a ratio for allocation, in association with a transportation route ID that identifies the transportation route and a business entity ID that identifies the business entity. The ratio indicates what proportion of the emissions related to the transportation route is related to the business entity to which the data is provided. The allocation information can include information for determining the ratio. For example, if the allocation information includes information indicating that a ratio of "transportation volume" is to be used, the emissions can be allocated based on the transportation volume (ton-kilometers) for each business entity responsible for all or part of the transportation route.

[0025] <Functional section> The activity amount acquisition unit 211 acquires an activity amount along a logistics transportation route. The activity amount acquisition unit 211 can acquire the activity amount from a transport company. The activity amount acquisition unit 211 may acquire the activity amount from a related company. The activity amount acquisition unit 211 can accept an input of the activity amount from, for example, the business entity terminal 1. The activity amount acquisition unit 211 can acquire the activity amount along with the type of activity amount. The activity amount acquisition unit 211 can acquire the activity amount by the business entity (transport company or related company) that transported the cargo along with information indicating the business entity. The activity amount acquisition unit 211 can acquire the activity amount for each section that constitutes the transportation route. The activity amount acquisition unit 211 can acquire the activity amount for each section that constitutes the transportation route and for each business entity that was responsible for transportation in that section. The activity amount acquisition unit 211 can register the acquired activity amount in the activity amount storage unit 231.

[0026] The emission calculation unit 212 calculates the amount of greenhouse gas emissions along the transportation route. The emission calculation unit 212 can calculate the amount of emissions by multiplying the amount of activity by the emission intensity. The emission calculation unit 212 can calculate the amount of emissions by reading out an emission coefficient corresponding to the type of business entity and / or amount of activity from the emission coefficient storage unit 232 and multiplying it by the amount of activity. The emission calculation unit 212 can register the calculated amount of emissions in the emission storage unit 233.

[0027] The providing unit 213 provides the business entity with information on greenhouse gas emissions along the transportation route. The providing unit 213 can provide the emission amount in response to a request from the business entity. The request can specify a transportation route. The providing unit 213 can determine whether to provide the emission amount depending on whether the business entity that sent the request is stored in the provision destination storage unit 233 in association with the transportation route. The providing unit 213 can identify the transportation route corresponding to the business entity that sent the request from the provision destination storage unit 233, and provide the business entity with the emission amount corresponding to the identified transportation route.

[0028] The providing unit 213 can allocate the emissions related to the transportation route and calculate the emissions for each business entity. The providing unit 213 can read out allocation information corresponding to the transportation route and the business entity from the allocation information storage unit 235, allocate the emissions based on the read draft information, calculate the allocated emissions, which are the emissions corresponding to the business entities, and provide the allocated emissions to the business entities. The providing unit 213 can calculate the allocated emissions by multiplying the emissions of the transportation route by the ratio included in the allocation information. Note that the allocation and calculation of the emissions may be performed by a calculation unit or the like different from the providing unit 213, and in this case too, the providing unit 213 can provide the calculated allocated emissions to the business entities.

[0029] The providing unit 213 can aggregate the emissions and provide them to the business entity. The providing unit 213 can perform aggregation at the granularity set for the business entity. The providing unit 213 can read the granularity corresponding to the transportation route and the business entity from the destination information storage unit 234, aggregate the activity amount corresponding to the transportation route according to the read granularity (in units set for the granularity), and provide the aggregated value to the business entity. For example, for a business entity for which only "year" is set as the granularity, only emissions aggregated by year can be provided. For example, for a business entity for which "year" and "month" are set as the granularity, emissions aggregated by year or month can be provided. For example, for a business entity for which "business entity" is set as the granularity, emissions aggregated for each business entity can be provided. Note that the aggregation of emissions may be performed by a calculation unit, aggregation unit, etc. different from the providing unit 213, and in this case, the providing unit 213 can also provide the aggregated value to the business entity.

[0030] <Operation> FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the management server 2.

[0031] The management server 2 receives the amount of activity on the transportation route (S301), and calculates the amount of emissions by multiplying the received amount of activity by an emission coefficient (S302).

[0032] When the management server 2 receives a request from a business entity (S303), if the transportation route specified in the request is registered in the destination storage unit 234 in association with the business entity (S304: YES), it can aggregate the emissions according to the granularity corresponding to the transportation route and the business entity (S305) and send the aggregated emissions to the business entity terminal 1 (S306). Note that the emissions corresponding to the transportation route may be sent to the business entity terminal 1 without aggregation according to granularity, or the total value of the emissions corresponding to the transportation route may be sent to the business entity terminal 1 regardless of granularity.

[0033] As described above, according to the information processing system of this embodiment, a business entity can obtain the amount of emissions related to a transportation route by making a request to the management server 2. On the other hand, for example, a transportation company can control the information provided to related businesses.

[0034] Although the present embodiment has been described above, the above embodiment is intended to facilitate understanding of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention. The present invention may be modified or improved without departing from the spirit thereof, and equivalents thereof are also included in the present invention.

[0035] The above-described processing by each functional unit of the management server 2 may be executed by any functional unit. For example, the activity amount acquisition unit 211 and the providing unit 213 may calculate the emission amount, the emission calculation unit 212 and the providing unit 213 may acquire the activity amount, the activity amount acquisition unit 211 and the emission calculation unit 212 may provide the activity amount and emission amount to the business entity, or the emission calculation unit 212 may allocate the emission amount related to the transportation route to calculate the emission amount for each business entity, and the providing unit 213 may provide the calculated emission amount for each business entity.

[0036] Furthermore, a different functional unit that executes part of the processing of each of the functional units described above may be added. For example, a functional unit that transmits form data to the business entity terminal 1 so that the activity amount acquisition unit 211 can acquire the activity amount may be provided, and the activity amount acquisition unit 211 may acquire the activity amount entered in the form data. Also, a functional unit that calculates the emission amount for each business entity by apportioning the emission amount related to the transportation route may be provided, and the provision unit 213 may provide the calculated emission amount for each business entity.

[0037] The functions of the management server 2 may be distributed among a plurality of computers.

[0038] The information stored in each storage unit of the management server may be stored in any of the storage units. That is, a storage unit may be provided that stores multiple pieces of activity amount information, emission coefficient information, emission amount information, submission destination information, and / or apportionment information. Also, some of the activity amount information, emission coefficient information, emission amount information, submission destination information, and / or apportionment information may be stored in one storage unit, and the rest may be stored in another storage unit.

[0039] Furthermore, in the present embodiment, emissions, activity amounts, and presentation destinations are managed in association with transportation routes. However, they may also be managed in association with transport companies. In this case, the activity amount storage unit 231 can store the activity amounts in association with a transportation route ID indicating the transportation route, a transporter ID indicating the transport company, and time information. The emission amount storage unit 233 can store emissions in association with a transportation route ID indicating the transportation route, a transporter ID indicating the transport company, and time information. The destination storage unit 234 can store a business entity ID and granularity that identify a business entity that can provide the submitted amount in association with a transportation route ID indicating the transportation route and a transporter ID indicating the transport company. The providing unit 213 can identify the transporter ID and transportation route ID corresponding to the business entity that sent the request from the destination storage unit 234, and acquire the emissions corresponding to the identified transporter ID and transportation route ID from the emission amount storage unit 233.

[0040] Furthermore, in this embodiment, the allocation information is registered in advance in the allocation information storage unit 235, but the allocation information may be created according to the transportation performance. In this case, the providing unit 213 can create the allocation information by calculating the ratio of the travel distance for each section to the total travel distance of the transportation route, and the transportation volume obtained by multiplying the travel distance for each section by the weight of the luggage, based on the activity amount information.

[0041] <Disclosures> The present disclosure also includes the following configurations. [Item 1] an activity amount acquisition unit that acquires an activity amount on a logistics transportation route; an emission calculation unit that calculates greenhouse gas emissions along the transportation route by multiplying the amount of activity by an emission intensity; an emission amount storage unit that stores the emission amount in association with the transportation route; a provider storage unit that stores a business entity that provides the emission amount in association with the transportation route; a providing unit that, in response to a request from the business entity, identifies the transportation route corresponding to the business entity from the providing destination storage unit, and provides the emission amount corresponding to the identified transportation route to the business entity; An information processing system comprising: [Item 2] Item 1, an information processing system according to item 1, The request specifies the transportation route; the providing unit determines whether to provide the emission amount corresponding to the transportation route to the business entity, depending on whether the business entity that sent the request is stored in the providing destination storage unit in association with the transportation route specified in the request; An information processing system characterized by: [Item 3] Item 1, an information processing system according to item 1, an allocation information storage unit that stores, for each of the transportation routes, allocation information for identifying an amount of activity related to the business entity in association with the business entity; the providing unit provides the business entity with an apportioned emission amount, which is the emission amount corresponding to the business entity, calculated by apportioning the emission amount based on the transportation route and the apportionment information corresponding to the business entity; An information processing system characterized by: [Item 4] Item 1, an information processing system according to item 1, a granularity storage unit that stores, for each of the transportation routes, the granularity of the emissions to be provided to the business entity in association with the business entity; the providing unit provides the business entity with an aggregate value of the activity amount corresponding to the transportation route, aggregated according to the granularity corresponding to the transportation route and the business entity; An information processing system characterized by: [Item 5] acquiring an activity amount on a logistics transportation route; calculating the amount of greenhouse gas emissions along the transportation route by multiplying the amount of activity by an emission intensity; storing the emission amount in association with the transportation route; storing a business entity that provides the emission amount in association with the transportation route; In response to a request from the business entity, identifying the transportation route corresponding to the business entity from the provision destination storage unit, and providing the emission amount corresponding to the identified transportation route to the business entity; An information processing method characterized by being executed by a computer. [Item 6] acquiring an activity amount on a logistics transportation route; calculating the amount of greenhouse gas emissions along the transportation route by multiplying the amount of activity by an emission intensity; storing the emission amount in association with the transportation route; storing a business entity that provides the emission amount in association with the transportation route; In response to a request from the business entity, identifying the transportation route corresponding to the business entity from the provision destination storage unit, and providing the emission amount corresponding to the identified transportation route to the business entity; A program that causes a computer to execute the following. [Explanation of symbols]

[0042] 1. Operator terminal 2 Management Server

Claims

1. an activity amount acquisition unit that acquires an activity amount on a logistics transportation route; an emission calculation unit that calculates greenhouse gas emissions along the transportation route by multiplying the amount of activity by an emission intensity; an emission amount storage unit that stores the emission amount in association with the transportation route; a provider storage unit that stores a business entity that provides the emission amount in association with the transportation route; a providing unit that, in response to a request from the business entity, identifies the transportation route corresponding to the business entity from the providing destination storage unit, and provides the emission amount corresponding to the identified transportation route to the business entity; An information processing system comprising:

2. 2. The information processing system according to claim 1, The request specifies the transportation route; the providing unit determines whether to provide the business entity that sent the request with the emissions corresponding to the transportation route specified in the request, depending on whether the business entity that sent the request is stored in the providing destination storage unit in association with the transportation route specified in the request; An information processing system characterized by:

3. 2. The information processing system according to claim 1, an allocation information storage unit that stores, for each of the transportation routes, allocation information for identifying an amount of activity related to the business entity in association with the business entity; the providing unit provides the business entity with an apportioned emission amount, which is the emission amount corresponding to the business entity, calculated by apportioning the emission amount based on the transportation route and the apportionment information corresponding to the business entity; An information processing system characterized by:

4. 2. The information processing system according to claim 1, a granularity storage unit that stores, for each of the transportation routes, the granularity of the emissions to be provided to the business entity in association with the business entity; the providing unit provides the business entity with an aggregate value of the activity amount corresponding to the transportation route, which is aggregated according to the granularity corresponding to the transportation route and the business entity; An information processing system characterized by:

5. acquiring an activity amount on a logistics transportation route; calculating the amount of greenhouse gas emissions along the transportation route by multiplying the amount of activity by an emission intensity; storing the emission amount in association with the transportation route; storing a business entity that provides the emission amount in association with the transportation route; In response to a request from the business entity, identifying the transportation route corresponding to the business entity from the provision destination storage unit, and providing the emission amount corresponding to the identified transportation route to the business entity; An information processing method characterized by being executed by a computer.

6. acquiring an activity amount on a logistics transportation route; calculating the amount of greenhouse gas emissions along the transportation route by multiplying the amount of activity by an emission intensity; storing the emission amount in association with the transportation route; storing a business entity that provides the emission amount in association with the transportation route; In response to a request from the business entity, identifying the transportation route corresponding to the business entity from the provision destination storage unit, and providing the emission amount corresponding to the identified transportation route to the business entity; A program that causes a computer to execute the following.

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