Automated Distribution System Using Location-Based Courier Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing object item distribution process is time-consuming as it requires a person in charge to determine the nearest store and notify a salesperson to contact a courier, which inefficiencies the distribution process.
Innovation Solution
An object item distribution method and apparatus that receives a distribution request, determines the purchased item and user location, and instructs a suitable courier from a list of distribution users to deliver the item, thereby streamlining the distribution process by directly determining and instructing the appropriate courier.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a person in charge manually determines the nearest store and notifies a salesperson to contact a courier, then the distribution process can be completed, but the distribution time is excessive and efficiency is low
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automated self-service distribution by using the information exchange platform to automatically determine the nearest store based on user location and autonomously notify the salesperson, eliminating the need for manual intervention and significantly reducing distribution time
Solution Approach 2:
The manual mechanical process of determining nearest store and notifying salesperson is replaced by an automated information processing system that uses location data and platform algorithms to automatically complete these tasks, transforming human labor into automated digital processes
2Ease of operation
If the seller manually determines the nearest store and arranges distribution, then the distribution can be arranged, but the distribution arrangement process is relatively time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system allows the distribution arrangement process to serve itself by automatically calculating the nearest store using the user's location information and autonomously notifying the appropriate salesperson, eliminating manual operational steps and reducing arrangement time
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-establishing the relationship between user location and nearest store, and by having the information exchange platform ready to automatically notify the salesperson when a purchase is made, so that the distribution arrangement is initiated immediately without manual delay
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AI summary
An object item distribution method is performed at a computer server that hosts a social networking application with which an enterprise user has an official account and an enterprise account, the method including: receiving a distribution request sent by a requesting user to the official account, the distribution request being generated after the requesting user purchases an item by using the requesting user's account; determining, according to the distribution request, the item purchased by the requesting user and a location of the requesting user; determining, according to the location of the requesting user, a distribution user that meets a preset condition from distribution users of the enterprise account; and sending a distribution instruction to the distribution user that meets the preset condition, the distribution instruction being used for instructing a courier of the distribution user that meets the preset condition to distribute the item to the requesting user.