Package Itinerary Selection Through Rule-Based Logistics Scoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing logistical management systems often require significant user input and are based on incomplete information, leading to sub-optimal transportation solutions that fail to optimize cost and speed effectively.
Innovation Solution
A logistical management system that includes an interface and processors to receive package shipment requests, determine itineraries based on package characteristics, and validate them against pre-determined rules, selecting the highest-ranking itinerary according to criteria such as cost, distance, and risk, while considering different modes of transportation and user certifications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If automated itinerary selection is implemented, then productivity is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the itinerary selection process into distinct modules: itinerary generation from transport options, validation against rules and constraints, scoring/ranking based on multiple criteria, and final selection. This modular segmentation enables automated high-speed processing while keeping each component manageable and maintainable.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary validation and scoring system that acts as a mediator between raw transport options and the final itinerary selection. This intermediary layer automatically evaluates options against pre-defined criteria (cost, time, reliability, constraints) without requiring user intervention, thus improving productivity while containing complexity within a standardized framework.
2Reliability
If comprehensive itinerary validation is performed, then reliability is improved, but loss of time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-defining validation rules, constraints, and scoring criteria before the itinerary selection process begins. Transport options are pre-filtered and pre-evaluated against these established parameters, enabling rapid validation during actual itinerary generation without time-consuming ad hoc analysis.
Solution Approach 2:
The validation process operates continuously and parallelly across multiple itineraries simultaneously. Rather than sequentially validating each option (which would be time-consuming), the system evaluates multiple itineraries against all validation rules in parallel, maintaining continuous useful action and significantly reducing total validation time while preserving comprehensive reliability checks.
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AI summary
Systems and methods of performing logistical management are provided. The logistical management system may receive a request to ship a package from an electronic device associated with a user. The request can include an initial location and information relating to one or more characteristics of the package. In response to receiving the request, electronic data store may be queried to determine a set of possible itineraries for the package. The set of possible itineraries can then be validated against a set of pre-determined rules to produce a subset of itineraries. One of the subset of itineraries can then be chosen.