Received order management system, received order management method, and program

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems fail to select an optimum returnable container based on the type of articles, and users are burdened with large expenses for low-temperature storage containers when transporting articles requiring refrigeration.

Innovation Solution

A received-order management system that selects an appropriate container type based on article type and calculates rental fees accordingly, using a delivery unit equipped with sensors to monitor and ensure article quality during transport and storage.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If users prepare their own low-temperature storage containers for transporting articles requiring refrigeration, then article quality can be maintained, but user expenses become excessively large

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvearticle qualityVSAvoiduser expenses

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a rental system where users pay only for the actual storage period rather than purchasing expensive containers. The system provides access to low-temperature storage containers on-demand, allowing users to rent containers only when needed for transporting temperature-sensitive articles, thereby avoiding large upfront expenses while maintaining article quality through professional-grade equipment

Inventive Principle:

Principle #27Cheap short-living objects (Disposable)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces a rental management system as an intermediary between container providers and users. This system handles container allocation, rental period calculation, and fee collection, enabling users to access professional low-temperature storage containers without bearing the full cost of ownership, thus resolving the contradiction between maintaining article quality and reducing user expenses

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If multiple types of containers are prepared to match different article types, then article quality can be ensured, but container selection complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvearticle qualityVSAvoidcontainer selection

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements automatic container selection through the rental management system. When users register their articles and specify storage requirements, the system automatically matches them with appropriate container types based on article characteristics, eliminating the need for users to manually select from multiple container options while ensuring article quality through proper container-article matching

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentEP3859624B1Received order management system, received order management method, and program

Publication Date: 2026.03.04 MEDIPAL HLDG CORP

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AI summary

To enable to select an optimum container that can ensure the quality of an article from a plurality of containers according to the type of the article, to calculate a rental unit price of one container to be commonly used at a time of delivering the article and at a time of storing the article at a delivery destination, and to calculate a rental fee of the container. A received-order management server 11 calculates delivery date data and collection date data based on an article code and use date data received from a user terminal 3 on a user side, and selects a container of a type corresponding to the article from plural kinds of containers based on the article code. The received-order management server 11 then calculates a billing amount by multiplying a unit price by a rental period calculated based on a delivery completion notification and a collection completion notification received from a delivery unit 17.