Abstract: A transportation planning system includes a control section and a storage section. The storage section retains cargo information, vehicle information, location information, movement time period information, and storage location information. The control section divides a region including a plurality of locations into a plurality of divisional regions, selects one or more of the locations as a candidate for a storage location of cargo, and generates a plurality of transportation schedules each including the candidate for a storage location and a storage period. The control section determines that, in a case where an amount of cargo to be stored does not exceed the capacity of the storage location, the plan of the candidate for is reasonable, and calculates a transportation cost in one or more of the transportation schedules for which it has been determined that the plan of the candidate storage is reasonable.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to create a delivery plan in consideration of loadability for a package when the package has a new shape or a shape of the package changes during a delivery process. A delivery plan creating system includes: a stowage rule generation unit that generates stowage rules using delivery performance data including records of a type of a delivery vehicle and a type of a package to be delivered by the delivery vehicle and stores the stowage rules in a stowage rule storage unit; a delivery plan calculation unit that estimates a scheme of the package to be loaded on the delivery vehicle and creates a delivery plan using the scheme when the package to be loaded on each delivery vehicle in the scheme matches one of the stowage rules; and a display unit that displays the delivery plan.

Abstract: Provided is an evaluation device which stores base information, base destination information, demand information, a route service tariff, and a route delivery tariff in a memory device.

Abstract: A delivery plan creating device includes: a delivery request acquisition unit that acquires a delivery change request; a change instruction deadline calculation unit that calculates, based on a delivery time range contained in the delivery change request, a change instruction deadline representing a deadline that can instruct a change in a delivery plan; a storage unit that stores conditional calculation record information in which a delivery condition set at a time of creating an executed delivery plan is in association with calculation time required for creating the executed delivery plan; a search unit that selects a delivery condition set similar to the delivery change request from the conditional calculation record information; and a calculation starting time point calculation unit that calculates a calculation starting time point by counting the calculation time in association with the selected delivery condition set backward from the change instruction deadline.

Abstract: A transportation planning apparatus calculates work time included in a transportation work plan. The transportation planning apparatus holds (i) order information showing a plurality of orders each including a delivery work and a pickup work, a site where the delivery work is performed, and a site where the pickup work is performed, and (ii) work time information of the delivery work, the pickup work, and a delivery and pickup work when regarded as one work. A transportation work order plan is generated showing a performing order of the delivery work and the pickup work that are included in the plurality of orders, sets the delivery work and the pickup work that are continuous at the same site, and specifies work time of the delivery work, the pickup work, and the delivery and pickup work that are included in the transportation work order plan with reference to the work time information.

Abstract: A transportation planning system provides a transportation plan for reducing at least a plan change amount in response to a variation in a transportation amount and a change in a transportation resource. A storage unit stores transportation amount information on an article based on an order, transportation resource information on the article, and transportation resource arrangement plan information indicating a preset transportation resource arrangement plan.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a delivery plan making system that makes a delivery plan of articles, the system including: a storage unit that stores a restriction condition for making a delivery plan and cost information used for calculating a delivery cost based on the delivery plan; a delivery plan making and cost calculating unit that makes a delivery plan before alleviation of the restriction condition to satisfy the restriction condition and calculates a delivery cost of the delivery plan before the alleviation based on the cost information; and a restriction alleviating unit that alleviate the restriction condition to generate a restriction alleviation plan, wherein the delivery plan making and cost calculating unit further makes a delivery plan after alleviation of the restriction condition so as to satisfy the restriction alleviation plan and calculates a delivery cost of the delivery plan after the alleviation based on the cost information, and outputs the restriction alleviation plan if the delivery

Abstract: A delivery plan creating device includes: a delivery request acquisition unit that acquires a delivery change request; a change instruction deadline calculation unit that calculates, based on a delivery time range contained in the delivery change request, a change instruction deadline representing a deadline that can instruct a change in a delivery plan; a storage unit that stores conditional calculation record information in which a delivery condition set at a time of creating an executed delivery plan is in association with calculation time required for creating the executed delivery plan; a search unit that selects a delivery condition set similar to the delivery change request from the conditional calculation record information; and a calculation starting time point calculation unit that calculates a calculation starting time point by counting the calculation time in association with the selected delivery condition set backward from the change instruction deadline.

Abstract: A transportation plan generation apparatus can access transported item count information that stores a transportation date, a transported item, and a transported item count, transported item information that stores the transported item and a volume, and transportation fee information that stores a transportation means, a load volume, a fee for each period. The apparatus executes: detecting a first period, among a plurality of periods, during which the transportation volume for each period based on the transported item count and the volume exceeds a threshold; identifying second periods that are prior to the first period, and that don't correspond to the first period; determining a given second period during which the fee for the transportation means is less expensive than for the first period, among the second periods, to be a period to which a portion of the transportation volume of the first period is reallocated; and outputting a determination result.

Abstract: A transportation planning apparatus calculates work time included in a transportation work plan. The transportation planning apparatus holds (i) order information showing a plurality of orders each including a delivery work and a pickup work, a site where the delivery work is performed, and a site where the pickup work is performed, and (ii) work time information of the delivery work, the pickup work, and a delivery and pickup work when regarded as one work. A transportation work order plan is generated showing a performing order of the delivery work and the pickup work that are included in the plurality of orders, sets the delivery work and the pickup work that are continuous at the same site, and specifies work time of the delivery work, the pickup work, and the delivery and pickup work that are included in the transportation work order plan with reference to the work time information.

Abstract: The inventory deployment planning device includes an inventory deployment planning unit configured to distribute an inventory amount, a delivery amount and a warehousing amount to each warehouse at any ratio based on a total inventory amount of a product, a demand amount and a supply amount of the product and to distribute an operation amount of each operation to a prescribed resource in each warehouse at any ratio based on the inventory amount, the delivery amount and the warehousing amount; a resource number calculation unit configured to calculate the number of required resources of the resource based on the operation amount, and to calculate a total number of resources according to a prescribed rule; a cost calculation unit configured to calculate a resource cost based on the total number of resources; and an optimum inventory deployment selection unit configured to specify an optimum inventory deployment in a supply chain.

Abstract: A delivery planning device is provided to efficiently cope with delivery requirements of a loading place, an off-loading place, a cargo amount, a car loading vehicle, and a work shift of a driver that fluidly change. A delivery planning device receives and registers one or more delivery requests relating to deliveries between predetermined points. The delivery requests are divided into deliveries in one or more areas for which drivers of a predetermined number of delivery vehicles are responsible according to the predetermined number of the delivery vehicles; and a vehicle route planning unit specifies a delivery route and a cost relating to deliveries for each combination of a candidate for a relay place between the areas and a relay time in the candidate for the relay place, and specifies the delivery route as a vehicle route using the cost.

Abstract: Provided is an evaluation device which stores base information, base destination information, demand information, a route service tariff, and a route delivery tariff in a memory device.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a delivery plan making system that makes a delivery plan of articles, the system including: a storage unit that stores a restriction condition for making a delivery plan and cost information used for calculating a delivery cost based on the delivery plan; a delivery plan making and cost calculating unit that makes a delivery plan before alleviation of the restriction condition to satisfy the restriction condition and calculates a delivery cost of the delivery plan before the alleviation based on the cost information; and a restriction alleviating unit that alleviate the restriction condition to generate a restriction alleviation plan, wherein the delivery plan making and cost calculating unit further makes a delivery plan after alleviation of the restriction condition so as to satisfy the restriction alleviation plan and calculates a delivery cost of the delivery plan after the alleviation based on the cost information, and outputs the restriction alleviation plan if the delivery

Abstract: A transport planning system that performs efficiently a delivery without lowering a load factor of each vehicle is provided. The invention is directed to a transport plan generating method using an information processing apparatus including an input device, a processor, and an output device. The method is characterized by generating a delivery route of a commodity by a delivery unit from a forwarding source to a forwarding destination; assuming a moving warehouse that is temporarily installed and movable when there are the plurality of forwarding sources; changing the delivery route so that the commodity is delivered to the forwarding destination via the moving warehouse; and generating a movement instruction with respect to the delivery unit and the moving warehouse so as to realize the changed delivery route.

Abstract: Provided are a physical distribution base arrangement plan calculating device and program with which physical distribution bases are consolidated at timing that does not cause a loss of a sales chance or an excessive cost. The physical distribution base arrangement plan calculating device and program has a function of: periodically processing actual logistics performance information to calculate changes in a monitoring item; calculating, when the changes have an increasing or decreasing trend, a physical distribution base arrangement plan by changing a parameter that is controllable with respect to a predicted future transport quantity; comparing the calculated physical distribution base arrangement plan and the current physical distribution base arrangement in profit; and, when the profit of the calculated plan is greater, displaying a message to the effect that the base arrangement needs to be revised.

Abstract: A logistics network that is optimum under consolidated demand-supply conditions is obtained. A demand-supply information storing unit stores demand-supply information about demand and supply. A similarity degree calculating unit calculates a degree of similarity between items that are included in the demand-supply information. A grouping unit groups together the items included in the demand-supply information together, based on the degree of similarity. An impact degree calculating unit calculates, for items that are grouped by the grouping unit and for items that are not grouped by the grouping unit, the degrees of impact of the items on demand-supply conditions to be used in processing of searching for an optimum logistics network. A determining unit determines, based on the degrees of impact calculated by the impact degree calculating unit, whether or not the demand-supply conditions of the items are to be used in the logistics network search processing.

Abstract: Provided are a device and method for providing means for enabling companies or business entities to supply one another with a finished product, a partly finished product, or a part. A supply rule generating device includes a storing unit and a processing unit, and calculates a supply rule, which is a condition for enabling two or more companies or business entities that procure or supply the same part or same product to accommodate one another with a part, a partly finished product, or a finished product.

Abstract: To perform overall supply group calculation for an entire supply chain that involves evaluating management cost based on the number of bases included in a supply group and allowing a supply group to receive a supply of a product from another group under a condition different from its own condition, provided is a supply group determination assisting device configured to group suppliers, factories, warehouses, and markets, which are bases and for which supply plans are formulated, into supply groups.

Abstract: The present invention determines a configuration of sites that enables low-cost operation under normal circumstances, and maintains the stockout rate of end products at an appropriate value when trouble occurs.