Abstract: A system for controlling logistics via a graphic user interface (GUI). The system includes a database server (1) and a web server (2). The database server includes a database (10) for storing freight data, and data on freight routes. The web server includes a route storage (20), a conveyance model storage (22), a route generator (24), and an active conveyance generator (26). The web server can generate an active freight route map (866), including freight routes (8664) and conveyance simulators (8666) moving along the freight routes. Each route in the freight route map is hyperlinked to in-transit freight data on the freight route. Each conveyance simulator is hyperlinked to freight data on a corresponding actual conveyance. A method for controlling logistics via a graphical user interface is also disclosed.

Abstract: A delivery notification (D/N) system based on an electronic communications network is provided for performing delivery notification tasks in real time. Each user of the D/N system is assigned with a username and a password that cooperate to uniquely identify the user and determine a specific authority for the user to access the D/N system. The D/N system comprises a base information module including all base information needed by the D/N system, a demand module which allows a purchaser to key in and store purchase order information on the network and to browse delivery information provided by suppliers, a supplier module which allows suppliers to browse and confirm the purchase order information in real time and to create delivery information and store the delivery information in the D/N system, and a reporting module which allows users to search information and to print out searched information in tabular format.