JPH1035836A - Locally decentralized management system for cargo tracedata - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize the rapid response of inquiry of the cargo trace without increasing the cost for the circuit. SOLUTION: The cargo schedule information and the cargo passing information are received from a customer request information input device 1 and a cargo status input device 1 respectively, whether or not any area other than the shelf-control area is present in the cargo schedule route is judged, if it is present, the data is transmitted to the other area control system from a data transmitting/receiving means 33, and the cargo information received by a transmission data sorting means 31 is delivered to a database upgrading means 32, and stored in the database 34. The data transmitting/receiving means 33 receives the cargo passing information generated in the other area, and delivered to the database upgrading means 32, and stores it in the database 34. The inquiry condition from a user is received by a trace information providing means 35, the information meeting the condition is retrieved from the database 34, and the result is indicated in a trace inquiry device 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a transportation management system using an information processing equipment, and more particularly to a method for improving cargo responsiveness by dividing data into regional blocks and managing them to improve response. It relates to a regional decentralized management system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this kind of cargo data management system has
It is used to check the transportation status of cargo efficiently. Conventionally, the following two systems are used as the cargo data management system.

The first method is to centrally manage generated cargo trace data using a specific device. In this system, typically, a customer request information input device for inputting cargo schedule information, a cargo status input device for inputting cargo passage information, and a database updating means for editing the input information and storing it in a database And trace information providing means for displaying trace information suitable for the user's request from the database information.

[0004] Cargo schedule information and cargo passing information are input to all regions by a customer request input device and a cargo status input device, respectively, and are stored in a database common to all regions by database updating means.

[0005] Trace information requests from users are received from all areas by the trace information providing means at the same window, and the trace information is displayed.

[0006] On the other hand, the second method is to completely divide the generated cargo trace data for each area and to perform distributed management by separate devices. The typical configuration is the same as that of the first centralized management system for one region, and it includes a customer request information input device, a cargo status input device, a database update unit, and a trace information providing unit. In other words, when the functions and operations are limited to information in a specific area, it is the same as the first centralized management method.

However, in the second decentralized management system, since the area is limited, when a freight transport across a plurality of areas occurs, the inquiry of the cargo trace is determined by the user, and the trace of each area is determined. It is necessary to obtain information from information providing means.

[0008]

As described above, the conventional management system has the following problems.

(1) The first problem is that the response at the time of cargo trace inquiry is poor.

The reason is that, in the above-mentioned centralized management system, which is the first conventional system, an inquiry request is sent to one window (apparatus).
And requests waiting to be processed stay.

In the above-described second conventional distributed management system, the freight transportation across a plurality of regions requires a system of another region to be queried, so that the response to the inquiry is deteriorated. Have a point.

(2) The second problem is that line usage fees and the like during operation increase, leading to a rise in costs.

[0013] The reason is that in the above-mentioned centralized management system, which is the first conventional system, since there is only one inquiry request window, the number of users from a long distance increases considerably, and the line cost increases due to long-distance communication. That's why.

(3) The third problem is that the effect when a failure occurs is great.

The reason is that, in the above-mentioned centralized management system, which is the first conventional system, since a single system performs centralized management, if the system becomes unable to continue service due to a failure or the like, the entire system becomes unavailable. This is because services cannot be provided to the region.

(4) The fourth problem is that it is difficult to unify system operations.

The reason is that, in the above-mentioned second conventional distributed management system, it is necessary to change the inquiry destination depending on whether or not the cargo is transported across regions.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a freight trace inquiry system capable of promptly inquiring.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a cargo trace inquiry system that achieves a significant reduction in line cost by performing an optimally distributed arrangement of the system.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a cargo trace inquiry system that minimizes the effects of a failure.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a cargo trace inquiry system in which the operation of the system is unified and the operability is improved.

[0022]

In order to achieve the above object, a regional distribution management system for cargo trace data according to the present invention distributes cargo trace information for each region, and each region originates, arrives, or passes through its own region. It is characterized in that the information on the cargo to be transferred and the information when the cargo passes through other areas are managed by the equipment in the own area.

Further, the present invention provides that freight information is distributed and managed in regions, and information related to the own region is managed as information of the own region even if it occurs in another region. Features.

In the present invention, the transmission data distribution means determines whether or not the entire route from the departure to the arrival of the cargo is in the area under its jurisdiction, and the route deviating from the area is determined. If there is, the data transmission / reception unit is instructed to transmit data in order to share the data with the system that manages the area of the route.

The data transmitting / receiving means identifies a partner area management system with which information is to be shared from the cargo information, and transmits data to the system. The data transmitting / receiving means on the other area management system receives the cargo information transmitted from the other area.

The cargo information distributed to each region by these transmission data distribution means and data transmission / reception means is as follows:
It is stored in the database by the database updating means and becomes cargo trace information referred by the user.

[0027]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, an embodiment of the present invention includes a customer request information input device 1 such as a keyboard and an information receiving device, a cargo status input device 2, and a database management device for storing information and providing trace information. 3 and a trace inquiry device 4 such as a display device or a printing device.

The database management device 3 includes a transmission data distribution unit 31, a database update unit 32, a data transmission / reception unit 33, and a trace information providing unit 35.

The transmission data distribution means 31 is based on the information supplied from the customer request information input device 1 and the cargo status input device 2, and the inputted information is moved only within its own jurisdiction. Is determined.

The database updating means 32 registers or updates the information received by the transmission data distribution means 31 and the information received by the data transmitting / receiving means 33 from the other area management system 5 in the database 34.

The data transmitting / receiving means 33, when the transmission data distribution means 31 determines that the information is for freight moving to a region outside its own jurisdiction, transmits the information to a system which governs that region. In addition, for cargo that is to be moved from another area to the area under its jurisdiction, cargo information is received from the system 5 that governs the other area.

The trace information providing means 35 receives the trace inquiry condition from the user, searches the database 34 for the corresponding information, and displays the result on the trace inquiry device 4 as an inquiry result.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the transmission data distribution means 31 determines whether or not the input information is data extending to another area and automatically distributes the input information. It is characterized in that it is configured to transmit and receive the area management system and its information.

That is, even if the information indicates that the cargo passes through another jurisdiction area, the own area management system transmits the cargo information from the other area management system if the cargo has passed or will pass through the own jurisdiction area. Since the cargo is collected, sufficient information can be obtained by performing a trace inquiry to the local area management system for cargo passing through the local area.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the processing flow of the embodiment of the present invention. The operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

The cargo schedule information provided from the customer request information input device 1 is supplied to the transmission data distribution means 31 (step A1).

The transmission data distribution means 31 confirms the passing area of the supplied cargo schedule information, and checks whether or not the planned route does not include a place outside its own jurisdiction.
If it is included, the cargo schedule information is supplied to the data transmitting / receiving means 33 (step A2).

The data transmitting / receiving means 33 specifies the destination area to be transmitted from the supplied cargo schedule information, and transmits the cargo schedule information to the other area management system 5 (step A3).

The database updating means 32 receives the supply of all cargo schedule information from the transmission data sorting means 31 and registers the cargo schedule information in the database 34 (step A).
4).

The data transmitting / receiving means 33 in the other area management system 5 receives the cargo schedule information (step B).
1), the information is supplied to the database updating means 32 in the system, and the database updating means 32 registers the supplied cargo schedule information in the database 34 (step B2).

After the cargo has actually moved, the cargo passing information is transmitted from the cargo status input device 2 to the transmission data distribution means 3.
1 (step A5).

The transmission data distribution means 31 searches the database 34 for scheduled information on the cargo based on the supplied cargo passing information, and determines whether or not the scheduled route includes a place outside the area under its jurisdiction. Is checked, and if it is included, the data passing means 3
3 (step A6).

The data transmitting / receiving means 33 specifies the destination area to be transmitted from the supplied cargo schedule information, and transmits the cargo passing information to the other area management system 5 (step A).
7). The database updating unit 32 receives the supply of all the cargo passage information from the transmission data distribution unit 31, and registers the cargo passage information in the database 34 (Step A8).

The data transmitting / receiving means 33 in the partner area management system receives the cargo passing information (step B).
3), the information is supplied to the database updating means 32 in the system, and the database updating means 32 registers the supplied cargo passage information in the database 34 (step B4).

Next, the operation and effect of the above embodiment of the present invention will be described.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, if the cargo passes through or is expected to pass through the area under its jurisdiction, the schedule information and all the passing information from departure to arrival are stored in the own area management system. For this reason, the user who makes the trace inquiry only needs to connect to the system that manages the area to which the user belongs.

Therefore, the load of the inquiry processing can be distributed, the inquiry speed can be improved, the connection distance can be shortened, and the line cost can be reduced. Furthermore, since it is only connected to the system under the jurisdiction of the own region, the operation method cannot be different.

Further, by distributing the system for each region, the influence of a failure is also limited to one region, whereby the risk distribution of the failure can be achieved.

[0050]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In order to explain the above-described embodiment of the present invention with a more specific example, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining an example in which the present invention is applied to a transportation system from Hong Kong to Japan. FIG.
In this section, the region is Asia / China, the other region is Japan, and the information shown in the database is shown mainly.

Referring to FIG. 3, locations where passage information is acquired are assumed from D1 to D9. D1 is the departure point,
D2 is land transportation, D3 is an export-related business base, D4 is an export customs base, D5 is air / sea transportation, D6 is an import customs base in another region of Japan, D7 is an import-related business base, D8 is land-based transportation, D9 Is the destination. Further, in the databases of the Asia / China regional management system and the Japanese regional management system, the columns marked with a circle indicate that the cargo passage information was acquired and the databases were updated.

In this embodiment, assumed scenes are C1 to C4 in the figure. C1 indicates a customer request scene, C2 indicates a cargo departure scene, C3 indicates a cargo partner area passing scene, and C4 indicates a trace inquiry scene.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 1 and 2 and the explanatory diagram of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 3, in a scene C1, the transmission data distribution means 31 receives cargo schedule information from Hong Kong to Japan from the customer request information input device 1 (step A).
1), determine that the cargo is to Japan outside the Asia / China region, and deliver it to the data transmitting / receiving means 33 (step A)
2).

The data transmitting / receiving means 33 determines that the other area management system 5 is the Japan area management system based on the received cargo schedule information, and transmits the cargo schedule information to the Japan area management system (step A3).

The database updating means 32 registers the cargo schedule information in the database 34 (step A4).

On the Japan area management system side, the cargo schedule information received by the data transmission / reception means 33 from the Asia / China area management system is delivered to the database update means 32 (step B1). (Step B
2).

Next, in the scene C2, the transmission data distribution means 31 receives the cargo passage information indicating that the vehicle has left Hong Kong from the cargo status input device 2 (step A5).
The schedule information of the cargo is taken out from the database 34, it is determined that the cargo is to Japan outside the Asia / China region, and the cargo is delivered to the data transmitting / receiving means 33 (step A).
6).

The data transmitting / receiving means 33 determines that the other area management system 5 is the Japan area management system from the received cargo schedule information, and transmits the cargo passage information (departure from Hong Kong) to the Japan area management system (step A7). .

The database updating means 32 registers that the cargo has left Hong Kong in the database 34 (step A8).

On the side of the Japan area management system, the data passing means (departure from Hong Kong) received by the data transmission / reception means 33 from the Asia / China area management system is updated by the database updating means 3.
2 (step B3), and the database updating means 32 registers that the cargo has left Hong Kong in the database 34 (step B4).

Scene C3 shows the processing after the cargo arrives at the Japanese side. Hereinafter, the operation in the Japan area management system will be described.

First, the cargo status input device 2 on the Japanese side
The transmission data sorting means 31 receives the cargo passage information indicating that the import customs clearance has been completed (step A5), extracts the schedule information of this cargo from the database 34, and confirms that the cargo is from Asia / China outside Japan. Judge and transfer to the data transmitting / receiving means 33 (step A6).

The data transmission / reception means 33 determines that the other area management system 5 is the Asia / China area management system from the received cargo schedule information, and transmits the cargo passage information (import customs clearance completed) to the Asia / China area management system. (Step A7).

The database updating means 32 registers in the database 34 that the customs import clearance of Japan has been completed (step A8).

On the Asian / China area management system side, the cargo passing information (import customs clearance) received by the data transmission / reception means 33 from the Japan area management system is transferred to the database updating means 32 (step B3), and the database updating means 32 transmits the data to the database. 34, the fact that the customs clearance of the cargo in Japan has been completed is registered (step B4).

Scene C4 shows the processing of the trace inquiry. As can be seen by comparing the information in the database shown in FIG. 3, information on the cargo transported from the Asia / China region to the Japan region is obtained. , The Asia-China Regional Management System and the Japan Regional Management System have the same information.

For this reason, the user can refer to the trace information by connecting to the management system in his / her area.

For example, in the case of the example shown in FIG. 3, the Japanese inquirer can grasp the cargo status before arriving in Japan only by connecting to the Japan regional management system.

[0071]

As described above, the present invention has the following effects.

(1) The first effect is that the cargo trace inquiry system is divided into regions, and as the cargo information to be managed, not only information on occurrence of a jurisdiction but also information passing through a jurisdiction. This means that even local occurrence information can be managed by its own system. As a result, according to the present invention, the response speed at the time of inquiry is improved, the line cost can be reduced, and the operation method can be easily integrated.

The reason for this is that, in the present invention, information on all cargo that travels to / from and through the region to which the user belongs can be obtained simply by connecting to the jurisdiction system of the region to which the user belongs. That is, according to the present invention, the users are distributed to the system for each region, as a result, the connection distance is shortened, the response speed is increased, and the line cost is reduced. It is no longer necessary to be aware of this, and operations can be easily unified.

(2) The second effect is that, by dividing the system into regions, the risk of failure can be dispersed.

The reason is that, according to the present invention, even if the jurisdiction system in one area goes down due to a failure, the cargo information is complete for each area, so that users of the jurisdiction system in another area can trace without problems. Inquiry is possible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a processing operation according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically illustrating an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Information input device since customer 2 Cargo status input device 3 Database management device 4 Trace inquiry device 5 Other regional management system 31 Transmission data distribution means 32 Database update means 33 Data transmission / reception means 34 Database 35 Trace information provision means C1 Customer request scene C2 Cargo Departure scene C3 Cargo destination passage scene (Customs clearance completed) C4 Trace inquiry scene D1 Departure base D2 Land transportation D3 Export-related business base D4 Export customs base D5 Air transport / sea transportation D6 Import customs clearance base D7 Import-related business base D8 Land transportation D9 Arrival base

Claims (5)

[Claims] Claims: 1. Cargo tracing information is distributed for each area, and each area has information on freight traveling to and from its own area,
And a cargo trace data management system, wherein information when a cargo passes through another region is managed by a device in the own region. 2. A management system for managing freight information is distributed and arranged for each region. The management system includes a transmission data distribution means for determining transmission of freight information to another region, and a data transmission / reception means for transmitting / receiving data to / from another region. Data management means to manage freight information in a distributed manner, and manage information related to its own area as information of its own area even if it occurs in other areas. A cargo trace data management system characterized by the following. 3. The transmission data distribution means determines whether or not a route from departure to arrival of a cargo is in an area under its jurisdiction. 3. The cargo trace according to claim 2, further comprising: instructing the data transmission / reception means to transmit data to the other management system in order to share the data with another management system that manages the area of the route. Data management method. 4. The data transmitting / receiving means specifies a management system in another area with which information is to be shared from the cargo information, and transmits the cargo information to the specified management system.
The data transmission / reception means on the other area management system side receives the transmitted cargo information, and in this way, the cargo information distributed to each region by the transmission data distribution means and the data transmission / reception means of each management system, 3. The freight trace data management according to claim 2, wherein the freight trace data is stored in a database of each management system in a consistent manner, so that a user can refer to freight trace information in the management system of each region. method. 5. A management system for managing cargo information is distributed and arranged for each region. The management system inputs cargo schedule information and cargo passage information, and uses a data distribution means to designate a region other than its own jurisdiction. Judge whether the cargo is moving or not, and if the cargo is moving in a region other than its own jurisdiction, send the information to the other region management system to check the cargo schedule information and / or cargo passing in the other region A cargo trace data management system that receives information and updates the local database based on the information.