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Title:
TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM PLANNING METHOD
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2005145573
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To accurately plan a transportation program that keeps a delivery date of a delivery destination and minimizes a transportation cost, in a short time.

A computer main body 2 inputs a product list made from a species of each product, manufacturing finishing time, and a manufacturer; a delivery list made from a species about each delivery, a delivery date, and the delivery destination; and a transportation table made from time required for transportation from the manufacturer to the delivery destination, on the basis of operation of an input device 1 by a user. An integer variable indicating allocation of each product and each delivery and in-bulk transporting method of each product is decided, and various restrictions required for planning a transporting program is formulated by a linear equation and a linear inequality. Optimizing calculation that minimizes a value of evaluation function defined by a weighted total sum of delivery delay and a transportation cost is carried out, and the delivery destination of each product and the in-bulk transporting method are decided.


Inventors:
SHIOTANI MASANORI
Application Number:
JP2003381284A
Publication Date:
June 09, 2005
Filing Date:
November 11, 2003
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
NIPPON STEEL CORP
International Classes:
B65G61/00; G06Q50/00; G06Q50/28; (IPC1-7): B65G61/00; G06F17/60
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takayoshi Kokubun