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US07676404B2 Method for forecasting consumption and generating optimal delivery schedules for vehicles involved in delivering propane and other consumables to end consumers 失效
用于预测消耗量并为终端消费者提供丙烷和其他消耗品的车辆的最佳交付时间表的方法

  • Patent Title: Method for forecasting consumption and generating optimal delivery schedules for vehicles involved in delivering propane and other consumables to end consumers
  • Patent Title (中): 用于预测消耗量并为终端消费者提供丙烷和其他消耗品的车辆的最佳交付时间表的方法
  • Application No.: US10686143
    Application Date: 2003-10-14
  • Publication No.: US07676404B2
    Publication Date: 2010-03-09
  • Inventor: Dominique M. RichardJoel Adler
  • Applicant: Dominique M. RichardJoel Adler
  • Applicant Address: US PA Conshohocken
  • Assignee: RMR Associates LLC
  • Current Assignee: RMR Associates LLC
  • Current Assignee Address: US PA Conshohocken
  • Agency: Woodcock Washburn LLP
  • Main IPC: G06Q10/00
  • IPC: G06Q10/00
Method for forecasting consumption and generating optimal delivery schedules for vehicles involved in delivering propane and other consumables to end consumers
Abstract:
This invention concerns an improved forecasting and routing system for scheduling propane and other consumable deliveries as well as service deliveries to end consumers by one or more trucks in a multi-stop environment. The invention utilizes information regarding weather history and the consumption history of individual consumers to calculate their future expected demand, and the variability on that demand when sufficient delivery history is available. Customers lacking sufficient delivery history use the consumption of similar customers as a surrogate. This information serves to determine the near optimal set of successive days within which to replenish or service each customer. Knowing this demand the system assembles deliveries into daily truck delivery routes that maximize the consumables delivered per hour. The system is designed for use in cooperation with a computer having memory and incorporates item, customer, weather, and routing information databases.
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