Logistics network management device, logistics network management system, and logistics network management method

A logistics network management system configured to manage a logistics network in which a plurality of vehicles make deliveries via a plurality of delivery locations having a plurality of shared units, comprising:

• a memory storing a program;
• and
• a computation device configured to execute the program, which causes the computation device to execute
• recommended departure time calculation processing of calculating, for each selected vehicle, based on an expected arrival time at a second delivery location at which the vehicle will arrive after an expected arrival at a first delivery location and also based on information about a vacant period of each shared unit at the second delivery location, a recommended arrival time at the second delivery location for which a period from arrival at the second delivery location until the start of a predetermined operation is shortest, and calculating, based on the recommended arrival time, a recommended departure time that is a departure time from the first delivery location,
• shared unit usage time band generation processing of determining, for each vehicle, whether or not the vehicle can arrive at a shared unit that can be used at the first delivery location at a stated time at or before the recommended departure time, and generating, when it is determined that the vehicle can arrive at the shared unit that can be used, information indicating that the vehicle should arrive at the stated time at the shared unit that can be used at the first delivery location, and
• usage instruction generation processing of displaying the generated information on a screen configured for viewing by a user of the logistics network management device;
• a logistics network management device configured to transmit the generated information in the usage instruction generation processing;
• and
• a location terminal configured to automatically create and display information received from the logistics network management device and provided at the first delivery location on a screen of a warehouse manager, the information including an indication of use of one of the shared units and a button for choosing approval or rejection of the information;
• wherein the computation device is configured to receive an input, from the user of the logistics network management device, which approves or dismisses the generated information,
• wherein, when the input approves the generated information, the logistics network management device outputs an instruction to each vehicle to use the shared unit and a usage time band thereof at the plurality of delivery locations, and when the input dismisses the generated information, the logistics network management device terminates the shared unit usage time band generation processing, and
• wherein the deliveries are made by the plurality of vehicles based on the instruction, such that an environmental impact of each vehicle at the plurality of delivery locations is reduced.

A logistics network management method for managing a logistics network in which a plurality of vehicles make deliveries via a plurality of delivery locations having a plurality of shared units, wherein

• an information processing device executes
• recommended departure time calculation processing of calculating, for each selected vehicle, based on an expected arrival time at a second delivery location at which the vehicle will arrive after an expected arrival at a first delivery location and also based on information about a vacant period of each shared unit at the second delivery location, a recommended arrival time at the second delivery location for which a period from arrival at the second delivery location until the start of a predetermined operation is shortest, and calculating, based on the recommended arrival time, a recommended departure time that is a departure time from the first delivery location,
• shared unit usage time band generation processing of determining, for each vehicle, whether or not the vehicle can arrive at a shared unit that can be used at the first delivery location at a stated time at or before the recommended departure time, and generating, when it is determined that the vehicle can arrive at the shared unit that can be used, information indicating that the vehicle should arrive at the stated time at the shared unit that can be used at the first delivery location, and
• usage instruction generation processing of automatically creating and displaying the generated information on a location terminal of a warehouse manager including a screen configured for viewing by a user of the logistics network management device, and
• receiving an input, from the user of the logistics network management device, which approves or dismisses the generated information,
• wherein, when the input approves the generated information, the logistics network management device outputs an instruction to each vehicle to use the shared unit and a usage time band thereof at the plurality of delivery locations, and when the input dismisses the generated information, the logistics network management device terminates the shared unit usage time band generation processing, and
• wherein the deliveries are made by the plurality of vehicles based on the instruction, such that an environmental impact of each vehicle at the plurality of delivery locations is reduced, and
• wherein the generated information includes information on use of one of the shared units and a button for choosing approval or rejection of the information.