System and Method for Delivery Predictiona Days in Advance
AssigneeNippon Gas Co., Ltd.
InventorsShinji WADA, Shingo DEKAMO
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Abstract
In an LP gas delivery business, when the preparation of a delivery list for a next day delivery amount is followed by a delivery operation, a discrepancy is caused between the delivery list and a delivery record. On the other hand, the delivery due date is determined so as to avoid a gas shortage. The delivery prior to the delivery due date has no problem. Thus, the delivery list in the LP gas delivery business is prepared by setting, as data for a next day delivery amount, not data having a delivery due date of a next day but data after α days (e.g., after 2 days).
Claims9
A method of predicting a delivery due date for an LP gas delivery business and preparing a delivery list for next day delivery, comprising:
- acquiring customer data, wherein the customer data includes at least an identifier for a customer of a delivery address, an identifier for an supply facility associated, and meter indication data;
- calculating usage of the supply facility based on a difference of the meter indication data for a fixed period;
- acquiring supply facility data using the identifier of the supply facility, wherein the supply facility data includes at least the identifier of the supply facility, a gas capacity and a set number of the supply facility, and a previous delivery date;
- calculating a master capacity representing a total capacity of the supply facility based on the gas capacity and the set number;
- predicting a date at which the supply facility will have a gas shortage based on the master capacity, the previous delivery date, and the usage to calculate the delivery due date;
- preparing the delivery list based on the supply facility data for which the calculated delivery due date is a due date after predetermined days from the next day and the supply facility data of an undelivered task, the predetermined days are 2 days;
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- transmitting the delivery list to a mobile terminal carried by a deliveryman.
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A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-executable instruction for executing a method of predicting a delivery due date for an LP gas delivery business and preparing a delivery list for next day delivery, the method comprising:
- acquiring customer data, wherein the customer data includes at least an identifier for a customer of a delivery address, an identifier for an supply facility associated, and meter indication data;
- calculating usage of the supply facility based on a difference of the meter indication data for a fixed period;
- acquiring supply facility data using the identifier of the supply facility, wherein the supply facility data includes at least the identifier of the supply facility, a gas capacity and a set number of the supply facility, and a previous delivery date;
- calculating a master capacity representing a total capacity of the supply facility based on the gas capacity and the set number;
- predicting a date at which the supply facility will have a gas shortage based on the master capacity, the previous delivery date, and the usage to calculate the delivery due date;
- preparing the delivery list based on the supply facility data for which the calculated delivery due date is due date after predetermined days from the next day and the supply facility data of an undelivered task, the predetermined days are 2 days;
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- transmitting the delivery list to a mobile terminal carried by a deliveryman.
A computer for predicting a delivery due date for an LP gas delivery business and preparing a delivery list for next day delivery, the computer being configured to carry out:
- acquiring customer data, wherein the customer data includes at least an identifier for a customer of a delivery address, an identifier for an supply facility associated, and meter indication data;
- calculating usage of the supply facility based on a difference of the meter indication data for a fixed period;
- acquiring supply facility data using the identifier of the supply facility, wherein the supply facility data includes at least the identifier of the supply facility, a gas capacity and a set number of the supply facility, and a previous delivery date;
- calculating a master capacity representing a total capacity of the supply facility based on the gas capacity and the set number;
- predicting a date at which the supply facility will have a gas shortage based on the master capacity, the previous delivery date, and the usage to calculate the delivery due date;
- preparing the delivery list based on the supply facility data for which the calculated delivery due date is due date after predetermined days from the next day and the supply facility data of an undelivered task, the predetermined days are 2 days;
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- transmitting the delivery list to a mobile terminal carried by a deliveryman.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.