# US 2019/0318307 A1 · Transportation and shipping management system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0318307 A1 - Document ID: US20190318307A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/382,500 - Filed: 2019-04-12 - Published: 2019-10-17 - Earliest claimed: 2018-04-16 - Assignees: Askul Corporation - Applicants: ASKUL Corporation - Inventors: Keisuke Higashida; Takahiro Kaneko; Shota Terada; Kazuyuki Ikeda - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190318307A1 ## CPC - G06Q 10/0835: Relationships between shipper or supplier and carriers - G06Q 10/0838: {Historical data} - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A system for managing a selling system for shipping out an item from a warehouse or a nearest base associated with a delivery destination, includes an instruction unit configured to, before receiving an order placement for an item from a customer, transmit, to a warehouse server associated with the warehouse or a relay base server associated with a relay base, a transportation instruction for transporting the item to the nearest base from the warehouse or the relay base, and to, after receiving the order placement for the item from the customer, transmit, to a nearest base server associated with the nearest base, a submission instruction for submitting the ordered item to the customer. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A transportation and shipping management system for managing a selling system for shipping out an item from a warehouse or a nearest base associated with a delivery destination in accordance with the delivery destination, the transportation and shipping management system comprising an instruction unit configured: to, before receiving an order placement for an item from a customer, transmit, to a warehouse server associated with the warehouse or a relay base server associated with a relay base, a transportation instruction for transporting the item to the nearest base from the warehouse or the relay base, and to, after receiving the order placement for the item from the customer, transmit, to a nearest base server associated with the nearest base, a submission instruction for submitting the ordered item to the customer. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The transportation and shipping management system according to claim 1, further comprising: a storage unit configured to store quantity information of the item temporarily stored in the nearest base; an order reception unit configured to acquire order placement information including an item identifier, a quantity, and a delivery destination; and a determination unit configured to determine whether a condition that the delivery destination included in the order placement information is associated with the nearest base and that the item indicated by the item identifier is present in the nearest base in the quantity or more is satisfied, wherein the instruction unit transmits the submission instruction to the nearest base server when the condition is satisfied, and transmits a shipment instruction corresponding to the order placement information to the warehouse server when the condition is not satisfied. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The transportation and shipping management system according to claim 2, further comprising a prediction unit configured to predict a demand quantity of the item for a delivery destination associated with the nearest base, wherein the instruction unit transmits, to the warehouse server, the transportation instruction for transporting the item to the nearest base from the warehouse when a difference between the predicted demand quantity of the item and the quantity of the item temporarily stored in the nearest base is less than a threshold value. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The transportation and shipping management system according to claim 3, wherein the instruction unit (A) determines a transportation quantity of the item to the nearest base from the warehouse in consideration of (A1) a transportation capacity, and (A2) a total number of a transportation amount in accordance with replenishment of the item to the nearest base from the warehouse and a transportation amount in accordance with shipment of the item to the customer from the warehouse, and (B) transmits the transportation quantity of the item by including the transportation quantity of the item in the transportation instruction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The transportation and shipping management system according to claim 2, further comprising a prediction unit configured to predict a demand quantity of the item for a delivery destination associated with the nearest base, wherein the storage unit also stores quantity information of the item temporarily stored in the relay base; and wherein the instruction unit transmits, to the relay base server, the transportation instruction for transporting the item to the nearest base when a total number of a quantity of the item temporarily stored in the nearest base and a quantity of the item temporarily stored in the relay base is equal to or more than the quantity included in the order placement information even when the condition is not satisfied. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The transportation and shipping management system according to claim 5, wherein the instruction unit transmits, to the warehouse server or the relay base server, the transportation instruction for transporting the item to the nearest base from the warehouse or the relay base when a difference between a predicted demand quantity of the item and a total number of the quantity of the item temporarily stored in the nearest base and the quantity of the item temporarily stored in the relay base is less than a threshold value. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The transportation and shipping management system according to claim 6, wherein the instruction unit determines a transportation quantity of the item to the nearest base from the warehouse or the relay base in consideration of a transportation capacity, and a total number of a transportation amount in accordance with replenishment of the item to the nearest base from the warehouse and the relay base and a transportation amount in accordance with shipment of the item to the customer from the warehouse and the relay base, and transmits the transportation quantity of the item by including the transportation quantity of the item in the transportation instruction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The transportation and shipping management system according to claim 3, wherein the order reception unit is capable of also acquiring planned order placement information relating to order placement, which is a periodic purchase and the delivery date of which is not determined; and wherein the prediction unit predicts the demand quantity on the basis of the planned order placement information. ### Claim 9 (depends on 3) The transportation and shipping management system according to claim 3, wherein the transportation of the item to the nearest base from the warehouse is performed in a state in which the item is loaded on a roll-box pallet, wherein the item is temporarily stored in the nearest base together with the roll-box pallet, wherein a weight sensor and a communication device of the roll-box pallet is provided, and wherein the storage unit updates the quantity information on the basis of a sensor reading value of the weight sensor transmitted via the communication device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The transportation and shipping management system according to claim 1, wherein the submission instruction includes slip printing information for printing at least one of a tag label or an invoice. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The transportation and shipping management system according to claim 1, wherein the nearest base is present in a building; and wherein the delivery destination is a destination in the building. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The transportation and shipping management system according to claim 1, wherein the delivery destination is a destination that is present within a predetermined distance from the nearest base. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The transportation and shipping management system according to claim 1, wherein the item is present in plurality and at least a part of the items is stored in plurality in one container; wherein the container is provided with a weight sensor and a communication device; wherein the submission instruction includes an instruction for carrying a first container, which is temporarily stored in the nearest base and in which the plurality of items are stored, to the delivery destination and collecting a second container located at the delivery destination; and wherein the transportation and shipping management system further comprises a billing processing unit configured to generate billing information on the basis of a difference between a reading value of a weight sensor transmitted via a communication device of the first container, and a reading value of a weight sensor transmitted via a communication device of the second container. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The transportation and shipping management system according to claim 13, wherein order placement for the items stored in the container is performed in units of containers; and wherein an order reception unit determines that an order placement for shipping one container in which the items are stored to the delivery destination is received when the reading value of the weight sensor transmitted via the communication device of the container located at the delivery destination is less than a predetermined threshold value. ### Claim 15 A transportation and shipping management method in a selling system for shipping out an item from a warehouse or a nearest base associated with a delivery destination in accordance with the delivery destination, the method comprising, executing by a computer: before receiving an order placement for an item from a customer, transmitting, to a warehouse server associated with the warehouse or a relay base server associated with a relay base, a transportation instruction for transporting the item to the nearest base from the warehouse or the relay base; and after receiving the order placement for the item from the customer, transmitting, to a nearest base server associated with the nearest base, a submission instruction for submitting the item, the order of which is placed, to the customer. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing therein a program for causing a computer to execute the steps of the method according to claim 15.