Forward markets to increase informational certainty and decrease risk in logistics

A system comprising:

• one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a plurality of shipping bids from a plurality of real-world shipping entities, each shipping entity being an entity having goods to ship from one or more locations to one or more destinations, wherein each shipping bid represents an option to ship a particular quantity of goods in the future at a particular shipping price, and wherein each shipping bid comprises a plurality of shipping parameters;
• receiving a plurality of carrier bids from a plurality of real-world carrier entities, each carrier entity being an entity that provides transportation services for transporting goods, wherein each carrier bid represents an option to transport a particular quantity of goods in the future at a particular carrier price, and wherein each carrier bid comprises a plurality of carrier parameters;
• performing a matching process to generate a plurality of pair-wise partial matches, wherein each pair-wise partial match associates a shipping bid with a carrier bid at a modified price, wherein the modified price is based on a deviation between shipping parameters of the shipping bid and carrier parameters of the carrier bid;
• providing information representing the plurality of pair-wise partial matches to the plurality of real-world shipping entities and the plurality of real-world carrier entities;
• and
• generating training data representing which of the plurality of pair-wise partial matches were exercised.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• generating an option that represents transportation of a load from a specific city;
• determining a price of the option based on a simulation of a supply chain that includes the specific city;
• determining that the option was exercised;
• and
• based on determining that the option was exercised, modifying the supply chain.