Transport dispatch system for trailer assignment

A system for identifying a trailer assignment for transporting a total quantity of goods to a plurality of railway stations comprising at least one processor, the at least one processor configured to perform operations comprising:

• determining the total quantity of goods to he shipped to the plurality of railway stations, the total quantity of goods comprising a plurality of different materials;
• determining a plurality of different types of shipping containers for transporting the plurality of different materials, wherein each different type of shipping container is configured to carry one or more of the plurality of different materials;
• receiving, via a user interface, a command to identify the trailer assignment for shipping the total quantity of goods to the plurality of railway stations, wherein the trailer assignment includes identifying how many of each shipping container to use to carry the plurality of different materials to the plurality of railway stations;
• computing the trailer assignment for shipping the total quantity of goods to the plurality of railway stations using a fewest number of the shipping containers;
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• providing, via the user interface, the trailer assignment indicating the fewest number of shipping containers that can be used to ship the plurality of different materials to the plurality of railway stations.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium for identifying a trailer assignment for transporting a total quantity of goods to a plurality of railway stations, the non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one computing device, cause the at least one computing device to perform operations comprising:

• determining the total quantity of goods to be shipped to the plurality of railway stations, the total quantity of goods comprising a plurality of different materials;
• determining a plurality of different types of shipping containers for transporting the plurality of different materials, wherein each different type of shipping container is configured to carry one or more of the plurality of different materials;
• receiving, via a user interface, a command to identify the trailer assignment for shipping the total quantity of goods to the plurality of railway stations, wherein the trailer assignment includes identifying how many of each shipping container to use to carry the plurality of different materials to the plurality of railway stations;
• computing the trailer assignment for shipping the total quantity of goods to the plurality of railway stations using a fewest number of the shipping containers;
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• providing, via the user interface, the trailer assignment indicating the fewest number of shipping containers that can be used to ship the plurality of different materials to the plurality of railway stations.