Method for scheduling transportation resources

An improved transportation scheduling system for scheduling a plurality of trips T1–Tn using a plurality of vehicles V1–Vn, each of said plurality of vehicles having a trip manifest, said system comprising:

• (a) means for generating a useability matrix that determines which of said plurality of vehicles V1–Vn, is useable with each of said plurality of trips T1–Tn;
• (b) means for determining a best trip of said plurality of trips T1–Tn to be scheduled next;
• (c) means for determining a best vehicle from said plurality of vehicles V1–Vn for accommodating said best trip;
• (d) means for determining a best insertion pair into said trip manifest of said best vehicle for said best trip and updating said trip manifest to include said best insertion pair;
• (e) means for updating said useability matrix to reflect the scheduling of said best trip on said best vehicle and removing said best trip from said plurality of trips T1–Tn;
• and
• (f) means for repeating steps (a)–(e) until all of the trips in said plurality of trips T1–Tn have been scheduled.