Apparatus and method for transportation and upselling of product
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsRichard B. Bettes, Stephen E. Jaffe, Bret R. Sandefur, Matthew B. Trevathan
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Abstract
A system and method for using product profiling to maximize load capacity of a vehicle. The method includes defining product profiles and retrieving product information associated with the product profiles. The method further includes performing cubing operations for products associated with the product information. The system includes components to perform the method steps.
Claims18
A method for deploying an application using product profiling to maximize load capacity of a vehicle, comprising:
- providing a computer infrastructure being operable to:
- retrieve product profiles;
- retrieve product information associated with the product profiles;
- provide a break point to eliminate a skewed proportion for products being shipped, wherein the break point maximizes profitability for the products being shipped;
- and
- perform cubing operations for products associated with the product information.
A system comprising at least one hardware component for maximizing load capacity of a vehicle using product profiling, the at least one hardware component being configured to:
- retrieve product profiles;
- retrieve product information associated with the product profiles, wherein the product information is historical product information;
- determine that a past product exists based on the historical product information;
- provide the past product for shipment when the past product exists;
- and
- perform cubing operations for the past products and additional products associated with the product information.
A computer program product comprising a computer usable storage device having readable program code embodied in the device, the computer program product includes at least one component to:
- retrieve product profiles;
- retrieve product information associated with the product profiles;
- provide a break point to eliminate a skewed proportion of products for shipping, wherein the break point maximizes profitability for the products being shipped;
- and
- perform cubing operations for products associated with the product information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.