Dube Parijat,Goncalves Joao P. M.,Mahatma Shilpa N.,Naphade Milind R.
申请号:
US201514986200
公开号:
US2016321607(A1)
申请日:
2015.12.31
申请国别(地区):
美国
年份:
2016
代理人:
摘要:
A method includes obtaining a demand specification specifying a plurality of multi-modal freight shipment scenarios, each of the multi-modal freight shipment scenarios including at least a destination and an origin, generating, with a booking tool, a plurality of feasible multi-modal routes for each of the multi-modal freight shipment scenarios using route information from a carrier database, determining a plurality of business compliant routes among the plurality of feasible multi-modal routes for each of the multi-modal freight shipment scenarios using a rules specification specifying different business rules for each of the multi-modal freight shipment scenarios, comparing the multi-modal freight shipment scenarios by the business compliant routes determined for each respective one of the multi-modal freight shipment scenarios, and identifying at least one business rule, among the different business rules, affecting an aggregate cost-savings using the comparison of the multi-modal freight shipment scenario