Patent ID: 11972475
Assignee: TRANSFORM SR BRANDS LLC
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 10:
11. A non-transitory computer readable media comprising instructions that, in response to being executed, configure:
one or more processors to:
receive customer orders from a plurality of customers, wherein each customer order requests one or more products from one or more suppliers;
select a first mode of transportation from a plurality of modes of transportation;
assign first routes to vehicles of the selected first mode of transportation according to a first vehicle routing algorithm and a first vehicle carrying capacity; and
in response to a quantity of first routes exceeding a quantity of vehicles of the selected first mode of transportation:
identify a plurality of products not assigned to a vehicle;
select a second mode of transportation from the plurality of modes of transportation, wherein the second mode of transportation is different than the first mode of transportation; and
assign second routes to vehicles of the selected second mode of transportation according to a second vehicle routing algorithm and a second vehicle carrying capacity.