Patent ID: 7593737
Filing Date: 2009-09-22
Classification: G05B,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A transportation management system for managing transportation of a target object with an attached information storage medium, the transportation management system comprising: a database including operational information and operator information that correspond to the target object, the operational information including an anticipated result of the transportation of the target object; a communication apparatus including a transport information obtaining part configured to obtain transport information of the target object when the target object is transported to a predetermined area, the transport information including an actual result of the transportation of the target object; an operational information retrieving part configured to retrieve the operational information from the database in accordance with the identification information of the target object; an information comparing part configured to determine a delay or advance in schedule of the transportation of the target object by comparing the actual result in the transport information and the anticipated result in the operational information; a notification information generating part configured to generate notification information indicative of a result of the comparison; and a notification information transmitting part configured to transmit the notification information to a predetermined destination in accordance with the operator information.