Patent ID: 6567788
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
In combination with delivery of commodities from a source to a receiving location at which usage of the commodities occurs at a certain rate, a programmed logistic system for planning said delivery of the commodities during said usage thereof, comprising: transport means for sequential transit of unit quantities of said commodities from the source to the receiving location; means for preselecting constraints to be imposed on the transport means dependent on conditions at the source and the receiving location, including total number of the transits; means for computing rate of delivery of the commodities at the receiving location by the transport means under said constraints; and means imposing scheduling on said transport means for minimizing said total number of the transits to the receiving location at said rate of delivery in excess of said certain rate of the usage to maintain a reserve inventory of the commodities at said receiving location.