Patent ID: 6801901
Filing Date: 2004-10-05
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A computer implemented method for improving the mileage quality of a load, the load selected from a plurality of loads, the plurality of loads comprising a first plurality of units to be delivered from a terminal to a first plurality of destinations within a geographic region on a plurality of delivery vehicles, comprising the steps of:(A) creating a list of seed units from a second plurality of units, the second plurality of units to be delivered to a second plurality of destinations within the geographic region; (B) selecting a current seed unit from the list of seed units, resident in at least one computer memory; (C) creating a list of promising loads from the plurality of loads; (D) selecting a current promising load from the list of promising loads, wherein the current promising load comprises a best savings load for the current seed unit; (E) creating a sortlist from the units comprising the current promising load; (F) selecting, by at least one computer processor, a current best savings unit from the sortlist; (G) swapping the current best savings unit for the current seed unit on the current promising load, the current promising load with the current best savings unit comprising a current swapped load; and (H) saving the current swapped load in the plurality of loads, the current swapped load representing a load with improved mileage quality.