Patent ID: 7313530

Claim:
A method of displaying the capacity utilization of a goods delivery system, the goods delivery system having a delivery agent location, an address and a delivery zone, said method implemented by a computing unit and comprising the steps of: obtaining delivery agent information of a delivery agent that delivers a plurality of goods, the delivery agent information comprising at least one of a delivery agent location, a delivery agent name, a delivery agent code, a delivery management system schedule name and a delivery agent zone group name; calculating a first delivery capacity for said delivery agent information, the first delivery capacity comprising a first volume defined by a first plurality of slots, each slot defining a slot volume; assigning a work unit to each good of the plurality of goods representing a multiplication factor associated with each good and indicative of a portion of the first volume defined by a number of slots used to deliver each good, the work unit generated by a supplier of the good based on a size of the good and a degree of difficulty in installing the good to facilitate equalizing slots for the first delivery capacity; calculating, by the computing unit, a portion of the first delivery capacity used for said delivery agent information based on assigned work units; calculating usage information for said delivery agent information based on a single day and a delivery zone; displaying a periodic calendar format illustrating said delivery agent information and delivery agent statistics for a respective zone for each day in a respective period, the delivery agent statistics comprising at least one of a delivery capacity, a reserved capacity and scheduled deliveries; said periodic calendar further adapted to have drill down capability to display additional daily details; determining whether the first delivery capacity of the delivery agent to deliver the goods during a first period is exceeded; determining whether a second delivery capacity of the delivery agent to deliver the goods during a second period is exceeded; and determining to deliver the goods during the second period upon determining that the first delivery capacity is exceeded and the second delivery capacity is not exceeded, wherein the goods are configured to utilize the entire second delivery capacity.