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Real-time determination of delivery/shipping using multi-shipment rate cards

a multi-shipment rate card and real-time determination technology, applied in the field of computer applications, can solve the problems of difficult real-time finding the optimal option, and the cost of packaging delivery is considered a variable operating cost for electronic retailers, and achieve the effect of avoiding costly delivery

Inactive Publication Date: 2017-07-20
DOORDASH INC
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The patent text describes a method and system for determining the most cost-effective shipping option in real-time based on information such as postal address codes, carrier transit time data, and shipment rate cards. The system can search a shipping option cost matrix to find the least expensive delivery option based on order information like the scheduled fulfillment center, destination, expected delivery date, and weight of the shipment. This allows for quicker and more efficient shipment planning, reducing costs and improving customer satisfaction.

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Package delivery cost is considered a variable operating cost for electronic retailers.
However, due to the complexity of the problem, finding an optimal option in real time is challenging.

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[0014]A system, method, computer program product, and technique may be presented that optimally determine shipping method, for example, providing a shipping option pre-selection approach. An embodiment of the system and / or method performs shipping method optimization before performing an order fulfillment optimization, reducing problem complexity and run time for each order, and thus improving the scalability of the system.

[0015]FIG. 1 illustrates an overview of a shipping option pre-selection approach in one embodiment of the present disclosure. From process flow perspective, the system and / or method in one embodiment of the present disclosure may preprocess the delivery transit time information and the shipment rate cards to determine the least costly carriers, given any combination of origin, destination, weight and the expected transit days. For example, shipping option pre-selection at 102 may generate optimal shipping option matrix for all scenarios at 104. When a system needs...

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Abstract

A shipping option cost matrix may be generated based on the postal address codes, the carrier transit time data and the shipment rate cards. Responsive to receiving an order, the generated shipping option cost matrix may be searched in real-time to determine least costly delivery option, based on order information, the order information comprising a scheduled fulfillment center, destination, expected delivery date and weight of a shipment.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62 / 279,738, filed on Jan. 16, 2016, which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.BACKGROUND[0002]The present application relates generally to computers and computer applications, and more particularly to data analytics, omni-channel order fulfillment and determining shipping methods.[0003]Package delivery cost is considered a variable operating cost for electronic retailers. Minimizing the delivery cost involves evaluating complex delivery options: for example, the retailer needs to first optimally choose a shipping method (Air or Ground) to meet the promised delivery dates, then choose a carrier (e.g., which particular postal service) to minimize shipment cost. For instance, from process flow perspective, a standard practice is to optimize the shipping method after the order information is known. From algorithmic perspective, either all of the shipping o...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06Q10/08G06Q30/02
CPCG06Q30/0284G06Q10/08345H04L43/0876G06N20/00G06Q10/083G06Q10/087G06Q10/0833G06Q30/0283G06Q30/0635G06Q10/06315G06Q30/0201G06Q30/0206G06Q10/06375G06Q10/0633G06Q10/0838G06Q10/0875G06N5/01G06F16/148G06F16/183G06F16/1734G06F16/1844G06F16/2365G06F3/0482G06F3/04847H04L43/0882G06N5/04G06N5/045H04L43/16
Inventor DESHPANDE, AJAY A.GUPTA, SAURABHHAMPAPUR, ARUNKOC, ALILI, YINGJIELIU, XUANMILITE, CHRISTOPHER S.QUANZ, BRIAN L.TAN, CHEK KEONGXING, DAHAIZHENG, XIAOBO
Owner DOORDASH INC
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