MICHAEL F BURNS
Accountancy in Sewickley, PA

License number
Pennsylvania CA039663L
Category
Accountancy
Type
Certified Public Accountant
Address
Address
Sewickley, PA 15143
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Method Of Calculating And Displaying Premium Freight Costs

US Patent:
8078547, Dec 13, 2011
Filed:
Jul 30, 2007
Appl. No.:
11/881899
Inventors:
Sanjay K. Joshi - Woodlands TX, US
Marko Dodig - Houston TX, US
Dimitrios I. Sagias - Houston TX, US
Sean K. Ritchie - Mars PA, US
John A. Hertneky - Aliquippa PA, US
Michael F. Burns - Sewickley PA, US
Ronald Gadzinski - Moon Township PA, US
Samuel W. Phipps - Moon Township PA, US
Claire Wickham Rivoir - Sewickley PA, US
Assignee:
Bayer MaterialScience LLC - Pittsburgh PA
Bayer Corporate and Business Services LLC - Pittsburgh PA
International Classification:
G06Q 10/00, G06F 7/00
US Classification:
705341, 705 11, 705330, 705333, 705400, 705 30
Abstract:
Methods for calculating and displaying premium freight costs are provided. The methods comprise the steps of: A) selecting a time period of interest; B) selecting all shipments occurring within the selected time period and indexing the shipments into a list; C) for each shipment in the list, evaluating whether the shipment was delivered in the optimal mode, optimal source, and/or optimal carrier, and if a non-optimal mode, source or carrier was used, calculating premium freight cost; D) if the premium freight cost is not negative, adding the premium freight cost to a lane for the non-optimal mode; and E) displaying the premium freight cost by lane on a computer screen. Information for carrying out the methods of the present invention is contained in various databases containing shipment data and optimality tables.

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