A control arrangement and a method for organizing and monitoring transport assignment in a transport management system

摘要

A method and control arrangement for organizing and monitoring transport assignment of a transport management system. The method comprising obtaining (S1) a destination position and desired time of arrival to the destination position for a transport assignment assigned to a vehicle, receiving (S2), via a user interface provided on a display, user input defining a selected time delay limit for the transport assignment, for when a selected transport organizer should be notified; receiving (S3) real time position information of the vehicle; determining (S4) an estimated time of arrival, ETA, to the destination position for the transport assignment based on the position information using a routing engine; determining (S6) whether the time delay limit is exceeded based on the ETA, the desired time of arrival and the time delay limit; and notifying (S7) the selected transport organizer upon the time delay limit being exceeded.