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Those orders are
collected, sent to the FRATIS optimization algorithm. Various methods were used to move this data
between the drayage companies and the Optimization algorithm including
entering the data directly into FRATIS and FTPing the information in
files. Once the information was
gathered the optimization algorithm was run for a single day and a single
drayage company. The algorithm
optimized to reduce the number of bob-trail trips and the distance trucks
would have to travel during the day while also taking in to account
constraints by the drayage company like driver availability and hours of
service, time windows, etc.
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