Systems and methods for generating and implementing a household customer database are disclosed. In one aspect, a method for processing items comprises receiving a first item to be delivered and identifying data corresponding to one or more of a source information and destination information of the first item. The method further comprises identifying secondary information of the first item, storing the source, destination, and secondary information in a database, creating associations between the source, destination, and secondary information, receiving a request to analyze information stored and associated in the database, determining whether the database comprises information necessary to perform the requested analysis, identifying if additional information is needed to perform the requested analysis, updating the secondary information associations to include the additional information if needed to perform the requested analysis, and analyzing the information stored and associated in the database based on the received analysis request or query.

Systems and methods for consolidated ordering are provided. The systems and methods for consolidated ordering may allow merchants to list products for sale and allow users to select products from multiple merchants to be included in a single order, pay for the order, and pick-up the order or receive the order in a single delivery. The systems and methods for consolidated ordering may also determine fees associated with the order, apportion the fees between the user and merchants associated with the order, and apportion payment of the order between the merchants associated with the order. Additionally, the systems and methods for consolidated ordering may determine order preparation instructions for the merchants, pick-up instructions for users, and delivery instructions for delivery services.

Systems and methods for consolidated ordering are provided. The systems and methods for consolidated ordering may allow merchants to list products for sale and allow users to select products from multiple merchants to be included in a single order, pay for the order, and pick-up the order or receive the order in a single delivery. The systems and methods for consolidated ordering may also determine fees associated with the order, apportion the fees between the user and merchants associated with the order, and apportion payment of the order between the merchants associated with the order. Additionally, the systems and methods for consolidated ordering may determine order preparation instructions for the merchants, pick-up instructions for users, and delivery instructions for delivery services.

In one embodiment a queue of drivers for a particular area is maintained, wherein the queue specifies an order in which drivers are selected for transportation requests from the particular area. A driver is selected from the queue for a first transportation request from the particular area. A placement of the driver within the queue of drivers is determined based on at least one characteristic of the first transportation request. An indication of the placement of the driver within the queue of drivers is communicated to a computing device associated with the driver.

Methods and systems for controlling production resources in a supply chain are described. The system automatically generates predicted supply chain operational metrics across a nodes of a supply chain. The system automatically infers causal factors that impact the predicted supply chain operational metrics. The causal factors include a change to a utilization of the production resource. The system communicates a user interface including production runs being scheduled on the production resource including a user interface element representing the scheduling of the production run associated with a value at risk. The system receives input causing a change to the utilization of the production resource. The change to the utilization of the production resource impacts the predicted supply chain operational metrics including the value at risk associated with the scheduling of the production run.

An example operation may include one or more of receiving transport data of a multi-party transport process, identifying documents and events that are associated with the multi-party transport process based on the received transport data, dynamically determining read and write permissions for the documents and the events of the multi-party transport process based on predefined roles, and storing an identifier of the multi-party transport process and the dynamically determined read and write permissions in a block on a blockchain.

A ground marker for use in identifying a location associated with a mission performed by an aerial vehicle includes a visible surface with aspects that are positioned at different vertical heights or elevations. The vertical variation in the aspects of the visible surface enhances a level of visibility of the ground marker within images captured by cameras provided aboard the aerial vehicle, resulting in more accurate estimations of ranges to such markers (e.g., altitudes) determined from such images. The visible surface includes one-dimensional or two-dimensional bar codes, alphanumeric characters and symbols thereon and is provided on or within rigid or flexible frames that are adapted to be placed on ground surfaces at the location associated with the mission.

In some embodiments, the instant invention provides for a computer-implemented method that includes at least the following steps of: periodically receiving investment transactional data identifying investment transactions of a plurality of investors; automatically determining, base on the investment transactional data, a document to be mailed to each investor of the plurality of investors; automatically generating a delivery data for each mailing to be mailed to each investor of the plurality of investors, where the delivery data includes: bucslip data or trade confirmation data, assembling data, and unique production control bar code data generated based on the assembling data and an investment transaction identifier from the investment transactional data; and printing a unique production control bar code based on the unique production control bar code data, where the unique production control bar code is configured to be used for: assembling each mailing envelope, and tracking such mailing envelope.

In some embodiments, the instant invention provides for a computer-implemented method that includes at least the following steps of: periodically receiving investment transactional data identifying investment transactions of a plurality of investors; automatically determining, base on the investment transactional data, a document to be mailed to each investor of the plurality of investors; automatically generating a delivery data for each mailing to be mailed to each investor of the plurality of investors, where the delivery data includes: bucslip data or trade confirmation data, assembling data, and unique production control bar code data generated based on the assembling data and an investment transaction identifier from the investment transactional data; and printing a unique production control bar code based on the unique production control bar code data, where the unique production control bar code is configured to be used for: assembling each mailing envelope, and tracking such mailing envelope.

An automatic supplier recommendation engine for suggesting a product supplier from outside of an existing merchant network is disclosed. A set of optimization solutions may include pricing, performance, shipping, duties, trust score and other inventory or manufacturing factors. The set of optimization solutions are run on a processor to determine optimal fulfillment for products in an e-commerce platform. A set of heuristics may include geographic location, quality, sizing of purchases, similarity of supplier offerings, supplier positioning and other attributes may be created for merchants and suppliers. The set of optimization solutions are run, and the set of heuristics for each merchant and for each supplier are compared, to determine whether a match exists. A prospective merchant-supplier relationship may be communicated and established via an e-commerce platform.