The present invention is directed to a method for generating a list of
package shipment routes in a shipment solution system comprising the
steps of entering product information, place of origin, destination and
shipment temperature parameters for a package into the system. A list is
generated containing a listing of all possible shipment routes available
for the package between the place of origin and the destination. For each
of the shipment routes, an ambient thermal temperature model is generated
corresponding to the external temperatures the package is exposed to
during each of the possible shipment routes. The thermal characteristics
of the package are calculated along the available shipping routes, based
on each of the ambient thermal temperature models, so as to determine
feasible shipment routes and corresponding packaging information. For
each of the feasible shipment routes, the cost for shipment along the
feasible shipment routes is calculated based on packaging and delivery
cost and a route is selected for delivery from among the feasible
shipment routes.