System, apparatus and method for conducting an online transaction to fulfill a rail-shipment service inquiry or a rail-shipment service ordering
CA 3033823 C · Owner: Canadian National Railway Company · Inventors: Ernesaks, Anita; Podgurny, Leonard John
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A method, as wells as an associated server arrangement and a computer for conducting an online transaction to fulfill a rail-shipment service inquiry including providing a cost estimate are described. A customer system is directed to implement a Graphical User Interface (GUI) to accept a user input identifying a commodity to be shipped. In response to a specific commodity to be shipped the GUI displays for selection an adapted collection of freight railcar type options corresponding to freight railcar types suitable to transport the particular commodity. A baseline haul price is computed by using as factors the commodity to be shipped and the selected railcar type. The GUI also presents a …
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