CONET Method &System for Container Inventory Management Inventor Chair Professor Lalith Edirisinghe 

1. Users are provided with container exchange option which leads to reduction of empty container repositioning costs. The system is operationalised through assessing customer benefits of exchange using an innovative “unit of measurement” namely TEU/Days.
2. Offeror is reciprocated with equal benefits that offeree enjoyed.
3. Reduction of CO2 emissions produced in container liner shipping.
4. Reduces variations of business forecast due to uncertainty issues through scientific forecasting.
5. Scientifically maps inward and outward container flows and proactively alert customers about the potential exchange opportunities unlike existing container exchange platforms.