E-logistics : managing your digital supply chains for competitive advantage / edited by Yingli Wang, Stephen Pettit.

CW908

Includes bibliographical references and index.

[Part 1: E-logistics development] E-logistics: definition, trends and directions / Yingli Wang and Stephen Pettit -- Definition of e-logistics -- Historical development -- The way forward, an overview of the book's structure -- Supporting ICT infrastructure for future logistics / Adrian E Coronado Mondragon, Etienne S Coronado Mondragon and Christian E Coronado Mondragon -- ICT and logistics -- Intelligent transport systems -- Smart grid -- The convergence infrastructure for ITS and the smart grid -- Applications of a convergence infrastructure for ITS and the smart grid -- Conclusions and future work between ITS and the smart grid.

[Part 2: E-logistics for transport modes and nodes] ICT for Airfreight management / Robert Mayer -- Airfreight: the challenges -- The airfreight supply chain -- Customer interfaces -- ICT for rail freight management / Allan Woodburn -- Basic principles of ICT in rail freight operations -- What do rail freight customers want? -- Tracking and tracing information for customers -- Other ICT applications that help rail freight to play to its strengths -- The role of ICT for rail freight in the single European railway area -- ICT for efficient road freight transport / Derek Beevor, with contributions from Ben Clewett -- Skylark -- Cloud computing -- Telematic data -- Data source -- IT system development -- Big data -- Conclusion: the need for greater collaboration? -- Electronic bills of lading / Nikolaos Vasilakis and Rawindaran Nair -- Bills of lading background -- Bill of lading as a receipt -- Bill of lading as evidence of contract of carriage -- Bill of lading as document of title -- Background legal framework -- UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce -- Industry versions of electronic bills of lading -- Recent global initiatives on electronic commerce -- Port-centric ICT system / Tsz Leung Yip, Yingli Wang, Jane Jing Haider and Marten van der Velde -- The importance of ICT to port systems: an academic background -- The port-centric ICT -- Information matrix of port-centric ICT -- ICT investment -- Port community systems -- Policy implications.

[Part 3: Automating e-logistics] B2C e-commerce and fulfillment / Sharon Cullinane -- Structural dimensions -- Market dimensions -- E-fulfilment dimensions -- Last-mile dimensions -- Environmental dimensions -- Upcoming trends. -- The challenges of e-commerce on warehousing in the future / Gwynne Richards -- The challenges -- Type, size and location of fulfilment centres and warehouses -- Location of inventory -- Outsourcing -- Warehouse operations -- Technology and automation -- Advanced warehouse management systems and innovations / Tim Hotze -- Common warehouse functions and why warehouses are needed -- The evolution of information management in warehouses and distribution centres -- Core warehouse management system (WMS) features -- Connectivity of WMS solutions into ERP and information management systems --Warehouse control systems and the integration of automation equipment -- RFID technology to enhance data capture processes in warehouse environments -- Labour management and workforce systems -- RFID in logistics / Hywel Williams -- Technologies in use -- Costs and benefits of RFID -- Potential applications -- RFID for returnable asset tracking -- RFID in grocery retailing -- RFID in fashion retailing.-- The role of GS1 in logistics and e-procurement / Hywel Williams -- Background -- History -- Using GS1 codes -- GS1 keys used in logistics and e-procurement -- GS1 barcodes -- Barcode formats -- GS1 EPCglobal -- Privacy concerns -- The global data synchronization network (GDSN) -- Electronic data interchange -- Electronic product code information system (EPCIS) -- GS1 and customs -- GS1 standards in health care -- Automating a logistics service chain / Gilbert Owusu, Sid Shakya, Okung Ntofon and Ali McCormick -- A framework for automating the service chain -- Implementing a service chain for field and service operations -- Delivering a networked ecosystem -- Conclusions and reflections.

[Part 4: Regional and global e-logistics] Regional electronic marketplaces to improve logistics / Yingli Wang and Andrew Potter -- Context for the research -- Electronic logistics marketplaces -- Perspectives of potential Welsh users -- Framework for implementing a regional ELM. -- Trade and transport electronic single windows / Takis Katsoulakos, Yannis Zorgios and Zisis Palaskas -- Trade facilitation SWs -- Customs-related initiatives -- EU maritime transport single windows (MSWs) -- A design and development SW platform -- Single window systems for global supply chain management / Jeong Hugh Han -- Global supply chain management and single window systems -- Concluding remarks -- End-to-end global visibility and order management for integrated supply and demand chains / Tim Hotze -- The evolution and need for supply chain management --Value chain management and the importance of managing information -- Common interfaces between supply chain and demand chain stakeholders -- A three-tiered system of people, processes and systems -- Common types of purchase orders -- KPI reporting, interactive dashboards and management by exception.

[Part 5: Future outlook] ICT in multimodal transport and technological trends / Irina Harris, Yingli Wang and Haiyang Wang -- Multimodal transport -- ICT in multimodal transport -- Barriers related to ICT adoption -- Technological trends -- 'Big data' and decision support systems for managing multimodal transport -- Impact evaluation.

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