4th Party Cyber Logistics for Air Cargo

by Sung-Chi Chu, Lawrence C. Leung, Yer Van Hui, Waiman Cheung

Overview

4^th Party Cyber Logistics For Air Cargo is a technical discussion for researchers and practitioners to understand the issues, models, and future directions of air cargo logistics in the cyber era. This book introduces the many aspects of planning and control of air cargo logistics processes in an e-Business environment. The authors approach this subject matter from the perspective of the logistics service providers. There is tremendous potential of achieving industry-wide collaboration between agents of the air cargo industry via an e-Business community platform. At the same time, there are many intellectually challenging problems regarding the architecture, ownership, decision support environment, and knowledge management of such an e-Business platform.

The authors provide an evolutionary view to conceptualize the developments of websites where e-Commerce activities and e-Business activities co-exist. Four Web eras are detailed, providing an impetus for the development of frameworks of an e-Business platform for air cargo logistics, or e-Platform. The conceptual framework captures the new elements in cyber logistics and what the framework can do for the industry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781402078002
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	04/30/2004
Series:	International Series in Operations Research & Management Science , #73
Edition description:	2004
Pages:	164
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

Air Cargo Logistics and Information Technology.- Evolution of e-Commerce and Modern Air Cargo Logistics.- Frameworks for a 4th Party Air Cargo Logistics e-Business Platform.- A Benefit, Cost and Risk Analysis for the Stakeholders of a 4th Party Logistics e-Business Platform.- Technical Design and Implementation of the Logistics e-Platform.- E-Platform Decision Support: Optimizing Shipment Design.- Business Intelligence for Air Cargo Logistics.