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4th PARTY
CYBER LOGISTICS FOR AIR CARGO
4TH 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
for achieving industry-wide collaboration between agents of
the air cargo industry via an e-Business community platform.
At the same time, there are many intellecturally challenging
problems regarding the architecture, ownership, decision support
environment, and knowlege 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. The 4th party e-Platform
from the stakeholders' point of view is illustrated using
the ANP and AHP models, highlighting the intrinsic relationships.
Technical design issues for an e-Platform are also discussed
in order to gain an understanding of how current an demerging
technologies will help shape this e-Platform in the Web-based
environment, and finally, the e-Platform also brings two new
issues into perspective: decision support and knowledge manaement
in cyber logistics.
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