An Integration Technology for Long Distance Logistics and Supply Chain Management

dc.contributor.authorCho, Hyunbo
dc.contributor.authorWoo, Jungyu
dc.contributor.authorIvezik, Nenad
dc.contributor.authorJones, Albert
dc.contributor.authorDenno, Peter
dc.contributor.authorPeng, Yun
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-19T17:33:10Z
dc.date.available2018-11-19T17:33:10Z
dc.date.issued2009-04-05
dc.descriptionProceedings of the 18th International Conference on Management of Technologyen_US
dc.description.abstractDespite the global economic downturn, import/export trade will continue to grow. That trade depends on many intercontinental, long-distance, logistics partners. Those partners include exporters, brokers, truckers, customs, carriers, and importers who depend on information to do their jobs. The software support systems that generate, use, and exchange that information are exceedingly complex and highly heterogeneous in nature. Inadequate approaches to integration of such systems means that trading partners encounter recurring problems including late deliveries, inaccurate tracking, insufficient visibility, poor security, unreliable planning, and unnecessary disruptions. In this paper, we propose an integration approach that will reduce or eliminate these problems. That approach must (1) ensure interoperability among logistics applications; (2) provide shipment visibility to all trading partners; (3) reduce the average and variance of transport times; (4) accommodate associated international standards; (5) reuse legacy applications, where possible; and, (6) facilitate recovery from supply chain disruptions. Our approach has four proposals. First, we propose a collaboration architecture and a federated network framework using SOA-based concepts. Second, we propose a standards-based approach to message specification that will facilitate interoperability among trading partners. Third, we propose a framework for fast recovery from supply chain disruptions. Fourth, we propose the concept of a test bed to verify that proposed commercial solutions conform to those standards.. We believe that our approach will impact the intercontinental logistics industry significantly – in terms of quantitative and qualitative measures. First, it will increase shipment visibility dramatically among global trading partners. Second, it will decrease both the average and variance of transport times significantly. Third, it will reduce the cost associated with premium freight, and improve data quality and integrity.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors wish to acknowledge the partial financial support of the NIST and TTA (Validation of UNeDocs data model).en_US
dc.description.urihttps://ebiquity.umbc.edu/paper/html/id/533/An-Integration-Technology-for-Long-Distance-Logistics-and-Supply-Chain-Managemenen_US
dc.format.extent9 pagesen_US
dc.genreconference papers and proceedingsen_US
dc.genrepreprints
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/M2154DS9T
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/12055
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department Collection
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
dc.rightsThis work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law.
dc.rightsPublic Domain Mark 1.0*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/*
dc.subjectLogisticsen_US
dc.subjectSupply chain managementen_US
dc.subjectIntegration technologyen_US
dc.subjectShipment visibilityen_US
dc.subjectUMBC Ebiquity Research Groupen_US
dc.titleAn Integration Technology for Long Distance Logistics and Supply Chain Managementen_US
dc.typeTexten_US

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