4th Party Cyber Logistics for Air Cargo

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

• ISBN13: 9781402078002
• ISBN10: 1402078005
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-04-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Chapter 1 Air Cargo Logistics and Information Technology
1. Introduction	1	(3)
2. A New Era for Air Cargo Logistics	4	(1)
3. Cyber Logistics - The 4th Party Logistics e-Business Platform	5	(7)
3.1 Managing Logistics Services in a Business Chain	6	(1)
3.2 First, Second, Third, and Fourth Party Logistics	7	(5)
3.2.1 Party Logistics - Traditional Labeling	8	(3)
3.2.2 Party Logistics - Levels of Integration Labeling	11	(1)
3.2.3 Remarks - 4th Party Logistics	12	(1)
4. Key Concepts of Cyber Logistics	12	(4)
4.1 Eras of Websites	13	(1)
4.2 Frameworks for a 4th Party Air Cargo Logistics e-Business Platform	13	(1)
4.3 A Benefit, Cost and Risk Analysis for the Stakeholders of e-Platform	14	(1)
4.4 Design and Implementation Issues of e-Platform	14	(1)
4.5 E-Platform Decision Support: Optimizing Shipment Design	15	(1)
4.6 Business Intelligence on the e-Platform	15	(1)
5. Concluding Remarks	16	(1)
Chapter 2 Evolution of e-Commerce and Modem Air Cargo Logistics
1. Introduction	17	(3)
1.1 Websites - e-Commerce & e-Business	18	(2)
2. Elements of an e-Commerce Website	20	(2)
2.1 Participants	20	(1)
2.2 Host	21	(1)
2.3 The Website Core	21	(1)
3. Analysis of Website Elements	22	(8)
3.1 Analysis of the Host Objects	22	(2)
3.2 Core Functions of a Website - A Transaction-based Hierarchy	24	(4)
3.3 Core Technology	28	(2)
4. Evolution of e-Commerce Websites	30	(8)
4.1 Pre-Web Era	31	(1)
4.2 Reactive Web Era	32	(1)
4.3 Interactive Web Era	33	(2)
4.4 Emerging Integrative Web Era	35	(3)
5. Concluding Remarks	38	(3)
Chapter 3 Frameworks for a 4th Party Air Cargo Logistics e-Business Platform
1. Introduction	41	(2)
2. An Example of Modem Air Cargo Logistics	43	(3)
3. An e-Business Information Infrastructure	46	(4)
3.1 Marketspace for Trading	47	(1)
3.2 Virtual Integration	47	(1)
3.3 Customization at Low Cost	48	(1)
3.4 Quality Logistics at a Low Cost	48	(1)
3.5 Strategic Alliances	49	(1)
3.6 Third-party e-Logistics Center	49	(1)
3.7 e-Business Capability	49	(1)
3.8 Decision Support	50	(1)
4. A Conceptual Framework for a 4th Party e-Business Platform	50	(7)
4.1 Functions of e-Business Platform	52	(5)
4.1.1 Community-aware Services	52	(2)
4.1.2 e-Business - Marketspace and Management Core	54	(3)
5. An Architectural Framework of the e-Business Platform	57	(11)
5.1 Technical Framework of e-Platform	57	(3)
5.1.1 The Management Platform	58	(1)
5.1.2 The Collaboration Platform	59	(1)
5.1.3 The Information Exchange Platform	59	(1)
5.2 e-Platform Challenges	60	(11)
5.2.1 Technology Landscape	60	(1)
5.2.2 Information Standards	61	(7)
6. Concluding Remarks	68	(3)
Chapter 4 A Benefit, Cost and Risk Analysis for the Stakeholders of a 4th Party Logistics e-Business Platform
1. Introduction	71	(3)
1.1 The Stakeholders: Government, Investors, and Users	72	(1)
1.2 Modeling the Benefits, Costs and Risks of the Stakeholders Using AHP and ANP	73	(1)
2. Benefits, Costs, and Risk to Government, Investors, & Users	74	(13)
2.1 Benefits to Government	74	(2)
2.2 Costs to the Government	76	(1)
2.3 Risks to the Government	77	(1)
2.4 Benefits to Investors	77	(3)
2.5 Costs to Investors	80	(1)
2.6 Risks to Investors	81	(2)
2.7 Benefits to Users	83	(1)
2.8 Costs to Users	84	(1)
2.9 Risks to Users	85	(2)
3. Risk Sharing in Platform Design: An Illustration	87	(4)
3.1 Solution Methodology of Aggregating Benefits, Costs and Risks in ANP and AHP	87	(1)
3.2 Aspects in Determining an Agreeable Solution	88	(1)
3.3 A Solution Procedure Based on Sensitivity Analysis	89	(2)
4. An Illustrative Numerical Example	91	(2)
5. Concluding Remarks	93	(2)
Chapter 5 Technical Design and Implementation of the Logistics e-Platform
1. Introduction	95	(1)
2. Characteristics of an Integrative e-Business Platform	96	(4)
2.1 e-Platform Core Functions	96	(2)
2.2 Platform Environment	98	(2)
3. Platform Design: Architecture & Issues	100	(6)
3.1 Platform Architecture	100	(2)
3.2 Technical Design Issues	102	(3)
3.3 A System Construct	105	(1)
4. A 4th Party Integrative Platform for the Air Cargo Logistics Industry	106	(5)
4.1 System Design	106	(1)
4.2 Web Technology	106	(2)
4.3 View & Action Processes	108	(2)
4.4 Any-to-any Interaction	110	(1)
4.5 Concurrency Control	110	(1)
5. A Prototype of the e-Platform	111	(2)
6. Concluding Remarks	113	(2)
Chapter 6 E-Platform Decision Support: Optimizing Shipment Design
1. Introduction	115	(1)
2. The Problem Environment	116	(2)
3. A Mixed 0-1 LP Model for Integration & Consolidation	118	(5)
3.1 Objective Function	119	(1)
3.2 Logical Constraints	119	(2)
3.3 Resource Constraints	121	(1)
3.4 The Model	121	(2)
4. An Illustrative Example Solved Using Tabu Search	123	(4)
5. Concluding Remarks	127	(2)
Chapter 7 Business Intelligence for Air Cargo Logistics
1. Introduction	129	(1)
2. Business Intelligence	130	(3)
2.1 Executive Information Systems (EIS)	131	(1)
2.2 Business Intelligence System in e-Platform	132	(1)
3. MIS on the e-Platform	133	(6)
3.1 Information Model	134	(1)
3.2 Information Structure	135	(2)
3.3 BIS in the Integrative Era	137	(2)
4. Data Management on the e-Platform	139	(3)
4.1 The Community Data Warehouse	139	(1)
4.2 Data Warehouse on the e-Platform	140	(2)
5. Data Mining	142	(8)
5.1 Data Mining - A Definition	143	(1)
5.2 Data Mining on the e-Platform	144	(1)
5.3 Prediction and Logistics Risk Analysis	145	(1)
5.4 Clustering Analysis and Customer Segmentation	146	(1)
5.5 Association Rules and Consolidation	147	(1)
5.6 Link Analysis and Logistics Hubs	148	(2)
6. Concluding Remarks	150	(1)
References	151	(8)
Index	159