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Facing Up the Challenges of Port Operations in Digital World

The authors are researching the impact of the electronic economy upon the transport value chain, and especially upon the port as a technological hub point. Ports do not bind themselves to basic transit operations only, but they rather involve the sophisticated logistic operations, as well. A two-way communication between companies and their most important suppliers has increased substantially since 1989, serving as a platform for wider collaborative relationships. Information thus regularly provided by major suppliers to their customers have included data on production costs, statistical process control, actions taken with a view to improving production processes, longer-term business plans, proprietary financial information, and feedback to customer companies on how they can improve their purchasing and material management functions. On part of customer companies, information on their planned production schedules and requirements, cost targets, plans for supplier base restructuring, long-term business strategies, and quality of incoming parts have been regularly provided to their most important suppliers. Closer interactions also include: technical assistance to suppliers to improve their quality; joint diagnosis and solutions to manufacturing problems, joint diagnosis and reduction of inventory and scheduling problems, and a joint new product design, development and demonstration. The worldwide development process is directed towards a total logistic and supply chain management. This trend is based on eCommerce support, and it is extremely time sensitive. Today’s terminal has a density of 100-300 TEU per acre, productivity of 30 moves per crane-hour; container dwell time of six days; truck turnaround time of one hour; 36 feet of water depth, and an area rail service. The specifications for tomorrow’s terminals are: 1,000-2,000 TEU per acre, 50 moves per crane-hour; three days dwell time, truck turnaround of less than 30 minutes, 50 feet of water depth, and on-dock rail. These results could not be effectively managed without an extensive use of the eCommerce technologies in ports. The authors conclude that recent developments in logistics management services present new growth opportunities for port operations and shipping lines. Network-ports denote a group of connected and integrated logistics platforms. The link is no longer the merchandize only, the maritime line or the EDI line, but there is a unity in management, a coherent commercial policy between these places, an establishment strategy, a link through the capital, and sharing of the port computer system.

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  • Authors:
    • Zec, Damir
    • Cisic, Dragan
    • Peric, Ana
  • Publication Date: 2001-5

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  • English

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  • Accession Number: 01338222
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Apr 29 2011 7:36AM