TELEMATICS AND INTEGRAL LOGISTIC CONTROL

TELEMATICA ONTWIKKELINGEN EN INTEGRALE LOGISTIEKE BEHEERSING

Since the beginning of the eighties the emerging importance of Information Systems and Telecommunications (IST) became obvious for almost all sectors of industry and for the transportation sector in particular, many initiatives have been set up to facilitate the intercompany information flow. This article focuses on logistical information and its importance to logistical control. This is done by exploring the relation between logistic organisation and its requirements for IST and also by looking at the possiblities improved information yields for logistic organisation. General logistic trends with shippers and transportation companies are described as well as the evolving new relations between those. It is concluded that both lead to the production of more data and to a necessity for more information about the processes of trading parties in the logistical chain. Together with the trend toward integral logistical control, the use of logistical information systems is imperative. Advantages of the use of ITS and general fields of application in logistics are given, illustrated with examples. A discussion is started about the issue of obtaining control over the trading parties' logistical processes by means of advanced EDI (Electronic Data Interchange). It is concluded that EDI mainly will be a matter of co-operation, but also of power. In particular small and medium enterprises will have to co-operate at least in the field of IST, but probably also withrespect to their core business in order to be able to compete with their more powerful counterparts. Some future research topics to stimulate further use of EDI are identified. (Author/TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Netherlands Centre for Transp, Training & Consult

  Polakweg 13
  2288 GG Rijswijk,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • TANJA, P T
• Publication Date: 1990

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 160-181
• Serial:
  • Magazine for Transport Science
  • Volume: 27
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Netherlands Centre for Transp, Training & Consult
  • ISSN: 0040-7623

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Engineering soils; Information systems; Research; Telecommunications
• Old TRIS Terms: Earth materials
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Geotechnology; Highways; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00612158
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Z25-A12 MIN
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1991 12:00AM