Designing an e-business integrative platform: a case for the air cargo logistics industry
by Sung-Chi Chu, Gang Chen, Waiman Cheung
International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics (IJSTL), Vol. 2, No. 3, 2010

Abstract: With the challenges of global e-business, online partnering and collaborative planning increase logistics service agent's competitiveness and enhance logistics process performance. In this paper, we provide a technical design for a website where both commerce activities and business processes are conducted, for the air cargo industry in Hong Kong. This platform website is a fourth party community infrastructure where air cargo logistics services can be designed, traded and managed. The objective of this paper is to show the technical issues involved in designing a platform of this genre. The principal aspects of system requirement, system architecture, interface design and information representation requirement are addressed. We also examine the difference of designing such a platform with more traditional website, as well as highlighting the complexities and issues involved.

Online publication date: Wed, 02-Jun-2010

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