Title: Analysis of information synergy between e-Waybill solutions and intelligent transport system services

Authors: Shoaib Bakhtyar; Johan Holmgren; Jan A. Persson

Addresses: School of Computing, Blekinge Institute of Technology, SE-37424 Karlshamn, Sweden ' School of Computing, Blekinge Institute of Technology, SE-37424 Karlshamn, Sweden ' School of Computing, Blekinge Institute of Technology, SE-37424 Karlshamn, Sweden; School of Technology, Malmö University, SE-20506 Malmö, Sweden

Abstract: We present a study on information synergy between an electronic waybill (e-Waybill) and intelligent transportation system (ITS) services. A waybill is an important transport document, and it contains essential information about a consignment. We consider five e-Waybill solutions, which differ in where the e-Waybill information is stored, read, and written. We analyse 20 ITS services, and for each of them, the required input entities that can be provided by an e-Waybill are identified, and the synergy with each of the e-Waybill solutions is determined based on the location of the e-Waybill information. The analysis shows that e-Waybill solutions with storage at the freight-level enable the highest information synergy with ITS services. Our result may support the implementation of practical e-Waybill systems that provide high synergy with ITS services, which may lead to higher utilisation of ITS services and more sustainable transport, e.g., in terms of reduced congestion and emissions.

Keywords: electronic waybill; e-waybill; intelligent transport systems; ITS services; information synergy; sustainable transport; congestion reduction; emissions reduction.

DOI: 10.1504/WRITR.2013.058978

World Review of Intermodal Transportation Research, 2013 Vol.4 No.2/3, pp.123 - 139

Received: 31 Dec 2012
Accepted: 25 Jul 2013
Published online: 31 Mar 2014 *

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