4th 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.