4th Party Cyber Logistics for Air Cargo

4^th 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.

Preface. 1: Air Cargo Logistics and Information Technology. 1: Introduction. 2: A New Era for Air Cargo Logistics. 3: Cyber Logistics - The 4th Party Logistics e-Business Platform. 3.1. Managing Logistics Services in a Business Chain. 3.2. First, Second, Third, and Fourth Party Logistics. 4: Key Concepts of Cyber Logistics. 4.1. Eras of Websites. 4.2. Frameworks for a 4th Party Air Cargo Logistics e-Business Platform. 4.3. A Benefit, Cost and Risk Analysis for the Stakeholders of e-Platform. 4.4. Design and Implementation Issues of e-Platform. 4.5. E-Platform Decision Support: Optimizing Shipment Design. 4.6. Business Intelligence on the e-Platform. 5: Concluding Remarks. 2: Evolution of e-Commerce and Modern Air Cargo Logistics. 1: Introduction. 1.1. Websites - e-Commerce & e-Business. 2: Elements of an e-Commerce Website. 2.1. Participants. 2.2. Host. 2.3. The Website Core. 3: Analysis of Website Elements. 3.1. Analysis of the Host Objects. 3.2. Core Functions of a Website - A Transaction-based Hierarchy. 3.3. Core Technology. 4: Evolution of e-Commerce Websites. 4.1. Pre-Web Era. 4.2. Reactive Web Era. 4.3. Interactive Web Era. 4.4. Emerging Integrative Web Era. 5: Concluding Remarks. 3: Frameworks for a 4th Party Air Cargo Logistics e-Business Platform. 1: Introduction. 2: An Example of Modern Air Cargo Logistics. 3: An e-Business Information Infrastructure. 3.1. Marketspace for Trading. 3.2. Virtual Integration. 3.3. Customization at Low Cost. 3.4. Quality Logistics at a Low Cost. 3.5. Strategic Alliances. 3.6. Third-party e-Logistics Center. 3.7. e-Business Capability. 3.8. Decision Support. 4: A Conceptual Framework for a 4th Party e-Business Platform. 4.1. Functions of e-Business Platform. 5: An Architectural Framework of the e-Business Platform. 5.1. Technical Framework of e-Platform. 5.2. e-Platform Challenges. 6: Concluding Remarks. 4: A Benefit, Cost and Risk Analysis for the Stakeholders of a 4th Party Logistics e-Business Platform. 1: Introduction. 1.1. The Stakeholders: Government, Investors, and Users. 1.2. Modeling the Benefits, Costs and Risks of the Stakeholders Using AHP and ANP. 2: Benefits, Costs, and Risk to Government, Investors, & Users. 2.1. Benefits to Government. 2.2. Costs to the Government. 2.3. Risks to the Government. 2.4. Benefits to Investors. 2.5. Costs to Investors. 2.6. Risks to Investors. 2.7. Benefits to Users. 2.8. Costs to Users. 2.9. Risks to Users. 3: Risk Sharing in Platform Design: An Illustration. 3.1. Solution Methodology of Aggregating Benefits, Costs and Risks in ANP and AHP. 3.2. Aspects in Determining an Agreeable Solution. 3.3. A Solution Procedure Based on Sensitivity Analysis. 4: An Illustrative Numerical Example. 5:<