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Table 7 eLogistics applications: use, origin of applications and hardware platform

From: Issues of eLogistics applications for varying stakeholders: findings from an online survey

eLogistics applications

Used?

What is the origin of the application?

What is the hardware platform?

Yes

No

Proprietary Package

In-house system

Open source

Unknown

Own hardware

Supplier hardware

Third party hardware

Internet platform

Unknown

Order management

44

28

16

22

1

9

23

4

4

9

6

Booking

37

35

11

19

1

9

17

5

1

8

6

Invoicing systems

46

26

17

23

0

4

30

6

1

2

5

Cargo monitoring

33

39

13

13

3

8

12

5

3

9

8

Vehicle tracking and tracing

31

41

15

11

2

6

9

7

6

6

5

Route guidance system-GPS

26

46

8

9

2

8

8

6

2

5

6

Multimodal route planning

16

56

5

6

2

7

6

3

2

2

7

Terminal operation optimisation

13

59

4

5

1

8

7

1

1

0

8

Transport statistics and assessment

34

38

6

19

1

6

23

2

3

0

6

Fleet management

23

49

4

11

3

7

13

2

1

2

7

Decision support

22

50

8

8

3

7

13

2

2

1

9

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

33

39

12

10

4

6

15

3

5

4

7

E-commerce applications

18

54

6

5

4

8

6

2

1

7

7