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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? | ||||||||
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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 |