EURO-LOG: A System for IT-based Logistic Integration

The service of Transpo-Track is based upon real-time operational information. This is made possible by the so-called shop floor control information, a service that starts out by identifying shipments on the warehouse floor. Once picked up, the truck driver can create status messages about the whereabouts and conditions of the shipments. The logistics chain has four checkpoints:-the collection process at one shipper-both of the transfers within the network of the logistics service provider and,-the final check at the consignees. AG and France Télécom. Currently Euro-Log has national sales and service companies in France, Germany and the Neth-erlands. The European head office is located in the Netherlands.Furthermore, Euro-Log has an engineering centre and an operation centre in Munich. Services Euro-Log is just coming into the market with their services. Initially, the customers are based in France, Germany and the Netherlands. However, rapid expansion in other European countries should be expected in the short term (Switzerland, Austria, UK and Scandina-via). The services of Euro-Log aim at bridging the gaps which still exist in the information chain between shippers, logistics service providers and consignees by means of advanced information processing and communications technology. The total service offering of Euro-Log consists of: Transpo-Net, the EDI service which enables communication with trading partners being the basis for the control of the physical flows. The Euro-Log datacenter * by Harald Braun EURO-LOG B.V. Euro-Log is a European company founded in mid-1992 as a joint venture of Digital Equipment Corporation and EU-COM, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom provides the services without depending on the data processing systems used by the participating companies. Transpo-Link is the service line that heads out to integrate existing cargo community systems (CCS). CCSs are communication hubs within the aircargo industry which span the aircargo transport chain. However, they are not integrated with other transport modes and shippers and may therefore be regarded as islands of automation. Transpo-Track is the service line for the management and tracking of shipments on the level of consignments and single packages, whatever the mode of transportation. Since the current activities of Euro-Log are focusing on this service it is described below. As a shipment management service, Transpo-Track enables logistics service providers, shippers, consignees as well as carriers to track and trace shipments throughout a complete logistics chain at any checkpoint (collection, transfers, delivery), which should be observed. Timely Information on the whereabouts and condition of shipments are …