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Streamlining the transport process via electronic transaction platforms

Planning, organizing, contracting (operational and financial), execution and tracking of transport is generally realized and supervised by the use of multiple types of auxiliary tools, with one of the most important tools being the software support. A specialized software category - Transportation Management Systems (TMS) enables efficient planning and organizing of transport, tracking goods from origin to destination, and the optimization of all related procedures. The possibility of timely collection of quality information in all transport steps is of paramount importance in the planning and organization of transport, and the transport of goods itself. The planning and organization of transport involves multiple actors of various profiles (public administration, sea shipping companies, carriers (road, rail), insurers, freight forwarders, port terminals, etc.). The role of TMS software is the integration and processing of data collected from the information systems of the transport participants, as well as distribution of information from the TMS system to the IT systems of other actors involved in the transport chain. One of the major problems faced by both users as well as manufacturers of TMS software is the lack of uniform standards for formats and ways of exchanging messages (except between shipping companies and container terminals). Organizers of transport communicate with companies of various profiles in the process of transport planning, taking into account the conditions and prices of transport. That means that the organizers of transport must follow the procedures of such companies, or at best, use the software provided by these companies, if available (eg . when booking and exchanging other data related to the transport of goods). One of the solutions used for communication between transport organizers and shipping companies is Mediation Service Software (MSS), or an Electronic Transaction Platform (ETP). Users of electronic transaction platforms are able to communicate with a large number of global shipping companies in the standardized way. It is possible to use a software package (a web portal or an application) or to integrate own applications with the electronic transaction platform. The mediation services include: sending the obligatory data regarding the weight of goods, transport booking, sending shipping instructions, tracking the movement of containers, the exchange of bill of lading data, etc.

Transportation Management Systems ; transport planning ; transport organization ; Electronic Transaction Platforms

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