Title: Classification and development trends of highway logistics information platform

Authors: Hai-Yan Yi; Dian-Li Tong; Dian-Jun Fang

Addresses: School of Transportation and Logistics, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China ' School of Transportation and Logistics, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China ' Chinese-German School for Postgraduate Studies, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Abstract: In order to define the functions of all kinds of Highway Logistics Information Platform (HLIP) and the relations among them clearly, some domestic and abroad studies on the concept and classification of LIP are analysed. Based on the analysis, the multidimensional classification framework system of HLIP is proposed according to their business scopes and information gathering technology, respectively. By business scope, the HLIP is classified into city-distribution LIP, trunk-transport LIP and software-solution LIP, and by information gathering technology into ERI LIP, satellite-navigation LIP and IOV LIP. These HLIPs are introduced and contrasted in detail by adopting the method of contrastive analysis and illustrations. It is summarised that the development trends of HLIP are intelligentisation, ecologicalisation and standardisation at the end of this study.

Keywords: logistics engineering; logistics informatisation; highway logistics information platform; business scope; information gathering technology.

DOI: 10.1504/IJWMC.2017.084817

International Journal of Wireless and Mobile Computing, 2017 Vol.12 No.3, pp.245 - 252

Received: 24 Jun 2016
Accepted: 29 Jan 2017
Published online: 29 Jun 2017 *

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