Digital Ship Conference

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Digital Ship Conference

• How can online services help improve depot
  efficiency and service to the lines?

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Introduction

• Tom Wright
• CTO/CSA Trade Ship, Inc.
• Work History
• UPS
• PepsiCo
• Transamerica Leasing
• Trade Ship

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Applicability

• Online services address administrative
  inefficiencies
• Administrative costs are a major component of
  Depot related costs
• Who Pays? Everyone in the chain!
• Costs are passed off
• Early adopters gain an advantage

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Technology Landscape

• Yesterdays innovations are todays
  inefficiencies
• Typewriters
• Fax
• DOS
• Sunsetting current technologies
• Dial up (56Kb) -gt Broadband/Satellite/Wireless
• EDI -gt Web Services
• Static Desktop-centric access -gt Mobile
  Micro-device access (Handhelds, wireless)

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Online Services Improving Efficiency Service

• Enable cross-enterprise integration and new ways
  to think of and deliver solutions.
• Internet Protocols eliminate the need for
  expensive EDI solutions and VANs.
• Provide instantaneous worldwide access and reach.
• Enable smart, integrated solutions help to manage
  the integrated process.
• Enable slow, disconnected, independent processes
  to be replaced by high-speed interconnected,
  shared processes.

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Internet enables cross-enterprise integration and
new ways to think of and deliver solutions.

• Emerging SOAP/XML Web Services
• Supported by Major tools vendors
• Remote Components (HTTP(s) oriented)
• Platform- independent
• Browser-based solutions join business processes
  among trading partners eliminating need for EDI
  for all processes.
• Common systems and rules shared among Trading
  Partners

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Internet Protocols Eliminate the need for
expensive EDI Solutions and Vans

• HTTP/FTP/SMTP combine to create a low cost file
  sharing network
• Security is available using VPN or Secure Sockets
  among others
• EDI formats can be sent using IP services
• EDI tools connect to these services
• No need to pay for message transmission

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Online services Provide instantaneous worldwide
access reach

• If you have email, you have the Internet
• (virtual) Broadcast or Point-to-Point delivery
  system
• Limited by the speed/size of the connection
• Always On
• Built-in standardization
• Email
• Browsers

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Smart solutions help to manage the integrated
process

• Leverage interconnectivity to keep everyone
  informed
• Alerts
• Escalations
• Messaging

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Slow, disconnected, independent processes can be
replaced by high-speed, interconnected, shared
processes

• Data islands are bridged
• Electronic files are preferred interchange media,
  replacing paper
• Transfers between systems, not people
• Common system available to all Trading Partners

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Digital Ship Conference

• How can online services help improve depot
  efficiency and service to the lines?
• Speed up the business process
• Increase accuracy of the information
• Erase enterprise boundaries

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Speed up the Business Process

• Electronic transfer of information
• Real-time/Near real time
• Forms-based Entry
• File-based transfers
• Shared Views
• Easier dispute resolution
• Integrated Messaging Escalations Alerts

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Increase Accuracy of Information

• Data Validated on Entry
• Write Once Multiple entries eliminated
• Faxes eliminated
• Feedback of information between enterprises

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Erase Enterprise Boundaries

• Integrated repositories
• Share Public information
• Secure Private information
• Aggregate History
• Seamless integration
• Trading Partners agree on terms
• Agreed upon formats
• Newer ways to share formatted information (XML
  Web Services)