BY : Ryuichi YOSHIMOTO & Toshinori NEMOTO
Published : IATSS RESEARCH Vol.29 No.1, 2005
Surveying the recent trend toward e-commerce and computerization in the trucking industry, this paper establishes a framework for analyzing the impact of information and communication technology on road freight transportation in terms of commerce, logistics and fleet management, and proposes hypothetical mechanisms of influence. The authors note that the rapid growth of e-commerce and freight fleet management systems make it difficult to arrive at firm, statistics-based conclusions about their impact on road freight transportation, but suggest that more sophisticated government management of transportation demand as well as freight fleet management systems could cancel out the negative impact of e-commerce on road transportation.
Key Words: EC (Electronic Commerce), EDI, Logistics, ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems), FFMS (Freight Fleet Management Systems)
Key Words: EC (Electronic Commerce), EDI, Logistics, ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems), FFMS (Freight Fleet Management Systems)
1. INTRODUCTION
E-commerce is growing as the cost of information and communication equipment, as well as communication fees, fall and the number of Internet users rises. Although e-commerce liberates sellers from the need to maintain a store, and buyers from the need to visit one, it requires the delivery of goods from seller to buyer. This has led some to argue that e-commerce will increase road freight transportation and lead to worse urban road congestion.
E-commerce is growing as the cost of information and communication equipment, as well as communication fees, fall and the number of Internet users rises. Although e-commerce liberates sellers from the need to maintain a store, and buyers from the need to visit one, it requires the delivery of goods from seller to buyer. This has led some to argue that e-commerce will increase road freight transportation and lead to worse urban road congestion.
At the same time, other research suggests that information and communication technology (ICT) will have a positive effect on traffic. For. . . . . (read more )
Artikel lengkap dikompilasi oleh/hubungi :
Kanaidi, SE., M.Si (Penulis, Peneliti, PeBisnis, Trainer dan Dosen Marketing Management). e-mail ke : kana_ati@yahoo.com atau kanaidi@poltekpos.ac.id
Kanaidi, SE., M.Si (Penulis, Peneliti, PeBisnis, Trainer dan Dosen Marketing Management). e-mail ke : kana_ati@yahoo.com atau kanaidi@poltekpos.ac.id
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