E-Freight. Implementation of electronic documents in a paper-based environment

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2014 in the subject Business economics - Supply, Production, Logistics, grade: 10.0, , language: English, abstract: The e-Freight project is aimed at uniformly synchronizing transport documents that are used in trade, at the same time providing a manageable system for the stakeholders involved in the logistics business. This paper will address the problems associated with the current transport and logistics system focusing on East Africa, proposed solutions, explain the benefits of e-freight, implementation of e-freight into a paper-based environment, illustration of data flow for cargo and conclusion.