Towards Paperless Transport. Development Project for Automobile Industry.
Kolemesina, Anna (2020)
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Kolemesina, Anna
2020
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020092920809
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020092920809
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Freight transportation is an integral part of the product supply chain. Transport processes
link together different economic players and hence generate extensive flows of information, which are traditionally conveyed through freight documents. Rapid development of technology is now transforming the communication between the parties. More and more companies are replacing paper-based documents with their digital alternatives. Electronic transmitting of data enables efficient, simplified and sustainable transport operations, thereby helping the companies retain their competitiveness. While digitalizing conventional transport operations, companies often face different challenges: legal barriers and operational uncertainties.
The main objective of this study was to help an automobile manufacturer digitalize its
transport processes and introduce the use of electronic freight documents in inbound logistics. The study was conducted using the Mixed Method Research. To assess the current practices, associated with the company´s transport documentation, both qualitative and quantitative data was collected through secondary sources, by means of interviews, surveys. The acquired data on the transport documents in use, their functions and formats was analysed. Furthermore, legal research was performed to examine the legal framework regulating the use of electronic transport documents in Germany and the EU. Finally, new solutions, reducing paper-based documentation in processes, were proposed. Potential challenges of their implementation were discussed. Cost savings of the new concepts were calculated using the Standard Cost Model.
The results of the research can be utilized by the company. When implemented, the suggested solutions improve operating times, significantly increase the cost-efficiency of
transport operations and contribute to the sustainability of the business.
link together different economic players and hence generate extensive flows of information, which are traditionally conveyed through freight documents. Rapid development of technology is now transforming the communication between the parties. More and more companies are replacing paper-based documents with their digital alternatives. Electronic transmitting of data enables efficient, simplified and sustainable transport operations, thereby helping the companies retain their competitiveness. While digitalizing conventional transport operations, companies often face different challenges: legal barriers and operational uncertainties.
The main objective of this study was to help an automobile manufacturer digitalize its
transport processes and introduce the use of electronic freight documents in inbound logistics. The study was conducted using the Mixed Method Research. To assess the current practices, associated with the company´s transport documentation, both qualitative and quantitative data was collected through secondary sources, by means of interviews, surveys. The acquired data on the transport documents in use, their functions and formats was analysed. Furthermore, legal research was performed to examine the legal framework regulating the use of electronic transport documents in Germany and the EU. Finally, new solutions, reducing paper-based documentation in processes, were proposed. Potential challenges of their implementation were discussed. Cost savings of the new concepts were calculated using the Standard Cost Model.
The results of the research can be utilized by the company. When implemented, the suggested solutions improve operating times, significantly increase the cost-efficiency of
transport operations and contribute to the sustainability of the business.