un/cefact symposium on single window standards and interoperability geneva, switzerland

UN/CEFACT Symposium on Single Window Standards and Interoperability

Geneva, SwitzerlandMay 4, 2006

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Electronic Freight Management Initiative

U.S. Department of Transportation &Industry Partners

U.S. Department of Transportation & Industry Partners

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Purpose of Presentation Show support for Single Window Concept

Show support for International Transport Data Exchange Standards

Prepare to demonstrate both in a Proof of Concept deployment test called Electronic Freight Management (EFM)

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Electronic Freight Management (EFM)How we got there…

Began with government and industry partnership:– Strong desire to leverage intelligent transport system technology– Improve capacity of the transportation network

Led to a desire for efficiency improvements in the movement of freight– throughout the supply chain (inherently industry)– throughout the transportation network (inherently government)

Led to interest in electronic data exchange “B to B” and “B to G” (data reusability or single window)– Like the Internet, freight has no political boundaries– Supply chains Involve many players throughout the world

Led to interest in an initial test– Needed willing partners– Needed data exchange standards– Need trade consultation in building the system

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Benefits of EFM Through use of Web Services in a Service Oriented Architecture:

– Reduce paperwork– Improve cycle times– Reduce complexity to access pre-authorized information– Increase visibility into and across transactions – full cargo and asset visibility– Diminish dependencies on external entities for status notifications– Contributes to the objective of a “single window” portal

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Single Window Connection EFM ADHERES TO SINGLE WINDOW PRINCIPLES OF DATA STANDARDS,

INTEROPERABILITY AND DATA SHARING

Reusability of data– Filings could be made to multiple agencies from single message: – Customs, Endangered Species, Health & Safety

Interoperability – Supply chain partners systems

Standard data – Core Component Library, TBG17 UNCEFACT

Export/Import -Trade use of same data (Importers, Exporters, Carriers)

Quota (Textile categories) and VISA

Advance filings (say, from manufacturer)

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EFM Deployment Test:Apparel Shipped from China to US

Factory

Warehouse/DC

Airport/Out-Bound Flight

Test Participants:• Two Chinese apparel manufacturers• Two freight forwarders• Air cargo terminal operator• Two charter air carriers

• Buyer (Limited Brands, Inc.)• US 3PL• Import Broker

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Boundaries of EFM Deployment Test

“End-to-End” supply chain

Functions:• Procurement• Transportation• Distribution• Delivery

Commercial transaction

(Order) initiated

Orderdelivered

Manufacturer’s Factory

Distribution Center

Raw materialsuppliers Retailers

Example is shown for

Limited Brands’ test supply chain

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Supply Chain Focus for Key Standards Development and Implementation Org’s.

Manufacturer’s Factory

Distribution Center

IATA

Customs

UN/CEFACT

OASIS

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Standards Strategy Freight is global and requires global standards for information sharing

UN/CEFACT contributed: UNTDED, CCTS, CCL for international community– OASIS-UBL is using them– WCO is using them– Air Cargo Industry considering using them– EFM test will demonstrate them in a freight context

EFM test expects to use what’s available that has international consensus– OASIS-UBL version 2.0– UN/CEFACT TBG17 Core Component Library

Any gaps that may exist– Build data items/messages for test and share with standards community for further

action and possible adoption

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UBL version 2.0 Public Review EFM Team Conducted technical review of UBL

EFM Team Conducted business review of UBL, particularly with regards to the requirements of the EFM Demonstration Test

Posted comments on the public review website

Preliminary findings shared with UBL Transportation Subcommittee

Continue to participate on the UBL Transportation Subcommittee– Preparing for comment discussion in Brussels in May– Developing a transport status message to be added to version 2.0

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Reference Identifier to Uniquely Identify Consignments

PO # Ship. # BOL # 1 HAWB # MAWB # BOL # 2Split Shpt ID Consolidated Shpt ID

Examples of Identifiers used in baseline business process

Manufacturer creates UCR

UCR maintained throughout the end-to-end supply chain

Adopt WCO’s Unique Consignment Reference (UCR)

Anticipated scenario in EFM Demonstration Test

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We are structuring our UCR design around four areas to meet EFM requirements while ensuring consideration of the WCO recommendations

Format Creation

Considerations around the design of the UCR identifier

Consideration of existing standards and/or technical solutions

Ensure uniqueness principle is met in an efficient and effective manner

Considerations around the who, where, when, what, and how of creating the UCR

Management Registration

Considerations around how the UCR will be stored

Considerations around how the UCR will be associated with other references

Considerations around how splits and consolidations will be handled

Considerations around the registration procedures for becoming an issuing agency

WCO UCR Recommendations

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The “Freight Information Highway” (FIH) defines a freight transportation network using web services and a Service-Oriented Architecture framework.

Many partners’ legacy systems are built on a variety of platforms and operating systems such as ANSI EDI, EDIFACT, XML, FTP, etc. which do not allow for easy integration between partners.

Barriers to entry in today’s environment harm the ability of small/medium enterprises to compete in the sophisticated IT environments of their potential customers.

The FIH intends to create an information pipeline of data communication among supply chain partners to increase supply chain efficiency through improved data sharing.

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In the Demonstration Test, Limited Brands and their supply chain partners will be interconnected in an FIH implementation.

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Elements of the EFM Demonstration Test These EFM

elements…. Lead to these

Demonstration Test components…

To create this expected value for stakeholders….

Identity Management

Data Standards

Technology Architecture

• “Virtual” data record of the shipment, enabled by web services

• Messaging schemas harmonized with emerging int’l standards

• Definition and use of unique consignment references

• Selected opportunities to help industry modify its business processes

•Single window principles of data standards, interoperability, data sharing

• Reduce paperwork

• Improve cycle time

• Reduce complexity to access pre-authorized information

• full cargo and asset visibility

• Diminish dependencies on external entities for status notifications

•Contributes to the objective of a “single window” portal

Portions already successfully tested in

two previous tests

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EFM targets the time freight is at rest, awaiting information exchanges.

Time = 0Time = 0 160 hours160 hours

Manufacturer’s Manufacturer’s FactoryFactory

Distribution Distribution CenterCenter

Shipment is in movementShipment is in movement

Shipment awaiting physical state Shipment awaiting physical state change, such as shipment change, such as shipment consolidationconsolidation

Shipment awaiting Shipment awaiting information exchanges to information exchanges to take placetake place

0 %0 %

20 %20 %

40 %40 %

60 %60 %

80 %80 %

100 %100 %Target

Of Opportunity

Mean duration of the Limited Brand’s test supply chain

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Data are based on preliminary qualitative findings collected during baseline activities along the target supply chain.

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Request of the Geneva CEFACT Audience The Collaborative EFM test with industry and USDOT is in process

– Freight data standards integration is part of that process

USDOT and its partners have been communicating with CEFACT, OASIS, IATA and WCO– CEFACT is harmonizing core components– OASIS-UBL has version 2.0 out for public review– Air Cargo industry has a Cargo 2000 and an eFreight initiative in process– WCO’s version 2.0 data model, and a UCR specification

Common interoperable eFreight standards have not yet emerged for deployment– We are looking to work with standards development and standards implementation

organizations to help mature these standards– We would like to share our test design for standards with representatives of each of

the 4 standards organizations.– We hope to have that opportunity here in Geneva this week.

un/cefact symposium on single window standards and interoperability geneva, switzerland

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