Total Port Logistics

Australian container freight supply chains suffer massive inefficiencies due to fragmented multi-party transactions, inadequate information sharing and variable IT penetration:

• A single container movement can require 120 transactions with up to 50% having data items unnecessarily repeated, increasing error rates
• Supply Chain Participants (SCPs) communicate through multiple channels and interact with multiple proprietary IT systems via multiple screens
• Issue identification is reactive, not predictive, and exacerbated by limited visibility of container identifiers, and cargo, at many stages across the supply chain.

We developed a Port Community System (PCS), a neutral and open computer system that allows supply chain participants to rapidly and securely exchange information after a single submission of data. PCSs enable public and private stakeholders to optimise, manage and automate port and logistics processes, facilitating commercial interactions between supply chain participants.

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