Modelling the IT and Business Process Landscapes at Inland Intermodal Terminals

Publikationstyp
Conference Paper
Date Issued
2020-09-23
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Grafelmann, Michaela 
Zlotos, Constantin  
Lange, Ann-Kathrin  orcid-logo
Jahn, Carlos  orcid-logo
Herausgeber*innen
Jahn, Carlos  orcid-logo
Kersten, Wolfgang  orcid-logo
Ringle, Christian M.  orcid-logo
Institut
Maritime Logistik W-12  
TORE-DOI
10.15480/882.3144
TORE-URI
http://hdl.handle.net/11420/8049
First published in
Proceedings of the Hamburg International Conference of Logistics (HICL)  
Number in series
30
Start Page
159
End Page
179
Citation
Hamburg International Conference of Logistics (HICL) 30: 159-179 (2020)
Contribution to Conference
Hamburg International Conference of Logistics (HICL) 2020  
Publisher Link
https://www.epubli.de/shop/buch/Data-Science-in-Maritime-and-City-Logistics-Wolfgang-Kersten-9783753123479/106048
Publisher
epubli
Purpose: A wide range of customer relationships, services and organizational inter-faces characterizes inland intermodal terminals, which are hubs of combined transport. The purposes of this paper are twofold. The first is to highlight challenges of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) at the time of digitalization. Secondly, approaches to illustrate the IT and business landscape are presented. Methodology: This paper is based on a literature analysis as well as interviews and identifies aspects of SME- and branch-specific IT and business process landscapes of inland terminals. Moreover, approaches to visualize those landscapes are high-lighted and a distinction is made between different software map types. Findings: Inland intermodal terminals often use a variety of different small, some-times self-developed IT solutions. Findings show a lack of means of communications and IT equipment as well as the interlinking of systems, which lead to media breaks and inefficient information flow. Therefore, approaches to visualize relevant pro-cesses and their application landscapes are presented. Originality: Most literature focuses on larger terminals, which use terminal operat-ing systems (TOS) to manage and link computerized applications efficiently. Due to the effort required to adapt TOS to operational conditions as well as resulting costs, these are often not an option for small and medium-sized terminals. This paper pro-vides a basis for SMEs to systematically visualize and improve their IT and process landscape.
Subjects
Logistics
Industry 4.0
Supply Chain Management
Sustainability
City Logistics
Maritime Logistics
Data Science
DDC Class
330: Wirtschaft
380: Handel, Kommunikation, Verkehr
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Lizenz
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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