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Intermodal Supply Chain Facilitation through Adoption and Implementation of International Communications Standards
- Posted on: 7 October 2020
- By: Admin
Standards adoption for intermodal data communications between various modes of transport and interoperability through the cooperation of the standards organisations will help facilitate and enhance future international trade. A new article on " Intermodal Supply Chain Facilitation through Adoption and Implementation of International Communications Standards” by @Hanane Becha, @Todd Frazier, @Rudy Hemeleers, @Steen Erik Larsen, @Bertrand Minary, @Henk Mulder, @André Simha, and @Jaco Voorspuij provides some thoughts into this
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The FEDeRATED consortium publishes the first version of its Master Plan
- Posted on: 28 March 2020
- By: rhemeleers
The 5-year EU funded FEDeRATED consortium has publised the first version of its Master Plan. 51Biz-PPMB is the only Luxembourg based company participating as a partner and beneficiary of the EU funded CEF consortium that has to goal to implement and test the EU Federated architecture that has is being defined by the Digital Transport and Logistics Forum (DTLF)
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e-CMR follow-up project announced during UNCEFACT conference at London IMO Office
- Posted on: 31 October 2019
- By: rhemeleers
During the UN/CEFACT forum, we launched the initiative to create an e-CMR follow-up project for which the scope will be finetuned during 2020Q1 in close collaboration with the DTFL SG EUTDM (EU Transport Data Model) team, FEDeRATED consortium (IATA OneRecord) and GS1.
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e-CMR/eFTI Awareness Workshop
- Posted on: 22 October 2019
- By: rhemeleers
From #eCMR to #eFTI workshop for innovation managers. Our core #PPMB consulting team is ready.

e-CMR, eFTI, OneRecord, Internet of Logistics

Techno hour: API versus EDI, role of data models and ontologies

FEDeRATED pilot projects
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e CMR enabling more efficient cross border goods transport with UNCEFACT digitalization standards
- Posted on: 18 May 2019
- By: rhemeleers
Interview during UN/CEFACT Forum (Geneva, April 2, 2019) on YouTube UNECE channel
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Air-Cargo, Single Window, e-CMR and Data Pipeline : how can they fit together?
- Posted on: 15 May 2018
- By: rhemeleers
The presentation "Rising service levels through innovation: “Promising” technological breakthroughs?" illustrates the opportunity to share data, 50-70% captured at source, with multiple cargo communities and single window environments. A reference trade lane between Latin America and Europe explains how data can be shared between commercial, transport and government related "document outputs".
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REDVUCE 2017 Uruguay Inter-American Single Window Conference : Single Window and Blockchain, how they can fit together
- Posted on: 24 September 2017
- By: rhemeleers
Presentation given at the IX meeting of the Inter-American Network of Trade Single Windows explaining the potential role of blockchain technology to trust information that is shared along multi-modal air-cargo tradelanes including multiple single windows and digital cargo community systems
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Roses for Valentine e-CMR/eFTI use case
- Posted on: 8 April 2022
- By: rhemeleers
The "Roses for Valentine" reference use describes a real-world multimodal air-cargo use case to explain the opportunity of the EU 2020/1056 eFTI regulation for economic operators and authorities
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Living lab #17 - e-CMR/eFTI Information Model
- Posted on: 7 April 2022
- By: rhemeleers
The rather simple logical information model of the "e-CMR/eFTI Access Point and OneAPP for Authorities" FEDeRATED living lab LL17 defines the relationships between shipments, transport orders (consignments), goods movements (consignment items), cargo manifests, movements of transport means and logistics events
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UNECE Inland Transporation Week - Digitization and e-Documents
- Posted on: 24 February 2019
- By: Admin
Many thanks to IRU to present the Benelux e-CMR pilot project and the UNCEFACT e-CMR message standard at the "digitalisation and e-documents" side event of the 81th UNECE Inland Transportation Week
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