DocumentCode
2646255
Title
Mobile data communications and electronic data interchange for small and medium size road transport enterprises in Europe: the METAFORA pilots
Author
Evmolpidis, Vassilis ; Scapinakis, Dimitris A.
Author_Institution
TRADEMCO Consultants, Athens, Greece
fYear
1994
fDate
31 Aug-2 Sep 1994
Firstpage
121
Lastpage
126
Abstract
The METAFORA project is one of the five EU financed DRIVE II projects directly related to freight and fleet management. The primary goal of the project is to test the applicability in real life conditions of a set of technologies that provide: fleet/vehicle monitoring, and electronic data interchange. By focusing on applications and user participation the project calculated and demonstrated to SME´s the associated costs and benefits of using these technologies
Keywords
data communication; electronic data interchange; goods distribution; land mobile radio; DRIVE II projects; EDI; Europe; METAFORA project; electronic data interchange; fleet management; fleet/vehicle monitoring; freight management; mobile data communications; road transport enterprises; Automatic testing; CD recording; Data communication; Data handling; Europe; Global Positioning System; Life testing; Project management; Software testing; Vehicle driving;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Vehicle Navigation and Information Systems Conference, 1994. Proceedings., 1994
Conference_Location
Yokohama
Print_ISBN
0-7803-2105-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/VNIS.1994.396854
Filename
396854
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