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
fDate :
31 Aug-2 Sep 1994
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;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicle Navigation and Information Systems Conference, 1994. Proceedings., 1994
Conference_Location :
Yokohama
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2105-7
DOI :
10.1109/VNIS.1994.396854
