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\nPCS: A VITAL ROLE TO PLAY IN PORT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT<\/strong><\/p>\nPort Community System (PCS) or an electronic platform that connects the multiple systems operated by a variety of stakeholders that comprise a port, or Gateway, community. As defined by Capgemini a Port Community System is \u201can entity delivering information to supply chains operating in the port.<\/h6>\n
\nThe PCS is responsible for: data supply, data control, data distribution and data conversion\u201d. A variety of Port Community Systems has been developed throughout the world, and may be separated into first and second-generation community systems.<\/p>\n
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- A first generation PCS transfers messages related to transportation through a network. It\u00a0exchanges messages (information-exchange systems) and therefore has the mailbox-principle.<\/li>\n
- A second generation PCS, or Centralized Information System, structures messages through\u00a0management systems. Upon gaining access to the database through a password, users may\u00a0send, receive and extract information as they require, and as they are given access through\u00a0logical rules.<\/li>\n
- Future generations of PCS may extend to linking port community platforms on a more global\u00a0basis.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
The purpose of a PCS is to \u201ccoordinate the activity of firms in the port’s\u00a0landside transport network (which encompasses the transport of containers between the port and a\u00a0place in the hinterland and vice versa) and to integrate the information being exchanged between\u00a0various port agents.\u201d Each stakeholder within each sector sends information to a central system, and\u00a0other stakeholders may retrieve the information they are, through logical rules, permitted to see.\u00a0Alternately, the system may send salient information to stakeholders in their preferred format.
\nIn\u00a0summary, a PCS would:<\/p>\n- \n
- Develop and Implement standards and protocols for processes and messages with the\u00a0community.<\/li>\n
- Systematically capture the salient information from stakeholders. Avoiding the requirement to\u00a0re-enter data limits errors and processing costs.<\/li>\n
- Centralize community information.<\/li>\n
- Provide transparency and real-time, or near real time, information to facilitate tracking and
\ntracing of goods, and reveal inefficiencies.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/p>\n
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\nOTHER POTENTIAL MODELS<\/strong><\/p>\nWhile ECIMS is envisioned to operate with a Centralized Information Model, other potential models\u00a0were evaluated by the Port of Rotterdam in a Blueprint for a Virtual Port, the \u00a0Bi-lateral information model
\n(BIM); the centralized information model (CIM); and \u00a0the decentralized information model (DIM). The Port\u00a0of Rotterdam analysis criteria comprised of infrastructure, messaging, security, and mobile perspective.<\/h6>\n
\nBilateral<\/b>\u00a0Information Model (BIM)<\/strong>
\nIn the bilateral information model, information is exchanged directly between the different actors on a\u00a0bilateral basis (Exhibit 8.4). Examples in a seaport\u00a0could include direct EDI exchanges between\u00a0shipping lines and marine terminals, or between empty off-dock terminals and shipping lines. In the\u00a0bilateral communication model choices must be made about the infrastructure, message format and\u00a0security levels to be used. This method is clearly limited by the number of stakeholders directly\u00a0involved.<\/p>\nCentralized Information Model (CIM)<\/strong>
\nIn this model data is stored at a central information service provider. Information can be retrieved from\u00a0this central information service provider by partners that have the right to do so. \u00a0In the\u00a0Central Information Model most of the issues like infrastructure, messaging, mobile access and security\u00a0are the responsibility of the party that is acting as the \u2018central party\u2019. However, rules for access control\u00a0have to come from the companies in the e-collaboration network.
\nDecentralized<\/b>\u00a0Information Model (DIM)<\/strong>
\nIn the decentralized information model scenario, major providers of information position information to\u00a0distribute or \u201cshare\u201d, as controlled by each individual party. A broker service can help
\nretrieve the information from the right source. Most important in this model is \u201cwhere can I get the\u00a0information\u201d instead of \u201cwho has the information\u201d. The central broker is the party who knows what\u00a0information is stored where and how to retrieve this information. Agreements between parties about\u00a0condition under which they are allowed to retrieve locally stored information are needed.<\/p>\n
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\n3 KEY STEPS TO GETTING QUALITY DATA<\/strong><\/p>\nThe evolution of the Web 2.0 has created new opportunities to organize, enter and manipulate data. PCS generally collect base data directly from sources such as vessel manifests, gate transactions, customs information directly input by importers and exporters on the system (whereupon salient information is redirected) drayage orders etc.<\/h6>\n
\nThese would be considered as potential sources of information for ECIMS. In addition, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) requires, under their Advance Commercial Information (ACI) program, that all marine carriers and freight forwarders transmit electronic cargo and supplementary reports using the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) within the ACI timeframes to the First Port of Arrival. ACI for containerized and non-exempted break bulk must be transmitted at least 24 hours prior to loading of the goods on board the vessel at the foreign port. An ECIMS could explore receiving the same data directly from shipping lines, importers\/exporters\/freight forwarders or marine terminals.
\nIn order for information systems to be able to inform operational decisions or to provide a realistic basis for planning, they must contain correct business logic and operate on high-quality data. There are three steps for getting quality supply chain data for the applications:<\/p>\n- \n
- Connecting with the stakeholders<\/li>\n
- Normalizing the data they provide<\/li>\n
- \u00a0Managing data quality.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Resident Systems vs. Cloud Computing<\/strong>
\nThere are basically two different approaches to how the ECIMS hardware environment could be set up:<\/p>\n- \n
- Resident within the delivery agency \u2013 using existing resources, IT capability, and data feeds.<\/li>\n
- Cloud Computing or Software as a Service (Saas) \u2013 where hardware including application,
\ndatabase, and web servers, as well as support, is provided remotely through a Cloud Computing
\nvendor (Exhibit 8.8). Advantages of the cloud model include lower costs, lower risk, and faster
\nimplementation. These data networks offer additional benefits based on powerful network
\neffects that spread costs and share benefits across a large community and provide a structure
\nfor cooperative continuous improvement of data quality.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nIntegration of Gateway Community Stakeholders<\/strong>
\nThe integration options available to users on the valenciaport.net PCS, allow the\u00a0tailoring to the requirements of each company\u2019s technological level:<\/p>\n- \n
- Applications on the PCS website accessed through the internet would automatically
\nsynchronize with the PCS database<\/li>\n - Electronic integration between the stakeholder and PCS, supplemented with use of
\napplications on the PCS website<\/li>\n - \u00a0Seamless and unattended integration between Gateway community stakeholder and the
\nPCS.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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\nVALENCIAPORT.NET AND DAKOSY HAMBURG BEST IN CLASS<\/b><\/p>\nPort community systems tend to be tailored around the unique characteristics\u00a0of the port, and expectations of the stakeholders involved in the development of the system. Some, like\u00a0the Ports of Valencia and Hamburg are complex while others provide a simpler functionality. The PCS at\u00a0Valencia, Spain and Hamburg, Germany, are briefly profiled in the following sections.<\/h6>\n
\nValenciaportpcs.net <\/strong><\/p>\n
- Applications on the PCS website accessed through the internet would automatically
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