Abstract

AbstractIndustrial parks, consisting of manufacturers and associated services, such as transport and warehousing, have played an important role in stimulating the economic and industrial development. Enterprises are able to share common facilities, services, and infrastructures. It becomes a common practice for manufacturers to use third-party logistics to handle the flow of materials both within and outside the industrial parks. This paper presents a software service for manufacturers to share and manage their transport services provided by multiple fleets. This service-oriented fleet management shell encompasses a range of facilities that can be customized by manufacturers for fleet advanced planning and scheduling (FAPS). The FAPS shell possesses several key innovations. First, auto-ID/RFID technologies are used in industrial parks to create a smart work environment for enhancing real-time information sharing throughout the process of material handling. Second, the real-time information is utilized for...

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