RE: [ubl-dev] Applicability of 'Forwarding instructions' in the absence of an ordering context

["Andrew Schoka" <AMSchoka@comcast.net>]

Jan,

You asked:

>What about other areas of logistsics (coordination of service
>providers) - is UBL intended to fit or has this never been considered?


I would call your attention to the complement of transport-related documents
in UBL 2.0.  It would seem that these have relevance to your question
regarding coordination of service providers. In a transport context, a
freight forwarder does just that, function as a coordinator obtaining
transport services for a goods provider needing to have his consignment
delivered perhaps using multiple (mode) carriers.

The UBL 2.0 documents and library are designed to support typical transport
business processes including an “Initiate Transport Services Process” and a
“Report Status of Goods Process.” These processes define the ordering of
logistical services for international trade. With receipt of an order and
acknowledgement by the Supplier Party that the goods are available and ready
to be shipped, the Consignor or Consignee initiates the transportation
arrangements. This includes booking the consignment with a Transport Service
Provider such as the Freight Forwarder or Carrier and advising the Delivery
Party of the arrangements as needed. UBL document types in these processes
are Forwarding Instructions, Packing List, Waybill, Bill of Lading and
Transport Status.

Hope this helps.

Andy Schoka
AMSchoka Consulting LLC

 
-----Original Message-----
From: Jan Algermissen [mailto:algermissen1971@mac.com] 
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 11:15 AM
To: ubl-dev@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: [ubl-dev] Applicability of 'Forwarding instructions' in the absence
of an ordering context

Hi,

(thanks so far for the thoughful responses, I'll reply to those later)

I have a use case from the car leasing domain and have a question  
regarding the applicability of UBL.

The use case is taken from the car remarketing part of the leasing  
domain: when a leasing contract ends, it is (at least in Germany)  
comman practice for the leasing customer to drop of the car at some  
location (e.g. her home address) and inform the leasing company that  
the car can be picked up.
The leasing company will then issue a request to some third party  
transport service supplier to pick up the car and deliver it to the  
company's used car parking lot.

For the collaboration between the leasing company and the transport  
service provider I would like to apply UBL processes and documents  
but I am not sure

- whether UBL's processes are applicable at all
- whether the request to the transport service supplier is an offer  
or a forwarding request
- how to best go about extending the appropriate document to provide  
the transport parameters to the
   service provider (location, vehicle plate number,  time of pick up  
etc.) - this seems like a general
   issue when ordering services, ...yes?

There are about half a dozen other processes in the remarketing  
domain (many of them service requests)....should I generally try to  
extend the UBL or is the use case domain so different that I should  
make up my own processes and documents (maybe reusing UBL components)?

What about other areas of logistsics (coordination of service  
providers) - is UBL intended to fit or has this never been considered?

Thanks for help,

Jan




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