Annual Reports Published

by Capt. Emad Samwel

• Global Supply Chain E-Commerce Trends 1996-2006 Over the last 10 years, e-commerce in the global supply chain have advanced to the point that currently there are many portals that offer either partial or complete supply chain solutions. There seem to be no clear indication of quality of data provided, true assessment of various portals’ advertised functionality, nor on the return on investment. This report offers a complete review of the driving forces behind past, current, and future supply chain e-commerce portal progress. Order this report

• The Third Annual Ocean Carriers E-Commerce Status Report - 2006/2007 This is the fourth annual report the reviews the status of the top global ocean container carriers’ e-commerce offerings to the various shippers around the world. This is the first report of its kind to be published for the industry.  This comprehensive 441 pages report comes in two volumes and it includes the result of comparing the offering of 54 top global container ocean carriers and 2 ocean line sponsored portals. The comparison comprises 196 functions in 20 comparison criteria presented in 189 tables, i.e. by comparing over 11,000 functions. This year's report also includes contract management portals, ocean lines sponsored portals, and special notes about consolidated companies and their impact on e-commerce advancement. Two new comparison criteria are also included and a total of 28 new functions. Order this report

• The Second Annual Ocean Carriers E-Commerce Status Report - 2005/2006  This is the second annual report the reviews the status of the top global ocean container carriers’ e-commerce offerings to the various shippers around the world. This is the first report of its kind to be published for the industry.  This comprehensive 441 pages report comes in two volumes and it includes the result of comparing the offering of 54 top global container ocean carriers and 2 ocean line sponsored portals. The comparison comprises 196 functions in 20 comparison criteria presented in 189 tables, i.e. by comparing over 11,000 functions. This year's report also includes contract management portals, ocean lines sponsored portals, and special notes about consolidated companies and their impact on e-commerce advancement. Two new comparison criteria are also included and a total of 28 new functions. Order this report

• The First Annual Ocean Carriers E-Commerce Status Report - 2003/2004  This is the first annual report the reviews the status of the top global ocean container carriers’ e-commerce offerings to the various shippers around the world. This is the first report of its kind to be published for the industry. This comprehensive report is the result of comparing the offering of 54 top global container ocean carriers. The comparison comprises 168 functions in 18 comparison criteria presented in over 160 tables, i.e. by comparing over 9,000 functions. Order this report