research on the mobile electronic delivery platform for iron and steel sales logistics based on 3g netbook研究移动电子交付平台钢铁销售物流基于3 g上网本.pdf

iBusiness, 2012, 4, 185-192 185 /10.4236/ib.2012.42023 Published Online June 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ib) Research on the Mobile Electronic Delivery Platform for Iron and Steel Sales Logistics Based on 3G Netbook 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 Weifeng Zhu , Jianhua Gu , Li Ye , Zhixin Shi , Shurong Mei , Qiao Chen , Jianjun Hu 1Institute of Systems Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China; 2Logistics Management Com- pany, Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Corporation, Wuhan, China. Email: shizg@ Received February 27th, 2012; revised March 9th, 2012; accepted March 19th, 2012 ABSTRACT According to the situation of sales logistics transportation management in an iron and steel enterprise and the possible logistics risks, the architecture of mobile electronic delivery platform for iron and steel sales logistics based on 3G net- book is proposed. The delivery process based on 3G netbook is analyzed. The three-tier C/S-based platform framework is also proposed, including database server, application server and clients. The function design of the platform is given. Finally, the key technologies of the platform are discussed. Keywords: 3G Netbook; Iron and Steel Enterprise; Sales Logistics; Mobile Electronic Delivery Platform 1. Introduction efficiency and lower cost. It is the inevitable trend that delivery means will be electronic and mobile. The in- Goods delivery, as an important link in a sail logistics, is quiring system based on PDA has been wid