1.1 Do you have needs for international EDI between your economy (country) and Japan in the maritime transport related fields?
1.2 If affirmative, on what business documents or messages do you have the needs?
1.3 What types of business functions (or trading partners) will be involved in the data flow of each document or message at both sides?
1.4 Are there any candidate for the pilot user enterprise to take up the international EDI pilot trials?
2.1 Are there anyone who has already actually implemented the international EDI in the maritime transport related fields in your economy (country) with other economy (country) than Japan?
2.2 If affirmative, which types of messages are being exchanged by what types of business sectors (partners) with which economy (country)?
2.3 In this case, which international EDI network is used? Who operates the network and the gateway system?
3.1 Will you or anyone else in your office be available for further discussion on this subject to draw up framework of the international EDI pilot trials if we send our committee members to your office sometime in November? Will you also please indicate what dates during November will be inconvenient for you.
Will you please send your answer to and/or comments on this letter to us for the attention of (Mr) Yukimasa Kokubo, general manager research and study/international affairs of our office.
We look forward to hearing from you on this subject as soon as possible.
Yours faithfully,
Yasuo Yamauchi
Senior Managing Director
Port Logistics Information System Association (POLISA)
Tokyo, Japan
Phone: +81-3-3555-8777
Fax: +81-3-3555-8779
Email: polisa@mxj.mech.ne.jp
