Data quality and control
Data is shared by a data owner who is in full control of data quality. Data stays at the source and the owner determines who may or may not access their data.
ONE Record is an initiative in air freight logistics to break down data silos along the transport chain and simplify collaboration across company boundaries using standardized data formats. Documents are no longer created, sent and forwarded multiple times; instead, each player makes its data available in a standardized way via modern interfaces and grants access to the requesting companies. This means that all relevant information about a freight shipment is available to all parties involved in the transport process in a standardized, digitalized form and in real time. The initial definition of the standard was developed by a consortium of different logistics experts, research institutes and software companies under the leadership of IATA in response to the increasing challenges in logistics. Further information can be found at: IATA – ONE Record Standard.
The aim is to merge fragmented isolated solutions from a very heterogeneous industry with a non-uniform system landscape, a lack of data standards and different information densities into a uniform data standard in order to achieve maximum transparency and a high degree of digitalization along the supply chain. This is an open source data model that maps the entire transportation process by creating a digital twin of the actual physical movement of the freight that can be accessed by all parties involved. Clear “ownership” of the digital twin avoids redundant data thanks to the “single source of truth” and creates clear responsibilities for fast action and well-founded statements about the status quo, position, arrival and much more of the freight.
Communication for standardized data exchange along a supply chain is carried out using NE:ONE (= opeN sourcE: ONE record server software), an open source solution whose reference implementation was developed by the ISO-Gruppe on behalf of the Fraunhofer Institute. The development was conducted as part of the DTAC (Digital Test Area Air Cargo) and supported by the BMDV (Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport Affairs). This know-how is now available.
NE:ONENE:ONE can be found in the repository of the Open Logistics Foundation here.
Thanks to the reference implementation of NE:ONE, we have specific know-how and combine this with known tasks and projects. This enables us not only to advise our customers on the implementation, support and maintenance of NE:ONE servers, but also to link various systems and applications (e.g. IoT, SAP, blockchain) with the NE:ONE world. This ensures optimal and secure data exchange and end-to-end communication between systems and logistics partners in order to take proactive measures and ensure compliance with the requirements of customers and regulatory authorities.
One data standard – many systems – no problem in the futureNot only the creation of a uniform data standard, but also ONE Record-compliant communication between different logistics systems of various participants is crucial for successful digitalization along the supply chain — regardless of whether the system used is logistics, ERP, TMS or booking software.
We help you to ensure that your system understands the other systems and vice versa. Because ISO wants to provide technology that digitizes the entire supply chain (Air) or makes it possible.
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You can download, install and start our reference implementation as an open source project under the following link ("develop" branch):
