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United Nations Electronic Trade Documents

• Digital Paper for Trade Automation of Trade
  Documents
• UNECE

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United Nations Electronic Trade Documents

• Presentation
• From paper to paperless trade the issues
• UNeDocs concept
• Demonstration Digital Paper Document

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Paperless Trade

• Why?
• Goods are moving faster than information
• SC are more complex
• Competition/Costs
• Technology is there
• Transparency, simplification of procedures
• Digital data is basis for automation
• SC Security is based on analysis of information

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Information technology in supply chains
Information Technology/ Logistics
electronic documents
process A
process B
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Trade Documents Document Standards 3300 BC
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United Nations Layout Key SAD
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Electronic DocumentsEDI
UNHINV001INVOIC1 BGM38075-064-H-2271018704
31 NADSU501345600014514 SEIKO CORPORATION
15-1 KYOBASHI 2-CHOME TOKYO 104
JPRFFSS4001 REFPOABC-1234CTAIC 512345
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Internet Technology 2000Integration I
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Internet Technology 2000Integration II
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Paper and XMLUNLK Integration
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Requirements to Trade Documents

• Documents Paper
  Electronic

and
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The "digital Paper" challenge

• Moving from todays Trade
• Information exchange in global trade is based on
  paper documents
• Trade processes and practice are based on paper
  documents
• to Paperless Trade

Migration by creating the equivalent of a paper
document in electronic format Transfer paper
standards and acceptance to electronic
documents Documents that can adapt to user
requirements Fallback to paper Simple and low
cost
For a migration we need digital Paper Documents
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Document adapts to technology
UNeDocs one single electronic document adapting
to different information processing concepts
Importers Bank
F Forwarder
PDF Barcode
EDI
Exporter
UNeDocs electronic Paper
Insurance Agent
Importer
XML
Paper
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UNeDocs digital PaperHow?
Paper document UNLK UN trade rec Business
Practice
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UNeDocsInterface and Integration

• UNeDocs defines WHAT a document is, not how it is
  processed.
• Electronic document is the basis for
• Automation of trade data processing
• Authentication electronic signatures
• Risk assessment
• Intelligent, value added services

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Example digital Paper Document
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Digital Paper for Trade

• Thank You
• Tauno.Kangur_at_unece.org
• www.UNeDocs.org
• United Nations, ECE