Resumen:
This document will specify the interface between the e-merchant (any commercial customer sending parcels) and the first logistic operator, including both public and private carriers. For the application of this document, a cross border parcel is a parcel crossing a border into and within Europe. The interface is composed of two items: - the physical label attached on the parcel: contents, sizes, minimum requirements to guarantee the quality and efficiency of the logistic process (sorting, delivery). - the electronic exchanges between the sender and the logistic operator with the description of the data to be provided, the format of the exchanges.
Keywords:
Addressing, Bar code, Control procedures, Data exchange, Data link layers, Data processing, Data transmission, Definitions, Encoding, Identification, Identification numbers, Information interchange, Information technology, International, Logistics, Mail-order selling, Postal delivery, Postal services, Services, Shipment, Telecommunications, Transport, Transport services, Transportation units