Internet as a Way of International Transportation and Logistic Market - International Multi-User Electronic Data Interchange Gökhan Silahtarolu Maths and Computing Department Beykent University, Sisli / stanbul TURKEY The Internet and its facilities have been used by different sectors and businesses. For different sectors e- markets have been created and Electronic Data Interchange software and systems are still used. For international transportation and logistics sector a browser / TCP/IP based Electronic Data Interchange system may be adopted for those using outsourcing for their logistics transactions. In this paper a proposal of International Multi-users Electronic Data Interchange system (IMUEDI) is submitted. The system which may be used globally by both logistics and other outsourcing firms will bring advantages to all users from market growth to performance analysis of all parties engaged in logistics. With the integration of internal ERP systems and IMUEDI transactions will be full automatic for the sector. Keywords : e-commerce, logistics, transportation, EDI, market, peer to peer. 1. Introduction: The internet has dramatically reduced the cost of search for companies and consumers, especially in case of goods and services with “digital attributes”[1].What ever you search is almost a click away on the internet electronically. It is also very different from the other media being global and changing the way of business conducted [2]. With the developing DLS technology the speed and the cost of the internet has become remarkably affordable for individual consumers and small businesses in comparison with dial-up connections. In addition, e-services overcome many of the traditional problems of service marketing by giving the marketer unprecedented control over the previously capricious characteristic of services [3]. Companies which can respond to the needs of customers, handle their requests on time and support their buying decisions gain value and win customer-loyalty and trust [4]. The internet is a tool to achieve all these by assisting customers with online services such as easy search of products and services. As being the medium of information it has been used by many different people and organizations for very different purposes such as Doctor’s advice, Lawyer’s advice, Beauty Saloons, Broadcasting Services, B2B Consulting etc. Relationships in the B2B environment are mostly based on information exchange, this has an inevitable effect on market growth and structure and information integrated to improve service saves customers’ time and eases frustration [5]. As it is in classical way, on the internet the same trade cycle exists [6]: _ Pre-Sale: • Search - finding a supplier • Negotiate – agreeing the terms of trade _ Execution: • Order • Delivery _ Settlement: • Invoice • Payment _ After-sales, e.g. warrantee and service Customers search on the internet the best product with the best price and then they order it. Invoice and payments come after it, again via the internet - electronically. For most of the cases after sale services are conducted electronically. For pre-sale phase there are portals to help customers find and especially make comparison among the existing goods, services and suppliers. Because it is a new way of conducting business via the internet and ecommerce experiences its infancy [7] there are many areas that e-commerce has not been used, yet. Proceedings of the 5th WSEAS International Conference on E-ACTIVITIES, Venice, Italy, November 20-22, 2006 421