Challenges of Paperless Trade: Redesign of the Foreign Trade Processes and Bundling Functions of Traditional Documents

Abstract

Technological innovations in recent years have resulted in paper based documentation will be completely abandoned in all business processes, however the paper-based processes still prevail in foreign trade transactions due to complicated business processes. Institution and companies in different countries involved in foreign trade transactions. Therefore integrative solutions are needed. This paper seeks to put forward a methodology to pave the way to the future international trade. Therefore we developed a taxonomical approach to this clutter in order to partially surmount the integration problem because a road map should be determined before the holistic solution. Taxonomical approach has been suggested for grouping the foreign trade documents in terms of their functions. All the parties participating in a foreign trade transaction should be able to connect to each other in a single online platform. There is a need for a single online platform of which all parties are members to complete a foreign trade transaction using a single integrated electronic document. Finally, opinions of the professional have been received for seeing the real procedures. Literature and practices have been synthesized and partial solution grouping the foreign trade documents in terms of their functions has been suggested. To constitute a base for the initial step of the road to integrated foreign trade document a taxonomical table has been prepared. Aim of this table to guide the firms that search for solutions to develop electronic equivalent of paper based documents.

Fuentes de costos de transacción de exportaciones peruanas: Ventanilla Única de Comercio Exterior (VUCE)

“…La facilitación del comercio es la simplificación, modernización y armonización de procedimientos de exportación e importación (Organización Mundial del Comercio [OMC], 2021), tiene por objetivo reducir o eliminar los costos de transacción (Izam, 2001); los cuales son significativos, debido a los montos generados por impuestos, tarifas, transportes, documentaciones, trámites y retrasos (Verwaal y Donkers, 2003); se presentan cada vez que las agencias del gobierno solicitan al exportador o importador presentar información (Grainger, 2008;Civelek, 2017), la cual puede llegar a ser redundante e incluso presentarse tantas veces como agencias de gobierno lo exijan. En este contexto, la implementación de Ventanillas Únicas de Comercio Exterior (VUCE) contribuye con la facilitación del comercio (Centro de las Naciones Unidas para la Facilitación de Procedimientos y Prácticas en Administración, Comercio y Transporte [UN/CEFACT], 2005), al permitir la presentación de información y documentos en un único punto de entrada (UN/ CEFACT, 2005;Langley, 2014).…”

Paperless Trade: Evaluation of the Current Situation & towards the Integrated Single Foreign Trade Document

“…In this case, it is expected that the document integration ISSN 1941-899X 2017 www.macrothink.org/jmr 6 will gradually evolve towards a single document. (Civelek et al, 2017). International agreements and major investments should be made for the establishment of a common system that all institutions and organizations which trade internationally will be a member.…”

“…For this reason, all document functions can be combined, and the parties can run the processes by putting their electronic signatures according to job order at separate times on a single document to be edited in web page format. (Civelek et al, 2017).…”

Development of Paperless Foreign Trade Performance Measurement Scale: The Multitrait-Multimethod Model Proposal

“…They are integrated components in this record such as statements, writings, figures and pictures. The most important barrier to the development of electronic trade is the standardization problem of electronic documents (Civelek, Çemberci, Uca, Çelebi, & Özalp, 2017). The trials in the Asia region enhance harmonization of procedures and systems that are necessary for integrated paperless trade processes (Laryea, 2005).…”