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The current international trade transaction processes among ASEAN countries are facing high-costs structure because of the redundant paperworks. Furthermore, multiple languages used in these processes make the problems more difficult. In this paper, a framework of system, which helps to resolve the problems is proposed. The system can generate an optimized process of paperworks from a complex process. First, an international trade transaction model, which is an underlying basis of the framework is defined. Second, an international logistics ontology, which has been developed for describing the model is shown. Then, an algorithm for optimizing information flows is proposed. Furthermore, a case study is shown in order to explain the proposed framework. This framework contributes to reduce the paperwork costs of international trade transaction processes.

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Authors conducted a workshop as an experiment to improve the engineering design ability and international sense of college students. Six Japanese students and 11 Thai students participated in the workshop. 17 students were divided into 4 teams and they proposed a new communication medium for each team. The students received several lectures and group work for the proposal. The students answered a questionnaire before and after participating in the workshop. As a result of analyzing the questionnaire, Japanese students realized that their ability was improved more than Thai students. In addition, students in other fields than engineering students said that their abilities improved.

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