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Why is this Project Relevant for ALICE & the Physical Internet?

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  • Why is this Project Relevant for ALICE & the Physical Internet?

    Development of a platform represented by a Digital Twin component in order to provide a testbed for synchromodal opportunities within a risk-free environment. The Digital Twin will serve as an interface where different models, their data, granularities as well as processes are integrated. The Digital Twin will contain necessary information and models that can solve different tasks related to inventory management, freight transport and network planning. It will measure the real-time synchromodal complexity and evaluate various decisions and offer alternatives by making use of mathematical, simulation and machine learning models.

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    • LOGISTICS NODES

      The DISpATch project will leverage the harmonisation of transport in the sense that it will improve seamless transhipment by higher visibility on alternative realities mirroring various alternative future scenarios.  This will improve cargo flow visibility and improves and increases the use of different nodes and inter-operability between nodes and transport modes.  The project itself is transport unit neutral and focusses on synchromodality as such

      Generation 1 - Hub Service Offering

      DISpATch will demonstrate the increased performance of intermodal operations leveraged by improved real-time planning support in comparison to traditional planning.

      Generation 2 - Automated Service Request and Response

      DISpATch will demonstrate modal shift possibilities of fragmented flows by using decentralized route-finding and identification of nearby handling points.

      Generation 3 - Nodes Interconnect between networks

      DISpATch will demonstrate potential bundling opportunities of sharing open logistics networks between service providers (through case study)

    • LOGISTICS NETWORKS

      "DISpATch’s core is to develop routing algorithms tapping into different data sources provided by LSPs, shippers, port authorities and infrastructure managers in liaison with, or independent from, port authorities. 

      It will build on current SoA on Digital Twin concept, SoA on Synchromodality and define research gaps to move onto new thinking and modelling approaches to bridge academic models with physical transport processes.  The main objective is to develop a model that will measure the real-time synchromodal complexity and evaluate various decisions and offer alternatives."

      Generation 1 - Operational Synchromodality

      The primary objective is to work on specific use cases in which the Digital twins will effectively prove the working of the model and leverage operational synchromodality in real operations.

      Generation 2 - Multiple Shipment join/split

      DISpATch wants to contribute to new theories by developing and combining modelling paradigms and the Digital Twin Concept in which effectively increased/decreased fill rates will be affected and better planned.

      Generation 3 - Objective of the project consists of creating a scalable and transferable tool and assess resilience measures and future state estimations. Thus the basis is laid down for “Sense and Respond Capabilities for Network Flows”.

    • SYSTEM OF LOGISTICS NETWORKS

      By providing a (virtually) successfully demonstrated scalable and transferable tool DISpATch will provide one of the pivotal building blocks to realize a swift and data-based decision making tool supporting the PI concept that is based on the nodal efficiency and ability to route goods onto the most suitable next leg in the network. Multiple services integration efforts can be extended to connectivity with external networks building systems of Logistics Netoworks

    • ACCESS & ADOPTION

      By focussing on a scalable and transferable tool and the integration of maritime, continental and retail supply chains into one holistic application DISpATch will contribute to a more holistic understanding of supply chains by not using reductionist approaches that decompose system components into separate parts which are consequently assessed individually.

      Sectorial, Regional, Seamless Vertical Integration DISpATch aims to match academic theories against real-life problems faced by the logistics industry.  It will virtually showcase potential benefits of synchromodal transport by addressing tactical and operational planning horizons in close dialogue with consortium partners in maritime, continental and retail supply chain use cases. (Generation 1)