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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?

    Design and implement a decentralized ICT infrastructure that allows real world objects, new planning services including CO2 calculation capabilities and existing systems to co-exist and efficiently co-operate at an affordable cost for logistics stakeholders Real time planning services including CO2 calculations and intelligent cargo.

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    • Logistics Nodes

      One of the main concepts developed and piloted in the iCargo project has been that of exposing the different kinds of logistic services and integrating them on the supply network level, based on common semantics and IT protocols. Although the iCargo services are defined at the service provider level, these are standardised and harmonised in a potentially global network. Thus, the concept could be extended to include PI nodes as services providers.

      The iCargo concept, services semantics and access-point technology have been deployed in some existing supply network pilots and have been applied to develop commercial software products such as www.MixMove.io. (Generation 0).

    • Logistics Networks

      ICargo has developed a very comprehensive set of logistics services specifications, applying and extending existing standards. Most iCargo services definitions refer to network-level services, namely transport services across logistics nodes, including intermodal services.

      The iCargo concept, services semantics and access-point technology have been deployed in some existing supply network pilots and have been applied to develop commercial software products. (Generation 0).


    • Systems of Logistics Networks

      iCargo has defined a system architecture, based on access points, to allow publishing and integration of logistic-service data and functionalities in a distributed network of services providers. This has been a first and important contribution to the PI system level architecture.

      The main reference documents outlining the results produced by iCargo in this area are the following Deliverables (classified as Public):

      • Deliverable D2.2 - iCargoCloud Resources, Semantic Web & Composition Tools (Release date: 30/04/2013)
      • Deliverable D2.3 – Knoweldge Base Infrastructure and Tools (Release date: 01/05/2013)

      The iCargo system architecture has been developed and piloted only on single supply chains, not on PI level (Generation 0).