Small forwarders, carriers and other logistic SMEs are in need of
affordable, reliable and trusted data-interchange solutions to take part
in international trade and commerce flows. LogiCon aims at setting up,
testing and facilitating the adoption of low-cost, low-barrier data
connectivity solutions. The above activities will be carried out in four
national living labs, each one with specific objectives, dealing with
three main challenges: 1) enabling connectivity, by selecting, refining,
testing and promoting state-of-the-art solutions and platforms, through
involvement of a vast audience of SMEs; 2) engaging communities, either
cargo communities around port and inland terminals or business networks
run by large companies, to favour standard adoption and to support risk
assessment and dashboards for key indicators like emissions and load
factors; 3) prepare for cooperation in a global freight management
ecosystem, foreseen for the future, where capacity will be optimized and
flows will be synchronized among the different involved actors.