This section presents the main results and outcomes stemming from the projects that have made contributions to development of the PI concept. Those projects have contributed all of the areas included by the PI roadmap, from logistics nodes to governance models. Those projects laid a foundation to the research and development of PI in Europe and beyond. Those projects have not only significantly developed theoretical models, tested and evaluated them in real-life conditions in order to provide tangible benefits of application of the PI concept, thus generating extensive impacts on the logistics sector.
The three FP7 projects mapped in Figure 3 have brought revolutionary changes to the European logistics innovation community. They put the concept of PI into practice and laid a foundation for the future PI roadmap. They also resulted in start-ups (e.g. MIXMOVE, TRI-VIZOR) and standard modular cargo units (e.g. Smart Box). Those achievements have been recognised in the first ALICE Innovation Award. More detailed can be found in the first Cloud Report on Coordination and Collaboration (D2.3).
The concept of PI has been further developed by a following project, ICONET, funded by the Horizon 2020 that has developed the PI governance models. Then the SENSE project has successfully summarised all achievements of R&I projects and developed the PI Roadmap that accelerates the path toward fully implementation of the PI.
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Key contributions to the concept of PI |
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Developed business models considering the Physical Internet approach to use modular cargo units. The project’s results have been mapped by the Cloud Report on Coordination and Collaboration with an implementation case identified. |
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Developed a model framework with legal and operational guidelines for collaborative projects in the supply chain, a key contributions to PI’s system of logistics network; CO3 results have been mapped by the Cloud Report on Coordination and Collaboration with an implementation case identified. |
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Developed 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, a first and important contribution to the PI system level architecture. iCargo results have been mapped by the Cloud Report on Coordination and Collaboration with an implementation case identified. |
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Significantly extended state-of-art of research and development of the PI concept in pursuit of a new networked architecture for interconnected logistics hubs that combine with IoT capabilities and aiming towards commercial exploitation of results. It aimed to achieve the end commercial goal of allowing shipments to be routed towards final destinations automatically, by using collaborative decisions inspired by the information centric networking paradigm and optimizing efficiency and customer service levels across the whole network. |
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Published Physical Internet roadmap and monitored development of PI including
collecting a comprehensive list of PI related
SMEs and innovative companies, as well as R&I projects funded by the EU, national
and regional programmes. The project also developed recommendations for future research that have helped the EC, national and regional programmes
to fund R&I projects towards PI implementation. |