CLOSED FOR APPLICATIONS CL5-2022-D6-02-01: Logistics networks integration and harmonisation through operational connectivity to optimise freight flows and drive logistics to climate neutrality

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• Select section Brief information on the Funding Opportunity

  Brief information on the Funding Opportunity

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  Program: Horizon Europe | Cluster 5 “Climate, Energy and Mobility”.

  Geographical coverage: Horizon Europe programme regular coverage.

  Available contribution: The total indicative budget for the topic is 15M€, contribution between EUR 7.00 and 8,00 million per project.

  Type of Action:  Innovation Action.
  

  Deadline: September 6^th, 2022
  

  TRL level: 6-7
  

  For more information on meanings of TRL, Type of Project and General Rules, please refer to the General Annexes of the Work Programme:  Link to the General Annexes of the Work Programme
  

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• Select section Brokerage event on the topic | 1st February 2022

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  • Select activity Brokerage event on the topic | 1st February 2022 recorded session

    

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  Partners Profiles

  • Select activity An Post Partner Profile

    

    An Post Partner Profile

    An Post is a postal, logistics, e-commerce and financial services provider. Contact person: Aoife O´Connor
    

  • Select activity CARA, European Cluster for Mobility Solutions

    

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    CARA, Mobility Cluster from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Contact Person: Jean Baptiste Hahn
    

  • Select activity ITENE

    

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    Instituto Tecnológico del Embalaje, Transporte y Logística (ITENE), Spain. Contact Person: Luis Viguer
    

  • Select activity Last Mile Team

    

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    Last Mile Team, Startup from Spain. Contact person: Angel Batalla
    

  • Select activity Logistics Research Austria - Austrian Institute of Technology

    

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    AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, contact person: Matthias Prandtstetter
    

  • Select activity NTTDATA

    

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    NTTDATA is an IT global company. Contact Person: Patricia Jimenez
    

  • Select activity Rulex Innovation Labs

    

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    Rulex Innovation Labs is an IT company from Italy. Contact Person: Enrico Ferrari
    

  • Select activity Sabanci Uniersitesi_Smart Mobility and Logistics Lab

    

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    Sabanci Uniersitesi_Smart Mobility and Logistics Lab from Turkey. Contact Person: Bülent Çatay
    

  • Select activity TNO, Netherlands Organisation for applied scientific research

    

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    TNO Netherlands Organisation for applied scientific research Contact Person: Igor Davydenko
    

  • Select activity VIL, spearhead cluster organisation for innovation in logistics

    

    VIL, spearhead cluster organisation for innovation in logistics Folder

    VIL, spearhead cluster organisation for innovation in logistics, Belgium. Contact person: Domien Stubbe
    

  • Select activity VITO/MooV - logistic network optimisation service

    

    VITO/MooV - logistic network optimisation service Folder

    VITO/MooV - logistic network optimisation service is a Consultancy/Research Institute in Belgium. Contact person: Ruben Guisson

    
    

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• Select section Expected Outcome

  Expected Outcome

  Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
  

  • Freight transport and logistics companies, including small and medium-sized enterprises, evolve to operate seamlessly engaging with nodes, partners and customers in an effective way, thus achieving a better utilisation of the assets and other resources in the freight transport and logistics chain within Europe.

  
  

  • Energy and emissions reduction potentials higher than 20%, based on the operative gains without needing to renew the assets, are demonstrated by the shared logistics networks (collaborative logistics).
    
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  Scope

  Integration and harmonisation of closed independent logistics networks and of clusters of networks (e.g. from different logistics service providers or different cargo owners) providing open and shared services to manufacturers and retailers focussing on intra-European flows, would enable to optimise freight flows at system level, thus overcoming operational inefficiencies (e.g. peak overloads, partially loaded or empty transportation, sub-optimal transit routing, waiting times, higher overall costs, inefficient asset utilisation, increased emissions) and driving climate neutrality in logistics.

  Projects will have to advance the adoption of technological solutions and organisational and behavioural models in use cases and applications under the leadership of logistics operators taking into account stakeholders’ preferences.

  In pilot actions, two or more logistics providers or shippers’ logistics networks should develop and demonstrate a systemic framework for connecting effectively their independent logistics networks (at least partially) pooling the demand of various cargo owners and develop a system of logistics networks in which assets and services, including synchro-modal services, are shared and flows are managed in a consolidated way demonstrating potential benefits. Proposals should address all the following points and subpoints:

  • Develop and demonstrate a robust and transparent collaborative framework with guiding principles to ensure operational connectivity of logistics networks (e.g. services, shared resources and assets, information and financial flows, etc.) under the lead of logistics providers and addressing governance and potential anti-competition law issues. Current independent closed networks gradually are expected to become connected networks with shared and open capabilities, including intermodal transport solutions in specific demonstrators.

  
  

  • Through the pilot cases and demonstrators:

  • Identify and demonstrate potential gains of these logistics networks / systems of logistics networks compared to independent logistics networks in terms of emissions and energy consumption reduction and potential business models for uptake beyond the project duration.
  • Identify main barriers and opportunities to achieve a system of logistics networks, propose solutions and pilot them to deliver guidelines for expansion and implementation.
  • Address governance aspects (e.g. how to organise and expand the logistic network with other logistics networks willing to join or how to legally engage with users of these shared logistics networks services and capabilities) and propose actions to accelerate organic and jointly acceptable growth of these logistics networks.
  • Identify innovative business models addressing also revenue sharing.
  • Identify and assess existing regulation (e.g. anti-competition) preventing or the need for new regulation to enable this shared and holistic approach, by building on the results and outcomes of previous and ongoing projects and activities¹. Develop guidelines to address specific concerns and propose specific recommendations that should be considered.
    

  
  

  • Identify and assess the main drivers and barriers towards horizontal collaboration in terms of organisational cultures and frameworks of the logistics service providers and the transport operators. Propose solutions to overcome the barriers and recommendations on how to create the best conditions (success factors) to boost new logistics collaborations, maintain them and reap their benefits.

  
  

  Social innovation is recommended when the solution is at the socio-technical interface and requires social change, new social practices, social ownership or market uptake.

  ¹ E.g. Digital Transport and Logistics Forum www.dtlf.eu,, Collaboration Concepts for Co-modality (CO3) http://www.co3-project.eu/., NexTrust

  
  
• Select section Relevant references and documents

  Relevant references and documents

  • Select activity Cloud Report on Logistics Coordination and Collaboration

    

    Cloud Report on Logistics Coordination and Collaboration URL

    BOOSTLOG_D2.2 Cloud report – Coordination and Collaboration_final. This document assess the completed European funded Research and Innovation Projects in the field (also referred as cloud) of logistics coordination and collaboration.

    
    

  • Select activity Physical Internet Reference Documents

    

    Physical Internet Reference Documents URL

    The topic includes "develop a system of logistics networks" and several references to the Physical Internet Roadmap. You may be willing to visit the following documents and references:

    • Physical Internet Roadmap (Executive Summary version). Have a look to the chapter on system of logistics networks.
    • Roadmap to Physical Internet Full Version File to go in further details.
    • SENSE project Final Report on Physical Internet Development Monitoring in which there are several relevant references.

    
    
  • Select activity CO3 project

    

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  • Select activity NEXTRUST project

    

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