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Logistics customers love speed, predictability, security and knowing where their shipment is. That is why logistics industry is constantly looking for ways to enhance efficiency, improve service and lower costs. LogiCon vision 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. LogiCon ambition The project aims to develop SIMPLE and PRAGMATIC targeted solutions for data exchange in trade and logistics for SMEs that support digitisation of document exchange reducing the number of errors and increasing the timeliness of information. Logicon aims to include logistics SMEs with very basic ICT in advanced platforms by: preparing them for collaboration, removing technological barriers, establishing partnerships with logistic platforms. Logicon provides to transport SMEs access to Logistic platforms, from the sophisticated ones to simple ones: by developing secure lean data exchange replacing individual and manual solutions, such as faxes, emails or calls, by demonstrating the solution as simple, transparent, easy to use, by easing the adoption by SMEs as bridge towards collaboration platforms.
LogiCon main stakeholder SMEs that want to be involved in international trade and transport logistics both within the European Union and with foreign parties. The project activities will be carried out in four national living labs, each one with specific objectives, dealing with four main challenges: 1 2 3 4 enabling connectivity for SMEs acting in logistics market, engaging communities, either cargo communities around port and inland terminals or business networks run by large companies, to favour standards adoption and develop dashboards for key indicators like emissions and load factor, preparing for cooperation in a global freight ecosystem, involving of a vast audience of SMEs
Polish LL Main partner in the Polish LL is Baltic Container Terminal (BCT ) located in the Port of Gdynia in Poland. It is a maritime terminal specialized in handling containers for different transportation modes. BCT runs a number of hinterland operations including rail transport from or to the Port of Gdynia. These operations involve many actors and consume a lot of time for exchange of information phone calls, faxes and emails. The problem addressed in the Polish Living Lab concerns information exchange between all players involved in rail transport and last mile transport by truck. The objective of the Polish Living Lab is to implement new business models of intermodal transport collaboration and coordination that is supported by innovative communication platform. Companies (Logistics Service Clients and Logistics Service Providers), which are now working in the intermodal eco-system, will be able to collaborate and easily exchange standardized information in order to improve effectiveness and efficiency of transport and management of containers flow to and from container terminals. The solution being developed in LogiCon is a communication platform enabling information sharing for the hinterland planning processes by all parties involved. The functionality includes exchange of bookings for intermodal transport, allocation of bookings to rail wagons, exchange of loading and unloading plans and status, monitoring of execution. SME participation in the Polish LL is crucial - the majority of Polish shippers (exporters and importers) as well as some of the logistics service providers (intermodal operators, hinterland rail terminals, truck operators) involved in the intermodal supply chain are SMEs. The main benefits for SMEs are directly linked to clear and transparent information exchange, for example the possibility of better and more realistic delivery planning and online monitoring of container movements. Other, derived, benefits include reduction of transport cost due to group purchasing of transport services, and sharing loading space of vehicles. Dutch LL Combi Terminal Twente (CTT ) is the core-organizator of the Dutch Living Lab. It is a hinterland terminal having a central role in the regional business community, which comes from its natural role as a transshipment point, but also because of CTT being a driving force in 'Port of Twente' - the business community association. The Twente region has the ambition to become a logistics hotspot, strategically located between the deep-sea port of Rotterdam and the hinterland and very well served by road, rail and waterways. The problem addressed in the Dutch Living Lab is the availability of an information infrastructure for sharing data driven by business needs enabling for the collaboration between stakeholders operating in the region. The objective of the Dutch LL is to create a light-weight, low-cost and flexible infrastructure for sharing data. The aim is to reduce the barriers for apps and service developing companies to start using the infrastructure as well and develop new applications the community requires. The solution developed is a data sharing infrastructure for the business community of CTT, including dedicated apps and services for their customers and suppliers. These apps and services will enable lock planning supporting both barge operators and Rijkswaterstaat, and an advanced connection to Inlandlinks.eu where real-time information of CTT s services will become available. There are a lot of SMEs involved in the business community around Twente, both logistic service providers and shippers. The information infrastructure developed will deliver flexible, cheap and tailored solutions that are easy to implement by SMEs. Business benefits for SMEs result from the use of the infrastructure and its connected apps and services. Logistic service providers and shippers cooperating with terminals are the main customers of the solution.
Spanish LL Main partner in the Spanish LL is Carreras. It is a large forwarder in Spain, cooperating with almost 6,000 SME road carriers. Most of these SMEs have limited IT capabilities doing most of the operations manually. Large business partners are usually more advanced but cannot use it to communicate with SMEs. This endangers the position of the SMEs as they cannot offer the same service quality. The problem addressed in the Spanish Living Lab concerns inefficiencies in collaboration between companies because a number of operations are made manually instead of electronically. The objective of the Spanish Living Lab is to enable small transport service providers automatic data exchange with large forwarders. LogiCon delivers apps for web and smart devices for truck drivers to support service information exchange, e.g. tracking of truck departure and arrival, creating and sending of transport orders and invoices. The app solutions and architecture behind it can communicate directly with large Transport Management Systems of forwarders and shippers. This substitutes information exchange via phone/mail with automatic data exchange. Benefits for SMEs are improved performance by simplifying operations with their major contractors resulting among others in reduction of invoice preparation and management, real-time tracking information, etc. This may strengthen SME market position towards becoming preferred partners for their major operators. SME road carriers cooperating with large forwarders are the main customers of the solution. Italian LL The main partner in Italian LL is Interporto Bologna. It is a large player in the Bologna area and exploits the Bologna Freight village where a lot of SME companies are located. Interporto Bologna thus sees their investments in the market place as a service towards theirs customers and as an opportunity to make the Bologna Freight village more attractive for new business. The problem concerns limited opportunities of SMEs to present their offers efficiently and engage into new business. Moreover their IT capabilities are limited as well causing difficulties to do business with larger players that use software solutions. The objective of the Italian Living Lab is to enable SME transport operators offer their transport services to potential customers to engage new business opportunities. LogiCon delivers a web-based transport market place where SMEs can offer their transport services to potential customers. SMEs can also receive transport orders through the market place and can update the customers with order confirmations and status information. SMEs may easily present their offer of transport services to potential customers providing more visibility and relaibility, supporting business development of transport operators. Clustering is promoted and consequently improvement of the load factor and reduction of costs are acheived. The primary customers are transport SMEs, while secondary customers are other companies acting in this context (advertisement market)