Research themes in urban logistics. Presentation for CSCMP European Research seminar Rotterdam. May 2018. Walther Ploos van Amstel Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences

1. The final mile challenge:
using big data
OVERCOMING PLANNING COMPLEXITY IN URBAN LOGISTICS
WALTHER PLOOS VAN AMSTEL – AUAS – APRIL 2018

2. Challenges in urban logistics
u 15-20% of traffic
u 80% LCV’s
u Growing 3-5% p.a.
u 80% transport on own account
u 80% of truck drivers time
u 33% congestion time in drive time
u 65% walking time

3. Challenges in urban logistics
u Congestion
u Emissions
u Space
u Noise
u Safety
u Damage
u Higher cost-to-serve

4. In freight:
35% CO2 related to city logistics

5. Research:
Amsterdam Oude Pijp area
• 800 x 800 meters
• 15.000 residents
• 1.000 companies
• 2.000 shipments
• 1.000 trucks/LCV’s
• HoReCa, construction,
retail, waste and parcel

6. Integrated approach
Technology
Logistics
Policy/
community

7. Integrated approach
Technology
Logistics
Policy/
community

8. Themes for research:
A European perspective

9. Themes for research:
A European perspective

10. Address intelligence

11. Address intelligence

12. Using big data

13. Using big data:
Final 50 ft project

14. Intelligent access

15. Sense and respond: ITS

16. Smarter planning

17. E-commerce options

18. Zero emission transport modes

19. Robotisation in the supply chain

20. Safety: vision zero

21. City hubs: PPP

22. Human factor

23. New business model?

24. Feasibility?

25. Strategy
Results
Network
Planning and
control
ICT
Organisation
NationalandEU
policies
Localpolicies
INFRASTRUCTURE

26. Slow versus personalised
‘Slow mobility’
Bundling
Ecocombi/Synchro
Platoons
Push
Open data
‘Personalised mobility’
Value of time
Clean
Safe
Pull
Open data

27. Strategy
Results
Network
Planning and
control
ICT
Organisation
NationalandEU
policies
Localpolicies
Infrastructure
Collaborative control

28. Collaborative control
u Predict and prepare:
collaborative
u Sense and respond:
common operational picture
u Based on a solid strategy

29. Strategy
Results
Network
Planning and
control
ICT
Organisation
NationalandEU
policies
Localpolicies
Infrastructure
Collaborative control
Social innovation

30. Social innovation:
creating value of time together
u Strategic collaboration: shippers,
transporters, truck and trailer
builders and government
u Planner 2.0: align planning
operational and tactical
u The truck driver of the future
u Experiment: train as you fight…

31. Practice what you preach

32. Urban mobility from…
u Push to pull: customers in control
u Unimodal to synchromodal
u Fossil to alternative fuel
u Ownership to sharing
u Closed data to open data
u Physical links to Internet Of Things
u Centralised to distributed planning
u Forecast ETA to real time info
u Blind to clairvoyant
u From private to public private

33. Take away’s