transport efficiency through increased information sharing in supply chains - transportforum 2014
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Presentation of TRINFO project proposal at Transportforum 2014. The project aims at increasing the common/shared information between manufacturing company and transportation company in order to increase efficiency and sustainability.TRANSCRIPT
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Transport efficiency through increased information sharing
in supply chains !
TRINFO project proposal !
Per Olof Arnäs Chalmers
@Dr_PO [email protected]
about.me/perolofarnas slideshare.net/poar
Northern LEAD Logistics Research Centre
Founded by: Chalmers University of Technology
University of Gothenburg Logistics and Transport Society LTS
Thought leadership through
high quality research and
innovation
Challenges and trends
Outcomes for policy and business
Volatility and risk
Demographic changes
Complexity and structural flexibility
Resource limitations
Manufacturing and retail revolution
Environmental impact
Focused areas
Urban Transport
Long Distance Transport
Purchasing of transport
Logistics and Production Networks
Information, planning and
control
Measurements and measuring
Service development in
networks
Resource utilisation
Intermodality
Thought leadership through
high quality research and
innovation
Challenges and trends
Outcomes for policy and business
Volatility and risk
Demographic changes
Complexity and structural flexibility
Resource limitations
Manufacturing and retail revolution
Environmental impact
Focused areas
Urban Transport
Long Distance Transport
Purchasing of transport
Logistics and Production Networks
Information, planning and
control
Measurements and measuring
Service development in
networks
Resource utilisation
Intermodality
Production networks are
growing
Transport demand is
growing
Low resource utilization
Trends
Increasing impact on
infrastructure
Increasing environmental
impact
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The biggest problem in transportation is time.
There is not enough of it.
Ever.
Strategic Tactical Operational Prediction
Time horizons
Technologically, we are approaching this
boundary
…and we are starting to move past it!
Real-time!
Strategic Tactical Operational Prediction
Information used
But many of our decisions are based on old or incomplete
information
Real-time information is not used
Potential benefits are not realized
Project: TRINFO
Project: TRINFO
Project: TRINFO
Impossible? by Hartwig HKD on Flickr (CC-BY)
Challenges
No incentive for transport
buyer to share
Poor ICT infrastructure
Low awareness of how actions affects
other side
Lack of established communication
channels
Etc.
Impossible? by Hartwig HKD on Flickr (CC-BY)
TRINFO
Image: Alain Delorme, alaindelorme.com
Professor Patrik Jonsson
Associate Professor Gunnar Stefansson
Senior lecturer Per Olof Arnäs
Project team
+ 2-3 PhD students
Image: Alain Delorme, alaindelorme.com
Supporting organizations
Image: Alain Delorme, alaindelorme.com
Transport efficiency through increased information sharing
in supply chains !
TRINFO project proposal !
Per Olof Arnäs Chalmers
@Dr_PO [email protected]
about.me/perolofarnas slideshare.net/poar