Description du projet
Une solution basée sur le cloud pour optimiser la capacité d’expédition de colis
Les livraisons de colis connaissent un essor considérable en raison de la forte croissance du secteur du commerce électronique. Cependant, une grande partie de la capacité de fret dans des véhicules tels que des camionnettes ou des navires est sous-exploitée. Près de 40 % constitue en effet de l’espace vide, car il n’existe aucune technologie efficace pour optimiser l’espace de chargement. Une réduction de seulement 10 % de l’espace vide pourrait faire économiser des millions d’euros au secteur de la logistique et réduire les émissions de gaz à effet de serre. Le projet BOXBOT, financé par l’UE, entend développer la première solution du genre, basée sur le cloud, pour optimiser l’utilisation de l’espace. La solution proposée permettra de gérer des opérations complexes d’emballage et de chargement rapide, augmentant ainsi de 30 % le taux de remplissage.
Objectif
Even though more packages than ever before are today being shipped due the boom in e-commerce, no efficient technology has been developed to optimize cargo space in vehicles such as vans or ships. On average, 40% of the transportation capacity is empty space due to the well-known 3D packing problem in the transportation and logistics industry. Reducing the empty space with just 10% saves millions of euros in the logistics industry and greenhouse gas emissions in the environment. Some optimization space software exists in the market but none is really effective being usually too slow and/or handling only few basic cargo parameters. Thus, end-users opt for manual packing/loading plans often using excel which take a lot of time and underuse space capacity.
At BOXBOT, we have developed a multi-objective meta-heuristic algorithm to do fast calculations in seconds using over 30 cargo parameters of mixed loads, operational rules and loading and discharging sequences. Our cloud-based solution is the first effective 3D cargo space optimization service for logistic industry which is able to handle complex packing and loading challenges in short time offering an increasing freight fill rate up to 30% more in vehicles. In 2017, we were selected as one of the top five startups in a global innovation competition organized by Mercedes-Benz Vans for the Startup adVANce program to co-develop our prototype in vans (€120,000). We address customers in the logistic industry from General Cargo Ship owners to Last Mile Delivery operators. We have built a solid ecosystem of partners and stakeholders for the rapid growth of our unique business (e.g. University of Turku, Mercedes-Benz Vans, Cargotec Ltd, Royal Wagenborg). Our mission is to be the leading logistics solutions provider and make our solutions globally available and widely used. Now we are applying to the SME Instrument Phase 1 to carry out a Feasibility Study.
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SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1Coordinateur
20100 TURKU
Finlande
L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention.