Periodic Reporting for period 2 - LEAD (Low-Emission Adaptive last mile logistics supporting 'on Demand economy' through digital twins)
Período documentado: 2021-12-01 hasta 2023-09-30
LEAD developed Digital Twins of urban logistics networks in six TEN-T urban nodes (Madrid, The Hague, Lyon, Budapest, Oslo, Porto), to support experimentation and decision-making with on-demand logistics operations in a public-private urban setting. City logistics solutions are represented by a set of value case scenarios aiming to address the requirements of the on-demand economy and the pressures caused by the increase of parcel deliveries while aligning competing interests and creating value for all different stakeholders. Each value case combines a number of measures coined as LEAD Strategies to cover the complete dynamics and complexity of a city’s logistics challenges:
a) innovative business models,
b) agile urban freight storage and last-mile distribution schemes,
c) low-emission, automated, electric or hybrid delivery vehicles, and
d) smart logistics solutions.
Cost, environmental and operational efficiencies for value cases have been measured in six Living Labs (Madrid, The Hague, Budapest, Lyon, Oslo, Porto). Evidence-proven value cases and associated logistics solutions have been delivered in the form of TRL 7 reusable digital twins, incorporating the models that support adaptation to different contexts and provide incentives for Public-Private partnerships.
a) innovative business models,
b) agile urban freight storage and last-mile distribution schemes,
c) low-emission, automated, electric or hybrid delivery vehicles, and
d) smart logistics solutions.
Cost, environmental and operational efficiencies for value cases have been measured in six Living Labs (Madrid, The Hague, Budapest, Lyon, Oslo, Porto). Evidence-proven value cases and associated logistics solutions have been delivered in the form of TRL 7 reusable digital twins, incorporating the models that support adaptation to different contexts and provide incentives for Public-Private partnerships.
LEAD’s solutions have been co-designed by city authorities, logistics industry leaders, start-ups and research experts in freight modelling, complex simulation and logistics optimisation in six cities, involving partners beyond the limits of the consortium. Building on work of the first 18 months, LEAD has delivered the following results from M19 to M40:
Developed the open LEAD Digital Twinning Platform, integrating a Models Library of over 20 generic, reusable and adaptive models. The platform supports simulation-based impact assessment, for evaluating alternative city logistics strategies and designing urban logistics solutions and policies. LEAD standardised the way new models can be integrated into the platform through containerisation. Further, LEAD developed the STAR Logistics Model, a scientifically-based tool that provides a sustainability rating for last-mile logistics solutions
Demonstrated and validated project concepts and tools in six intervention areas (Living Labs), delivering reference strategies, measures and prominent value case scenarios to be adopted by other cities to meet their decarbonisation ambition. Resulting measures include transforming parking lots into urban consolidation centers, introducing electric delivery vehicles, adopting new delivery models like crowd shipping, improving spatial planning and making decisions about infrastructure such as chargers to optimise operations.
Disseminated widely the project through over 20 events and scientific publications, reaching a network of >5000 stakeholders;
Published open source components on GitHub. Rolled out a MOOC with 5 training modules, with >200 enrolled, integrated also on the Civitas Learning Centre.
Published an Adoption Roadmap and Recommendations and set up the Transferability Platform with 10 follower cities interested in adopting the LEAD approach.
Files one patent on the routing of electric delivery vehicles, which has already been granted in Greece and Belgium, pending results for the US.
Developed the open LEAD Digital Twinning Platform, integrating a Models Library of over 20 generic, reusable and adaptive models. The platform supports simulation-based impact assessment, for evaluating alternative city logistics strategies and designing urban logistics solutions and policies. LEAD standardised the way new models can be integrated into the platform through containerisation. Further, LEAD developed the STAR Logistics Model, a scientifically-based tool that provides a sustainability rating for last-mile logistics solutions
Demonstrated and validated project concepts and tools in six intervention areas (Living Labs), delivering reference strategies, measures and prominent value case scenarios to be adopted by other cities to meet their decarbonisation ambition. Resulting measures include transforming parking lots into urban consolidation centers, introducing electric delivery vehicles, adopting new delivery models like crowd shipping, improving spatial planning and making decisions about infrastructure such as chargers to optimise operations.
Disseminated widely the project through over 20 events and scientific publications, reaching a network of >5000 stakeholders;
Published open source components on GitHub. Rolled out a MOOC with 5 training modules, with >200 enrolled, integrated also on the Civitas Learning Centre.
Published an Adoption Roadmap and Recommendations and set up the Transferability Platform with 10 follower cities interested in adopting the LEAD approach.
Files one patent on the routing of electric delivery vehicles, which has already been granted in Greece and Belgium, pending results for the US.
LEAD’s activities have been driven by four innovation pillars:
a. Sustainability - Zero Emission Logistics
b. Sharing Economy
c. ICT Technology Advancements
d. The Physical Internet paradigm
LEAD’s innovation is summarised in four axes.
Efficient Operations: LEAD introduced the adoption of Digital Twins in last-mile logistics, improving the operation and efficiency of parcel delivery, reducing costs and externalities through forecasting and predictions of future states and supporting advanced decision-making through the entire logistics lifecycle.
Data-driven decisions through Digital Twinning: The LEAD platform standardises the execution of model workflows, comprising several interdependent models, where the output of one is the input of another. Breakthrough innovations of the platform include: a) supporting the integration of models developed in third-party tools with diverse programming languages, frameworks, and technologies. b) Ensuring scalability, thus supporting the simulation of local to city-wide complex scenarios. c) Providing flexibility in the ingestion, use, and sharing of data sources used in the simulations.
Co-Design: LEAD Living Labs adopted a co-creation approach in cities' logistics communities. The Digital Twins enabled the co-design of value cases by suppliers, shippers, policymakers and urban planners, resulting in solutions for integrated logistics operations in urban, metropolitan and peri-urban areas, introducing low-emission, connected/automated delivery vehicles.
Social Impacts: LEAD followed a human-in-loop approach and used discrete choice and agent-based modelling to integrate logistics actors' behaviours and preferences. Beyond environmental KPIs, LEAD provided estimations for job creation, improvement of quality of life and other social factors in the Living Labs areas.
a. Sustainability - Zero Emission Logistics
b. Sharing Economy
c. ICT Technology Advancements
d. The Physical Internet paradigm
LEAD’s innovation is summarised in four axes.
Efficient Operations: LEAD introduced the adoption of Digital Twins in last-mile logistics, improving the operation and efficiency of parcel delivery, reducing costs and externalities through forecasting and predictions of future states and supporting advanced decision-making through the entire logistics lifecycle.
Data-driven decisions through Digital Twinning: The LEAD platform standardises the execution of model workflows, comprising several interdependent models, where the output of one is the input of another. Breakthrough innovations of the platform include: a) supporting the integration of models developed in third-party tools with diverse programming languages, frameworks, and technologies. b) Ensuring scalability, thus supporting the simulation of local to city-wide complex scenarios. c) Providing flexibility in the ingestion, use, and sharing of data sources used in the simulations.
Co-Design: LEAD Living Labs adopted a co-creation approach in cities' logistics communities. The Digital Twins enabled the co-design of value cases by suppliers, shippers, policymakers and urban planners, resulting in solutions for integrated logistics operations in urban, metropolitan and peri-urban areas, introducing low-emission, connected/automated delivery vehicles.
Social Impacts: LEAD followed a human-in-loop approach and used discrete choice and agent-based modelling to integrate logistics actors' behaviours and preferences. Beyond environmental KPIs, LEAD provided estimations for job creation, improvement of quality of life and other social factors in the Living Labs areas.