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Links to deliverables and publications from FP7 projects, as well as links to some specific result types such as dataset and software, are dynamically retrieved from OpenAIRE .
Exploitable results
A set of tools was developed to assist ports in understanding how they should apply Port Process Re-engineering (PPR) and how far they can progress it according to their particular operating conditions and business environment. This set of tools, the generic suggestions and an outline of the theoretical background form one of the main end-products of the project, the SPHERE Toolbox for Port Process Re-engineering. The set also includes:
- guidelines for managing the transition period;
- methodology and spreadsheets for the assessment of the current and re-engineered operation based on Multi-Attribute Utility Techniques;
- a check list to be used for the preparation of a PPR project (route map).
The second main end-product of the project is the SPHERE Simulation System. The Program is Windows-based and simulates the port processes as the flow of commodities through the port in relation to the whole port environment. The simulation system is used:
- initially to build the computer model of the port under investigation
- to validate and calibrate this model in an interactive process; and then
- to simulate the operation of the port using the model built with the simulator.
In comparison with other simulation systems, it is unique in as much that it is totally generic and, although written for small and medium sized ports, the system has the potential and the advantage to depict and simulate the operation of any port. It can be customized to such an extent that sea ports, river ports, inland ports and freight centres can be dealt with.
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