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Efficient logistics management is being tested in Berlin
DHL vehicles will become smarter
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Berlin / Saarbrücken (pte/24.03.2009/06:10) – Starting this week in Berlin Mitte in the pilot project “SmartTrucks” Deutsche Post's DHL www.dp-dhl.de two delivery vehicles on the road for a new generation. They rely on modern technology, to allow for dynamic route planning. Smart trucks, taking into account the first time traffic information in real time, to respond flexibly to any disruptions to. For the logistics company promises this intelligent solution to a higher cost efficiency and simultaneously wants to be reached by improved customer service. By a reduction in CO2 emissions also contribute to environmental protection will be provided.
“In SmartTruck latest technologies for process control in combination with systems for dynamic route planning and RFID-based load detection to use”, says Dirk Werth, Head of the Project Group on Business Integration Technologies SmartTruck project partner German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) http://www.dfki.de . This interaction not only allows, to calculate an optimal route in advance. “The system takes into account the first time in real-time traffic information in inner cities, for example traffic jams or road works, and adjust the route accordingly”, Keith Ulrich emphasizes, Head of Technology & Innovation Management at Deutsche Post DHL. It is set on the GPS data. “Which was implemented on a system, that is connected to the taxi fleet”, Werth describes over pressetext. This solution is suitable primarily for large cities. As a broadly applicable alternative location via a mobile phone was in principle possible, but not initially provided, then the computer.
“It results in completely new ways to control the goods- and commercial traffic”, mean value. The real-time response to traffic problems, not only promises time- and cost savings. The fuel consumption of delivery vehicles and therefore CO2 emissions will fall by. “If the technology proves successful, we expect a significant improvement of our customer service through this innovative”, says Ulrich. The customers could also benefit from the RFID labeling. “Particular, it allows, To detect errors in the loading”, Werth says. Also be better able to respond on an ad-hoc orders and a concise statement of the pick-up times were possible, I know day DHL.
Under the direction of the DHL Innovation Center in cooperation with DFKI, the German Center for Aerospace and Motorola and Quintiq developed system is now being tested in a three-month pilot phase. The two fully equipped trucks are smart, together with other vehicles, whose trips are scheduled dynamically, daily round 500 Pickup- and delivery orders in the Berlin area to perform. Upon successful completion of the test plans, the German Post DHL, SmartTrucks auf 160 Express tours in Berlin, but also in other German cities, use of rural areas and abroad. (End)
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Posted on 24.03.2009 by admin in Shipping Distribution. Comments Off.
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