eServices for energy efficient transports

Flavio BonfattiSATA, Italy

21. 5. Portorož - Slovenia

Summary

• A distributed factory model

• Some figures from Emilia-Romagna

• The Networking eService

– and some details

• The Dematerialisation eService

– and some details

• The Transports eService

– and some details

• Final remarks

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A distributed factory model• Every company is supplier in different networks

• (Almost) every company leads it own supply chain

• Distributed factory means exchanging documents

• Distributed factory means generating freight traffic

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Some figures from Emilia-Romagna

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• 4.5 million inhabitants > over 500.000 SMEs

• Each SME adds its own 20% of product value

• 350 million B2B docs (orders to invoices) exchanged

• 520.000 freight vehicles, 90% smaller than 3,5 tons

• Most vehicles, especially small, are SME owned

• 80% of freight traffic within a distance of 100 km

The Networking eService

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• Facilitates collaboration between leader and suppliers in the network

• Computes optimal task assignments to the network members

• Monitors order execution and minimise the impact of perturbations

• Considers distances when assigning tasks and handling exceptions

• Automatically translates docs from the origin to the destination languages

Distributed planning

Resource scheduling

Exception handling

Networking eService – details

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• For the network leader:

– Provide quotations to customers by simulating the process execution

– Plan every incoming order by deciding which tasks assigning to which members

– Communicate the assigned tasks and monitor their progress

– Re-assign tasks whenever needed to damp down perturbations

– Measure member performances to drive future task assignments

• For each network member:

– Receive the tasks assigned and return time and cost estimations

– Be assured that the agreed rules of play are applied in neutral mode

– Gain positions within the network by investing and improving performances

The Dematerialisation eService

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• Manages incoming documents (orders, consignment notes, invoices)

• Builds up the template for each document type and format

• Extracts and interprets all the contents of every incoming document

• Generates the corresponding structured document in different formats

XML outpaper

PDF

Template

EXTRACTOR VERIFIER EXPORTER

Possible diagnostics

Dematerialisation eService – details

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• Functionality:

– Started with Italian documents, in Italian or English languages

– Presently extended to other languages by the project partners

– Focused on incoming docs because of their extreme variability

– Also used to transform generated (outgoing) docs into structured formats

– Both full doc translation or just indexing for electronic archiving

– Presently managing the 12% of Italian invoices against the PA

• Performances:

– Fast template construction: 5 to 10 minutes each for full extraction

– High success extraction: 100% from PDF vector, 75% from PDF image

– Fast doc verification: 2 to 5 minutes to complete/correct a document

The Transports eService

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• Obtained from the prototype developed by the KASSETTS project

• Receives transport requests from several customers

• Aggregates this transport demand and computes optimal routes

• Helps selecting (mission by mission) the most convenient carriers

• Generates weekly pro-forma invoices for the performed services

Transports eService – scenarios

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• Simulation mode:

– Investigate quantitative impacts of hypothesised changes or investments

• Planning mode:

– Compute day by day optimal routes to satisfy the received order requests

Definition of sitesand clusters

Definition of sitesand clusters

Definition of fleet and price lists

Definition of fleet and price lists

Set of transport orders

Set of transport orders

Parameter setting

Parameter setting

Computation algorithm

Computation algorithm

Routes and indicators

Routes and indicators

Transports eService – details

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• Sites to visit, and their distance and time matrices

• Directions and clusters, overlapping

• Vehicle types (size, speed, etc.)

• Fleets of vehicles

– Finite capacity fleet

– Infinite capacity fleet

• Time parameters

– Moving time

– Handling time

• Packages (weight, surface, volume)

• Price lists (hourly, step-wise, etc., and their combinations)

Final remarks

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• Networking eService:

– Improves supply chain organisation and operation(select more efficient partners, minimise the generated freight traffic)

– Introduces electronic document generation and exchange(start dematerialising in origin, automatic language translation)

• Dematerialisation eService:

– Saves energy wasted in paper document exchange(sender: data entry, printing, sending, archiving)(receiver: receiving, opening, data entry, archiving)

• Transports eService:

– Helps understanding the present logistic condition of a company(simulation of intended fleet, work organisation and time, price list)

– Supports daily aggregation and planning of transport requests(less vehicles, saturation of vehicles, milk routes instead of return trips)

http://www.coefficient-project.eu/

Flavio Bonfatti

flavio.bonfatti@unimore.it

SATA Srl, Italy

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