Analogies between Internet network and logistics service networks: challenges involved in the interconnection

Sarraj, Rochdi; Ballot, Éric; Pan, Shenle; Montreuil, Benoît

doi:10.1007/s10845-012-0697-7

Cited by 81 publications

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“…The Physical Internet (PI) is an HCT solution that has been developed since 2010. It is proposed for the purpose of developing a shared, highly modularised, standardised, and interoperable collaborative transport network of which the aim is to interconnect currently independent transport networks, as a metaphor of the digital internet (Montreuil 2011;Ballot, Montreuil, and Meller 2014;Sarraj et al 2014b;Fazili et al 2017;Pan et al 2017). It is also called 'the network of independent logistics networks' in Ballot, Montreuil, and Meller (2014).…”

Section: Physical Internet (S6)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Horizontal collaborative transport: survey of solutions and practical implementation issues

Pan

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International Journal of Production Research

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Horizontal collaboration has been considered as effective practice for sustainable logistics and freight transport and it has gained increased attention in recent years. This paper aims to provide a survey of the development of horizontal collaborative transport (HCT) over the past ten years, to identify research trends and gaps, then to propose some research opportunities. The paper also aims to provide guidelines to logistics companies who wish to embark on HCT, to help them choose which HCT solution to implement. To provide a comprehensive and structured review, the paper follows the methodology for Systematic Literature Review proposed in the literature. A total of 120 scientific papers published between 2007 and 2017 were reviewed. A survey framework based on two axes-HCT solutions and implementation issues-is developed to analyse and position the papers. The results show that, regarding HCT solutions, carrier alliance and flow controller collaboration were the most frequently studied. But recent innovative solutions such as pooling and physical internet are also gaining increased attention. Regarding implementation issues, the focus of the literature has been on the development of decisionmaking models, including transport planning, lane exchange, and gain sharing. Conversely, managerial and technological issues have received less attention.

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Section: Physical Internet (S6)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Horizontal collaborative transport: survey of solutions and practical implementation issues

Pan

Trentesaux

Ballot

et al. 2019

International Journal of Production Research

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“…Previous studies emphasized the foundations of the physical internet by physical, digital, and operational interconnectivity through encapsulations, interfaces, and protocols as a solution for logistics sustainability challenges [13][14][15][16][17]. These studies identified opportunities to integrate the physical internet in the logistics sector to improve the three dimensions of sustainable operations through the technological or business model innovation.…”

Section: Physical Internet In the Logistics Sectormentioning

confidence: 99%

Multiagent Modelling and Simulation of a Physical Internet Enabled Rail-Road Intermodal Transport System

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Simulation-based analysis has been used for planning, control, and decision-making support of physical internet enabled logistics networks. However, multiagent modelling and simulation based on micro-level interactions have been rarely developed for the pre-studies of digital transformation of urban rail transit systems. This hinders a wider industrial deployment of agent technology in the physical internet enabled transport infrastructure. To fill in this knowledge gap, this work presents an agent-based simulation that explicitly models the micro-level protocols of mobile recourse units and their interaction with the physical infrastructure in a rail-road intermodal transport network. Parameterisation of the simulation model is changeable to examine the influences of different efficiency factors. This allows understanding of which structural functions and resource configuration would make an impact system-wide. Through a practical application, a multiagent system is developed for modelling and analysis of sustainable logistics with individually operated mobile resource units. An agent-based simulation assessment is performed to quantify the improvement options. The results reveal that the physical internet can prevent trucks from empty driving, which has a positive effect on the sustainable logistics operations. The proposed model can be used to support the deployment and planning of digital transformation that could be implemented in urban rail transit systems serving urban distribution and passenger transport.

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“…Recently some innovative solutions have been studied for city logistics and LMD in E-commerce environment, for example those involved in our study like interconnected city logistics enabled by Physical Internet [6,7], self-service parcel station (e.g., DHL PackStation, LaPoste Pickup Station etc. ), new tools for LMD (bicycle, motor, electric vehicle etc.…”

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Using the Crowd of Taxis to Last Mile Delivery in E-Commerce: a methodological research

Chen

Pan

2016

Studies in Computational Intelligence

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International audienceCrowdsourcing is gathering increased attention in freight transport areas, mainly applied in internet-based services to city logistics. However, scientific research, especially methodology for application is still rare in the literature. This paper aims to fill this gap and proposes a methodological approach of applying crowdsourcing solution to Last Mile Delivery in E-commerce environment. The proposed solution is based on taxi fleet in city and a transport network composed by road network and customer self-pickup facilities that are 24/7 shops in city, named as TaxiCrowdShipping system. The system relies on a two-phase decision model, first offline taxi trajectory mining and second online package routing and taxi scheduling. Being the first stage of our study, this paper introduces the framework of the system and the decision model development. Some expected results and research perspectives are also discussed

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Analogies between Internet network and logistics service networks: challenges involved in the interconnection

Cited by 81 publications

References 14 publications

Horizontal collaborative transport: survey of solutions and practical implementation issues

Horizontal collaborative transport: survey of solutions and practical implementation issues

Multiagent Modelling and Simulation of a Physical Internet Enabled Rail-Road Intermodal Transport System

Using the Crowd of Taxis to Last Mile Delivery in E-Commerce: a methodological research

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