The Physical Internet is an open global logistics system founded on physical, digital, and operational interconnectivity, and aims to transform the way physical objects are moved, stored, realized, supplied and used, pursuing global logistics efficiency and sustainability. For freight transport, this ius achieved by standardizing boxes for logistics, making these boxes 'smart' and routing them through a network of common hubs for transhipment and warehousing with optimal use of transport capacity. Assets in the physical infrastructure are shared by their users and supply is directly coupled with customer demand.
Information is the core of the Physical Internet. It needs to be available for all relevant stakeholders and smart boxes to make decisions like inspection and replanning. These particular aspects are addressed by the CORE concepts like resilience, coordinated border management and of course seamless interoperability. Where CORE will piggy back on existing structures, data, etc. to improve supply chains from a compliance and resilience perspective, with the objective to improve their agility.
Nik Delmeire (ESC) will present this agenda and the project at the first day of the second International Physical Internet Conference, and Juha Hintsa (CBRA) will present one demonstrator in the project, both in a CORE session.
Not all aspects of hyperconnection (connection between organizations and things at various levels, like physical, data, legal) as mentioned in the Physical Internet are in the scope of CORE. Where possible, barriers in hyperconnection will be identified. Specifically, seamless interoperability was addressed by Wout Hofman (TNO) presenting platform federation on the second day.
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