{"id":1396,"date":"2016-09-21T11:32:51","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T09:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/?p=1396"},"modified":"2016-09-21T11:32:51","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T09:32:51","slug":"new-technologies-that-are-making-more-efficient-europes-deliveries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/2016\/09\/21\/new-technologies-that-are-making-more-efficient-europes-deliveries\/","title":{"rendered":"New technologies that are making more efficient Europe&#8217;s deliveries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1397\" style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/09\/How-route-optimization-software-transforms-Europes-smart-deliveries.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1397\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1397 size-full\" title=\"New technologies that are making more efficient Europe's deliveries\" src=\"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/09\/How-route-optimization-software-transforms-Europes-smart-deliveries.jpg\" alt=\"how-route-optimization-software-transforms-europes-smart-deliveries\" width=\"760\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/09\/How-route-optimization-software-transforms-Europes-smart-deliveries.jpg 760w, https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/09\/How-route-optimization-software-transforms-Europes-smart-deliveries-300x124.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1397\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New technologies that are making more efficient Europe&#8217;s deliveries<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Over the past few blogs, we&#8217;ve been discussing several innovations for <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/en.advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/2016\/09\/08\/urban-logistics-metrics-how-can-route-planning-save-fuel-and-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">business logistics<\/a><\/strong><\/span> and <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/en.advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/2016\/01\/12\/increase-roi-with-route-optimization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">route optimization<\/a><\/strong><\/span> in cities. We will continue with some more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">French retailer <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openstarts.units.it\/dspace\/bitstream\/10077\/6113\/1\/D_Alessandrini%20-%20ET2012.50.05.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Monoprix<\/a><\/strong><\/span> uses rail transportation, in combination with Natural Gas Vehicles (NGV) to transport goods from warehouses located in the outskirts of Paris to their stores downtown.<\/p>\n<p><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"http:\/\/en.advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/nueva-ley-auditoria.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1233 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/en.advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/nueva-ley-auditoria-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"nueva-ley-auditoria\" width=\"261\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/07\/nueva-ley-auditoria-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/07\/nueva-ley-auditoria-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/07\/nueva-ley-auditoria.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">The audit is a key tool to know the overall status and provide the analysis, the assessment, the advice, the suggestions and the actions to take in order to cut costs and increase the efficiency and efficacy of the fleet management. We propose the following fleet management audit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"http:\/\/en.advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/audit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Know our fleet management audit<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span id=\"hs_cos_wrapper_post_body\" class=\"hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_meta_field hs_cos_wrapper_type_rich_text\" data-hs-cos-general-type=\"meta_field\" data-hs-cos-type=\"rich_text\">Academics <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openstarts.units.it\/dspace\/bitstream\/10077\/6113\/1\/D_Alessandrini%20-%20ET2012.50.05.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">from the University of Rome \u201cLa Sapienza\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0detail this process:\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/09\/1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1398 size-full\" title=\"New technologies that are making more efficient Europe's deliveries\" src=\"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/09\/1.png\" alt=\"New technologies that are making more efficient Europe's deliveries\" width=\"750\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/09\/1.png 750w, https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/09\/1-300x179.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Source: Designed with information from <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openstarts.units.it\/dspace\/bitstream\/10077\/6113\/1\/D_Alessandrini%20-%20ET2012.50.05.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alessandrini, A., Delle Site, P., Filippi, F., &amp; Salucci, M. V. (2012). Using rail to make urban freight distribution more sustainable<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to the article, the scheme <strong>has contributed to decrease\u00a0negative impacts of urban freight distribution in Paris<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>Total distance has been reduced by 700,000 km\/year.<\/li>\n<li>They have saved 70,000 liters of fuel, cutting CO2 and NOx emissions.<\/li>\n<li>The use of NGV for the last mile distribution has improved negative impacts generated by freight traffic.<\/li>\n<li>The small size of trucks, has had a\u00a0positive impact on safety, but require a longer number of trips to deliver goods.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to academic analysis in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scielo.br\/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2238-10312013000300005\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">J<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>ournal of Transport Literature<\/strong><\/span><\/a>,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe Monoprix case brings in front the challenges of building freight rail transport in urban areas, such as the need for wide logistics facilities bounded to the railway network and some retailing societies that have at least a small quantity of goods to be delivered every day to the city.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">However, its truck load capacity is not yet optimal. According to the Italian scholars, the scheme needs to develop its cost effectiveness further, as the combination of rail transport, a central depot and transshipment are still expensive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Hamburg: Big Data traffic analytics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The German port is one of the largest maritime hubs in the world. According to <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cisco.com\/web\/tomorrow-starts-here\/cars\/hamburg\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cisco<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, it handles 10,000 big vessels a year. That is why they have developed optimization software for a combination of smart traffic, parking, and port logistics, in an interconnected urban setting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Cisco calls this relationship between ships, roads, bridges, and traffic lights a \u00a0<strong>\u201cport-wide nervous system\u201d built on an IT platform: they gather data, create intelligence and input it in real time signage and mobile applications.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"http:\/\/en.advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/cursos-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1253 size-medium\" title=\"Fleet managemet training\" src=\"http:\/\/en.advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/cursos-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Fleet managemet training\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/cursos-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/cursos-2.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">The main goal of this course is to provide the knowledge and the skills to manage any kind of vehicle fleet through all its activities and key aspects.\u00a0The course is aimed to executives, middle managers, fleet managers and any professional related to fleet management.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"http:\/\/en.advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/training\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Know our fleet management cours<\/a>e<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify\">The Cisco White Paper explains:<\/h5>\n<blockquote><p>\u00a0\u201cSmarter coordination means that larger quantities of goods can be trans-shipped in the port area.<strong> By embracing an Internet of Everything approach, the Port of Hamburg is creating the capacity to grow for decades to come-\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">By connecting port logistics to an intelligent network, operational costs will decrease by a targeted <strong>70% over seven years\u00a0while capacity will double by 2025, without increasing the space.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0How? <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/internetofeverything.cisco.com\/sites\/default\/files\/pdfs\/Hamburg_Jurisdiction_Profile_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cisco<\/a><\/strong><\/span> explains:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/09\/2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1399 size-full\" title=\"New technologies that are making more efficient Europe's deliveries\" src=\"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/09\/2.png\" alt=\"New technologies that are making more efficient Europe's deliveries\" width=\"640\" height=\"753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/09\/2.png 640w, https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/09\/2-255x300.png 255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span id=\"hs_cos_wrapper_post_body\" class=\"hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_meta_field hs_cos_wrapper_type_rich_text\" data-hs-cos-general-type=\"meta_field\" data-hs-cos-type=\"rich_text\">Source: Design \u00a0with <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/internetofeverything.cisco.com\/sites\/default\/files\/pdfs\/Hamburg_Jurisdiction_Profile_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cisco Internet of Everything Jurisdiction Profile information<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>B<a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bestfact.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Bestfact_Quick-info_efreight_3-105_HPA-SmartPortLogistics.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">est Fact<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, some of the benefits for vehicle optimizations are:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>Lower congestion in and around the port area<\/li>\n<li>Less waiting time at docks<\/li>\n<li>Less time to respond to traffic disruptions<\/li>\n<li>Optimized trip planning<\/li>\n<li>Better communication between driver and trip planner<\/li>\n<li>Data easy to access, \u00a0use and gather<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Crowdsourced urban delivery in\u00a0Paris couriers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">These are not exactly fleet tracking services. <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www-03.ibm.com\/software\/businesscasestudies\/us\/en\/corp?synkey=P714980G08272E72\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deliver.ee<\/a><\/span><\/strong> is offering France\u2019s first urban delivery network for online orders. The company \u201cserves businesses and consumers, delivering products within hours of an online purchase\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">S\u00e9bastien Poudat, Deliver.ee co-founder and CTO, \u00a0explains in <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thoughtsoncloud.com\/2015\/11\/deliver-ee-drives-online-retail-order-delivery-within-minutes-or-by-appointment-with-ibm-cloud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">thoughtsoncloud.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0that \u201conce an order was placed, it would immediately be assigned and dispatched to a courier, so we\u2019d have to be super-responsive and available.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Online retailers add the Deliver.ee checkout option through a plugin or the Deliver.ee API and customers can choose to receive their locally delivered purchases the same day or by appointment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The\u00a0algorithm \u201cthat connects the right people to do the job with the right vehicle in the right place, just like Uber does\u201d, according to Michael S. Levy, co-founder, and CEO, \u00a0as it offers<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>Tracking via GPS.<\/li>\n<li>Delivery status in real time.<\/li>\n<li>Proof of delivery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>\u00a0\u201cThis is important because you no longer have to wait all day for something to be delivered, so we\u2019re giving back the power to the consumer to decide when and where to receive their delivery. And we\u2019re giving back the power to local stores,\u201d he explains.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0What route optimization technologies do you consider most relevant?<\/p>\n<div class=\"blog-section\">\n<div class=\"blog-post-wrapper cell-wrapper\">\n<h4 id=\"hubspot-topic_data\" style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\" Francisca Howard\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.hubspot.net\/hubfs\/1546224\/team\/francisca.jpg?t=1466869571349\" alt=\"Francisca Howard\" width=\"253\" height=\"250\" \/>Writen by\u00a0Francisca Howard<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"about-author-sec row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"span10\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Francisca is a commercial engineer by University Adolfo Iba\u00f1ez. She worked 10 years in the retail industry and the last few months she has been working as a business developer for\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.driv.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drivin<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, a\u00a0SaaS solution that allows to distribution companies to reduce its transport costs as well as increase the service quality of their final clients.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: justify\">Join to my Facebook and LinkedIn pages focus on Fleet Management, each week we publish posts, conferences, news and technology related to Fleet Management.<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting\/?ref=bookmarks\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2076 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/imagenes-de-facebook-logo-4-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"imagenes-de-facebook-logo-4\" width=\"92\" height=\"92\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting\/?ref=bookmarks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800000\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/advanced-fleet-management-consulting?trk=biz-companies-cym\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2077\" src=\"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/768px-LinkedIn_logo_initials-300x300.png\" alt=\"768px-LinkedIn_logo_initials\" width=\"89\" height=\"89\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #800000\"><a style=\"color: #800000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/advanced-fleet-management-consulting?trk=biz-companies-cym\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few blogs, we&#8217;ve been discussing several innovations for business logistics and route optimization in cities. We will continue with some more. French retailer Monoprix uses rail transportation, in combination with Natural Gas Vehicles (NGV) to transport goods from warehouses located in the outskirts of Paris to their stores downtown. 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