The use of AI opens up new opportunities, and DB Schenker collaborates with key players in several projects.
The iBox
DB Schenker, iBoxen and Linköping University have started an extensive feasibility study to develop an AI tool that can improve the location of delivery boxes in Swedish cities.
The project is part of CLOSER’s AI Enhanced Mobility project, which is funded by Vinnova and Drive Sweden. It builds on a previous study that showed that an AI-based solution can optimize the placement of delivery boxes based on the location of parcel agents and movements in the local community. The project is now moving on to a more detailed study that will look at how AI can be used to optimize the placement of delivery boxes and parcel agents depending on the locations of the existing agents and the movements of the community.
TANGLE
In the project TRASSEL works DB Schenker together with Viscando, a startup company specializing in sensor technology, data and AI for traffic and mobility. The project aims to improve the efficiency of our logistics terminals by solving problems such as long processing times, delays and congestion.
Using 3D sensor technology, data visualization and AI, the project focuses on providing insights, forecasts and visualizations of how goods move and are placed in terminals. The goal is to gain the valuable insight that visualizations provide and highlight AI’s ability to predict goods movement and space utilization. The study found that proactive decision-making based on AI predictions can greatly improve terminal operations and lead to increased productivity.
READY
Together with Gothenburg Green City Zone, DB Schenker Sweden is involved in the REDIG project, which aims to create a fossil-free logistics system for the city’s event area. Running from October 2023 to October 2026, the project aims to reduce delivery traffic and costs by consolidating goods in a sustainable way, highlighting the need for operational changes to meet climate targets and optimize traffic flow. The purpose of the project is to establish a common hub for goods that enables stakeholders to achieve both environmental and economic benefits. The collaboration will lower the consumption of fossil fuels, ease congestion, noise, accidents and environmental impacts.
REEL 2
REEL is a national initiative with the aim of accelerating the transition to electrified heavy transport together with leading Swedish stakeholders. The project, which is closely linked to eCharge, and is led by CLOSER in Lindholmen Science Park. The initiative includes the establishment, operation and evaluation of around 60 different regional logistics flows and brings together many different stakeholders such as transport buyers, freight forwarders, hauliers, terminal operators, charging station operators, power grid companies and suppliers of control systems, charging equipment and vehicles. The goal of the project is to create an experimental and theoretical basis that can be used to accelerate regional electrification on a large scale. Godstransportservice (GTS) in Umeå, one of DB Schenker’s partner hauliers, is an active participant in REEL, and is also the haulier operating the initiative’s first fully electric distribution truck in northern Sweden.
About DB Schenker
DB Schenker is one of the world’s leading logistics suppliers with approximately 76,100 employees in 1,850 positions in over 130 countries. The company offers everything from land transport, international sea and air freight as well as consulting services to storage and logistics solutions. DB Schenker in Denmark has approximately 320 employees spread over two locations. DB Schenker aims for a sustainable future for the logistics industry and continuously invests in innovative transport solutions, renewable energy and low-emission products for its customers.
Source: it-kanalen.dk
