Delivered on time

Another notice from the mail-order company in the mailbox? Sorry we missed you. Your order could not be delivered. This could soon be a thing of the past. Avoiding wasted trips, guaranteeing precise delivery times to customers of delivery services ­ these are the goals of the component project Traffic Management in Transport and Logistics.

About forty percent of traffic in metropolitan areas is generated by pick-ups and deliveries. The tendency is toward a steady proliferation of individual deliveries as internet orders increase. Specialists are investigating how to plan routes dynamically for delivery vehicles down to the house number ­ by means of modern mobile radio systems using real-time traffic data. This research could make logistics more efficient and customer-friendly and reduce environment impacts. For example, the delivery service will be capable of predicting the duration of the trip with high precision, and hence when the customer can expect the goods to arrive. The innovative logistics solutions will also pave the way for new services and logistics concepts.