Transportation and Logistics
This field deals with all spatial and time-related activities involved in bridging the gap between goods and people, including their restructuring. This begins with the supplier and follows each stage of the operational value chain to product delivery and concludes with product disposal and recycling.
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Steering Clear of Icy Skies: Enhanced Product Helps Guide Aircraft away from Hazardous Icing Conditions
Graphical displays, developed by researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), will for the first time rate areas by icing severity and…
World's first in-flight demo of multiple unmanned aircraft autonomy system
The successful flight trial, part of a programme of work under contract to the UK Ministry of Defence, was conducted to support the concept of using a package…
Tyre safety takes a front seat in TYRESENSE project
The EUREKA E! 2375 TYRESENSE project is developing sensors that can be embedded in tyres to detect critical driving conditions, helping to reduce maintenance…
Smarter inventory control of spare parts can result in savings of 50%
This way both the number of parts in stock and the waiting time for spare parts can be reduced, with theoretical savings of up to 50%. This is possible thanks…
New design of car pillars for improved passenger safety
As a result of research presented at AutoPolymers2005, a new internal pillar design, the triplet rib, is being patented. This novel ribbed design will maximise…
Integrated solution for managing produce transport fleets
An innovative software system that allows transport managers to track the status of their haulage fleet at all times has recently been implemented by three…