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Physical Internet: How far have we come?

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Dr. Benoit Montreuil, Professor at Georgia Tech, Coca-Cola Chair in Material Handling & Distribution, Director of the Physical Internet Center and of the Supply Chain & Logistics Institute

Dr. Benoit Montreuil, Professor at Georgia Tech, Coca-Cola Chair in Material Handling & Distribution, Director of the Physical Internet Center and of the Supply Chain & Logistics Institute

When Dr. Benoit Montreuil, Chair and Professor at Georgia Tech, Coca-Cola Material Handling & Distribution Center, Atlanta, GA, presented his paper “Towards a Physical Internet: Meeting the Global Logistics Sustainability Grand Challenge”, he described not only the current ways of moving, handling, storing, implementing, supplying and using physical objects across the planet as highly inefficient.… Read more

PTV Academia – Doing research with and for robust software tools

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Members of PTV’s Scientific Advisory Board and Scientific Network at the conference held at PTV’s head office in Karlsruhe in mid-July.

Members of PTV’s Scientific Advisory Board and Scientific Network at the conference held at PTV’s head office in Karlsruhe in mid-July.

“Excellent presentations and intensive discussions”, concluded Dr.-Ing. Klaus Nökel, Head of Technology Innovation at PTV, on the first ‘PTV Academia’ conference of the members of PTV’s Scientific Advisory Board and Scientific Network.… Read more

Physical Internet: When Science meets Industry

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Sergio Barbarino, research fellow of P&G Research & Development organization, about the Physical Internet.

Sergio Barbarino, research fellow of P&G Research & Development organization, about the Physical Internet.

Procter & Gamble is the largest international consumer goods company. Their products are marketed in more than 180 countries around the world and used by over 4 billion people every day. In order to improve the lives of the world’s consumers P&G’s aim is to innovate sustainably – and is thus very interested in turning the Physical Internet from vision to reality.… Read more

IPIC 2017 Physical Internet in Research and Practice

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Marcel Huschebeck, Manager Logistics Research at PTV, Dr. Benoit Montreuil, Chair and Professor at Georgia Tech, Coca-Cola Material Handling & Distribution Center, Atlanta, GA, and inventor of the Physical Internet und Dr. Michael Nutto, Solution Director PTV xServer (f.l.t.r.) at IPIC 2017.

Marcel Huschebeck, Dr. Benoit Montreuil, Chair and Professor at Georgia Tech, Coca-Cola Material Handling & Distribution Center, Atlanta, GA, and inventor of the Physical Internet and Dr. Michael Nutto, Solution Director PTV xServer (f.l.t.r.) at IPIC 2017.

The 4th International Physical Internet Conference took place at LogistikWerkstatt Graz in early July (please also read our press release).… Read more

PTV Insights: AEOLIX – a pan-European intermodal logistics solution

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Marcel Huschebeck, Manager Logistics Research Manager Logistics Research at PTV Group, talks about the challenges and objectives of the AEOLIX project.

Marcel Huschebeck, Manager Logistics Research at PTV Group, talks about the challenges and objectives of the AEOLIX project.

At PTV Insights our employees present their current projects and latest product development. Marcel Huschebeck, Manager Logistics Research at PTV Group, outlines the challenges and objectives of the AEOLIX project (Architecture for EurOpean Logistics Information eXchange).… Read more

Mobility 4.0 at PTV’s summer event

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Hot topics, high temperatures, and the best mood at PTV's summer event in Karlsruhe.

Hot topics, high temperatures, and the best mood at PTV’s summer event in Karlsruhe.

On the hottest day of the year thus far, the PTV Group invited people to an event at its headquarters in Karlsruhe that was all about Mobility 4.0. Guests enjoyed a podium discussion with high-quality participants, the opening of the PTV Mobility Lab, as well as insights into the company’s current developments and projects.… Read more

TransformingTransport: Lighthouse project sends first signals

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In an interview, Michael Schygulla, Senior Project Manager Global Research, talks about the EU-funded TransformingTransport project.

In an interview, Michael Schygulla, Senior Project Manager Global Research, talks about the EU-funded TransformingTransport project.

TransformingTransport, an EU-funded Big Data Value Lighthouse project, is designed to have a radiating effect on the entire transport and logistics sector. Currently, only one in five European transport and logistics companies explore the issue of big data further.… Read more

iHUB: EVs or no EVs?

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PTV Group is involved in the iHub project: Presentation of the electric van at Schenker Deutschland AG’s office in Berlin.

PTV Group is involved in the iHub project: Presentation of the electric van at Schenker Deutschland AG’s office in Berlin.

How can a mixed fleet of electric and conventionally fuelled trucks be operated in a highly sustainable manner? This is one of the challenges being addressed by the partners of the research project iHub.… Read more

AEOLIX – more efficiency and productivity in logistics thanks to networking

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Florian Krietsch, Senior Project Manager Logistics Research, PTV, who is managing the AEOLIX project on the PTV side.

Florian Krietsch, Senior Project Manager Logistics Research, PTV, who is managing the AEOLIX project on the PTV side.

Visibility in the supply chain due to easy access and the exchange and use of relevant and easily available information related to logistics – these are the essential prerequisites for a pan-European intermodal logistics solution.… Read more

Promoting traffic research in Africa

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Prospective traffic engineers learning how to optimise signal control at the lights lab of SSML

Prospective traffic engineers learning how to optimise signal control at the lights lab of SSML

Ever since its foundation as a university spin-off, close cooperation with partners and research facilities has been a top priority at PTV. The Group has established a global network, reaching from its German hometown Karlsruhe to universities and researchers all over Europe, America, Asia and even Africa.… Read more