Connected Automated Transport at Yards: requirements and impacts for logistics
report
Connected Automated Transport (CAT) holds potential for logistics companies to reduce costs, lower emissions and mitigate driver shortages. However, many logistics organizations hesitate to take first steps because requirements, impacts and efforts of implementation are not sufficiently clear, while OEMs are reluctant to invest without clear market demand. The CAT4Yards project addresses this gap by developing and validating a structured approach that creates insight into CAT requirements and ex‑ante impacts, enabling logistics organizations and OEMs to take the next steps. This report describes the further development of the Logistics Centred Design Approach Connected Automated Transport, specifically for yards as this is a controllable application area for first implementation of CAT. The approach builds on the CAT4Yards state of the art analysis, based on literature review and expert interviews. It follows an iterative, stepwise design process carried out in three structured workshop sessions, covering definition, implementation and validation of designing a CAT concept. Two tools support this process: • The CAT Requirements Database, which helps to evaluate alternatives and align the requirements into a CAT design, grouped by building blocks on four levels: vehicle & control, logistics & people, organization, and laws & regulation. • The Ex-ante Impact Assessment Tool, which quantitatively and qualitatively assesses CAT impacts on total cost of ownership, efficiency, personnel, sustainability, safety, flexibility, and implementation effort.
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TNO Identifier
1024220
Publisher
TNO
Collation
68 p.
Place of publication
Den Haag