Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, in line with the 2007 Freight Transport Logistics Action Plan by the European Commission, established a roadmap for the development of an integrated ICT application that is capable of following the movement of goods into, out-of and around the European Union.

THE PROJECT

This innovation IMPULSO project aims at designing and developing innovative tools and solutions for mobility and freight management, with a particular attention to social and enviromental constraints.

The seamless logistic process identified is based on the efficiency, flexibility and modularity of a networking management system that include the connection network and the mediation layers / interfaces for the Internet, the other components and other logistic applications.

The digitalization of the delivery note (in Italy, Documento Di Trasporto or DDT or, previously, Bolla di Accompagnamento) allows its real-time verification by all actors/stakeholders involved in the freight transport and delivery chain, including (according to Italian law DL 286/2005) purchasers, carriers, addressees, storekeepers and forwarders.

Other benefits arising from the digitalisation of documents can be summarized as follows:

• format scanning and recognition;
• delivery status update and live verification;
• proof-of-delivery eletronic automation;
• automatic billing triggering;
• freight document management (invoices, delivery notes, complaints etc.).

The last point in particular allows to consider web-based freight document management, with the activation of B2B or B2C real-time services, taking into account constraints dictated by the law in force at Union and National level (e.g. in Italy according to the CNIPA rules).

CONSORTIUM

A consolidated research group with a renowned academic and industrial profile.

• VITROCISET (IT)
• Info Solution (IT)
• Italdata Ingegneria dell’Idea (IT)
• I.Log iniziative logistiche (IT)
• OPTISOFT (IT)
• CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche – National Research Council (IT)
• Elsag Datamat (IT)
• algoWatt SpA (IT)
• Consorzio Milano Ricerche (IT)
• Università di Palermo (IT)
• Powersoft (IT)
• EAT European Advanced Technologies (IT)
• ACT Solutions (IT)
• Media Plus (IT)
• Università di Roma “La Sapienza” (IT)
• Aitek (IT)
• Planetek Italia (IT)
• CIPI – Centro Interuniversitario sull’Ingegneria delle Piattaforme Informatiche (IT)
• Globo Informatica (IT)
• Click&Find (IT)
• TXT e-solutions (IT)
• Project Automation (IT)
• Creasys (IT)
• Telespazio (IT)