🚚CollMi

Technology for a Trustable and Sustainable Logistics Value Chain

The growth of e-commerce and the increased expectation for rapid deliveries have placed considerable pressure on the logistics industry to optimise urban deliveries and expand into rural areas.

Collaborative micro-hubs (CMHs) introduce a new logistical concept where companies share resources to deliver parcels through a network of common logistics centres installed in strategic urban locations. CMHs enable logistics companies to reduce operating costs, improve service quality, and cover wider geographical areas without large initial investments and risk, but their implementation faced major setbacks.

The logistics industry lacks integrated digital communication mechanisms and often relies on unstructured email exchanges to coordinate shipments. There was an urgent need for intelligent EDI processes bundled in an easy-to-use solution that accommodates smaller companies that are unable to afford custom logistics management systems.

CollMi, with i4Trust Building Blocks, offers a solution to ensure secure access control, leveraging iSHARE and FIWARE components for trusted data-sharing processes. With all participants registered as data space members, package context information is provided to retailers via the shared context broker using iSHARE-compliant access policies for identification, authentication, and authorisation.

This solution eliminates the need for manual status checks, provides reliable customer information, and supports strategic business decisions.

Learn more about CollMi in the Impact Story.

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