WORLD CITIES SUMMIT 2022

An Intelligent Urban Logistics Platform: Towards Making Singapore a Truck-Lite Nation

With Collaborative Urban Delivery Optimisation (CUDO), the bottleneck problem for deliveries which affects productivity can be resolved, delivery congestions reduced at malls, and overall safety improved in the city.

Overview

In urban logistics, businesses seek to reduce operating costs, while urban planners seek to minimise traffic congestion.

Faced with the challenge of optimising logistics and transportation activities in Singapore, the research team at the Fujitsu-SMU Urban Computing and Engineering Corp. Lab (UNiCEN) designed a national platform that coordinates urban logistics activities, in collaboration with the Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore.

Statistics show that there are currently 160,000 trucks on the road daily, more than twice the number of cars and private-hire vehicles. This platform will enable Singapore to become a "truck-lite nation" while preserving operational efficiencies.

Features

The Collaborative Urban Delivery Optimisation (CUDO) platform is a one-stop resource planning and scheduling tool for logistics service providers. CUDO optimises mall deliveries by consolidating delivery orders and optimising route schedules for delivering goods.

Benefits

With CUDO, the bottleneck problem for deliveries which affects productivity can be resolved, delivery congestions reduced at malls, and overall road safety improved in the city.

Lead Researcher: Prof Lau Hoong Chuin(SMU School of Computing and Information Systems)

Access the full study here.

This study was featured at SMU’s booth at the World Cities Summit 2022 exhibition.