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Cathérine Cassan is a PhD student, supervised by Prof. dr. Cathy Macharis. She obtained her masters degree in civil engineering - architecture (city planning) in 2008 at the university of Ghent. After that, she worked for 12 years as a mobility consultant, specialising in enviromental impact of projects. Catherine joined the VUB in june 2021 and will be working on the PILL project.
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IPIC 2023 Conference proceedings, 2023
Physical Internet () promises a more sustainable logistics network through hyperconnectivity bet... more Physical Internet () promises a more sustainable logistics network through hyperconnectivity between companies and high automatization. However, many logistic companies are reluctant to enter such a network, as they fear sharing sensitive commercial data with competitors and/or a central orchestrator. Therefore, we introduce a fixed set of 'capabilities' (services a specific company offers) which allow for the flexibility and exactness to define logistic companies. Based on these capabilities, we propose a decentralized scheme wherein 1) logistic companies only need to share these 'capabilities' openly with the network and 2) the logistic network is modelled based on these capabilities and routing algorithms can be applied. We tested this concept both by applying it in an ABM model based on real data and by in-depth interviews with potential participants for a real-life test. The approach shows promising preliminary results on both tests, although more research is needed to confirm these findings.
University Press, 2022
The Physical Internet (PI) is envisaged as a new approach to cooperation in logistics, aimed to i... more The Physical Internet (PI) is envisaged as a new approach to cooperation in logistics, aimed to increase efficiency and reduce impact through increased interoperability, inspired in how data is transferred via the Digital Internet (DI). Therefore, many of the elements of the Physical Internet network can be translated to their Digital Internet counterparts. Most of the research until now has focused on standardisation of packaging or the digitalizing of different documents exchanged between logistic partners. With regards to governance and business models in the Physical Internet network the current research is relatively limited. As the concept of Physical Internet was inspired by the Digital Internet, it makes sense to look at the concepts applied there and see if and how they can be translated to the Physical Internet. As a proof of concept, this paper will show that some of these concepts are indeed transferable and could be of importance for the future development of PI. To that end, the paper investigates an important governance issue: Net Neutrality and two well known business models the auction and the subscription model.
IPIC 2023 Conference proceedings, 2023
Physical Internet () promises a more sustainable logistics network through hyperconnectivity bet... more Physical Internet () promises a more sustainable logistics network through hyperconnectivity between companies and high automatization. However, many logistic companies are reluctant to enter such a network, as they fear sharing sensitive commercial data with competitors and/or a central orchestrator. Therefore, we introduce a fixed set of 'capabilities' (services a specific company offers) which allow for the flexibility and exactness to define logistic companies. Based on these capabilities, we propose a decentralized scheme wherein 1) logistic companies only need to share these 'capabilities' openly with the network and 2) the logistic network is modelled based on these capabilities and routing algorithms can be applied. We tested this concept both by applying it in an ABM model based on real data and by in-depth interviews with potential participants for a real-life test. The approach shows promising preliminary results on both tests, although more research is needed to confirm these findings.
University Press, 2022
The Physical Internet (PI) is envisaged as a new approach to cooperation in logistics, aimed to i... more The Physical Internet (PI) is envisaged as a new approach to cooperation in logistics, aimed to increase efficiency and reduce impact through increased interoperability, inspired in how data is transferred via the Digital Internet (DI). Therefore, many of the elements of the Physical Internet network can be translated to their Digital Internet counterparts. Most of the research until now has focused on standardisation of packaging or the digitalizing of different documents exchanged between logistic partners. With regards to governance and business models in the Physical Internet network the current research is relatively limited. As the concept of Physical Internet was inspired by the Digital Internet, it makes sense to look at the concepts applied there and see if and how they can be translated to the Physical Internet. As a proof of concept, this paper will show that some of these concepts are indeed transferable and could be of importance for the future development of PI. To that end, the paper investigates an important governance issue: Net Neutrality and two well known business models the auction and the subscription model.