Improved choice and reduced waste for consumer goods through informed logistics

这是一个可行性项目，旨在为“虚拟商业街”创造有利的技术。该提案旨在通过共享使用现有的物流结构（网站、订单组装、本地送货车、返回和重新使用的空包装），以最少的道路交通量从多个本地和全国企业进行在线订购。系统将具有以下功能：（1）多个业务一次送达同一地址：更少的流量和更多的服务创新（2）通过在线订购/仓库准备的产品定制在传统零售中不可用（3）通过可重复使用的包装避免浪费（通过系统返回的空包装）（4）英国领先的行业领域有很大的创新空间（零售管理/物流）关键是有效的物流，最大限度地降低成本（和影响）-为创造更多创新产品和服务提供财务空间。技术推动者是通过RFID启用的主要和次要包装将物流信息扩展到“最后一英里”。项目产出将是：（1）技术使能器的原型（RFID使能的包装和跟踪/阅读系统）（2）在与所有利益攸关方协商的基础上制定系统规格（3）作为主要后续项目的区域试验业务计划鉴于涉及广泛的利益攸关方，该项目只是一个可行性阶段。它将使消费者的情况下（优势和与系统的互动），金融/物流的情况下，环境/社会的情况下（交通，包装废物），并建立一个联盟的区域试验。

This is a feasibility project intended to create enabling technology for a "virtual high-street". The proposal is for on-line ordering from multiple local an.d national businesses delivere.d with least road traffic via shared use of existmg Infrastructures (websites, order assembly, local delivery vans, emptypackaging returned and re-used). The system will feature:(1) Multiple businesses delivering to same address in one trip: less traffic & more service innovation(2) Product customisation via on-line ordered/warehouse prepared not available in conventional retail(3) Avoidance of waste through re-useable packaging (empty packs returned through the system)(4) Significant scope for innovation in an industry sector where UK leads (retail management/logistics)The key is efficient logistics that minimise cost (and impact)- to give financial room to create more innovative products and services. The technical enabler is to extend logistics information to the "last mile" via RFID enabled primary and secondary pacakging. Project output will be:(1) Prototypes of technical enablers (RFID-enabled packaging and tracking/reading systems)(2) System specification based on consultation with all interested stakeholders(3) Business plan for regional trial as main follow-on projectIn view of the wide range of stakeholders involved this project is a feasibility stage only. It will make the consumer case (advantages and interaction with the system), financial/logistics case, environmental/social case (traffic, packaging waste), and build a consortium for a regional trial.