A Reference Architecture for IoT-Enabled Dynamic Planning in Smart Logistics

Martijn Koot, Maria-Eugenia Iacob, Martijn R. K. Mes

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Abstract

Increasing customer demands and variability in today’s logistics networks force fleet operators to become more reliable and flexible in their operations. As modern-day fleets are well equipped with wireless sensing, processing, and communication devices, fleet operators could proactively respond to dynamic events. However, the use of real-time sensor data to achieve re-optimization is scarce. This observation raises the question of how logistics operators should incorporate the emerging track-and-trace services into their dynamic planning activities. In this paper, we propose a reference architecture that relies on both the Internet of Things and the Smart Logistics paradigms, and aims at enhancing the resilience of logistics networks. Since the decision of when to reschedule the network’s configurations remains nontrivial, we propose a hierarchical set of disruption handling systems to facilitate the trade-off between decision quality and response time. In our design, autonomous logistics agents can quickly anticipate on minor changes in their surroundings, while more severe disruptions require both more data and computational power in higher-level processing nodes (e.g., fog/cloud computing, machine learning, optimization algorithms). We illustrate the need of our architecture in the context of the dynamic vehicle routing problem.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvanced Information Systems Engineering - 33rd International Conference, CAiSE 2021, Proceedings
Subtitle of host publication33rd International Conference, CAiSE 2021, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, June 28 – July 2, 2021, Proceedings
EditorsMarcello La Rosa, Shazia Sadiq, Ernest Teniente
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherSpringer
Pages551-565
Number of pages15
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-030-79382-1
ISBN (Print)978-3-030-79381-4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 24 Jun 2021
Event33rd International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2021: Doctoral Consortium - University of Melbourne, Virtual Event, Australia
Duration: 28 Jun 20212 Jul 2021
Conference number: 33
https://caise21.org/

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
PublisherSpringer
Volume12751
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference33rd International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2021
Abbreviated titleCAiSE 2021
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityVirtual Event
Period28/06/212/07/21
Internet address

Keywords

  • Internet of Things
  • IoT
  • Smart logistics
  • Enterprise Architecture (EA)
  • Disruption handling

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