Physical internet-enabled E-commerce logistics park platform

Abstract

E-commerce logistics park is zoned and planned to achieve highly efficient order fulfilment process while adapting to the increasing demands. However, how to improve the sharing, coordination and synchronization of resources (e.g. operators, machines, spaces and tools) across multi-echelon E-commerce logistics chain is still challenging. This paper introduces a multi-layer physical internet (PI)-enabled cloud platform to enable logistics assets virtualization and real-time control, reconfigurable task coordination and execution as well as simultaneous-and-punctual process synchronization.