Reference number : GC-2017-Q4-00398, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Crainic, Teodor Gabriel (Université du Québec à Montréal), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Quebec|Québec, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : Cost and environmentally-efficient fast, reliable, on-time delivery of goods to firms, institutions, and private_x000D_
citizens, is the yardstick by which success, prosperity, and growth, is measured or failure, stagnation and_x000D_
decline down to bankruptcy, is experienced by the firms involved. Fierce competition and increasing pressure_x000D_
from customers and governments alike for greener and less energy-hungry activities further increases the stress_x000D_
on the transportation/distribution industry. New concepts, based on collaboration and resource sharing, appear_x000D_
promising but raise significant challenges in terms of, e.g., business models and intelligent decision-support_x000D_
methods. This project is the first stage of a major effort aiming to address these challenges. ClearDestination is_x000D_
an innovative, well-established, and successful company within the home-delivery industry. It currently_x000D_
develops an innovative business model for the long-distance market, which requires equally innovative_x000D_
planning methods. Significant time-dependent uncertainty in supply and demand characterizes the problem and_x000D_
makes it very difficult to address. We bring internationally-acknowledged experience and expertise in key_x000D_
aspects of the project: advanced models and methods for the design and planning of multimodal transportation_x000D_
and logistics systems, deterministic and stochastic combinatorial optimization, including network design and_x000D_
vehicle routing, and technology transfer. The problem identified for this first project targets the corridor setting,_x000D_
i.e., the case of two cities linked by a multimodal network of carrier services. The goal is to define and_x000D_
characterize the planning problems in this setting, develop the operations research models and solution_x000D_
methods to address them, analyze their behaviour under various industrial settings, and transfer this new_x000D_
technology for a first deployment. The results of the project will provide the means for ClearDestination to_x000D_
consolidate its market share and improve profitability. It will also yield a triple-win situation, to suppliers_x000D_
(additional revenue), shippers (decreased delivery costs), and the society would benefit from less vehicles on_x000D_
the road and less pollution due to consolidation of different shipments in the same vehicles., program purpose french : Cost and environmentally-efficient fast, reliable, on-time delivery of goods to firms, institutions, and private_x000D_
citizens, is the yardstick by which success, prosperity, and growth, is measured or failure, stagnation and_x000D_
decline down to bankruptcy, is experienced by the firms involved. Fierce competition and increasing pressure_x000D_
from customers and governments alike for greener and less energy-hungry activities further increases the stress_x000D_
on the transportation/distribution industry. New concepts, based on collaboration and resource sharing, appear_x000D_
promising but raise significant challenges in terms of, e.g., business models and intelligent decision-support_x000D_
methods. This project is the first stage of a major effort aiming to address these challenges. ClearDestination is_x000D_
an innovative, well-established, and successful company within the home-delivery industry. It currently_x000D_
develops an innovative business model for the long-distance market, which requires equally innovative_x000D_
planning methods. Significant time-dependent uncertainty in supply and demand characterizes the problem and_x000D_
makes it very difficult to address. We bring internationally-acknowledged experience and expertise in key_x000D_
aspects of the project: advanced models and methods for the design and planning of multimodal transportation_x000D_
and logistics systems, deterministic and stochastic combinatorial optimization, including network design and_x000D_
vehicle routing, and technology transfer. The problem identified for this first project targets the corridor setting,_x000D_
i.e., the case of two cities linked by a multimodal network of carrier services. The goal is to define and_x000D_
characterize the planning problems in this setting, develop the operations research models and solution_x000D_
methods to address them, analyze their behaviour under various industrial settings, and transfer this new_x000D_
technology for a first deployment. The results of the project will provide the means for ClearDestination to_x000D_
consolidate its market share and improve profitability. It will also yield a triple-win situation, to suppliers_x000D_
(additional revenue), shippers (decreased delivery costs), and the society would benefit from less vehicles on_x000D_
the road and less pollution due to consolidation of different shipments in the same vehicles., agreement title english : Capacity Planning and Allocation for Agile Corridor Freight Transportation Services, agreement title french : Capacity Planning and Allocation for Agile Corridor Freight Transportation Services, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2018-03-07, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada