Integrated sustainable freight transport system for city multi-floor manufacturing clusters

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to present the integrated sustainable freight transport system dedicated for city clusters. The presented concept and calculation model is the result of a broader study on the effectiveness of production and transport systems in urban areas. The integrated sustainable freight transport system described in this paper serves multi-floor manufacturing clusters and therefore meets two efficiency requirements: technological integration and process sustainability. The integration of in-house transport system servicing multi-floor manufacturing building and supply chain deliveries to/from logistic node is based on efficient use of Intelligent Reconfigurable Trolleys (IRTs). The calculation model of integrated freight transport system allows for the quantitative matching of key elements of the transport system to the multi-floor manufacturing cluster needs. Properly selected and functionally integrated elements of proposed transport system allows to minimize losses and reduce the negative impact of transport on the environment.

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“…In the first part of the survey, respondents confirm the existence of problems that are identified in the literature (Cruz et al, 2017;Idris et al, 2009;Jog et al, 2015;Poliak et al, 2020;Wiśnicki and Dzhuguryan, 2019;Ivić et al, 2020). This mainly concerns the insufficient number of parking spaces, especially according to people living in multi-apartment buildings and commuting by car.…”

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“…IRTs are the main unit of a city MFM cluster's freight transport system, which includes freight elevators of production buildings, light or e-trucks, etc. The sustainability of a freight transport system is ensured by the choice of appropriate vehicles and an SSCM that aims to reduce order lead times, while minimizing empty runs and "unutilized" space/weight in IRTs, freight elevators, and light or e-trucks [4,24,37].…”

“…The sustainability of production in a city is also determined by the sustainability of the SCM in the city, just as the finite production capacity of the city MFM cluster also depends on the SC performance. The conceptual approach of sustainable SCM is narrowly understood as ensuring the delivery of environmentally friendly materials and products in a circular economy using sustainable transport systems [24,49,50]. In a broader sense, the fundamental principles of sustainable SSM are a holistic and interdisciplinary three-dimensional approach to the various stages of SCs in terms of the established Triple Bottom Line (TBL) evaluation criteria, which emphasize the need to use indicators that consider the environmental, economic, and social aspects of sustainability [49][50][51].…”

“…It is recognized that it is difficult to assess sustainability in the framework of the threedimensional SCM approach [51]. Therefore, most research is devoted to data collection, the development of indicators, and reporting certain aspects of SCM sustainability, such as those related, for example, to minimizing the harmful effects of transport activities on the environment [24,26,28].…”

“…• the placement of industrial production, industrial, and technological parks outside of the residential areas of the city [16,17]; • the use of modern information and environmentally friendly production technologies and modular lightweight technological equipment, changing the quality of labor resources in the conditions of continuous self-learning [4,6,[18][19][20][21]; • the use of sustainable supply chains (SCs), closed-loop SC networks, and reverse logistics in the framework of the circular economy and sustainable freight transport systems [15,[22][23][24][25][26][27][28]; • the creation of city Advanced Technology and Education Parks (ATEPs), providing not only educational services, but also innovative products and manufacturing technologies for various enterprises within the framework of regional and/or international cooperation with a wide range of stakeholders [6,28]; • the municipal policy for the sustainable development of CM4.0 and distributed zones of urban entrepreneurship, aimed at creating favorable tax conditions and infrastructure incentives to attract investment and private companies [29].…”