Cloud-based ubiquitous object sharing platform for heterogeneous logistics system integration |
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| Affiliation: | 1. HKU-ZIRI Laboratory for Physical Internet, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China;2. School of Architecture, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China;3. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore;1. Moss School of Construction, Infrastructure, and Sustainability, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33172, USA;2. School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA;3. Department of Bridge Engineering, School of Transportation, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China;1. Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain;2. eyeOS, Barcelona, Spain;3. NEC, Madrid, Spain;1. Hubei Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Automotive Components, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China;2. Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Automotive Components Technology, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China;3. State Key Laboratory of Digital Manufacturing Equipment and Technology of China, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, PR China;4. College of machinery and automation, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, China;1. ELLIADD, ESTA, School of Business and Engineering, Belfort 90000, France;2. ECAM Rennes, Louis de Broglie, Campus de Ker Lann, Bruz, 35091 Rennes, France;3. ELLIADD, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, UTBM, Belfort 90010, France;1. Department of Construction, Architecture and Urban Design Faculty, Shahid Beheshti University, G.C., Tehran, Iran;2. Department of Industrial Management, Management and Accounting Faculty, Shahid Beheshti University, G.C., Tehran, Iran |
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| Abstract: | The intelligence of infrastructure gradually becomes the straw for logistics enterprises to make data-based or date-driven optimization. The integration of heterogeneous logistics systems with existing enterprise information systems is one of the most critical steps to achieve the intelligent infrastructure. Unfortunately, the integration is always a time-consuming process with heavy investment, which suppresses the longings of enterprises, especially for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Aiming at simplifying the system integration, this paper proposed a cloud-based ubiquitous object sharing platform (CUOSP) to share the integration across SMEs based on the concept of sharing economy. CUOSP acts as a middleware system to make heterogeneous logistics systems universal plug-and-play (UPnP) for enterprise information systems. A kernel-based agent (KBA) is designed as the sharing entity of physical systems. It maintains the features of physical systems and is scalable for different application scenarios. A series of cloud gateway services are emerged not only to provide the basic running and sharing environment, but also to remedy KBA’s weaknesses in computing capacity. A prototype system is developed and implemented based on the framework of CUOSP and a laboratory case according to the consolidation scenario in E-commerce logistics is demonstrated. Comparison experiments are also conducted to explore the real-time and multitasking capacity of KBAs with different kernel characteristics and different computing resources. |
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| Keywords: | Kernel-based agent Computing gateway Heterogeneous system integration Intelligent infrastructure |
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