Many small-and-medium-sized logistics companies perceive digitalisation as complex and financially unattainable. In this regard, the vision of this project, part of the Digital Manufacturing on a Shoestring programme, was to increase the digital capabilities of logistics companies using low-cost, easily accessible "off-the-shelf" components. This was achieved by investigating the challenges the UK logistics SME sector faces, their key competitive factors, their business constraints, and the low-cost digital solutions required as a priority. Overall, the project aimed to develop lab demonstrators and industrial pilots of digital solutions so that logistics SMEs could interact with them and explore their potential benefits.

Vist the Digital Manufacturing on a Shoestring website to find out more about how to buy solutions and collaborate with the project.

People

Prof. Duncan McFarlane

Jaime Macias

Liz Salter

Dr. Anandarup Mukherjee

Dr. Greg Hawkridge