Working together
on a future-proof
sector
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• Working
on a future-proof
sector
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Transport and logistics is one of the strongest pillars of the
Dutch economy. The Dutch government has voiced its ambition
to remain at the top of the worldwide ranking, which is why it
is promoting and stimulating continuous improvement and
innovation in the sector as part of its policy for leading sectors. The
prospects are good: after years of decline, the industry is expected
to grow by two per cent in 2017. But it also faces threats.
The sector is facing the challenge to
cope with growing competition at home
and abroad, pressure on pricing, market
fragmentation, staff shortages and
increasing complexity of the distribution
chain. In addition, demands on the internal
organisation and operations are growing
due to the increasing need for more
fine-grained distribution. These market
conditions force the industry to work and
cooperate in a smarter, more efficient and
effective way. Organisations can improve
efficiency and reduce costs by sharing
data. Large-scale data sharing is already
taking place in the logistics sector.
This is important.
However, the Neutral Logistics Information
Platform (NLIP) – a Logistics Top Sector
initiative to promote data sharing in the
industry – is convinced that the sector is
missing out on opportunities to make
the difference.
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• Obstacles
data sharing
There is no lack of data or data sharing
initiatives. But when attempting to
make data more accessible and usable,
many initiatives run into obstacles. The
main obstacle is the lack of coordinating
standards and the fragmentation of
solutions. This fragmented approach
undermines closer collaboration within the
chain and prevents further improvements
in efficiency. Moreover, publishing specific
information in the chain and connecting
various IT solutions raise questions about
data protection. ‘Who can see my data?
How can I trust that party? And how can
I keep control?’ NLIP aims at removing
these obstacles for further data sharing
by collaborating with the industry on
developing a scheme or set of agreements
for data sharing.
• Accelerate
data sharing
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iSHARE, the uniform, simple and controlled way of
sharing logistical data
Since June 2016, public and private
partners within the Transport & Logistics
sector have been jointly developing a
uniform set of agreements or scheme
for identification, authentication, and
authorisation, in the iSHARE project.
With these agreements in place, it will soon
be possible for everyone in the logistics
sector to share data with everyone else
– including hitherto unknown parties –
in a simple and controlled way.
shown, and how, and that they can block
access to this data at any time.
Advantages of iSHARE
The iSHARE scheme assures data owners
that their data will at all times only be made
available to parties they trust, that they
themselves determine which data will be
At the same time, more intensive
collaboration in the supply chain will
ease pressures on the infrastructure and
environment.
Because the iSHARE scheme also lays
down how data owners can delegate rights,
parties will be able to exchange data even
with hitherto unknown parties.
iSHARE will enable organisations to
achieve major efficiency improvements and
time and cost savings.
• Advantages
of iSHARE
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Uniform
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Simple
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Controlled
• A single way of working that is suitable for all modalities,
organisations large and small, public and private-sector parties,
bodies requesting data and those supplying it, and their
software suppliers. As a result, iSHARE creates opportunities
for improvements in efficiency, as well as savings in terms of
time and costs.
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Sharing data simply, across the whole sector.
Doing business easily, with previously unknown parties.
Certainty about the reliability of parties.
A ‘building block’ that is simple to ‘implement’.
Supplementary to existing solutions.
• Data owners maintain control at all times. They determine
themselves whether they share data, and with whom.
• Strong reliability of data.
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• Co-creation
the sector
In 2017, various organisations in the
transport and logistics sector will be
working in small-scale sessions under the
guidance of innovation experts Innopay to
produce a set of agreements that are useful
and usable for everyone in the sector.
During these co-creation sessions, the
participating organisations will provide
feedback concerning any legal, operational,
functional or technical questions that may
come up during the development of the
scheme. The details of the draft scheme
will then be worked out in a concrete Proof
of Concepts and tested in practice.
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Strawinskylaan 381
1077 XX AMSTERDAM
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In January 2018, iSHARE will go live
in a lead group composed of logistics
businesses and their clients, and be ready
for sector-wide adoption.
Would you like to know how iSHARE
could help your organisation?
Then please send an e-mail to info@
iSHARE_project.org.
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