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Bosch Hackathon: Panalpina’s teams used machine learning to predict estimated time of arrival of trucks and future events while intransit. (Photo from Bosch / Offenblende)
Feb 27, 2018 18:00 CET
Predicting the future atthe #BCX18 IoThackathonThe hashtags #BCX18 and #BCW18 have been pretty hot the last few days.They symbolized the Bosch Connected Experience hackathon and its parent
event – Bosch Connected World, which took place in Berlin and came to anend on Friday.
Bosch Connected Experience is an annual Internet of Things (IoT) hackathonfor backend and frontend developers, product owners, product managers,UX experts, and innovators from Bosch customers, partners, and start-upcompanies. 700+ people participated and Panalpina is proud to have joinedthe Logistics & Supply Chain 4.0 hack challenges with an internationalteam of eight developers and two hack coaches coming from Basel, Lisbonand Luxembourg.
Machine learning to predict the future
Panalpina studied the challenges and the tools (Intellic, Iotify, etc.) requiredto work with Bosch’s systems and data, and explored possible ideas. Forexample: is there a publicly accessible API that allows to pull weatherand/or traffic data for estimating truck delays?
In the first challenge, the “Panalpina Blues” team worked on “Getting Close”aiming to improve the prediction of the estimated time of arrival (ETA) fortrucks. The team applied a machine learning algorithm to data gatheredfrom tachographs, weather conditions and mapping data. The result is aweb interface where the user can estimate the ETA based only on origin,destination and departure time.
The “Panalpina Blues” team pitching their idea. (Photo from Panalpina)
For the second challenge the “Panalpina2” team worked on “Treasure Hunt”to predict future events and avoid issues such as damaged shipments. Thiswas done by analyzing cargo for temperature, humidity and acceleration
changes based on sensor data combined with data from the vehicle systemssuch as tire pressure loss and location. Combining the data via machinelearning, the team was able to inform the operator and notify the truckdriver of the issue.
The “Panalpina2” team on stage. (Photo from Panalpina)
Although Panalpina didn’t take the main prize, the teams learned a lot. “Thechallenge with hackathons is that the technology the organizers want us towork with might not be the technology we are familiar with. Therefore wehave to be open-minded and ready to learn about whatever they mightthrow at us,” said Gianluca Lupo, corporate IT systems developmentmanager, who was one of the Panalpina team coaches.
“Since hackathons are about learning by doing, you have to be ready toembrace failure. In a hackathon, things will go wrong, meaning that you willhave to rework and start again. You have to be agile and ready to changeyour mind, ideas and plans. But this ‘danger’ makes it exciting too and wewant to go to hackathons and learn as much as we can,” added Gianluca.
Hackathons are becoming increasingly important
In the last couple of years Panalpina’s customers have begun requestingthat companies tendering for contracts not only undertake the usualprocurement steps but that they also participate in hackathons run by them.
They are keen to see the incumbent’s technological ability and whatcompanies like third-party logistics providers can do with their preferredtools. As a technologically-driven forwarder, Panalpina has taken a hands-on approach to this.
“We cannot become elite programmers in a new language or data scientistsin one week, but we are approaching unfamiliar technologies with an openmind and we are keen to learn. We are capable of competing and open towhatever technology the customer prefers,” concluded Gianluca.
For #BCX18, Panalpina even provided anonymized data from its systems, forexample, records of truck deliveries from gateways to destinationsthroughout Europe. This dataset included projected and actual journeymilestones such as those demonstrated by Panalpina CEO Stefan Karlen inhis presentation on IoT and future supply chains, where he spoke of howproducts will plan their own journey in the future.
See the best of Bosch Connected Experience 2018.
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Panalpina’s international team in action. (Photo from Bosch / Offenblende)
The two teams together. (Photo from Bosch / Offenblende)
Panalpina CEO Stefan Karlen paid a visit to the teams. (Photo fromPanalpina)
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