Digital Thread of Connected Goods in Transport with Scania

Opportunity overview

Large manufacturers and companies have strong business and sustainability drivers to track their complex supply chains and estimate the CO2 and other environmental metrics associated with manufacturing and transport. To meet such needs, Scania is in a prime spot to enable and develop new digital transport and logistic services built on top of our connected vehicles. Now, we are working to complement our data acquisition and service offering with solutions that contribute to the development and management of digital, sustainable end-to-end supply chains through traceability of physical goods.

We envision a system of systems with full supply chain visibility and virtual stocks of goods. The solutions we are looking for could include but are not limited to, different kinds of tags and tag readers in goods and vehicles, device and data management tools, and platforms to manage digital twins of goods, vehicles, and hubs. With better visibility on goods in transport or scheduled for transport, we and our customers look to automate unloading and storage handling activities, minimize stock deviations, deliver accurate CO2 and fill rate measurement, and support transport planning. Furthermore, with data points like vehicle load capacity, goods identifiers, and terminal readiness, we could include theft prevention, automated billing for material suppliers, and Uber-style load matching among other use cases.