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Tag: Smart Freight Centre
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McMaster Researchers Seek to Deliver an End to Hunger
Elkafi Hassini and Armagan Ozbilge are developing models and software to streamline the operations of the food rescue ecosystem.
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Making an Impact on Community
Elkafi Hassini receives 2022 DeGroote School of Business Award for Community-Engaged Scholarship for his work with the Smart Freight Centre.
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Using Robotics to Improve Warehouse Efficiency and Speed up Deliveries
New research looks at increasing the efficiency of robotic mobile fulfillment systems to help warehouses speed up deliveries.
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Finding Sustainable Solutions to Minimize the Impact of Local Deliveries in Communities
New research looks at the social, environmental, and economic impacts to local communities from e-commerce deliveries.
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How improving EDI policies can address the labour shortages in trucking/transportation
New research explores labour demographics and dynamics in the freight transportation sector.
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Smart Freight Centre research partnership receives major funding award
DeGroote professor Elkafi Hassini and colleagues from U of T and York U receive $3.1M to study the community impact of home delivery.
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Using big data to streamline big shipments: Smart Freight Centre launches in Region of Peel, with McMaster as partner
Trucking activity alone accounts for approximately $1.8 billion worth of goods moving daily to, from, and through the Region of Peel.