Article | REF: AG8045 V1

Urban freight - New field of intervention for the engineer

Author: Philippe BOSSIN

Publication date: October 10, 2013

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2. Multiple, cross-cutting issues

Every human activity requires the transfer of goods. Manufacture, consumption and entertainment all involve movement as part of a logistical chain of more or less numerous, more or less codified operations:

  • information transfer ;

  • inventory management ;

  • product packaging ;

  • transport from one place to another ;

  • waste disposal...

This mandatory presence of goods in the city leads to five major challenges :

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