Academic viewpoint on mutualization: what solutions for modal shift?

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  Identify

  flows eligible for intermodal rail transport

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  partner shippers with similar origins and destinations

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  a cooperation agreement between shippers

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  Define

  a pooling strategy to organize collaborative transport in practice

The free Appel d'air platform: find or create intermodal transport solutions

Michelin's experience of using the platform to optimize transport flows

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  Decarbonize our remaining, lower volumes thanks to ai cargo and mutualization

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  Provide visibility to open up the train to other, smaller players, by supplying their entire transport plan. 

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  Chews up some of the work previously done manually

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  Easy to use, with support available from a firm

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  It's free!

• Does Appel d'air distinguish between hazardous and non-hazardous products?

  Yes, in the templates, we indicate whether products are hazardous or temperature-controlled. What's more, we've launched an algorithm to identify the nature of the flows, to see whether loading is compatible or incompatible.

• How can I get in touch with other loaders?

  In fact, the initiative comes from Appel d'air, which means that as soon as there are mass flows that enable the creation of a potential service, Appel d'air will contact the shippers to see if they agree to set up a working group with operators to launch a project.

• What about the platform's perimeter?

  The platform's scope is not European.

  Today, it's loaded with practically all existing services in France. Some of the European services are included, and I think that before the end of the year, we'll have all the existing services in Europe. On the other hand, for prospective services, it is valid for all 27 European countries.

• What are the frequencies?

  On the frequencies, we see the frequencies as I showed them earlier in the search engine. When I display the results of a search engine, the results are displayed over 7 days.

  As for the rest, what I forgot to mention is that when we carry out flow eligibility tests, the shipper carrying out the test can download a CSV file, retrieve the entire file with the eligibility results, and then see that there is conformity between the actual departure dates and the corresponding services operated.

• Does Appel d'air work with consular chambers, etc.?

  Yes, we're working with the consular chambers, we're working with all the working groups and associations, particularly on the rail and river aspects. These days, we're getting more and more involved in the regions.

  I would also like to say that for shippers, when there are difficulties, etc., the Appel d'air program also provides a form of support, i.e. the services of a consultancy firm, for a limited period, of course, but completely financed by the Appel d'air program, i.e. it remains free of charge for the shipper, to enable him to formalize his flows and use the platform. This support is also provided for the duration of the program, so that results can be measured, notably in terms of tonne-km carried and tonne-km carried forward.

• Concerning the_CO2 savings given by Appel d'Air, which platforms are calculated?

  So, they are calculated according to the standards laid down by ADEME. We're completely in line with ADEME's calculations. And the calculation is made by comparing the road flow with the pre-carriage, main carriage and post-carriage flows.

• What has been the impact of modal shift on delays, service rates, etc.?

  As Anna explained, these are generally longer solutions, because there are load breaks on both sides. And it's a different mode of transport. You can't compare road with multimodal.

  It's really a transfer, a switch to another mode of transport that requires buffers, because when a train is late, it's not a quarter of an hour or half an hour. It's usually half a day or more. And then it has to recover its slots to be unloaded at the terminals. This can be problematic when the terminals used are congested. So there are impacts that need to be potentially deconstructed upstream with buffers, already to ensure a service rate that is almost equivalent to road. It's also difficult to achieve a modal shift with a service rate that's good enough not to impact supply chains, especially when you're in industry and production.

  There really needs to be a desire, a commitment to make this shift. Because today, unfortunately, the ton of CO2 is not sufficiently valued, and there are no real financial gains to be made from a modal shift, because we don't get paid, because we produce CO2 emissions. Logic also really applies to our companies.

  There are impacts, but they can be overcome. As shippers, we're not yet where we want to be. Today, we need to achieve a modal shift of around 5 to 6%, compared with 1% five years ago, on 300,000 FTL journeys in Europe. We're continuing to try and create new projects, new corridors on different routes. We hope this will accelerate with tools like AI. We hope to reach 15% by 2030.

• Can your platform be connected to a TMS?

  So it can be connected to a TMS, yes, you need to create the appropriate APIs, and depending on the type of TMS, you can even finance the creation of these APIs.

• if I work with a 3PL forwarder who manages my flows, what synergy is there on the platform?

  Freight forwarders are not necessarily the companies that are the biggest drivers of change, so that's why, under the Appel d'Air program, we titillate shippers so that they see the benefits of modal shift and can then put pressure on their freight forwarder to switch to these modal shift phases.

  So the freight forwarder can play a full part in the Appel d'Air program, there's no problem, we just have to make sure that there's no redundancy of flows, i.e. that we don't get flows from both the shipper and the freight forwarder, we just have to identify them to avoid this redundancy of flow, but the freight forwarder is welcome, on the contrary, to participate since in the modal shift.

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• Study scope: the 6 perils rather than the 9 planetary limits. The perils can be experienced and appeal to the emotions. What's more, they allow us to take into account all the categories of the European taxonomy, i.e. :

  1. rising temperatures ;
  2. an increase in violent storms;
  3. loss of biodiversity;
  4. flooding ;
  5. rising waters;
  6. water stress.

• Impact scenarios rather than transition or climate change scenarios: the study focuses on the direct or indirect impacts on the 4 essential Supply Chain functions (demand, procurement, production and logistics distribution).

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