Augmenting Industrial Transportation System with the Internet-of Vehicles Paradigm

Abstract

Industrial Transportation System (ITS) comprises of transport vehicles and services used by industrial enterprises for moving objects (animate and inanimate) both within and outside of the organization. The current transportation infrastructure is inadequate and severely impacts business growth. Some of the issues with traditional transportation system can be overcome by interconnecting the same using a high-speed information system, also known as the internet-of vehicles (IoV). The augmented ITS can support in addressing some of the major challenges faced by traditional transportation such as dynamic requirement change, unreliable delivery time, higher labor cost, human error and energy efficiency. This paper discusses the advantages of augmenting industrial transportation system with IoV. It also analyzes various obstacles that need to be overcome for the successful implementation of internet-of vehicles. Hence, a novel architecture for augmenting industrial transportation system with IoVhas also been proposed to handle dynamic requirements change economically. Scenarios like shipping and handling charges imposed on the customer in case of requirement change while the order is being processed in the existing industrial transportation system has been considered. Further, a comparative study isperformed between existing and proposed augmented industrial transportation system focused on dynamic requirements change is included as a case study. From the experimental results, it can be observed that shipping and handling charges in augmented industrial transportation system can be up to 50% less than the traditional industrial transportation system.