ITACA SRL
by Francesco Santoro | Jul 2, 2017
ORGANISATION
Name of the Organisation: ITACA SRL
Organisation Short Name: Itaca
Organisation Type: PRC
Country: Italy
ACTIVITY
Topic(s) of interest from 2016-2017 Transport Work Programme:Fields of Activity: ITACA Srl is a spin‐off company of University of Calabria and University of Salento, operating in Information & Communication Technology (ICT) field. The mission of ITACA is on one hand to ensure the technology transfer of the output of the thematic research conducted by the research group directly connected to the company members and on the other hand to guarantee a commercial exploitation of the RTD projects carried out. The company main field of activity is the Design and Development of Decision Support Systems, expert systems and ICT e‐solutions for decisional problems related to the management, optimization and control of Logistics, Transportation and Urban Mobility Systems. ITACA solutions are based on Operational Research, Simulation/Optimization state of the art models and methods and aim at constructing ICT HW/SW web based integrated platforms that have the goal of supporting the realization of environmental and economic sustainable, safe and secure, effective and efficient systems. The main applications of ITACA solutions are in the following fields: • • distributive logistics optimization; • real‐Time fleet management; • urban mobility management; • traffic control; • waste management; • info‐mobility; The company has regular business with the following typology of companies: Providers of Transportation Services; Companies interested in optimizing their production and distributive logistics and waste management activities; Public Administrations; Collaborations The network of collaborations that ITACA can exploit is very dense and international. As already pointed out, ITACA is a direct expression of two research groups of University of Calabria (the Technology for Simulation and Optimization research lab) and of the University of Salento (Department of Innovation) and over the years has established collaborations on specific research projects with a number of large companies of the fields in which ITACA operates and also of worldwide well known research groups of important European and American research centers and universities (in particular with the Center of Research on Transportation of Montréal). These collaborations give ITACA the possibility to propose itself on the market has a subject capable of offering efficient and effective innovative solutions in all the ICT domains it operates. RTD activity The company has participated to a number of RTD projects at Regional and National level, therefore the ITACA personnel has a great experience in all the activity related to the writing of project proposals and to the project development. Concerning the Real‐Time Fleet Management field, currently ITACA is carrying out the following research projects: Project • “Un Sistema logistico integrato per il trasporto all'interno di aree urbane e metropolitane (An integrated logistics system for the transportationin urban and metropolitan areas)”, funded by Regione Calabria – Measure “CONTRATTO DI INVESTIMENTO ‐ INDUSTRIA ‐ ARTIGIANATO E SERVIZI n° 408”: Goal of the project is the realization of a platform for the management of urban mobility of goods and people, which aims at providing a new transport system organization, integrating all the latest technologies in order to foster the increase of the number of goods and / or people who move and, at the same time, the significantly reduction of the vehicles in circulation, with consequent obvious advantages for the territory and people which can benefit of a novel, safer, more secure, efficient, effective and economically sustainable mobility system. The role of ITACA is the participation to the design and implementation of the platform. • HoPE ‐ Holistic Personal public Eco‐mobility, funded by European Commission under the program ICT‐CIP PSP 2013: The main purpose of HoPE is to advance the role of public transportation systems through an open and user‐oriented platform capable of combining Interoperable Fare Management (IFM) and Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) providing a significant mix of services including info‐mobility, trip planning, ticket reservation, fare calculation and mobile payments. ITACA provides to the platform its Ride2Go system and actively contributes to the system design and realization Relevant software solutions: Over the years and mainly thanks to the RTD projects carried out, ITACA has realized the following applicative platforms: • Ride2Go: An integrated system for the real‐time tracking, tracing, control and on‐demand management of a fleet of vehicles. The systems is based on the integration of innovative technologies for the real‐time tracking and tracing of the vehicles (GPS/GPRS/UMTS), web technologies and Simulation/Optimization state of the art models and methods and offers functionalities for the effective continuous monitoring of the position and the state of the activities carried out by the vehicles, the efficient real‐time assignment and on‐demand management of the service requests and the optimal vehicle routing. The platform is capable of well addressing a number of decisional problems in the field of distributive logistics (for instance courier management, product/services distribution to customers, etc.) and in the field of collective transport (taxi management, carpooling, bus on demand, ecc.). The main applications of Ride2Go have been: o The platform to support the On‐Demand Transportation System realized in Cape Town during the recent world cup of soccer. o The platform to support the On‐Demand Transportation System realized in several Italian cities, such as Como (CO) and Senigallia (AN). More at www.itacatech.it/eng/ride2go • Ulixes: Ulixes is an integrated ERP for transport and logistics operators. It is a fully featured web applications consisting of several modules addressing the most critical aspects for a customer. It allows to effectively handle all the information and the business process for a transport company. All the assets can be managed: lines, journeys, vehicles and operating profile, etc. It also includes Automatic Vehicle Location to keep track of the service delivered and to monitor fleet efficiency. Shift scheduling is addressed as well! An interactive user interface will guide the user while planning shifts, offering suggestions and analytic data in order to speed up the planning process. Ulixes integrates Ride2GO!, allowing to manage demand responsive transport service. More at www.itacatech.it/eng/ulixes Contacts: • Francesco Santoro o Position: CEO o Tel. +393288677243 o mailto: santoro@itacatech.it • Massimo Guccione o Position: CTO o Tel: +393281579963 o mailto: guccione@itacatech.it
Skills and Experise Offered: IT: java, .net, android, gis systems, system integration
optimization in the field of shift scheduling for public transport
optimization in the field of transport on demand
optimization in the field of vendor managed inventory routing
Keywords: ict
shift scheduling
transport on demand
gis systems
optimization
system integration
Previous FP Projects Participated: HoPE - Holistic Personal Eco-mobility
HoPE's main purpose is to advance the role of public transportation systems through an open platform capable of combining Interoperable Fare Management (IFM) and Advanced Traveller Information Systems (ATIS). The platform is user-oriented, in a way that fosters and promotes user awareness about public transportation and eco-mobility, other than providing for a significant mix of services including:
info mobility,
trip planning,
ticket reservation,
fare calculation and mobile payments.
HoPE is demonstrated through three different pilots in cities, showing how seamless IFM can be deployed across regions through cooperation between different transport operators.
more info at http://hope-eu-project.eu/
CONTACT
Contact Person: Francesco Santoro
Position in the Organisation: CEO
Telephone: +3288677243
Email: santoro@itacatech.it
