Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Conestoga College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
$25,000.00
Vision Transportation - TMS Modernization Research Initiative (TMRI)
FY 2019-20
Summary
Vision Transportation is a Canadian headquarterd logistics company providing services throughout North America. Increasingly, more complex freight and inventory planning are required to ensure compliance with strict on-time deliveries and in-stock requirements in a time of decreasing capacity and increasing regulation. A large, impending challenge for the company centres around their efforts to envision, design and deploy the next generation of their Transportation Management and Warehouse Management Systems (TMS/WMS) while taking into account their operational realities and a new breed of intelligent, analytics systems. The proposed project, in partnership with Conestoga College, will research, design, test and deploy significant new functionality within their TMS/WMS platforms allowing for new levels of efficiency, revenue generation and cost saving opportunities to be actioned.
Program
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Location
Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Other
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
538922-2019
Name nom
Fennessy, Barbara
Department département
Head Office
Organization id
22147
Institution établissement
Conestoga College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2019
Competition year année de concours
2019
Award amount
25000
Program id
CARD1
Program name en
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Program name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée - niveau 1
Group en
RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
Group fr
PARTENARIATS DE RECHERCHE
Committee code
1561
Committee name en
Applied Research and Development Grants
Committee name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée
Area of application code
700
Area of application group en
Transportation systems and services
Area of application group fr
Services et systèmes de transport
Area of application en
Transportation systems and services
Area of application fr
Services et systèmes de transport
Research subject code
2710
Research subject group en
Information technology
Research subject group fr
Technologie de l'information
Research subject en
Information systems design
Research subject fr
Conception de systèmes d'information
Installment
inst:1 - 1
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Vision Transportation - TMS Modernization Research Initiative (TMRI)
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
Vision Transportation is a Canadian headquarterd logistics company providing services throughout North America. Increasingly, more complex freight and inventory planning are required to ensure compliance with strict on-time deliveries and in-stock requirements in a time of decreasing capacity and increasing regulation. A large, impending challenge for the company centres around their efforts to envision, design and deploy the next generation of their Transportation Management and Warehouse Management Systems (TMS/WMS) while taking into account their operational realities and a new breed of intelligent, analytics systems. The proposed project, in partnership with Conestoga College, will research, design, test and deploy significant new functionality within their TMS/WMS platforms allowing for new levels of efficiency, revenue generation and cost saving opportunities to be actioned.
