An ontological approach to model outbound logistics based on Internet of things (OLP-IoT)

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1 Mathematics and informatics department National School of Applied sciences Tangier

2 Mathematics and Informatics Department , National school of Applied sciences, Tangier, Morocco

3 Mathematics and Informatics department, National School of Applied Sciences , Tangier , Morocco

Abstract

Currently, the performance of outbound logistics processes is an important element for companies that would like to increase the level of customer satisfaction and improve the visibility of the supply chain, thus guaranteeing the quality and safety of products. On the other hand, the concept of smart logistics has been proposed as a technological solution that aims to improve performance, security and traceability in the logistics of companies. A crucial element to achieve this goal is to benefit from the emergence of the Internet of Things (IOT) and related technologies. Indeed, IOT streamlines the logistics process and improves its efficiency. However, to track and trace a product’s life cycle, its physical state, associated activities, and involved objects, a large amount of heterogeneous data will be generated from various sources, especially from sensors and RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags. Moreover, the observations produced by these sources are made available with heterogeneous vocabularies and data formats. This heterogeneity creates interoperability problems and prevents the adoption of generic solutions on a global scale which make it difficult to reuse data for other purposes and share them among different stakeholders. To address this challenge, we propose in this work an approach based on semantic modeling, using the semantic web and ontologies, to improve the interoperability and knowledge sharing of different phenomena in the outbound logistics domain. In this sense, we have designed and developed an OLP-IOT ontological approach adapted to logistics data and offering semantic enrichment of IOT data. This approach allows the sharing of sensor observations, the identification of products and logistics objects involved as well as the contextualization of data and the reuse of processed knowledge and information. The ontology was developed using the Neon methodology, which emphasizes reuse and modularization. This explicit knowledge is then used to develop a reasoning system to guide the logistic expert for an incremental and semi-automatic construction of a software solution to an instantaneous problem.

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International Journal of Supply and Operations Management
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November 2023
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