Our success

Luxury on the tracks

Beer pipeline

Furniture out of pallets

The most luxurious train to run in Japan

Revolution in transportation brewing in Belgium

Anyone can make it in style and cheaply

Logio’s solution for Škoda Auto wins in Europe

December 2014

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Drones reaDy for take-off: already starting to deliver goods in Germany

Dear All, At the end of each year people and compa-nies often look back at what has happened. We say, however, why not do it in a differ-ent way and why not try to look at the fu-ture instead? It is the only way one can be a bit ahead. Besides, watching new trends is fun. You can just leaf through our new Lo-gio Magazine: it may be drones and their use in delivering goods. Those more inter-ested in passenger traffic should not miss an article about the Israeli project. In Tel Aviv they are planning special floating cap-sules above the city to relieve road con-gestion. A futuristic design of windowless planes goes one step further. Perhaps a cra-zy scheme from Great Britain has the same

background idea that is also important for us at Logio: cutting down waste and pol-lution in the world. You will also find a tip here that you can use immediately without having to wait for the future: pallet furni-ture is a hit worth trying. At least, you can entertain your friends with it.

To the very end I have kept a special rec-ommendation from this issue that we are very happy about: Logio has received a prestigious award for its work when our solution for Škoda Auto won the gold med-al in a European competition. Maybe this is the mentioned moment of looking back but definitely it contains a challenge to be the best next year and in the future too. Wishing you a great day,

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Goods in Germany now delivered by drones

Hit the tracks in three years

Anyone can make furniture out of pallets

Wins the first place in european logistics

Tel aviv to show the future of transport

Windowless and saving fuel

Beer pipeline to cut down on traffic in Bruges

DHL outruns Amazon

the most luxurious train in the world

Wardrobe, bed and chandelier

Logio’s solution for Škoda auto

Floating capsules above the city

Plane of the future

Revolution in beer transportation

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Amazon made waves in logistics a few months ago when it an-nounced its plans to deliver goods using drones. The revolutionary

idea confirmed its current role of a leading in-novator in the field. However, it will now be “robbed” of its primacy by cooperation be-

tween Deutsche Post and DHL. It began to test drones for the delivery of

packages in the north of Germany at the end of September. The testing differs from earli-er attempts in one crucial aspect: it is done in full operation in real life under ordinary con-ditions. It is the first ever real use of drones providing a regular “air” service.

From the end of September for the next few months, the so-called DHL-Paketkopter, pro-duced by Microdrones, will deliver packages containing medical supplies from a pharmacy

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Drones will deliver goods one day, said Amazon boss Jeff Bezos announcing a revolution in logistics. in the end, though, this American company is not the first to launch the innovation. in the north of Germany, DHL is already using drones for the delivery of packages in regular service.

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in the harbour town of Nor-den to the island of Juist in the North Sea. Loads that are now carried can reach up to 1.2kg.

The Paketkopter flies the distance of approximately 12 km fully by itself “on auto-pilot”, at an altitude of about 50m above ground. Its speed depends on the wind, but it will reach 18 metres per sec-ond on average.

ReGuLAR seRviCe stARtinG in sePtemBeRThe first test flights on this route took place as early as

the second half of Septem-ber and on Friday, 26 Sep-tember, a regular service was launched. The drone used on this route is spe-cially modified with regard to the distance it has to cov-er and to the strong winds blowing over the North Sea.

Although flying autono-mously, the Paketkopter is in constant contact with a ground station, which may intervene and take control at any time in case of any problems. The sys-tem for flying is not quite that simple either: although the use of drones is allowed

on this route, each new flight must be reported to the aviation safety author-ity.

While saying it has no spe-cific plans for the future use of drones to deliver packag-es in Germany, in principle, DHL would like to use this delivery option in sparse-ly populated areas and in places, where the transport structure is not well devel-oped or where the road net-work is limited. At the same, using drones must be eco-nomically sensible and tech-nically feasible, says Tagess-chau.de website.

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DHL wants to use drones mainly in areas that are sparsely populated,

and in places where the transport infrastructure is not well developed.

The most luxurious train in the world

For decades, Japan has been a country well ahead of others in at least one aspect: train design.

When it hits the tracks in a cou-ple of years, the new train called the Cruise Line will surpass everything seen so far. Although not the fastest train in the world, this will perhaps be the most luxurious and the most special one.

The designer of the train for JR EAST is Ken Okuyama, who has de-signed some of Ferrari cars in the

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past. The train will bear comparison with the best luxury hotels.

Consisting of ten cars, the train will ac-commodate a total of 34 passengers. It will include suites with bedrooms and private bathrooms will be available to its passengers among other things. One of the cars, the rear one, will have almost all-glass walls with a sofa positioned in the middle, thus offering maximum pan-oramic views.

A bar and a luxury restaurant will be there too. Each car will contain luxury furniture and lighting.

Producing the train is set to cost some 50 million dollars, equalling about 1 bil-

lion crowns. With construction beginning in two years, it should hit the Japanese tracks in 2017.

If you want to read something further in relation to the topic, HERE you can find an article from the BBC Future website (in English), discussing the pitfalls fac-ing train designers trying to reach even greater speed on rails.

And you can also read older articles on this blog – for example, the one describing a futuristic vision of the Californian bil-lionaire Elon Musk, who wants to link San Francisco and Los Angeles with an entire-ly new form of transport only remotely re-sembling trains, the so-called Hyperloop.

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Seven STarS the most luxurious train currently cruising JapanThis luxury train including seven cars runs along scenic routes of the Japanese island of Kyushu. A two-day/one night trip starts at 1,500 dollars per person, a four-day trip can be booked for almost 4,000 dollars per person.

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A shoe rack, a bed, a bedside table, but also clocks or garden deck chairs. not only are they stylish, but cheap on top of that. A couple of years ago, products made out of pallets began to win great popularity, which has found its way to the Czech Republic too.

Wardrobe, bed and chandelier.Anyone can make furniture out of pallets

The first wooden pallets to carry goods came into use in the 1930s. At pre-

sent, some authors even label the wooden pallet as the single most important object in the global economy. In the United States only, two billion pallets are alleged to be in circulation and they are employed to carry roughly 80 percent of all ship-ments in the U.S.

Soon first attempts were made to use pallets in design, espe-cially to manufacture furniture. Recycling thus takes on a differ-ent dimension altogether. Just a bit of paint, varnish and crea-tivity and one can make, let’s

say, a new drawer out of a pallet – or a coat rack and a chande-lier, or even an entire house. For example, this video shows that it is quite simple to make a table.

And this needn’t be all about furniture, as shown, for exam-ple, by the American manu-facturer of guitars Taylor, who produced a series of pallet mu-sical instruments, thus proving that what is needed to produce great guitars is not the exotic wood but first and foremost an excellent production technique. Pallets can be utilized in very unconventional ways too. They are used to build large bunkers

by players of so-called woodsball, a format of paintball and a popular combat game, where players shoot at one another with paintball guns.

Soon, Czech entrepreneurs took keen interest in the idea too. For example, in 2012 a small firm from Nehvizdy, until then manufactur-ing pallets to transport cargo,

decided to produce furniture too. Their slogan is clear: “Almost anything can be made out of pal-lets.” Their Facebook page has also become popular, with thousands of fans trying to outdo others in ideas as to what has been or has not been made out of pallets yet and what more could be produced.

The most beautiful thing about pallet products, of course, is that virtually anyone can make them at home. If you are looking for inspiration, we offer you a couple of other links that might catch your attention:• Pallets Upcycled – on this popular Facebook page you will learn that out of pallets you can build things such as a tower or a beautiful garden kitchen.• In Czech, you can read a blog entitled “A nasty Blonde”, namely its chapter Pallet miracles.• Pallet furniture is also popular on the boards of the social networking site Pinterest – HErE.

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Organized by the European Lo-gistics Associa-tion (ELA), it

awards the best, the most efficient, and innovative approaches in logistics.

“Logistics systems are among the crucial success factors in the automotive industry,” the Volkswagen Group said on its website in relation to the award presented to Škoda Auto.

Logistics in Škoda Auto won in competition with three dozen projects from the countries of Western and Central Europe. And this makes us happy at Logio. “In the long term we have been able to partici-pate in projects to optimize logistics processes in Škoda Auto, and therefore we un-derstand the award as ac-knowledgment of our capa-bilities in worldwide com-Ph

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Logio’s solution for Škoda autowins the first place

some news is simply good. some is excellent indeed. this piece of news is the excellent one: Logio has received a prestigious award for its work. one of our most significant clients, Škoda Auto Car Company, has won the gold medal in the international competition the european Gold medal in Logistics and supplier Chain.

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petition,” says Tomáš Formánek, Logio’s CEO and partner.

seConD AWARD ALReADy This is not the first award of this kind for the car manufacturer from Mladá Boleslav. Earlier in March this year it won the award for the Logistics Pro-ject of the Year in the Czech Republic and was duly nominated into the Eu-ropean round of the competition.

“Škoda Auto has been our client virtually for the entire ten years of Logio’s existence. During those years we have carried out dozens of different projects and assignments. This clearly belongs among the challenges motivating us to do our job well,” Formánek said about the award.

“We are delighted to have been rec-ognized at the European level,” Jiří Cee, Head of Škoda’s Logistics was

quoted as saying about the competi-tion outcome. “Over the years, Škoda has invested considerably into their production logistics and consistently optimized the area with an emphasis on maximum efficiency and perfect processes. The result has been one of the most efficient logistics systems in the automotive industry. This area of production significantly contributes to the brand’s growth strategy,” said Cee.

For example, the innovations in Škoda in Mladá Boleslav include the use of a self-service transport system with automatically guided transport trolleys. This saves both time and costs. A crucial role for the car compa-ny has also been played by the opti-mized central warehouse Parts Centre, newly opened in 2013, the equiva-lent of approximately twelve football pitches. It is the largest distribution centre of parts in the Czech Republic.

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The second-largest Israeli city, with a population of over 400,000 inhabitants, is set to introduce a new

system designed by the Californian company SkyTran. It has teamed up with Israel Aerospace Industries, an Israeli company manufacturing main-ly military systems. Together they aim to build a special magnetic track sus-pended high above streets, which will in no way interfere with Tel Avis’ land transport.

Like other major cities, this com-mercial and cultural centre faces great problems transporting people on heavily-congested roads. At the same time there is no underground or

tram network to alleviate the situation in some way. Instead, a system is set to be created above the city by 2016 resembling (unlike the super fast tube Hyperloop project of the American millionaire Elon Musk).

Small capsules will be suspended from a magnetic monorail on high pil-lars. They will include spaces for up to two persons. The futuristic capsules are to reach speeds of up to 70 km/h. In this video you can see what the novelty should look like.

BeGinninG oF tHe enD oF ConGesteD RoADs? The first test track will be approxi-mately half a kilometre long and will

begin to hover over Tel Aviv al-ready at the end of next year. Project designers count on the fact that the new thing will be a success and plan to immediately build a seven-kilometre track with three stops above Tel Aviv’s centre.

The designers now assume the costs to reach approximately 50 million dollars (i.e. one billion crowns). The magnetic track will have a capacity to carry up to 12,000 people per hour, while significantly relieving local roads. If the city and its inhabitants are satisfied with the futuristic trans-port system, the network may be ex-tended up to 200 kilometres of tracks.

“Tel Aviv is a world-class city, vis-

ited by people from all over the world, and it is a commercial centre. Israelis are in love with modern technologies, so we have no reason to fear that they wouldn’t want to use this system. It is an ideal test site,” said SkyTran CEO Jerry Sanders.

SkyTran believe the project in Is-rael will also help speed up revolu-tion in urban transport in other cities, nowadays clogged with cars. Here, for example, you can see details about the SkyTran projects.

israel is known as a hotbed of inno-vations, start-ups and technologi-cal improvements. they can actually include large and futuristic projects. tel Aviv wants to present revolution-ary opportunities in urban transport.

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Windowless and saving fuel

Well, almost. Within ten years there could be planes, which will no longer have little oval

windows. Instead, there would be a “window”

along the entire length as well as the ceiling of the plane. The project, ac-

companied with a due and fascinating visualization has been put forward by a research team of the UK-based tech-nology innovation company, The Centre for Process Innovation. Scientists and engineers propose that planes should have no windows on the fuselage, as we know them today.

Instead, the interior walls of the cabin will be simply lined with a huge OLED display. This would relay images, or views from around the aircraft but pas-sengers could also find information about the flight on the display.

According to CPI experts working on the development of such a display

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on a plane, do you always want to sit in a window seat too? in a few years every pas-senger on an entire plane could have this wish fulfilled without any difficulty.

to be used on planes, it’s just a mat-ter of ten years. Afterwards, planes could be routinely equipped with this technology.

LiGHteR FuseLAGe to sAve FueL AnD emissionsBut there is still one more important thing: CPI engineers are interested in far more than just a new passenger attraction. The fuselage is not to be equipped with a display only; its entire structure will be different from what it is today. First and foremost, it will be thinner and lighter. This brings us to the heart of the matter: the lower

the weight of the plane, of course, the lower the fuel consumption and less CO2 pollution. For airlines, it is not just a pretty thing, but logically less fuel also means lower costs. A win-win situation for all.

But this is not just about planes. Ex-perts everywhere are trying to address the future of various means of transport. Whether it is about trains – those of the future, of course, are being prepared in Japan.

Entirely new ways of transporting peo-ple are also attracting a lot of attention such as the Hyperloop transport concept of the billionaire Elon Musk.

Plane of the future:

there are various ways to transport beer. Be it in bottle crates, barrels, tanks, or in cans. Loading it nicely onto a truck and here we go to a pub to quench thirsty throats. this is far from anything revolutionary.

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In Belgium, though, they have found a way how to be creative and take the untrodden path in this area. Well, almost literally.

A decision was made by the traditional De Halve Maan brewery in Bruges that the distribution of beer would no longer mean burdening local roads and city traffic. Instead, they are set to build a special pipeline network to ferry local beer under the city from the brewery to the bottling factory.

In addition to pneumatic post used, for example, in hospitals, which we have already written about here, or

a special project proposed by Elon Musk, who wants to replace planes by transporting people using super fast tubes, the world is nearing a pipeline to transport beer.

Altogether, the “beer pipeline” (bring-ing beer from an industrial estate into the city centre where the brewery is located) would cover the distance of 3 kilometres. According to the brewery’s top management, it is planning for almost four million litres of beer to flow through the historic centre of Bruges in a year. The flow capacity will reach six thousand litres of beer every hour.

A Win FoR tHe City As WeLL As FoR tHe enviRonmentOn the part of the brewery with a his-tory going back almost 500 years, this is no cry into darkness just to get itself into the limelight. The plan has been given the green light by the city council too. The construction should begin next year and a similar tech-nology to that used in constructing oil pipelines will be used to build it.

The costs shall be covered out of the brewery budget. The new beer distribution system will significantly relieve the city itself, reducing the

volume of freight traffic, which cur-rently puts a huge strain on the his-toric centre of medieval Bruges, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

“It’s a win-win situation for eve-ryone: this innovative investment plan will reduce the amount of transport by heavy goods vehicles by 85 percent,” Frank Dumonwill of Bruges City Council was quoted by Wired as saying. According to current calculations, the number of trucks in the centre of Bruges should be cut down by five hundred vehicles a year.

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