LIMOWA

Logistics Centre Cluster Finland

RFID-service opportunities in Turku
LogiCity - freight village
Juuso Pulli

What is the LIMOWA Logistics Centre Cluster?

A Finnish nationwide network of international reach for logistics

development and co-operation.
LIMOWAs operations are company-oriented, promoting business
activities and exports.
LIMOWA is national, open and impartial. LIMOWA is part of
Finlands governmental Centre of Expertise Programme
Primary targets for development are the modern logistics centres
and models for their design, construction, development and
operation.
The cluster aims to promote the availability of development
resources and financing, to stimulate development of logistics
infrastructure, and to influence public policy decisions.

LIMOWA activities and operations

The LIMOWA Logistics Centre Clusters
activities and operations include:

Surveys and research projects

Pilot projects
Internationalisation projects
Expertise development projects
Promotion of networking (in
Finland and internationally)
Workshops and seminars
Communications, www.limowa.fi
Arrangements of public financing
programs

Structure of the presentation

Freight village concept & benefits

Identification in Logistics (RFID)

LogiCity Freight village -project

Benefits of RFID in LogiCity
Study was done in ESLogC Development of Logistics Centers in Southern Finland project . The
venture was mainly funded by ERDF (European Regional Development Fund)

Freight village concept

Location: in the knot-points of the traffic (& demand). Offshore.
Infrastructure: multimodality
LSPs, retail distributors, online store, manufactures & other logistics
centers
Services
Freight village maintenance (public areas, roads, traffic signs,
real estate)
ICT, identification & internet (area level)
Maintenance services (Fleet: truck, rail wagon etc.)
Security, alarm systems
Filling station, parking areas .
All in all, Freight village is a gathering point of traffic and material flow
and know-how/techniques related into those.

Benefits of Freight Villages

To increase the competitiveness of transport and logistics

operators
To promote intermodality such as rail freight transport
To move freight transport activities outside the city
To create economics of scale in services and maintenance

Identification in Logistics
GS1 Standards

Identification in Logistics
GS1 Standards

Identification in Logistics
GS1 Standards

Why LogiCity / Turku?

Source.www.valonia.fi/rullaa - esitykset

More than 250 000

inhabitants

Source.www.valonia.fi/rullaa - esitykset

Total 1 000 000 m2

restricted logistics
area, inland harbour,
ongoing project

PH1
400 000 m2
TNT, DHL, Finavia,
Kaukokiito
Picture: www.logicity.fi

Air Freight
Air Express

Runway 2500 m (3300 m)

Railroad hub
CN & RU

Sea Ports

To Tampere)

Many LSPs & international companies, 5000 work places, modern

freight village area level identification and security competence!

E18 Helsinki

Many trucks per day

plus rail and air traffic
Picture.www.valonia.fi/rullaa - esitykset

Benefits of RFID in LogiCity

Identification of trucks and train i.e. fleet management

(RFID or Optical Character Recognition, OCR)
Location of trucks (RFID & GPS)
Identification of sea containers, 20 & 40 (RFID & OCR)
Identification of person (RFID & OCR)
Instruction and alignment of person (rotation of work force along the
companies)
Identification of loaders, forklifts etc. (RFID)
Instruction and alignment freight machinery (RFID)
Vehicle information in the electronic boards
Sharing the information to operators, administrator & customs
Area level management system needed in the future !

With the help of RFID

Area level management

Company level management
Public-private co-operation/management

THANK YOU FOR THE ATTENTION!

Contact information
LIMOWA Logistics Centre Cluster Finland

Jorma Hrknen, director

ph: +358 40 3517 621
jorma.harkonen@techvilla.fi

Juuso Pulli, project manager

ph: +358 40 354 6603
juuso.pulli@techvilla.fi

www.limowa.fi