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Intelligent Platforms and Solutions is a software company that develops intelligent resource management systems using multi-agent technology. It has created an Intelligent Transportation Management System (ITMS) to optimize logistics and transportation planning. The ITMS will help large companies better coordinate resources and integrate smaller transporters into their networks. Intelligent Platforms and Solutions is working with major Russian logistics companies to develop the ITMS and plans initial sales in mid-2013 after further testing and development.
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- 1. Saint Petersburg, 21st – 23rd June, 2012
- 2. 1 The Company Profile XVI St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, 21st – 23rd June, 2012 • Intelligent Platforms and Solutions is a software engineering company, established in May 2011, Skolkovo resident and recipient of a $ 1 million grant + $ 250 K from a private investor. • Technological Edge: world-class expertise in multi-agent technology, which is an innovative solution that enhances the power of computing by using the “computing as interaction” principle. • Commercial potential: The multi-agent technology enables the creation of new software applications for real-time management of resources in logistics, agile manufacturing, emergency services, communications, etc. • Products: Intelligent Resource Management Systems for – Transport and Logistics – Agile Manufacturing – Emergency Services The Software Development Toolkit (“production line”) that enables scalability and reduced product delivery time
- 3. The World Market: New Challenges 2 XVI St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, 21st – 23rd June, 2012 The current size of the world market of Transportation Management Systems (TMS) is estimated at $ 1.2 billion The existing TMS are standard batch-based resource planners. They do not meet the challenges of complexity, real-time management and fast reaction to events
- 4. The World Market: New Challenges 3 XVI St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, 21st – 23rd June, 2012 Multi-agent technologies do meet the challenges of complexity and real-time management, but today they are too expensive, unscalable and long to deliver The problem of cost-effectiveness delays the multi-agent revolution in IT
- 5. 4 Our Solution: XVI St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, 21st – 23rd June, 2012 Technology that Enhances Scalability Smart Logistics Software Development Kit (SL-SDK) • Supports the whole life cycle of design, implementation and deployment of multi-agent applications • Enables the creation of tested and validated libraries of reusable components including those developed specifically for logistics- related applications; • Implements model-driven engineering of applications, automated software code generation and support for model and program code consistency; • Features increased reliability, fault tolerance and performance of applications; • Reduces application development time and costs as well as risks associated with new developments.
- 6. 5 The Russian Market: Tabula Rasa XVI St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, 21st – 23rd June, 2012 • Of the 1800+ transportation companies in Russia only 10% use specialized TMS; the majority rely on simple resource accounting software and create transportation plans manually. 10-15 people work on scheduling and planning. • Small transportation companies and individual truck owners constitute 50% of available resources in the Russian industry. Having no connection to any management system, these trucks are employed in ad-hoc manner and are unable to react promptly to shifting market demand.
- 7. The First Product: 6 XVI St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, 21st – 23rd June, 2012 The Intelligent Transportation Management System “We waited for ten years for someone like you to come to us with such a solution” Director General of a leading Russian transportation company
- 8. 7 Who needs our product and why XVI St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, 21st – 23rd June, 2012 • Large and medium logistics and transportation companies will value the ITMS for its capacity to solve complex resource planning tasks, react to unpredictable events and mobilize additional resources in the open market. These functions are currently either unavailable or require a workforce of 10-15 people. • Small transportation companies will benefit from using ITMS in the on- demand (SaaS) mode due to its ability to integrate them into larger markets. • Internet retail trade companies that run express delivery in big cities will need the system’s capacity of reacting to unpredictable events (orders, traffic jams, cancellations, etc.) and adaptive planning. • At the design stage IPS works with three leading companies in logistics and retail trade that serve as sources of requirement specifications and test grounds for prototypes The First Expedition Company Tranko Enter.ru / Svyaznoi
- 9. Value Proposition 8 XVI St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, 21st – 23rd June, 2012 Mission To turn the innovative multi-agent technologies into a set of user-friendly, cost-effective, scalable products. Goal To provide companies in transport and logistics with a powerful solution for planning, optimizing, and pooling together their resources Key Advantage World-class competence in agent technologies combined with detailed knowledge of client companies needs (bottlenecks in the industry) Two key elements: product and technology • The product, ITMS is a powerful tool for optimization and saving costs in transportation and logistics • The technology, Smart Logistics Software Development Kit, is a “production line” for making the products price-competitive at the world market and easy-to-install.
- 10. Today company has 22 employees and 9 The Team is located in Saint-Petersburg, Russia XVI St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, 21st – 23rd June, 2012 The core competences were transferred from the Intelligent Systems Laboratory of the St.Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation The company is owned by private individuals Oleg Karsaev, IPS Director General. Head of the Intelligent Systems Laboratory at St. Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation of Vladimir Gorodetskiy, IPS Chief of Research. Russian Academy of Sciences, Chief scientist of the Intelligent systems PhD in technical sciences. laboratory at St. Petersburg Institute for Member of Russian and Informatics and Automation, European Artificial Intelligence Doctor of technical sciences, professor, Association Vadim Volkov, IPS Director Member of Russian and European Artificial for Development, PhD Intelligence Association, International (Cambridge University, UK), Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Doctor of Sciences in Multi–agent Systems, International Society of economic sociology. Social Information Fusion. scientist, member of Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin
- 11. Development Plan 10 XVI St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, 21st – 23rd June, 2012 Development plan First sale of ITMS in First sale of Western Conditional ITMS in Russia Europe upon more Beta version investment July 2013 December of ITMS Alpha version 2013 April 2013 of ITMS February 2013 Investment needs