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Amazon: the winners of the Innovation Award 2021 awarded

2021-10-27T14:38:14.051Z


A new order transport system that combines bicycles with electric vans, thus optimizing last-mile deliveries in densely populated areas. This is the project, carried out by a team of students from the University of Rome Tor Vergata, winner of the Amazon Innovation Award 2021, a competition launched by Amazon in Italy now in its fifth edition. Gabriele Sigismondi, head of Amazon Italia Logistics, M


A new order transport system that combines bicycles with electric vans, thus optimizing last-mile deliveries in densely populated areas. This is the project, carried out by a team of students from the University of Rome Tor Vergata, winner of the Amazon Innovation Award 2021, a competition launched by Amazon in Italy now in its fifth edition. Gabriele Sigismondi, head of Amazon Italia Logistics, Marco Ferrara, head of Dsp, Sergio Panico, head of Center-South, Simona Vargiu, Alessandro Sassano and Luigi D'Andria, in charge of the deposits in the Rome area. The initiative saw this year, for the first time, alongside the Politecnico di Milano and the University of Rome Tor Vergata,also the participation of the Polytechnic of Bari. All the students involved in the competition had the opportunity to visit, in virtual mode, an Amazon sorting depot, to see closely how the company's last mile logistics works. Divided into teams of up to five components, the students challenged each other by developing an original project, focused on sorting depots and last mile deliveries, identifying new solutions to make the processes more environmentally sustainable, thus contributing to the reduction of CO2 emissions. . The papers presented were then evaluated by a jury made up of Amazon managers. The criteria that guided the choice of the winning team, explains the company in a note, "were feasibility, scalability, impact on the customer,applicability of technologies in addition to Amazon's four leadership principles: think big, invent and simplify, insist on the highest standards and analyze in depth. "The members of the winning team from each university were awarded an Amazon Echo device. Students of Tor Vergata, a nationwide winning group, have received an Audible account, an annual subscription to the Harvard Business Review publications and will have the opportunity to work alongside the sorting depot closest to their university for a full working day. Born in 2016, the Innovation Award aims to stimulate students to put their knowledge and creativity into play, developing original and innovative ideas and solutions.Over the years the contest has grown: the first edition involved only the students of the Politecnico di Milano, and then extended in the two subsequent editions to other Italian universities. In 2019, for the first time, the Innovation Award also involved French students from the École Centrale de Lyon, the Edhec Business School and the Mines ParisTech engineering university. For the fifth edition, "the choice of a theme linked to the environment", explains Amazon in a note, "is in line with The Climate Pledge", the company's commitment "to achieve the results of the climate agreement. of Paris 10 years in advance ". Commitment that provides for the reduction of CO2 emissions, by 2040, and the use of 100% renewable energy by 2030.the first edition involved only the students of the Politecnico di Milano, and then extended in the two subsequent editions to other Italian universities. In 2019, for the first time, the Innovation Award also involved French students from the École Centrale de Lyon, the Edhec Business School and the Mines ParisTech engineering university. For the fifth edition, "the choice of a theme linked to the environment", explains Amazon in a note, "is in line with The Climate Pledge", the company's commitment "to achieve the results of the climate agreement. of Paris 10 years in advance ". Commitment that provides for the reduction of CO2 emissions, by 2040, and the use of 100% renewable energy by 2030.the first edition involved only the students of the Politecnico di Milano, and then extended in the two subsequent editions to other Italian universities. In 2019, for the first time, the Innovation Award also involved French students from the École Centrale de Lyon, the Edhec Business School and the Mines ParisTech engineering university. For the fifth edition, "the choice of a theme linked to the environment", explains Amazon in a note, "is in line with The Climate Pledge", the company's commitment "to achieve the results of the climate agreement. of Paris 10 years in advance ". Commitment that provides for the reduction of CO2 emissions, by 2040, and the use of 100% renewable energy by 2030.and then extended in the two subsequent editions to other Italian universities. In 2019, for the first time, the Innovation Award also involved French students from the École Centrale de Lyon, the Edhec Business School and the Mines ParisTech engineering university. For the fifth edition, "the choice of a theme linked to the environment", explains Amazon in a note, "is in line with The Climate Pledge", the company's commitment "to achieve the results of the climate agreement. of Paris 10 years in advance ". Commitment that provides for the reduction of CO2 emissions, by 2040, and the use of 100% renewable energy by 2030.and then extended in the two subsequent editions to other Italian universities. In 2019, for the first time, the Innovation Award also involved French students from the École Centrale de Lyon, the Edhec Business School and the Mines ParisTech engineering university. For the fifth edition, "the choice of a theme linked to the environment", explains Amazon in a note, "is in line with The Climate Pledge", the company's commitment "to achieve the results of the climate agreement. of Paris 10 years in advance ". Commitment that provides for the reduction of CO2 emissions, by 2040, and the use of 100% renewable energy by 2030.Edhec Business School and Mines ParisTech Engineering University. For the fifth edition, "the choice of a theme linked to the environment", explains Amazon in a note, "is in line with The Climate Pledge", the company's commitment "to achieve the results of the climate agreement. of Paris 10 years in advance ". Commitment that provides for the reduction of CO2 emissions, by 2040, and the use of 100% renewable energy by 2030.Edhec Business School and Mines ParisTech Engineering University. For the fifth edition, "the choice of a theme linked to the environment", explains Amazon in a note, "is in line with The Climate Pledge", the company's commitment "to achieve the results of the climate agreement. of Paris 10 years in advance ". Commitment that provides for the reduction of CO2 emissions, by 2040, and the use of 100% renewable energy by 2030.Commitment that provides for the reduction of CO2 emissions, by 2040, and the use of 100% renewable energy by 2030.Commitment that provides for the reduction of CO2 emissions, by 2040, and the use of 100% renewable energy by 2030.

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