Blockchain and Intelligent Mobility
Exploring the transformational potential of such a distributed ledger system (Blockchain) for future enterprises, logistics and supply chains.
Funded by Innovate UK Transport Systems Catapult (TSC), AREC is working in partnership with TSC, Computer Science and Transport Innovation Systems Sheffield on Blockchain in Intelligent Mobility.
This project explores the transformational potential of such distributed ledger system (Blockchain) for future enterprises, logistics and supply chains – around the spheres of mobility-as-a-service, autonomous systems, Logistics 4.0 and Industry 4.0. This project builds on the Intelligent Mobility Skills Strategy by TSC, where the highlights are summarised below.
Key findings in the Intelligent Mobility Skills Strategy:
- The UK faces a potential skills gap of 742,000 people by 2025.
- Disruptive’ high-value digital skills are in short supply.
- Transport industry experts strongly prefer higher degree apprenticeships.
- The potential lost opportunity cost to UK GDP is £50 billion per annum.
- An integrated range of interventions is needed to address the skills shortfall. The industry and research participants agreed that no single intervention would address the shortfall in IM skills.
- Proactive efforts need to be made to attract women to the industry.
- The UK can adopt rapid, novel, low-cost international interventions.
