Logica's Internet-based platform for green car project

Peter Dinham
Sunday, 29 March 2009 12:41

IT Industry - Deals

Logica has unveiled the essential internet based platform that will be used by transport specialists, designers and others to design the c,mm,n, the green car of the future, a prototype of which will be displayed at the Amsterdam auto show starting on Tuesday, 1 April.

Starting on April 1 the Participants in the project will being on 1 April engaging in virtual discussions using the online collaboration platform, or OCP developed by Logica.
 
Logica, a provider of IT and business services, has announced that \the platform will unite a number of specialists from different disciplines in a structured discussion about products and services connected to the c,mm,n-car. The company says OCP helps designers make connections between ideas and presents them in an easy to understand manner, helping to enrich and speed up the design process.

The green car project has been initiated by the Dutch environmental organisation Stichting Natuur en Milieu and is sponsored by Logica, Athlon Car Lease and Rabobank. The technical universities of Delft, Eindhoven and Twente in the Netherlands have joined the development process, as well as engineering consultancy DHV.

Gerben Mak, director of innovation of Logica Netherlands, says the essence of the OCP-system is the power of crowd sourcing - using the knowledge of a large number of independent creative minds – and he claims that the approach ends the limitations of traditional ways of innovation within companies and institutions by breaking down barriers.

“Logica has recently delivered a similar internet platform to the Dutch central government. In a pilot civil servants use the system for brainstorm sessions about policy issues. This proves that OCP can be a powerful tool especially so for local governments that want to engage citizens in discussions,” Mak commented.

“The c,mm,n-project shows that crowd sourcing is a powerful instrument to create new services and products. Without the burden of traditional walls creative minds search for the optimal solutions. Crowd sourcing is a valuable addition to innovation processes.”

If you’re interested in knowing more about the collaborative green car project, you can go to <http://www.cmmn.org/>.