Overview

The Toyota Logistic Design competition is a biannual design contest held by Toyota’s material handling division, and they focused on logistics in Africa and other impoverished regions.

Problem

In the developing world, passenger motorcycles are preferred for cargo transport due to low costs and fuel efficiency. This leads to overloading of cargo on vehicles not built to handle loads on infrastructure not built to handle them.

REQUIREMENTS

The solution needs to be capable of handling rough terrain, be environmentally sound, and remain fairly inexpensive.

Ideation

Ring of cleaning supplies attached to water bottle

Cleaning solution bottle attached directly to dispenser case

Sprayer bottle attached to bottle sleeve

Dispenser w/ attached bottle and manual handles

Dispenser w/ soap, cartridge, non-contact button

Temporary cleaning station attached to cupholders on machines with high demand

General concept for machine combining sprayer w/ paper towel dispenser

Cleaning station with options for manual dispensing or automatic dispensing