<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-08-26T13:36:10Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/3D96E10C-A1D3-4EAC-B2B3-70916C5D58C3" ns1:id="3D96E10C-A1D3-4EAC-B2B3-70916C5D58C3"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/9B3048D9-A436-4E4E-BD21-E1ABAAE6CF2F" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/9B3048D9-A436-4E4E-BD21-E1ABAAE6CF2F" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2020-07-30T23:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/F07B4EE1-0C30-4BD8-811F-A8AEA7726B13" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2018-12-01T00:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">511451</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>University of Essex and Ocado Central Services Limited</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Knowledge Transfer Partnership</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>To develop a demand forecasting model for the routing system to better estimate the cost of delivering a customer’s order by incorporating future demand. To develop a dynamic slot pricing policy to sway customers to delivery slots which are more efficient to deliver to.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>