Project SCALE introduction

Introductory presentation given at Artois University conference on 21 June 2012

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1. Step Change in Agri-food Logistics Ecosystems Project SCALE Dr. Marko Bastl, Dr. Hamid Allaoui, M. Elisabeth Peters
2. Background Project SCALE overview Project SCALE research approach Project SCALE deliverables
3. Background
4. The economy catches a cold? Monday, August 20, 2012
6. The business need Suggests a need for food business to become more strategic about their supplier relationships and to integrate their supply chains better • Seasonality of supply and demand (natural cycles) • Natural variability of inputs • High volatility of demand (e.g. Weather effects) • Very short shelf lives of many products • Traceability and safety • Substantial use of promotions • Affected by social trends (aging; obesity; single households) • Impact on the Environment (Water, Energy, Emissions, Waste) • Unbalanced power relationships
7. The business need Suggests a need for food business to become more strategic about their supplier relationships and to integrate their supply chains better Current Concerns • Fragmentation and lack of coordination across many food supply chains • Issues of connectivity between areas of food production and consumption • The relative remote location of some key production areas, such as Ireland • A lack of visibility and understanding from farm to consumer
8. The agri-food supply chain Focus on logistics across the end to end supply chain
9. Life of Project SCALE Transnational Centre for Sustainable Logistics
10. Project SCALE – overview
11. INTERREG IVB North West Europe, a financial instrument of the European Union’s Cohesion Policy. It funds projects which support transnational cooperation. Cranfield School of Management, UK Université D’Artois, France Wageningen University, Netherlands European Food and Farming Partnerships (EFFP) DHL Supply Chain Partners
12. Aim • to increase North West Europe’s (NWE) economic competitiveness • to improve environmental sustainability of food and drink supply chain logistics Context •rising food demands •increasing energy prices •the need to reduce environmentally damaging emissions Aim
13. Objectives • WP 1: To develop a new transformation food chain architecture that will enable food companies to optimise the financial, environmental and social costs (3BL). • WP 2: To develop a collaborative framework suited to the needs of the food and drink logistics sector in NWE. • WP 3: To develop a logistics ICT technical tool that is an enabler to the delivery of three transnational pilots.
14. WP 1 What: 1. Establishing the baseline 2. Business model for 3BL calculation 3. Developing analytical tools 4. Piloting the business model 5. Establishing the Transnational Centre for Sustainable Logistics Who: • EFFP • Université D’Artois • University of Wageningen
15. WP 2 What: 1. Developing a sustainable collaborative framework 2. Validation of the framework within food supply chain networks Who: • Cranfield University • Université D’Artois • University of Wageningen
16. WP 3 What: 1. WP1+WP2  WP3 2. ICT platform for facilitation of collaboration 3. Transnational pilots Who: • DHL Supply Chain • EFFP • Cranfield University • Université D’Artois • University of Wageningen • Industrial partners
17. Key activities
18. Project SCALE – Research approach
19. Hi – Level Research Survey Find the willing Find areas where value can be potentially created Workshops Pilots Confirm potential value Prove value • Targeted • Segmented • Attractive • Incentivised • Configurable Tell us what is available ! Establish what needs all stakeholders have What do they want to do that they can’t do now (improve existing) Need to demonstrate the ‘art of the possible’ (transformational change) Baseline current state (how do we do social bottom line ?) The research approach
20. Farmers Transformers Distributors Retailers Food Supply Chain: The studied system
21. 21 Decision level (which decision level?) 21 Long term planning Of the market Optimization of the supply chain Strategic Points of clients Planning & management of demand Planning of supplying Inventory management Transportation planning Tactical Detailed scheduling and planning Dynamic inventory management Detailed planning of transportation charges and capacities Operation / Execution
22. 22 SCALE keywords Food Supply chain Design Management Collaboration Sustainability 22
23. 23 Sustainability 23 Sustainability Cost Social Environment • Multi-modal • Energy consumption • CO2 emissions • Life Cycle Assessment • Multi-criteria approach • Uncertainty • Fuzzy quantifiers
24. Project SCALE – deliverables
25. WP 1 Key deliverables: 1. Sustainable food chain architecture along with an associated business model 2. Analytical tools that will help businesses with supply chain decision making 3. An e-book: business model + tools 4. The Transnational Centre for Sustainable Food Logistics 5. Trailing through three transnational pilots 6. Six international workshops 7. Variety of academic and managerial publications
26. WP 2 Key deliverables: 1. Collaboration framework 2. Simulation model for evaluation of 3BL policies and decisions 3. An e-book: framework implementation + tools description 4. Trailing through three transnational pilots 5. Variety of academic and managerial publications
27. WP 3 Key deliverables: 1. Development of a new ICT platform to enable WP1 and WP2 to be tested in operational pilots 2. A detailed IT and pilot companies’ IT and process requirements document 3. Testing of WP1 and WP2 in a live environment using ICT platform
28. Contact: Project SCALE contact information: Sarah Moffatt Project SCALE Communications Tel: +44 207 332 2869 smoffatt@effp.com INTERREG IVB NWE NWE Secretariat Tel: +33 3 20 78 55 00 nwe@nweurope.org | www.nweurope.eu