Consumers who buy organic food, have expectations about its quality and rely on certifying organizations to verify this quality and to provide information about the origin of organic products. However, organic food traceability knows several issues, such as problems with organic labelling, certification …

Synchromodaal transport biedt een oplossing om goederen efficiënter en betrouwbaarder te vervoeren, maar blijkt in de praktijk vaak nog lastig te realiseren. Welke uitdagingen zijn er voor bedrijven van intermodaal naar synchromodaal transport over te schakelen?

Pollution, food security, social welfare all are at risk at the global level. With an ever-increasing population so does the demand for food and job increases. With the increase of requirement for food, poverty on one hand the food wastages continue to increase over the years. The main reason can be …

Distribution structures, as studied in this paper, involve the spatial layout of the freight transport and storage system used to move goods between production and consumption locations. Decisions on this layout are important to companies as they allow them to balance customer service levels and logistics …

The research was carried out in Shashamane-Hawassa milkshed to assess the impact of climate smart practices within the dairy farming systems based on the economic and environmental cost (GHG emissions) and benefits in order to advise on new scalable dairy farming practices in inclusive and resilient …

This chapter introduces the concept of sustainable development and the environmental sustainability of the freight transportation sector. The focus then turns to freight transportation terminals. Freight transportation terminals are crucial links in the supply chain. Given the growing awareness of environmental …

Agri-food is een grote en sterk groeiende categorie goederenvervoer in Nederland en zorgt naar verwachting voor relatief veel CO2-uitstoot in goederenvervoer. Ruim 30% van al het tonnage vervoerde goederen in Nederlands is agri-food gerelateerd. De beladingsgraad in gewicht van agri-food grootvervoer …

In this essay Supply Chain Finance (SCF) is introduced based on definitions from Steeman, Hofmann and the European Banking Association. The base of the analysis is from the capital cost model of Pfohl (Volume of Working Capital * Duration * Cost of Capital) and its impact on the Economic Value Added …

Contents: Introduction by the supervisors | Analysing the Military Supply Chain using Big Data Analytics by Addy Negulescu and Niels C. Nanning | Big Data and Supply Chain Management by Martin Novak and Youri Verduijn | The impact of Cross Chain Control Centre on supply chains by Sebastiaan van Dijk …