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?

With this report, the researcher has conducted some research and draw some conclusion about Demand Planning in a wine importing company, this report can help all the company in the wine industry how want to implement a Demand Planning strategy and want to know how it can improve logistics operations …

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 …

This paper presents the findings of a research project on the competencies which supply chain managers in the fashion industry need to rely on, in order to perform successfully in their job. In this research project 21 supply chain managers in the fashion industry in the Netherlands have been interviewed …

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 …

The Netherlands is the largest export country of cut flowers in the world. Air cargo transport of flowers amounts to 25 percent of the total annual tonnage of goods that go through Schiphol Airport. However, due to uncertainty of the future development in international trade, as well as the increasing …

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 …

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 …