Het boek behandelt overzichtelijk de drie deelsystemen van fysieke distributie: voorraadbeheer/ DRP, magazijnen/handling en extern transport. Daarnaast komen ook routeplanning en kostenbeheersing aan bod. In het kader van distributiebeheersing worden productkarakteristieken, economic trade offs en pijplijnbeheersing …

The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences has applied the Multi Actor Multi Criteria Analysis (MAMCA) in their educational and research programmes in various ways. The chapter is based on the experiences within the Faculty of Technology, which has adopted the MAMCA in the minor Urban Logistics. The …

Nederland is het grootste exportland van snijbloemen ter wereld. In 2017 werd 1,7 miljoen ton vracht aan snijbloemen van en naar Schiphol vervoerd. Luchtvrachtvervoer van bloemen bedraagt 25 procent van het totale jaarlijkse tonnage van goederen via luchthaven Schiphol. De toekomst ziet er minder rooskleurig …

Consumenten stellen steeds hogere eisen aan de levering van producten. Alleen op tijd leveren is niet meer voldoende. Er wordt steeds meer flexibiliteit verwacht, onder meer in bezorglocatie en aflevermoment. Vandaag besteld is vandaag of morgen in huis. Veel bedrijven worstelen met de vraag hoe zij …

Final report of the Evidence-based Food System Design project (EFSD). This research project aimed at building a data-driven mapping of the Amsterdam Metropolitan Food System, as an evidence base for vision and scenario development, policymaking and other initiatives aimed at transitioning to a more sustainable …

The growing appetite of cities is one of the greatest future challenges. There is no set menu for meeting this appetite, but a trend is observed in which city authorities focus on region-based food provision. Regionalism is motivated by the importance of increased self-reliance. Besides, regional food …

The growth in urban population and economic upturn is leading to higher demand for construction, repair and renovation works in cities. Houses, public utilities, retail spaces, offices and infrastructure need to adapt to cope with the increasing number of residents and visitors, urban functions and changing …

Côte d’Ivoire produces about 42 percent of the world’s total Cocoa but processes only a very few amount of the production. A big part of the country depends on the commercial benefits of the Cocoa production and supply chain of it. For that reason, the World Bank asked the simulation group of the Amsterdam …