D3.1 Design and Solution Development report
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Food supply is one of the main challenges our global society faces, and supply
chain innovation is expected to contribute to a secure, efficient and sustainable food
supply. The Netherlands plays a significant role in the global food supply system.
In supply chains of fresh and perishable food products even minor disruptions in
storage/transport conditions can have a considerable effect on product quality and
possibly lead to food waste.
Food waste and quality decay is among others caused by suboptimal management
of the climate conditions during transport. A lack of insight in (changes of) product
quality during storage and transport leads to challenges in managing the
quality/shelf life of fresh produce, uncertainties in claims processes, food waste
throughout the supply chain, and difficulties to deliver according to agreed product
quality standards. The concept of quality-controlled logistics (Vorst et al, 2007),
addresses these challenges. Follow up research (Vorst et al., 2012) identifies the
possibilities for making chain information directly and real-time available and usable
to support decision making of all partners in the horticultural network but concludes
that an integrated approach of quality-controlled logistics is still lacking
chain innovation is expected to contribute to a secure, efficient and sustainable food
supply. The Netherlands plays a significant role in the global food supply system.
In supply chains of fresh and perishable food products even minor disruptions in
storage/transport conditions can have a considerable effect on product quality and
possibly lead to food waste.
Food waste and quality decay is among others caused by suboptimal management
of the climate conditions during transport. A lack of insight in (changes of) product
quality during storage and transport leads to challenges in managing the
quality/shelf life of fresh produce, uncertainties in claims processes, food waste
throughout the supply chain, and difficulties to deliver according to agreed product
quality standards. The concept of quality-controlled logistics (Vorst et al, 2007),
addresses these challenges. Follow up research (Vorst et al., 2012) identifies the
possibilities for making chain information directly and real-time available and usable
to support decision making of all partners in the horticultural network but concludes
that an integrated approach of quality-controlled logistics is still lacking
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TNO Identifier
955880
Publisher
TNO
Collation
53 p.
Place of publication
Den Haag