Step Change in Agri-Food Logistics Ecosystems (Project SCALE) is an exciting three year project working across North-West Europe to increase economic competitiveness and improve environmental and social sustainability of food and drink supply chain logistics.
Project SCALE is funded by INTERREG IVB North-West Europe which is a financial instrument of the European Union’s Cohesion Policy. It funds projects which support transnational co-operation.
The five partners of Project SCALE – Cranfield School of Management, European Food and Farming Partnerships (EFFP), DHL Supply Chain, Wageningen University and the University of Artois – will be working with agri-food businesses and stakeholders to develop new solutions that will transform food logistics operations.
The next stage is to hold a series of workshops with key industry stakeholders who are seeking new Triple Bottom Line (TBL) focussed food logistics solutions that will drive their future business strategies. These workshops will seek to engage with key members of the food and drink industry and logistics thought leaders from across North West Europe.
The first SCALE workshop ‘Collaboration for Sustainability in the Food Sector’ will be held on Thursday 18th April at Cranfield University.
Future SCALE workshops will focus on other elements of the SCALE Journey – details and invitations for these will be issued in due course.
The April workshop will showcase several key components which are currently under development and include:
- The launch of a new, customised case study which focuses on the challenges of collaborating across a network of companies to achieve better performance along the triple bottom line dimensions.
- The first testing of the new TBL Collaborative Framework as an approach to achieving the appropriate levels of collaboration across the network
- The demonstration of a network simulation tool that can be used to help identify the impact of proposed changes to the network along the TBL.
The workshop is viewed as part of the overall development process and will be interactive and include feedback sessions throughout the day to capture your views/ideas, for further developments that would enhance the both the experience and effectiveness of the tools/frameworks.
There are limited spaces at the workshop and we are deliberately targeting individuals and organisations that will bring diverse viewpoints. At this point in the development process a wide range of inputs will increase the robustness of the outputs.
The workshop is free of charge as it is part of the Interreg programme which requires that all the outputs are shared freely with the member states and the organisations therein.
To register for the workshop please contact Lynne Wall at:
Tel: +44 0 1234 758562 or e-mail: l.wall@cranfield.ac.uk
Looking forward to seeing you at the workshop in April.
