2022, Life cycle assessment of the new RPC – reusable plastic container in CPR System

This is a new project for an industrial company that produces and distributes RPC and reusable pallets in pooling for several supply chains and sectors including fruits & vegetables for producers, retailers, and catering (horeca). Company website Aim of this project is to quantify and control the environmental impacts generated by the whole life-cycle of the RPC, in...
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Resilience in Food Supply Chain production & distribution – 2021

The Food Supply Chain Center is working on a strategic project for CAMST Soc.Coop, a leading international company on food catering. The project deals with the redesign and optimisation of the production & distribution system in response to the COVID-19 pandemic effects by the development and application of innovative models and methods to support decision making in th...
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Reusable Plastic Containers for catering system, 2019/2020

The Food Supply Chain Center is working on the introduction of RPCs in the distribution of fruits and vegetables for the catering systems (collective catering and restaurants) of 2 leading Italian companies. The producer and provider of the pooling system of RPCs is CPR System. The aim of this project is the measurement and comparison of the benefits coming from the introducti...
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Camst, new production plant in Parma. Video presentation

This is the official video presentation of the new production plant of Camst located in Vicofertile (Parma, Italy). This system is the result of the collaboration between the Food Supply Chain Center and Camst, thanks to the development of models, methods and original supporting decision making tools. https://vimeo.com/367761795/9601eca0b4
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EcoPackLab for sustainable and innovative packaging system

The EcoPackLab project aims to create a sustainable and innovative packaging system for quality improvement of packed food during its storage. The project makes use of both University of Bologna laboratories and industrial supply chains, by means of an integrated and interdisciplinary approach on quality, safety, sustainability and logistics efficiency, that takes advantage...
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MACFRUT Workshop – Sustainability of Reusable Plastic Containers – The Pooling System of CPR System

on May 10, 2017 - Macfrut (Rimini Fiera). A workshop on sustainability and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in the pooling system of CPR. The first results of a study conducted by the Food Supply Chain Center. Speakers from UniBO: prof.Riccardo Manzini, Phd student Giulia Baruffaldi and eng. Luca Volpe.     Giulia Baruffaldi, Luca Volpe, Riccardo Manzini - Foo...
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Projects & collaborations with companies

The Food Supply Chain Center collaborates with several food companies on many issues and problems, e.g. the development of innovative packaging solutions and technologies, distribution network design and optimisation, new products and processes, control and reduction of environmental impacts, measuring the quality and safety of a food supply chain “from farm to fork”. ...
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Catering – CAMST Soc.Coop.srl, 2016/2017

CAMST Soc.Coop.Srl Duration of the project: 2 year (2016/2017) Development of new solutions and technologies for the production and distribution of food products in a leading Italian catering company. The aim of this project is the design of the "centralized kitchen of the future" including new products, processing tasks, technologies, production system layouts, handling ...
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2016, Allegrini – Physical/environmental stress analysis in a leading Italian Winery

Allegrini is a leading producer in the Valpolicella Classica area and one of the most highly-regarded and award-winning Italian wineries in the world. Aim of this project is the monitoring of physical and environmental stresses (temperature, humidity, vibrations) collected by winery products during international shipments.
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2016, Fercam handling and storage

FERCAM Logistics & Transport is one of Europes integrated logistic leaders operating in logistics, transportation and handling. Aim of this project is the optimisation of a warehousing system for beverage products adopting optimisation models and supporting decision tools developed by the Food Supply Chain Center in collaboration with the Warehousing Center.
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Project Food Quality by monitoring and simulation (permanent project/lab.)

Project Food Quality: Assessing Product Quality Along The Global Food Supply Chain Globalization is rapidly changing the metabolism between food and humanity. Food is harvested, processed, packed, and distributed all over the world, across continents, while the distance between the crops and farms and the consumer table increases. Transportation and storage are particularly cr...
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Sustainable Agro-Food Supply Chain Compensating Carbon and Energy

Project Food Sustainability: Sustainable Agro-Food Supply Chain Compensating Carbon and Energy Global food demand will double by 2050 and strain agro-food supply chains. The increasing relevance of non-agrarian activities within the food supply chain mandates a systemic perspective for addressing sustainability. We consider the food supply chain as an ecosystem and define more...
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2016, innovative high capacity simulating platform

Aim of this project is the development of an innovative high capacity (in terms of storage) simulating platform for the analysis of the effects on perishable (and not perishable) products and packaging solutions (primary, secondary and tertiary) due to several environmental and physical stresses. The proposed technology solutions are the results of a laboratory research and dev...
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CPR System, 2016-2018

CRP System is the Italian leading company in the production, storage, distribution, washing, re-use and recycling and pooling of reusable plastic containers (RPC) and pallets for several Italian retailers and producers of fresh products. Aim of this project is the optimisation of the supply chain system of the RPC and pallet systems, from the production to the final distributio...
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Granarolo, 2016

Granarolo is the most important Italian milk production chain based on an integrated system of production, where the entire process is controlled and managed in close collaboration with local producers. This project deals with a campaign of monitoring (temperature, humidity and vibrations) different international shipments of perishable milk products on containers from Italy...
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Giorgio Gori, 2016

Giorgio Gori is a leading international company operating in international logistics (storage and transportation) with a special focus on worldwide wine distribution . This is a project to monitore and control the physical and environmental stresses (including temperature and humidity) affecting the international shipment of wine adopting different packaging solutions, with a s...
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SO.FI.A – Sustainability in Agro-food supply chain

The Food Supply Chain Center and the Department of Industrial Engineering is part of the consortium C.L.A.N and SO.FI.A project on sustainability in food supply chain. Cluster CL.A.N. is a partnership of companies, research centers, local authorities and relevant stakeholders representatives of the food supply chain, to promote sustainable economic growth. The activity is fo...
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Storage assignment in a perishable products warehouse, 2015-2016

The projects is developed in collaboration with the company Due Torri Spa. The aim of this study is the development of an original approach to support decision making during the assignment of products to storage locations in order to minimize the total cost of handling with a particular focus on picking activities.
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Storage of perishable products (permanent project/lab.)

A critical issue in logistics and FSC is the design, management and control of warehousing systems. Recent contributions are presented by the Food Supply Chain Center In particular, Accorsi et al. (2014a) present a supporting decision tool for the design and optimisation of a warehousing system with a special focus on storage allocation and storage assignment problems, ...
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EC Programme, 2015

FUTUREMED is a project under the MED Programme that aims to improve the competitiveness of port systems in the MED area by improving accessibility through technology and procedural innovations, and guaranteeing sustainability of transport. The idea focuses on the realization of interoperable management information systems and on the reduction of externalities. The project in...
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