One Express Spa, April 2019

On April 2019, Claudio Franceschelli (Ceo in One Express Spa), Luca Mandini (Hub & Traffic Manager in One Express Spa) and Giulia Baruffaldi (Researcher of Bologna University) presents One Express business model and new opportunities for pallet networks. This is the speech of the interesting session on innovative solutions for Logistics and Material Handling annualy organi...
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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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Universal Robots – March, 2018

Universal Robots – the leading international company in production and application of cobot (collaborative robot) for industry and automation of production system   from Wikipedia: A cobot[1] or co-robot[2] (from collaborative robot) is a robot intended to physically interact with humans in a shared workspace.[3] This is in contrast with other robots, designed t...
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Brivio & Viganò dec. 2017

Brivio & Viganò at UniBO - the leading italian company in food logistics On december 20, 2017 Dr.Eng. Efrem Terraneo, Project Manager in Brivio & Viganò, leading Italian player in the sector of Distribution and Integrated Logistics for food products, presents the new temperature-controlled distribution center - CEDI to the students of Mechanical Engineering of Bologn...
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Volkswagen Group Italia, April 2017

This is the Claudio de Mayda's speech during the Workshop on Logistics solutions for the students of Management Engineering, Bologna University https://youtu.be/n5Qgc08Qe5M This is the presentation discussed by Dr.Claudio de Mayda, Volkswagen Group Italia. https://youtu.be/yNO1xNqdGU8
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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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Ikea, April 2017

On April 2017, prof.Riccardo Manzini organized the annual seminar on Logistics and Supply Chain Management  during the course of Industrial Logistics (for students in Management Engineering) at the School of Engineering and Architecture. Luigi Manzoli and Marco Monfasani present IKEA group and logistics issues in IKEA Distribution.   The speech/lecture and videos...
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Conad, December 2016

On December 2016, prof.Riccardo Manzini organized the annual seminar on Logistics and Supply Chain Management  during the course of Industrial Logistics (for students in Mechanical Engineering) at the School of Engineering and Architecture. In particular, Andrea Mantelli, Director of the Supply Chain of Conad Consorzio Nazionale, presented two case studies conducted for traceab...
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Swisslog WDS & IMA, December 2016

On December 2016, prof.Riccardo Manzini organized the annual seminar on Logistics and Supply Chain Management  during the course of Industrial Logistics (for students in Mechanical Engineering) at the School of Engineering and Architecture. In particular, Massimo Cecchinato (Swisslog WDS) and Daniele Zanarini (IMA SpA), presented a case study on the design of an automated s...
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Nutrition and food safety, November 8 2016 – “The role of logistics”

Professor Riccardo Manzini, Director of the Food Supply Chain Center, is one of the speakers and participants of the workshop on Nutrition and Food Safety, organized by Granarolo Group. https://youtu.be/P-Eg3gtHOGo Speech by Riccardo Manzini, Director of the Food Supply Chain Link to the slide show including animation and videos https://youtu.be/CX6pU5AwM3E &...
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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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Granarolo, april 2016

On April 2016, prof.Riccardo Manzini organized the annual seminar on Logistics and Supply Chain Management   during the course of Industrial Logistics at the School of Engineering and Architecture. The participants were three engineers from Barilla (Dr.Stefano Pietroni), Granarolo (Dr.Francesco Torchia) and Amazon (Dr.Alessio Giuiusa, PhD). You can see the videos of the...
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Barilla, april 2016

On April 2016, prof.Riccardo Manzini organized the annual seminar on Logistics and Supply Chain Management   during the course of Industrial Logistics at the School of Engineering and Architecture. The participants were three engineers from Barilla (Dr.Stefano Pietroni), Granarolo (Dr.Francesco Torchia) and Amazon (Dr.Alessio Giuiusa, PhD). You can see the videos of the spee...
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WFSC 2011 – Italy

1st International Workshop on Food Supply Chain  CEUB, Bertinoro, Italy, June 27th - July 1st, 2011 "The Food Journey" Sustainable transport: quality of food products at the consumer's location ISBN: 9788890650000 ______________________________________________________________________________ Organizing Institute Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna Conference chai...
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Food Supply Chain at EXPO, Opening Event RER sept.17 2015

Friday 18th September 2015, Milano Expo, Italian Pavilion   “From fork to farm”: a new perspective for food supply chain. The role of logistics and the quality of food at the place of consumption The laboratory of the food supply chain center (Director Prof. Riccardo Manzini) at University of Bologna joining numerous international research departments, developed res...
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Food Supply Chain Center at Expo 2015, Food Nutrition Safety and Security

September 5, 2015 - Italian Pavillon Expo 2015, Rho Milan   Granarolo invites prof.Riccardo Manzini and the Food Supply Chain Center to discuss about the role of logistics in food supply chain and nutrition. The invited speakers to this international event were: Adele Rossetti (Director of WFP Italia) Claudio Maffeis (University of Verona) Claire Moquet-Rivi...
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Food Supply Chain Center at Expo 2015, KIP Int. School and Cittaslow International

The Food Supply Chain Project have presented the main research advancements at the KIP FAO ONU pavillon, EXPO 2015, Milan, on July 23-24. The discussing topics embraced and met the goals of Expo 2015, aiming to respond to the raising questions of how feeding the planet with quality food in a sustainable way. The Food Supply Chain project intends to highlight the role of log...
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Food’n’Motion, sept.2015

The Food Supply Chain Center takes part to the first edition of the Food'n'Motion in September 2015 in the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza. In particular, prof.Riccardo Manzini presents two lectures. One on food supply chain issues and criticalities in transportation, one on wine supply chain. Food'n'Motion is an important event on transportation, vehicle management and food. ...
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