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FSC @ “IL TRASPORTO DEGLI ALIMENTI FRA LOGISTICA ED E-COMMERCE”

Posted on November 14, 2017November 22, 2017 by alessandro.tufano2@unibo.it

A delegation of our Food Supply Chain Center participates at the national event "il trasporto degli alimenti fra logistica ed e-commerce" in Rome today 14th November 2017. We sit together with managers and practitioners from the industrial sector of e-commerce and perishable-products logistics to discuss about new trends and technologies on this industrial field. We prese...

EcoPackLab for sustainable and innovative packaging system

Posted on June 30, 2017 by riccardo.manzini@unibo.it

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...

Call for papers on “Food Supply Chain & Food Industry”, Special Issue on SUSTAINABILITY – int.Journal ISI-SCOPUS

Posted on April 2, 2017April 5, 2017 by riccardo.manzini@unibo.it

Sustainability in Food Supply Chain and Food Industry Sustainability in Food Supply Chain and Food Industry (link to the flyer), sustainability Journal (Impact Factor, 1.343 - 2015) Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2017 This is a call for papers for contributions on food supply chain and food industry in a very important international journal: ...

Visit for students 2017 – IKEA & Amazon

Posted on February 23, 2017February 23, 2017 by riccardo.manzini@unibo.it

On March 21, 2017 a group of about 30 students from Bologna University (Management Engineering and mechanical Engineering) visited two important distribution centers in Piacenza (Italy): DC MPX5 of Amazon Italia DC2 of IKEA.

DEADLINE EXTENSION: Call for papers – SDM’2017 International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing Bologna, Italy 26-28 April 2017

Posted on November 16, 2016November 7, 2017 by riccardo.manzini@unibo.it

DEADLINE EXTENSION (November 30, 2016) SDM'2017 International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing Bologna, Italy 26-28 April 2017 We are pleased to announce the SDM17 taking place in Bologna, Italy, from April 26 to April 28 ,2017, organized by KES International in partnership with Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna. SDM-2017 will con...

Food Supply Chain Center on safety and quality, invited by Granarolo Group

Posted on October 21, 2016November 19, 2016 by riccardo.manzini@unibo.it

Next November 8, 2016 The Food Supply Chain Center will take part to the following event on food safety and food supply chain. link to the event details

Industry 4.0, BigData & data analytics

Posted on October 12, 2016October 12, 2016 by riccardo.manzini@unibo.it

October 12, 2016 - Cineca Casalecchio di Reno (Bologna) Riccardo Accorsi (Department of Industrial Engineering) and Marco Patella (Department of Computer Science and Engineering) present a speech by the title "Big data and data analytics: challanges and opportunities" including Food Supply Chain. Link to the event

July & August 2016 – NEW Temperature and vibrations monitoring TASKS

Posted on August 8, 2016October 12, 2016 by riccardo.manzini@unibo.it

During July and August 2016, The Food Supply Chain Center is monitoring several journeys 6, i.e. international shipments, of referee and standard containers of wines and milk-based products. Some exemplifying shipments: .Italy-Sweden, multi-modal transportations and multiple packages .Italy-South Korea .Italy-New Zeland .Italy-Shanghai (rferee container+4°C) For ...

WFSC 2016 – South Africa

Posted on July 10, 2016June 4, 2019 by riccardo.manzini@unibo.it

4th International Workshop on Food Supply Chains Lanzerac Hotel, Stellenbosch, South Africa, September 11th - 16th, 2016 Food for thought: Information for Smart Solutions to solve Big Problems Held in conjunction with the South African Operations Research Society’s 45th annual conference ISBN 978-956-368-363-9 ______________________________________________________...