CRISTAL - Logistics reorganisation at loading points to limit transport mileage
Overview
Background & policy context:
The rise of transport flows in Europe affected negatively the reduction of GHG emissions achieved by the industry sector in recent years. A crucial issue for effectively reducing Greenhouse Gases is therefore to increase efficiency of transport activities and limit the mileage of goods transported by road.
In line with the call text of the PREDIT 3 Programme (theme 2, point 2.2) focusing on the “Logistics reorganization of loading points: study on possible reductions of goods mobility”, CRISTAL analysed in particular less-consuming logistics organizations.
Objectives:
The research aimed to present (first phase) a method for identifying reduction potentials in road transport (in terms of reduced kilometres driven) as well as to determine those structural elements that could further amplify this reduction. The method was tested in a second phase on two real cases brought by two industrial groups: the CAT Group and Yoplait.
Methodology:
The research focused on three different areas:
- the structure of logistics and production architectures (in particular the drivers of production sites’ de-specialisation)
- the operational aspects and tactics
- the information systems.
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