Sense and Response

This project explores and develops innovative ‘sense and response’ concepts for supply chain control in the global distribution of high-sensitive products. In the transportation of high-tech and pharmaceutical products, the ability to avoid or quickly respond to disruptions is critical.

Panalpina (forwarder), Air France KLM Cargo (air carrier) and Bayer (pharmaceutical shipper) will demonstrate concepts that increase the capabilities for pro-active intervention and cross chain control, supported by scientific research and innovative real-time monitoring technologies.
This is expected to result in measurable improvements in supply chain security, quality, efficiency and resiliency.

The idea is to develop and demonstrate concepts and value-added services related to supply chain control in international multi-modal transportation for high-sensitive products, to develop the underlining techniques and tools for real-time monitoring that provide the visibility required for joint supply chain control and ‘sense and response’ mechanisms and to specify the business value of these ‘sense and response’ concepts in the global high-tech and pharmaceutical supply chain.

The main objectives for this project are to:
– develop and demonstrate concepts and value-added services related to supply chain control in international multi-modal transportation for high-sensitive products;
– develop the underlining techniques and tools for real-time monitoring that provide the visibility required for joint supply chain control and ‘sense and response’ mechanisms;
– specify the business value of these ‘sense and response’ concepts in the global high-tech and pharmaceutical supply chain;
– disseminate the results to the logistics industry, particularly related to shippers and knowledge institutes for additional research and development.