Courses and research projects within supply chain & logistics
Update on academic research and courses of the Center of Excellence for supply chain and logistics.
The transport and logistics industry is under increasing pressure to provide sustainable solutions to global challenges such as COVID-19 and climate change. To meet this demand, the industry can rely upon the joint Center of Excellence of Antwerp Management School and the Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Antwerp. Next to top-notch academic research, we offer future-proof courses on supply chain, transport and logistics.
To guide ports on the move toward more resilience, the SPEED project carried in-depth interviews with thought leaders from AIVP, the ports of Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Calais and London. The cumulated experience and knowledge is used to formulate a Smart Port Manifesto.
Port cooperation and bundling: a way to reduce the external costs of hinterland transport
This paper studies the bundling of road cargo flows of neighboring seaports to a common hinterland. In specific cases, some hinterland flows can be too small to make bundling in a sufficient frequency possible. By combining the road freight flows of neighboring ports, this problem can be solved.
Congestion seems to be inextricably linked to economic growth and is therefore considered a sign of strong economic performance. At the same time, it reflects a lack of matching demand and supply of transport capacity, risking to suffocate the economic system.
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Maritime Transport
Gain in-depth insights about managing maritime supply chains. Discover 3 separate two-week courses on the topics 'port economics & business', 'maritime economics & business', and 'maritime supply chains'.
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Acquire the necessary skills for setting up and successfully carrying out research projects within the supply chain. Discover 4 separate courses: research methodology, advanced industrial economics, welfare economics and transport modelling.
Get thorough insight into global supply chains and logistics. Discover the 8 online sessions, each containing a challenging combination of real life business cases and relevant academic knowledge.
Taking a bottom-up approach to developing a Smart Port Ecosystem Although the movement of vessels in ports might seem chaotic, they need to be planned and coordinated in detail. One of the pillars to consolidate a Smart Port Ecosystem is building a traffic coordination center.
The end of cheap online orders from China
For years, many shoppers have been enjoying buying very cheap goods online, mainly from Chinese online sellers. This may end soon because of four significant events that will heavily impact the delivery flow over the next 6 months.
What the parcel industry can learn from the aviation sector
The business model of the webshops and distributors has reached its limits. A lot can be learned from the airline industry, but consumers too will have to become more aware of the challenges the e-commerce parcel market is facing.
Task force COVID-19 vaccine distribution
At the beginning of September, we called on the governments to set up task forces to establish the protocols for the distribution and vaccination of the COVID-19 vaccines. The past two months, we have focused on the logistical organization for the distribution of the corona vaccines.
The logistics chain will have to undergo an electroshock
Several logistics parties have cited that not only the development of the vaccine is a feat, but that rolling out the logistics chain for the distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine will be particularly challenging.
This conference features presentations that deal with a topic, considered to be at current a key development in the port and maritime business, either at management, operational or policy level.
Many European waterways are not or hardly used. Watertruck+ turns the tide with small, self-propelled or unpropelled, standardized barges and push boats. This concept allows bulk goods as well as containers and pallets to be transported on small waterways.
