Logistics and supply

At the beginning of June 2024, the global shipping industry continued to face a significant disruption due to an unexpected supply shock originating from the Red Sea. This critical maritime passage, a vital artery for international trade, saw a sudden and severe disruption, sending ripples across the global supply chain. The Red Sea, which connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean via the Suez Canal, is one of the busiest maritime routes in the world. It is a crucial conduit for the transportation of goods, including oil, consumer products, and raw materials, making any disruption here particularly impactful.  The…

According to the latest FAO report, in the world 3 billion people are unable to afford a healthy diet and 811 million are currently hungry: an increase of 112 million from 2019, caused by the economic impact of the Covid pandemic that drove up inflation.  Food security is now being threatened by the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, which has triggered the prices of basic grains. In this scenario, the estimated 14% of all food produced for human consumption that gets lost before it reaches the consumer is a worrying figure that needs to be addressed promptly. One of the major…

If the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the global supply chain, the conflict in Ukraine is putting it under a serious strain. According to a recent report, just over 600.000 businesses worldwide rely on Ukrainian and Russian suppliers. With such a high number in mind, it is easy to understand how the ongoing war is creating barriers in the market that damage the flow of commodities: mainly wheat, corn, sunflower seed but also oil, gas and semi-finished iron products. Despite the long-term effort to make the whole logistics system more efficient by implementing integrated supply chain management solutions, it seems that now…

When it comes to food, packaging plays a fundamental role in keeping it fresh, preserving its quality to reduce food-borne diseases as well as extending its shelf-life to minimize loss and waste. Although a plastic-free attitude is a linear approach to the green question, a circular one may be more efficient. If we take into consideration the negative impact that producing food which remains uneaten or distributing inedible food has on our environment and economy, food loss and food waste call for new packaging solutions. One of the latest trends entails converting agri-food residues into innovative bio-packaging. In this perspective,…

The concept of industry 4.0 is strictly linked to the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution that has its origins in 2011, when the digitization of industrial processes began the transformation that eventually lead to enhanced business productivity and flexibility. In this context, in order to respond to an increasingly efficient production, logistics 4.0 became an essential asset. Despite not having an official definition yet, we could state that every activity encompassing the planning, the storage flow of raw materials, semi-finished and finished products, in order to meet customer requirements via the use of enabling technologies, is part of this recent approach…

Frozen food has earned a negative reputation over the years for being highly processed and less nutritious than fresh food. You may be surprised to learn that this is far from the truth. Frozen food can be just as healthy, if not healthier, than its fresh counterpart: it all depends on how quickly and efficiently the food has been frozen and also on how professionally the supply chain has been managed before that frozen food reaches our kitchens. Freezing food to avoid spoilage is a practice that has been popular since 3000 BC when the ancient Chinese used ice cellars…

Since our core business is the export of high quality Italian food all over the world, a well-functioning supply chain has always been essential to us. As if to say, there is no excellence without a timely delivery. This is the reason why, for the past twenty years, we have always improved our logistics management with the intent of constantly ensuring a perfect service. Many years ago we introduced in our range of services the sea freight groupage shipment: we chose it because it is a cost-effective, eco-friendly way of transporting goods and at the same time it allowed us…

Italy is the largest producer of tomatoes within AMITOM, l’Association Méditerranéenne internationale de la Tomate qui regroupe les organisations professionnelles de transformateurs de tomates du pourtour méditerranéen. (more…)

The need to feed an ever-increasing world population makes it obligatory to reduce the millions of tons of avoidable perishable waste along the food supply chain. A considerable share of these losses is caused by non-optimal cold chain processes and management. (more…)

With counterfeiting on the increase in food industry, traceability can be the opportunity that producers and consumers are waiting for a long time. Traceability new technology can defend Italian products by guaranteeing the origin and the quality.  (more…)

The Report “Cold Chain Market in Europe”, wrote and published by Market Research Store, illustrates a market analysis about the cold chain in Europe and the prospect in upcoming years.  (more…)

Logistic and supply chain are two terms often used improperly, a confusion of meaning that came from the fact that many people consider logistic a subcategory of supply chain management. In true, the main difference between supply chain and logistics is that logistic is a specialized part of the entire supply chain process. (more…)