Syncron engaged in unique research for a greener supply chain
Syncron is currently involved in the three year long research project with Next Generation Innovative Logistics, NGIL, which is a VINN Excellence Centrebased at Lund Institute of Technology, Lund University, Sweden. The research project is a unique joint venture between some of the best research institutions for logistics and environment control in close cooperation with prominent representatives from industry such as SonyEricsson.
By being part of this project, Syncron hope to receive input from the very best in the field on how to develop groundbreaking conceptual designs of supply chains and implement them in practice.
A Case Study Regarding Modifications of an Existing Spare Part Distribution System
One outcome of Syncrons cooperation with the research center NGIL has been a master thesis focusing on pending legislative changes in the transportation sector due to environmental concern, and their effect on an existing Supply Chain.
The thesis uses the supply chain of Lantmännen Maskin as grounds for a case study, and presents relevant information about probable changes in shipping costs, for instance the European kilometer tax that will apply to road transports and the integration of air freight into the European Unions Emissions Trading System.
The conclusions from the thesis is that these costs in the future will to a greater extent be transferred to the sources, i.e. suppliers and consumers of transportation services. This will lead to a need to redesign the structure of global and local supply chains to make them more efficient and utilize more carbon dioxide efficient means of transport.