Abstract
Today most flowers physically pass through the auction houses on their fixed routes from
(inter)national growers to (inter)national customers. Physical presence is necessary to allow for
physical inspection, quality control and break-bulk activities. Several developments, such as new
markets in Eastern Europe and increased virtualization, stimulate the chain to become an efficient
florticultural hub-network, in which cut flowers, plants and other products are delivered to customers
taking different (direct) routes and using different logistics concepts. The Dutch sector aims to
(continue to) be the (virtual) florticultural trading hub of Europe, and has therefore started a 4-year
new Dinalog project called DAVINC3I. The project’s objective is to strengthen the international leading
competitive position of the Dutch horticulture sector in a global, virtualized trade network by
researching (1) the opportunities for new logistics coordination, consolidation and collaboration
concepts in extended international tradeparc networks, and (2) the possibilities for making chain
information directly and real-time available and usable to support decision making of all partners in
the horticultural network. This paper presents the background and setup of the DAVINC3I project. We
characterise the sector and discuss the main sector developments in supply and demand. We identify
main logistics bottlenecks and present opportunities for logistics performance improvement that will
be further researched in the project.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Vervoerslogistieke Werkdagen 2011, Antwerpen, België, 1-2 december 2011 |
Editors | S. Wijers, W. Dullaert |
Pages | 225-236 |
Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Event | Vervoerslogistieke Werkdagen 2011 - Antwerpen, Belgium Duration: 1 Dec 2011 → 2 Dec 2011 |
Conference
Conference | Vervoerslogistieke Werkdagen 2011 |
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Country | Belgium |
City | Antwerpen |
Period | 1/12/11 → 2/12/11 |