Organizing sustainable logistics in the development of your "short supply chains"

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Actors in the agricultural world are facing an increasing demand for more sustainable food supply chains, mobilizing local sectors more and valuing them with farmers. However, the reduction of geographical and relational distances between the consumer and the producer is increasingly penalizing for those who commit to it, particularly compared to long supply chains. Furthermore, the environmental impact of short supply chains raises questions insofar as the multiplicity of delivery trips made in small, rarely full vehicles can in some cases prove more harmful than transport carried out in bulk by intermediaries (wholesalers, distributors).

Cerema's response

Cerema has developed a methodology and tools that enable it to support project leaders in the development of short supply chains in the design of more sustainable logistical organizations. It relies in particular on a tool for evaluating the economic and environmental performance of these logistical organizations. The offer focuses on assistance in optimizing logistical organization. It can take the form of training in the methodology and the use of the operating cost evaluation tool…