1. Design and Control of Low-Carbon Supply
Chains 2050 – Projects at LTH
Transportforum, Linköping
January 13, 2010
Ali Pazirandeh
Fredrik Eng Larsson
Engineering Logistics
Lund University

2. The Logistics Sustainability Research
Team at Lund University
Engineering Logistics Production Management
Sten Wandel Johan Marklund
Ali Pazirandeh Olle Stenius
Fredrik Eng Larsson
Environmental and Energy
Packaging Logistics Systems
Henrik Pålsson Lars J Nilsson
Sandra Silgård Casell
Maisam Abbasi Social and Economic Geography
Lars-Olof Olander
Traffic and Road Karl-Johan Lundquist
Lena Hiselius
Lund University / Department of Industrial Management and Logistics

3. Current Projects
• Design and Control of Sustainable Supply Chains
• LETS2050 Goods
• EcoMobility
Lund University / Department of Industrial Management and Logistics

4. Current Projects
• Design and Control of Sustainable Supply Chains
• LETS2050 Goods
• EcoMobility
Lund University / Department of Industrial Management and Logistics

5. Design and Control of Sustainable Supply
Chains
• Purpose: Design and control of supply chains with products
of high value and short life cycles for low carbon transport
• Focus: location of nodes and process, alternative transport
links, production and inventory control
• SEK 6 M, 2008-2010, six people from two disciplines
Lund University / Department of Industrial Management and Logistics

6. Design and Control of Sustainable Supply
Chains (2)
1. Supply Chain Design
– Case studies, action
research, surveys, delphi
studies, expert panels
2. Inventory Control
– Analytical modelling
3. CO2 calculation tool
Lund University / Department of Industrial Management and Logistics

7. Design and Control of Sustainable Supply
Chains (3)
• SC Design
– Packaging postponement: 300100 g.
– Early orders on ship/rail instead of air
• Inventory Control
– Multi-stage
• CO2 calculation tool
– NMT refined
Lund University / Department of Industrial Management and Logistics

8. Current Projects
• Design and Control of Sustainable Supply Chains
• LETS2050 Goods
• EcoMobility
Lund University / Department of Industrial Management and Logistics

9. LETS2050
• Purpose: To find radical and innovative solutions and
regulatory measures to reduce CO2 emissions by 2050
• Focus: alternative end states and routes to 2050, possible
conflicts, policy instruments, business models and
incentives
• SEK 36 M, 2009-2012, appr 30 people from 10 disciplines
Lund University / Department of Industrial Management and Logistics

10. LETS2050 Goods (2)
• LETS2050 Goods is a Work Package in LETS2050:
Map, synthesize and
interpret existing knowledge
of the relation between
Synthesize knowledge of existing
Identify critical factors and
regulatory actions for the
goods transport and
alternative measures and the
environment
develope new with enough
interaction between business,
leverage to make goods
authorities and consumers
transports sustainable
during the implementation of
proposed solutions
• SEK 8 M, 2009-2012, appr 10 people from 4 disciplines
Lund University / Department of Industrial Management and Logistics

11. LETS2050 Goods (3)
• Approaches:
– Future studies: Backcasting from 2050 scenes,
Forecasting, Delphi studies
– Case studies
– Surveys
– Expert panels
• Interesting Results:
– Gap between forecasting and backcasting
– Technic fix or forced behavioural change
– Formula for macro and micro connections
Lund University / Department of Industrial Management and Logistics

12. LETS2050 Goods (4)
• WIP:
ton tonkm v ehiclekm kWh CO2emissions
CO2emissions GDP
GDP ton tonkm v ehiclekm kWh
Macro Micro
CO2
2050 Target
2030 2050
Lund University / Department of Industrial Management and Logistics

13. Current Projects
• Design and Control of Sustainable Supply Chains
• LETS2050 Goods
• EcoMobility
Lund University / Department of Industrial Management and Logistics

14. EcoMobility
• Purpose: To reduce CO2 emissions from logistics activities
in the Öresund region
• Focus: exchanging, collecting, and creating knowledge
about EcoMobility (an efficient and effective transport
system with low climate impact) within the region
• EUR 2 M, 2009-2012, appr 50 people from 10 disciplines
Lund University / Department of Industrial Management and Logistics

15. EcoMobility (2)
1. TVN1: Green Logistics Hub
– Green Corridors
– Design and Control of
Sust. SC
– LETS2050 Öresund
2. TVN2: City Transport
3. TVN3: Energy Carriers and
Technology Systems
Lund University / Department of Industrial Management and Logistics

16. EcoMobility (3)
• Approaches (for the Green Logistics Hub):
– Case studies to implement best practice
– Pilot Green Corridor
• Interesting Results:
– Green business opportunities
– Prallel and sequential co-modal transport
– Greener and longer trucks and trains
Lund University / Department of Industrial Management and Logistics

17. Project Context Purpose Focus Areas Approach Subprojects Time Budget No of Interesting
plan people results
involved
Design and Industry Design & Location of Case studies, 1. SC Design Start: SEK 6 M Appr 6 Packaging
control of driven control for nodes, process, action 2. Inventory 2008-07 paid for by people from postpone-
sustainable sustainabilit type of links, research, control NGIL and the ment 300 
supply y of supply production and surveys, 3. CO2 Finish: its partner Engineering 100g., early
chains chains for inventory control delphi Calculation 2010-12 companies Log. and orders on
products for sust. transport studies, and tool Production ship/rail,
with short expert panels Management
product life
cycles
LETS2050 Swedish To find Alternative routes Future 1. Goods Start: SEK 8 M Appr 30 from Gap between
Goods govern- radical and to 2050 scenes. studies. transport 2009-12 paid for by Engineering forecasting
ment innovative Indentify conflicts. Forecasting accessibility Vinnova, Log., and
and EU solutions Policy and back- and SC Finish: Road Packaging backcasting,
driven and instruments. casting from structure 2012-12 administrat Log., Cultural technic fix or
regulatory Business models, 2050 scenes 2. Control ion, Geography, forced
measures incentives, and as well as systems, Energy Traffic and behvioural
to reduce evaluation case studies, models and agency, Road, change,
CO2 models surveys, policy Environme Trivector, formula for
emissions delphi 3. nt Energy and macro and
by 2050 studies, and Implementatio protection Environment micro relation
expert panels n challenges agency
and dilemmas
EcoMobility Öresund Reduce Exchange, Case studies 1. City Start: EUR 2 M Appr 50 from Green
develop- CO2 collect, and to implement Logistics 2009-05 paid for by LU, DTU, business
ment emissions create knowledge best 2. Green Hub EU CBS, RUC, opportunities,
driven from about EcoMobility practice,pilot -LETS Finish: Interreg IV MAH, parallel and
logistics (an efficient and green Öresund 2012-02 A Trivector, sequential
activities in effective corridor - Green Öresund co-modal
the transportsystem Corridor Logistics, transport,
Öresund with low climate - DeCo SSC Public greener and
region impact) 3. Biofuels Authorities in longer trucks
Sweden and and trains
Denmark
Lund University / Department of Industrial Management and Logistics

18. Thank You For Your Time
Any Question?
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