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An online guidance to help shippers and transport companies to assess the emissions of their transport and logistics activities was launched today by the Dutch innovation platform Duurzame Logistiek (sustainable logistics) (10 June 2010)
The guidelines and best practices developed by Altimedes Consulting together with the Dutch research institute CE Delft and the Dutch Shipper’s Council EVO, will help Dutch carriers and shippers to assess the emissions from their transport assets. The guidance helps companies to set goals, to understand the tradeoffs between choices and to optimize their modes of freight transport. Quantifying emissions from mobile sources and supply chains provides the baseline from which emission mitigation strategies can be developed and performance can be measured over time.
The development of these guidelines was funded by the Dutch Ministry of Transport
(V&W) and assigned by the Innovation Platform Duurzame Logistiek to a consortium
led by Altimedes Consulting.
Duurzame Logistiek is part of Connekt, a Dutch public-
Altimedes Consulting expands its consulting team with experts in alternative fuel
and clean transport technologies and in energy management and performance improvement
of industrial and logistics buildings (20 April 2010)
Altimedes Consulting, an independent European management consulting firm that focuses
on sustainable logistics, transport and mobility expands its group of partners with
Elske van de Fliert and Sofie Luyten.
Elske van de Fliert is an Industrial Engineer
(Master of Science in Industrial Design Engineering TU Delft) and started her career
at DAF NV, the Dutch truck manufacturer, with a lifecycle assessment of exhaust gas
after-
Sofie Luyten is a bio engineer (KU Leuven), has a master in Environmental Management
(University of Amsterdam) and is an leading expert in energy performance calculations
and audits of buildings and project management.
Altimedes initiates pre-
Transport and logistics systems are strongly connected and complex adaptive systems of many
individuals, firms, and authorities acting in parallel, constantly acting and reacting to what the other parties are doing. Coherent behaviour in the system arises from competition and cooperation among the different actors.
There are many areas and situations in transport and logistics where it is possible to understand the links between cause and effect and to produce prescriptive and predictive models as well as good management tools. On the other hand there is a growing awareness that many of our transport systems and logistics are becoming more and more coupled and complex systems and that a new approach is needed to cope with this complexity.
The concepts of complexity science have presented a way of better describing and understanding dynamics and processes of change found in a range of physical and biological phenomena. Understanding the concept of complexity in logistics and what complexity science can offer to logistics and transport research and management tools is relatively new.
Recent developments in this area are overarching concepts such as Distributed Adaptive Logistics (also called Sense and Respond Logistics originally developed as a concept by Stephan H. Haeckel at IBM’s Advanced Business Institute) and system of systems.
Distributed Adaptive Logistics is a system interwoven with network-
The system of systems approach is inspired by swarming and the behaviour in ant colonies.
It moves away from the traditional model of a rigid chain of command to meet the
challenges of complexity and uncertainty. Swarming requires autonomous or semi-
The European Commission stated in its sustainable future for transport report that “a better
exploitation of the network’s capacity and of the relative strengths of each mode could contribute significantly to reducing congestion, emissions, pollution and accidents. This, however, requires the optimisation and operation of the network as a single entity, whereas currently modal networks are largely separated and even within modes there is a lack of integration between countries.”
ICT components and subsystems need a total system design that avoids the introduction of constraints that may hamper future objectives, developments and integration in a larger system.
Distributed Adaptive Logistics and System of Systems concepts can help to realise
these objectives. Pre-
A meeting of the European industry interest group on complexity in logistics and transport management will be held in Brussels on Thursday 14th of October 2010 from 10:00 until
17:00.
Companies interested in participating can send an email to erik.van.agtmaal(at)altimedes.com
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Erik van Agtmaal, managing partner Altimedes Consulting, speaks at the Green Corridor summit organised by the EU Commission (9 December 2010)
Green Corridors are a European concept denoting long-
Albert Borschette Conference Centre, 36 rue Froissart, Brussels
9 December 2009 at 9:30-
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Erik van Agtmaal, managing partner Altimedes Consulting will present IATA Green Supply
Footprint Project… a milestone in our industry, at the IATA World Cargo Symposium
2009 in Bangkok, Thailand, 02-
Erikvan Agtmaal will present during the IATA World Cargo Symposium in Bangkok a total supply chain analysis investigating opportunities for CO2 emissions mitigation in the air cargo supply chains based on the measurement of emissions along two typical freight supply chains involving airfreight of perishable goods. The study has been undertaken by a project team composed of IATA, Altimedes Consulting, Conlogic AB and LCP Consulting with support from the different supply chains participants, including producers, transport companies and retailers.
The study includes following outputs:
- Measuring of emission levels and their root cause, and comparison with other modes;
- Proposed actions and best practices to reduce these emission levels;
- Methodology for emissions calculation; and
- High level socio-
economic impact on sustainable livelihood for local business.
The World Cargo Symposion will bring together 200 air cargo supply chain decision
makers and 800 cargo professionals from around the world.
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Erik van Agtmaal presents sustainable transport study at the International Transport
Forum, Leipzig 28th -
The first International Transport Forum, held in Leipzig between the 28th and 30th
May 2008, addressed the subject of 'Transport and Energy: the Challenge of Climate
Change'. The event was attended by 900 delegates including around 35 transport ministers
and over 50 national government delegations. Contributors included the German Chancellor
Angela Merkel, the chairman of the Inter-
One of the sessions on the 'Research, Industry and Stakeholders'
day focused on 'Reducing CO
10 June 2010
Launch of Online guidance to help Dutch shippers and transport companies to quantify the emissions of their transport and logistics activities
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20 April 2010
Altimedes Consulting expands its consulting team with experts in alternative fuel
and clean transport technologies and in energy management and performance improvement
of industrial and logistics buildings
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26 March 2010
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9 December 2009
Erik van Agtmaal, managing partner Altimedes Consulting, speaks at the Green Corridor conference organised by the EU Commission
more
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15 February 2009
Erik van Agtmaal, managing partner Altimedes Consulting will present IATA Green Supply
Footprint Project… a milestone in our industry, at the IATA World Cargo Symposium
2009 in Bangkok, Thailand, 02-
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28 May 2008
Erik van Agtmaal presents sustainable transport study at the International
Transport Forum, Leipzig 28th -