ANALYSIS OF CRITICAL POINTS IN THE DISTRIBUTION CHAIN
The pilot consists of analyzing the critical points of the distribution chain of a school canteen that begins when the order is placed with the supplier and continues until the product leaves the kitchen to be served on the table.
Two school kitchens have been selected according various factors such as the distance from the Cuinatur logistics center where the products are received and picking is done, or the storage capacity in adequate refrigeration conditions of the receiving kitchens.
School 1 is located further away from the logistics warehouse and requires a second intermediate storage point. It also has worse kitchen infrastructure for cold storage. The waste generated before and after correcting refrigeration deficiencies and improving transportation by eliminating the intermediate storage point will be measured.
Two fresh foods have been selected, a vegetable consumed daily raw such as lettuce and fruit with high conservation and handling requirements such as pear.
Different interventions and measurements will be carried out in each of the following PHASES:
1.-Order preparation
Analysis of the data recorded in the computer program: quantities initially collected in the program, the adjustments made by the kitchen staff and the order history.
2.-Picking suppliers
- Product input weighing.
- Destruction weighing at the time of picking based on Cuinatur selection criteria.
- Exit weighing (load loaded onto the truck). Entry and exit dates will be noted weekly.
3.-Internal transport and conservation
- Measurement of the time from warehouse 1 to warehouse 2 (gps tracker)
- Temperature record of arrival at warehouse 2 (pendrive data logger cold chain).
- Recording of product residence time and temperature evolution in warehouse 2. (Data logger Cold chain pendrive)
4.-Transportation to school
- Recording of delivery times and temperature evolution from warehouse 1 and 2 to the schools (gps+pendrive).
The vehicles are not refrigerated.
5.-Reception in the kitchen
TOWARDS A NEW ZERO FOOD WASTE MINDSET BASED ON HOLISTIC ASSESSMENT
Ongoing | 2022-2027
- Main funding source
- Horizon Europe (EU Research and Innovation Programme)
- Geographical location
- Spain, Austria, Netherlands, Sweden, Greece