Using Data to Drive Sustained Improvements in Dairy Supply Chain Operations towards Net Zero

鉴于苏格兰和英国政府设定的净零目标，减少乳制品供应链的能源浪费和碳足迹是该行业面临的最大挑战之一。该项目的核心是：* 自动收集合作社成员的一系列乳品厂的关键能耗设备的运营数据;* 向管理层和员工展示数据分析，突出浪费和改进机会;* 跟踪和加强效率改进，将其嵌入乳品厂的运营中，锁定温室气体减排并提高业务可持续性;* 通过真实的时间数据，根据农场的散装牛奶储存状况，确定优化物流收集的机会;及 * 保持持续改进的循环，同时保持和提高产品质量。实现净零的一个重要部分是行为改变，个体该项目的数字化解决方案将温室气体从牛奶桶到奶油厂的范围缩小，将使农民和乳品厂运营商更接近其净零目标，并在持续改进过程中尽可能广泛地吸引利益相关者。该项目将利用利益攸关方提供的数据，确定改进机会，并量化供应链管理沿着变化的影响，使所有相关方受益（包括农场的质量溢价，每升牛奶的CO2 e值的可追溯性通过这个数字供应链处理的排放指数将改善日常运营决策。这种方法也为超市/消费者对乳制品碳意识来源不断增长的需求提供了一个有市场的答案。该项目将与苏格兰南部和西部的其他合作伙伴合作，利用MSA合作社的10个农场建立。

Reducing the energy wastage and carbon footprint of the dairy supply chain is one of the greatest challenges of this sector given net-zero targets set by the Scottish and UK Governments. The core of this project is to:* automate the gathering of operational data on a range of cooperative members' dairies for key energy consuming equipment;* present the analysis of that data to the management and staff in such a way that it highlights waste & opportunities for improvement;* track and reinforce efficiency improvements to embed it in the dairy's operation, lock in greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction and increase business sustainability;* facilitate peer-to-peer comparison and identification of best practice between farms;* identify opportunities for optimisation of logistics collections based on bulk milk storage status on farm through real time data; and* sustain the cycle of continuous improvement whilst maintaining and improving quality of product.A significant part of achieving Net Zero is behavioural change of individuals. The project's digital solution, by scoping GHGE from the milk vat to the creamery, will enable farmers and dairy plant operators to edge closer to their net-zero targets and engage as wide a spectrum as possible of stakeholders in the process of continuous improvement. This project will leverage the data produced by stakeholders to identify opportunities for improvement and to quantify the impact of changes made along the supply chain management to benefit all involved (including quality premiums for the farms, energy efficient transport and better creamery products).The traceability of CO2e value of every litre of milk (Emission Index) processed through this digital supply chain will lead to betterment of operational decisions on a daily basis. This approach also provides a marketable answer to the ever-growing demand of the supermarkets /consumer for carbon aware sources of dairy products.This project will be setup using 10 farms from the MSA coop in collaboration with other partners in South and West of Scotland.