A low-cost and disruptive supply chain optimisation and asset tracking system for new COVID-19 applications

适用于新的 COVID-19 应用的低成本、颠覆性供应链优化和资产跟踪系统

• 批准号: 830247
• 金额: $ 38.23万
• 依托单位: SENSIZE LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Innovation Loans
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=830247
• 关键词: low; cost; disruptive; supply; chain

Reusable packaging is becoming increasingly common across supply chains -- for example plastic boxes displaying fruit and vegetables in supermarkets. They are robust and can be reused many times, making them an environmentally-friendly solution.These containers are easily lost in the complexity of most supply chains (left idle in warehouses, diverted elsewhere due to lack of space or damaged goods, wrongly filled with other items instead of being returned or being stolen). According to the 2015 Reusable Packaging Forum, 15-20% of reusable packaging goes missing, with numbers consistent across many industries -- that's approximately 1.4bn crates that are lost each year in Europe alone.Sensize, working in partnership with Innovate UK, has developed a highly innovative system for monitoring supply chain assets worldwide using the latest IoT technology that can track packaging throughout its life-span (5-10 years) and provide information on its condition so that:Reusable packaging owners can control their valuable assets and ensure they are being used properly;Stakeholders across the supply chain can identify weak links and mismanaged warehouses, improving efficiency and rotating stock more quickly;Stakeholders can avoid theft and damage (e.g. vaccines kept at the wrong temperature);Plastic waste from lost/abandoned packaging is minimised;Food waste is reduced (according to BCG, widespread adoption of digital supply chain tools could reduce the problem by $120 billion annually);Costs can be reduced across the whole supply chain.Our solution has been deployed by customers in the UK and USA.Covid has changed the supply chain in fundamental ways. It has created challenges for sure, but also new opportunities. Supermarkets need a way to keep track of the extra home deliveries they are doing. Vaccine shipments require cost effective tracking and temperature monitoring. The Sensize system is well placed to meet these new needs. This follow-on project will allow us to exploit the great progress we have already made and take full advantage of these new opportunities.Incorporated in November 2016, Sensize Ltd is a Cambridge-based company dedicated to monitoring supply chains worldwide using the latest IoT technology. Reusable packaging objects are fitted with trackers that monitor location and the environment and send the data to the company's back-end system, hosted in the 'Cloud'. This generates actionable intelligence for supply chain users. After timely delivery of our disruptive project, we will create 265 jobs and generate accumulated profits of £39million by 2027 (111x ROI on the Smart Grant).

可重复使用的包装在整个供应链中变得越来越普遍-例如超市中展示水果和蔬菜的塑料盒。它们坚固耐用，可以多次重复使用，是一种环保的解决方案。这些容器很容易在大多数供应链的复杂性中丢失（在仓库中闲置，因空间不足或货物损坏而转移到其他地方，错误地填充其他物品而不是被退回或被盗）。根据2015年可重复使用包装论坛的数据，15-20%的可重复使用包装丢失，许多行业的数字一致-仅在欧洲每年就丢失约14亿个板条箱。Sensize与Innovate UK合作，开发了一个高度创新的系统，用于监控全球供应链资产，使用最新的物联网技术，可以在整个过程中跟踪包装。寿命（5-10年），并提供有关其状况的信息，以便：可重复使用的包装所有者可以控制他们的宝贵资产，并确保它们得到正确使用;整个供应链的利益相关者可以识别薄弱环节和管理不善的仓库，提高效率，更快地轮换库存;利益相关者可以避免盗窃和损坏（例如，疫苗保存在错误的温度下）;最大限度地减少丢失/废弃包装的塑料废物;减少食物浪费（根据BCG的数据，广泛采用数字供应链工具每年可以减少1200亿美元的问题）;整个供应链的成本都可以降低。我们的解决方案已被英国和美国的客户采用。新冠肺炎从根本上改变了供应链。它当然带来了挑战，但也带来了新的机遇。超市需要一种方法来跟踪他们正在做的额外送货上门的情况。疫苗运输需要具有成本效益的跟踪和温度监测。Sensize系统能够很好地满足这些新需求。这个后续项目将使我们能够利用我们已经取得的巨大进展，并充分利用这些新的机会。Sensize Ltd成立于2016年11月，是一家总部位于剑桥的公司，致力于使用最新的物联网技术监控全球供应链。可重复使用的包装对象配备了跟踪器，可以监控位置和环境，并将数据发送到托管在“云”中的公司后端系统。这为供应链用户提供了可操作的情报。在及时交付我们的颠覆性项目后，我们将创造265个工作岗位，并在2027年之前产生3900万英镑的累计利润（111倍于Smart Grant的投资回报率）。