The grant will fund data collection and monitoring of Pharma Gateway Amsterdam shipments in order to identify coolchain exceptions, such as temperature incursions. This data will then be used to design a model to alert shippers when there has been an issue with their consignment.
Schiphol has teamed up with Air France KLM Cargo, Cargonaut and PGA members for the project, which starts this month; results are expected later in the year.
“We are listening to shippers’ needs and working to improve transparency and co-operation in the pharma supply chain,” commented Jonas van Stekelenburg, Cargo Director, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. “This research will enable us to develop a system capable of stepping up to those challenges.”
Marcel de Nooijer, EVP Air France KLM Cargo, said that the pharmaceutical industry was a leading segment within the Air France KLM Cargo strategy. Sebastiaan Scholte, Chief Executive Officer of Jan de Rijk Logistics, a member of PGA, added that the initiative was excellent news.
“We hope that many other air cargo supply chain communities will follow this example and work together, because this is how the whole industry will improve,” he said.
