RESILIENT SUPPLY CHAINS FOR EUROPE

ongoing

The ResC4EU CSA is organized around 4 key objectives: (1) defining risk, disruption and alerts models for the supply chains of 14 “at risk” industrial ecosystems; (2) developing a holistic European value network for strengthening supply chains fostered by industrial clusters and strategic alliances; (3) accelerating the adoption of advanced methods and technologies for sustainability and resilience, through the use of a dedicated digital B2B platform, thereby benefitting from platform based growth models through network effects; and (4) demonstrating supply chain resilience of industrial ecosystems while also achieving climate neutrality and sustainability of economic processes. The consortium consists of 6 industrial clusters that have immediate access to over 1000 SMEs. Two research institutes cover logistics, supply chain risk modelling and product life-cycle analysis, respectively. Two SMEs, one orchestrating the outreach activities of the project and the other providing an open source, multisided, B2B supply chain platform derived from a Horizon 2020 project, complete the team. The workplan is designed to first activate the SMEs in the 6 clusters and then engage them in three ways: (a) to foster knowledge transfer early on, between the more technology-aware SMEs and those interested in innovating their processes; (b) to develop an actionable model for supply chain analysis that can be supported by the platform and will lead to immediate supply chain risk mitigation and resilience; and (c) to create impact by fostering new pan-European as well as cross-regional collaboration using a mix of strategically planned physical meetings and large-scale virtual community-building activities, among them “ResC4EU Net-Zero Industry Academies”. The cluster organizations cover logistics and supply chains of GHG-heavy industry, wood and furniture, advanced IT and have – in sum – outreach into all 14 industrial ecosystems, for which Pilot initiatives will be launched.