NUTC Fall 2024 Industry Technical Workshop

Logistics of Food Waste and Loss Management

WEDNESDAY | NOVEMBER 13, 2024
2:00 PM - 4:45 PM CT
The Woman's Club of Evanston

Location: 1702 Chicago Ave.| Evanston, IL 60201

Parking: Church St. Self Park (map) (enter from Church or Clark east of Chicago Ave)

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Logistics of Food Waste and Loss Management

One-third of all food produced globally by weight is lost or wasted between the farm and the table. To address this critical issue the Northwestern University Transportation Center is bringing together subject matter experts to address the challenge and benefits of reducing and recovering food waste throughout food distribution systems. Our Logistics of Food Waste and Loss Management Workshop will include representatives from Alliance for Advanced Sanitation, CJ Logistics America, The Global Food Banking Network, Markon and Meijer, Inc.

Agenda

2:00 PM Welcome / Opening Remarks

2:10 PM Presentations

Nelia Alamo | Vice President of Marketing | Markon

Douglas O’Brien | Vice President of Network Programs | The Global FoodBanking Network

Erik A. Petrovskis | Director of Environmental Compliance and Sustainability | Meijer

Verlyn Suderman | Senior Vice President, General Counsel | CJ Logistics America

Priya Sundaram | Sr. Leader-Food Safety, Quality, Regulatory Affairs & Sustainability | Alliance for Advanced Sanitation

3:15 PM Networking Break

3:45 PM Panel Discussion

Karen Smilowitz | James N. and Margie M. Krebs Professor in Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences | Northwestern [Moderator]

4:45 PM End of Program

About NUTC:

The Northwestern University Transportation Center (NUTC) is one of the world’s leading interdisciplinary education and research institutions, serving industry, government and the public sectors. Founded in 1954 to generate substantive and enduring contributions for the better movement of materials, people, energy, and information, NUTC stands at the forefront of transportation research and education. NUTC brings together academic researchers, students and business affiliates in a joint open exploration of transportation and supply chain operations. NUTC aims to influence national and international transportation policy, management and technological developments with the goal of making transportation and supply chain operations more productive, efficient, safe, secure, environmentally friendly and socially beneficial.

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Abstract:

During peak travel times traffic speeds often drop below the level at which flow is maximized. Transportation economists refer to such conditions as “hypercongested”. Hypercongestion has been studied using Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram models but these models typically rely on strong assumptions and abstract from details of the road network. The goal of this work is to examine the spatial and temporal evolution of hypercongestion during the morning peak on individual road links. Analysis is conducted using the traffic simulator METROPOLIS which was developed in the late 1990s to model travel mode, departure-time, and route-choice decisions on large-scale networks. METROPOLIS was recently upgraded to include individual point-to-point trips, trip chains, improved congestion modeling, and different vehicle types.

METROPOLIS is applied to a set of hypothetical road networks and regions of Ile-de-France to study two manifestations of hypercongestion. One is reduced speeds on upstream links that feed into downstream links with lower flow capacities. If prolonged, horizontal queuing on upstream links can lead to spillback that blocks intersections and access to links further upstream. A second manifestation of hypercongestion occurs when the aggregate outflow of vehicles from a study area drops below aggregate exit capacity due to conflicting movements at entrances, exits, and intersections.


Bio

Robin Lindsey is a professor emeritus at the Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia. From 2010-2024 he held the CN Chair in Transportation and International Logistics. His research interests include traffic congestion, road pricing, urban public transportation, financing transportation infrastructure, and the environmental costs of road transportation. He has also worked on topics related to industrial organization including retail market competition, price discrimination, and predatory pricing.

Lindsey is a founding board member and past president of the International Transportation Economics Association, and an Associate Editor of Transportation Research Part B: Methodological. He is also coauthor with Kenneth Small and Erik Verhoef of the third edition of The Economics of Urban Transportation, published in June 2024 by Routledge.

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