Cold Supply Chain Verdict Systems BV Aa lten (NL)

1. Cold Supply Chain Verdict Systems BV Aalten (NL)

2. Monitoring Cold Supply Chain Monitoring: • Field Conditions -> optimalproduction • StorageConditions -> optimise shelflife • Transport Conditions -> avoid loss in shelflife Focus onperishablesduring all stages fromsuppliertillfinalcustomer. Monitor Supply Chain to avoidproductsfromcontamination & degradationorotherdamagebytoo high or low temperatureconditions. • Supply Chain -> focus on partners and processes • Cold Chain -> focus on product and conditions

3. Cold Supply Chain Products / industries: • Food: Fish, meat, • Agri / horticulturalproducts: flowers, vegetables, fruit • Pharmaceuticalproducts • Chemicals • Industry: anti - shock Core of problem: • Safety -> direct damage • Liability -> medicines; food

4. Cold Supply Chain

5. Verdict ChainView™ Offering transparency in the Cold Chain / Supply Chain: • Enable users worldwide to monitor conditions at production- and storage sites or goods in transit; • Users can optimize conditions from distance; • Data may be used as input in models for: diseases, shelflife, weather forecast etc.

6. Cold Chain Management Wireless sensors Data loggers Weather stations 1 - Data collection on site 2 - Transfer data by GPRS / ADSL 3 - Databases on internet 5 – Models for shelflife, growth & diseases 6 – Weather forecast 4 - Webservices 7 – Filters & tools Management Information System

7. Verdict ChainView • Verdict – ChainView software: • Collect temperature data during transit • Direct communication of these data via Internet • Direct feed-back on every shipment • Management tool to optimize Cold Chain

8. About the Flower Business Case

9. How to organise?

10. Flower Supply Chain

11. Importance of Cold Chain • Mainobjective: • Controltemperature (1-4°C) • Controlhumidity (85 – 93% RH) • Physical, physiological and micro-organisms factors • Roses: • Temperature: limit respiration • Humidity: avoidgermination of Botrytis • Vaselife: promise of 7 daysafter 3 - 18 days transport • Flowers: respirationincreasestemperature • 0°C: hoursbefore temp increaseswith 1° • 20°C: minutesbefore temp increaseswith 1°

12. Vaselifedeterminedbytemperature Respirationvs temp. VaselifevsT-storagevaselifevsrespiration

13. Vaselifevstemperatureduring transport Other factors: • Ethylene, • Harvesting stage • Microorganisms Temperature in all factors

14. Shipmenton Sept. 2nd: cold, but slow

15. Shipment Sept. 8th: cold & quick

16. Variation in shipments

17. QualityControlledLogistics

18. Verdict ChainView

19. Product lines:

20. Structure topic software hardware models

21. Wireless sensors for 3D scan of anarea Wireless sensors (1 – 1000 m !) uploaded in database and local computer

22. Temperature differences in a modern Gerbera nursery using 100 wireless sensors, monitoring Temperature and Relative Humidity. Views at: 4, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20 and 24 o’clock. Movie is available on request. (Source: Wageningen UR, 2008). • Conclusions: • -Up to 4°C differences • -Cold spots are persistent • Diseases start oncold spots

23. Weather stations to monitor climate and predictdiseases: On golf course and in Finland (-23°C) On website: (soil) temperature, PAR light

24. Dutch Fruit Board, Crop protection companies and growers: On website: data are translated in diseasepredictions, to advicegrowers and otherstakeholders

25. Thank you for your attention ! Verdict Systems BV m.kockelkoren@verdict.eu +31 - 543 – 479608 info@verdict.euwww.verdict.eu