TY - GEN
T1 - A Post-Brexit Transportation Scenario Analysis for an Agri-Fresh Produce Supply Chain
AU - Mahfouz, Amr
AU - Allen, Declan
AU - Arisha, Amr
AU - Elbert, Ralf
AU - Gleser, Michael
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.
PY - 2019/12
Y1 - 2019/12
N2 - The ever-increasing demand for fresh and healthy products initiated an urgency for effective planning for Agri-Fresh Produce Supply Chains (AFPSC). However, AFPSC faces many challenges, including product vulnerability to market disruption and limited shelf-life. In case of a no-deal Brexit (i.e., the UK leaving the EU without an agreement), trade between Ireland and the UK will most probably be subjected to customs control. In effect, transportation delays and products deterioration rates will increase. Based on interviews with an Irish AFPSC forwarder, a simulation model was developed to investigate different systems' dynamics and operating rules under different delay patterns on the (yet non-existent) inner-Irish border. A cost analysis of varying border regimes favours a more thorough change in operations, e.g., route adjustments. This paper gives a first indication on how AFPSC forwarders in Ireland can deal with a no-deal Brexit situation.
AB - The ever-increasing demand for fresh and healthy products initiated an urgency for effective planning for Agri-Fresh Produce Supply Chains (AFPSC). However, AFPSC faces many challenges, including product vulnerability to market disruption and limited shelf-life. In case of a no-deal Brexit (i.e., the UK leaving the EU without an agreement), trade between Ireland and the UK will most probably be subjected to customs control. In effect, transportation delays and products deterioration rates will increase. Based on interviews with an Irish AFPSC forwarder, a simulation model was developed to investigate different systems' dynamics and operating rules under different delay patterns on the (yet non-existent) inner-Irish border. A cost analysis of varying border regimes favours a more thorough change in operations, e.g., route adjustments. This paper gives a first indication on how AFPSC forwarders in Ireland can deal with a no-deal Brexit situation.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85081118392
U2 - 10.1109/WSC40007.2019.9004790
DO - 10.1109/WSC40007.2019.9004790
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85081118392
T3 - Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference
SP - 1789
EP - 1800
BT - 2019 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2019
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2019 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2019
Y2 - 8 December 2019 through 11 December 2019
ER -