Presentation - Dr Hermione Parsons, Industry Professor and Director, Centre for Supply Chain and

Logistics, Deakin University. FIAL Board member.

 

Special Sponsor Presentation - Julian Butler, Product & Technology Principal, Telstra. Multi-party data- How to enable AI transformation.

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Context  - Small scale processing facilities are desperately needed. Delivering food from the broader region can be difficult, time consuming and costly. Self-drive and Australia Post are not ideal or sustainable solutions but are common practice among many producers. This collaborative session will identify and recommend solutions to the challenges.

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Challenge - 

• ‘Last mile’ challenges - relative costs of freight to different destinations.

• Pricing freight services, refrigeration.

• Small-scale processing options (dairy, meal, grains).

• Maintaining cold chain integrity, food safety.

• The need for freight consolidators and mobile systems.

• Scale issues/consolidation – small quantities of goods.

• Better data and applying it to gain efficiencies.

• The need for T & L regional hubs.

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Panel - 

• Facilitator – Canberra Innovation Network (CBRIN)

• T & L providers (Transport companies).

• Food processors.

• Food businesses (regional/urban and farm, farm mix).

• Solution providers (data, drones, Uber etc).

• Retailers (supermarkets, specialty stores and markets).

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