As fruit and vegetables are perishable, it is hard for individual producers to independently manage their logistics ”.   In Morocco's fruit and vegetables sector, pooling is more commercial and managerial than logistical. Pool operators do not yet have a full legal status, but a few well-organised structures share...

ECR France is a joint trade and industry body for the food and non-food branches of the fast-moving consumer goods sector. Its mission is to define and promote good practice and codes of good conduct in relations between manufacturers and retailers.

Each actor in the supply chain can make significant productivity gains when the information required for document exchanges is pooled. ” The ambitious aim of the Seetfel* project is to digitalise all documents exchanged in the fruit and vegetables sector, which comprises producers, logistics service providers (packaging,...

An example of the sharing of resources in Morocco's citrus and early fruit and vegetable sector.

What view do the retailers and wholesalers of Rungis International Market take of the downstream sharing of the means of transporting fruit and vegetables? In a sector ruled by intense competition, individual interests take precedence, even if it means trucks travelling half empty!

Challenged by the demand for frequent deliveries in large-scale distribution, companies in the food-processing industry are beginning to collaborate with a view to pooling transport and logistics operations.