The University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA) have commissioned a logistics hub to supply their own buildings sustainably and smartly. The hub on the edge of the city should significantly reduce the number of kilometres to the education buildings.
The UvA and HvA have eighty buildings spread across five campuses in the city. The supply of services and goods to these buildings is huge, working collectively with 16,000 suppliers, accounting for 90,000 trips totalling 2.8 million kilometres.
To ease congestion on the city and combat pollution, UvA and HvA will supply their campuses from a logistics hub. The hub has been running as a pilot for some time, but is now being officially put into operation, and is located at logistics partner Deudekom in Duivendrecht. The location is close to the A10 ring road and just outside the environmental zone.
From 30,000 to 750 trips a year
Suppliers can deliver their goods to the edge of the city at any time. These orders are then bundled and delivered to the relevant education building via electric transport vehicles. Some 8,000 suppliers are eligible to use the logistics hub. Together, they account for 30,000 trips per year, and the use of a logistics hub should eventually reduce this number to 750 clean trips per year.
Redistribution of costs
College presidents Huib de Jong (HvA) and Geert ten Dam (UvA) want to encourage other companies to also join the logistics hub. Interestingly, the educational institutions are not using subsidies for the project. By redistributing the costs between suppliers and the educational institutions, the total costs in the chain will not be higher than before. The two organisations are currently approaching all suppliers asking them to join the hub. The first suppliers (Canon, Maas International, Heijmans, CWS and Staples) are already working with the hub. For new suppliers, there is no more choice: participation in the hub will become a mandatory part of new supplier contracts
Editorial team LogistiekProfs
