1. TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS CLUSTER
General objective
! To promote and effect the cross-border collaboration between Western Flemish and Northern
French knowledge actors and businesses
West Flanders project partner: West Flanders development agency (POM)
! Wants to strengthen entrepreneurship in West Flanders by promoting collaboration between
companies, knowledge institutes and civil society. Transport and logistics is one of the key
sectors in this.
NPdC Partner: Euralogistic - Pole of excellence in logistics
! Expand Nord-Pas de Calais into a prime region for logistics by promoting collaboration
between businesses, education and research in the context of specific projects

2. ACTIONS
Familiarisation + consensus objectives + phased plan
Objective 1: map logistical expertise
! action: K-Log Database
Objective 2: networking
! action: organise cross-border workshop
Objective 3: form tandems
! action: identify and develop collaboration opportunities
Objective 4: form tandems
! action: cross-border collaboration between
knowledge actors and businesses

3. IMPLEMENTATIONS
Map logistical expertise: West Flanders :
! extremely limited expansion to Flanders
! overview of knowledge centres/knowledge institutes, substantive areas of expertise and
research modalities
! next step: identify and list researchers and expertise (cf. VIN)

4. CIB COSIC
GEO
institut
e
UH -
Indus.
Ir.
Log-IC
EC
Logisti
cs
KAHOS
L
Vlerick
Group
T
KHLim MOBI HUB
PRAGO
DI
Karel
de
Grote
UA Artesis 3 SEG 3 IDM VIL VIM
Supply Chain Management x x x x x x x x
production planning x x x x
lifecycle engineering x x x
packing x x
Transport Management x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
L
transport planning x x x x x x x x x x
O
G
route optimisation x x x x x x x x x x
amalgamation x x x x x x x x x x multi-modal transport x x x x x x x x x x x
I
vehicle optimisation x x x x x
S
T
loading optimisation x x x x x x x x
Stock control & warehousing x x x x x x x x x x x
I
Stock control x x x x x x x x x Warehouse (re) organisation x x x x x x
C
A
Supply chain intelligence x x x x x x x x x x
tracking & tracing x x x x
traffic prediction x x L
cryptography x
T
location based services x x x x x x
Urban distribution x x x x x x x x x
O
Sustainable logistics x x x x x x x x x x sustainable logistical processes x x x x x x x x x x
P
I
sustainable vehicles x x x x x x
Reverse and return logistics x x x x x x x x x
C
E-commerce & E-logistics x x x x x
Site selection & Real estate x x x x x x x x S
Security & Privacy x x x x
International trade x x x x x x x x x
customs x x x x
inco terms x x x x
Human Resources x x

5. C
I
B
R
CIB
COSIC
GEO institute
UH - Indus. Ir.
Log-IC
EC Logistics
KAHOSL
Vlerick
Group T
KHLim
MOBI
HUB
PRAGODI
Karel de Grote
Theses at Bachelor level x x x x x x x
RESE
Theses at Master level x x x x x x x x x x x x R
SEAR
Doctoral research x x x x x x x x x x
CH
Internships x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
MO
Student projects x x x x x x x x x x x ODAL
Research projects x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
LITI
Subsidised research projects x x x x x x x x x x x x x TIES
Case Studies x x x x x x x x
S
Participation in an LED x x x x x x
UA
Artesis
3 SEG
3 IDM
VIL
VIM

6. IMPLEMENTATIONS
Map logistical expertise: Nord-Pas de Calais
! Departure base: Atlas Logistique du Nord-Pas de Calais
! Additional (WIP) : identify and list researchers

7. CONCLUSION
POM WVL and Euralogistic: similar effect => similar ambitions similar objective
But:
! no ‘formal’ partnership in Tandem
! no knowledge institutes => cross-border collaboration between knowledge institutes via
‘interim stage’
! still (a great deal of) work to be done!