%0 Journal Article
%T Sustainable Bulk-Packaging System for Sugar Shipping: Case Study of the Enterprise Leader in Europe
%A Caterina Tricase
%A Giuseppe Maffia
%A Mariarosaria Lombardi
%J Administrative Sciences | An Open Access Journal from MDPI
%D 2019
%R https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci9040091
%X From 2002 to today, world sugar production has steadily increased due to higher food consumption and biofuel production. Furthermore, in the European Union, the CAP 2014¨C2020 new reform abolished the system of production and sugar exportation quotas by 1 October 2017. Therefore, since that date, the international sugar exchange has significantly increased in light of these new structural and political¨Ceconomic conditions. Thus, companies offering a new bulk-packaging technology for international shipping could increase their market success. At the same time, the possibility for the same buyers (from sugar producers to logistic agencies) to use a safer and more sustainable packaging system has become important for economic and environmental cost reduction. The present study aims at presenting the experience of a small Italian enterprise that became a European leader in this sector due to its patents concerning a new, more efficient and sustainable product for bulk sugar transport in containers. This technological innovation represents not only a noteworthy sustainable business strategy for becoming more competitive in the market, but also a system for ensuring more effective sugar transport, mainly for the reduction in management costs (up to 65%) for buyers. View Full-Tex
%U https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/9/4/91