CORE

Consistently Optimised Resilient Secure Global Supply-Chains

Grant Agreement number 603993

Partners

Budget

€ 50 K+

Countries

48 months

The challenge

CORE shows how protecting and securing the Global Supply Chain, and reducing its vulnerability to disruption (whether caused by natural disasters, terrorism or other forms of undesirable or illegal activity), can be done while guaranteeing the promotion of a timely and efficient flow of legitimate commerce through the European Union (EU) and other nations around the world. CORE demonstrates that this can be done while at the same time offering tangible benefits to involved stakeholders (transaction, transport, regulatory and financial operators), thus facilitating its adoption by commercial entities.

The solution

CORE demonstrates how a powerful and innovative Consistently Optimised REsilient ecosystem implementation, integrating interoperability, security, resilience and real-time optimisation can produce cost effective, fast and robust solutions that guarantee the efficient and secure transit of goods through the worldwide Global Supply Chain system.

CORE addresses in an integrated and stakeholder-friendly way three main areas:

1. End-to-end Supply Chain Security fostering standardisation, harmonisation and mutual recognition;

2. Controlled global visibility of security risks and other supply chain threats and their impact on supply chain flows around the world;

3. Real-time Lean Agile Resilient Green Optimised supply chain solutions offering a highly innovative approach to designing supply chains resilient (in real-time) to major disturbances caused by high impact events.

Objective 1
Objective 2
Objective 3

Consolidation of Solutions: The project aims to consolidate solutions developed in reference projects across different sectors of the supply chain, including ports, containers, air transportation, and postal services. By bringing together these solutions, the project aims to create a comprehensive approach to supply chain security

Identification of Gaps and Practical Problems: The project conducts implementation-driven research and development (R&D) to identify gaps and practical problems in existing supply chain security systems. This objective helps to understand the current challenges and areas for improvement

Development of Capabilities and Solutions: Based on the identified gaps and practical problems, the project focuses on developing new capabilities and solutions to address them. The aim is to create effective and practical measures that enhance supply chain security

Objective 4
Objective 5
Objective 6

Integration of SCS Building Blocks: The project develops SCS Building Blocks, which represent the essential components of the supply chain security solutions.These building blocks serve as the foundation for the development of effective and interoperable security measures

Creation of a Secure Global Supply Chain System: The project includes a set of linked demonstrators known as the SCS Solutions Testbed. This testbed serves as an environment for testing, experimentation, and showcasing the developed solutions. The objective is to validate the effectiveness of the solutions and demonstrate their practical applicability

Testbed and Demonstration: The project includes a set of linked demonstrators known as the SCS Solutions Testbed. This testbed serves as an environment for testing, experimentation, and showcasing the developed solutions. The objective is to validate the effectiveness of the solutions and demonstrate their practical applicability

Outcomes: Key results

SCS Controls: a taxonomy and repository of SCS Controls, undertaken innovative developments aligned to the demonstrators and ensured that both the knowledge about the SCS Controls is readily usable for the other CORE capabilities and demonstrator solutions
Multi-method Threat and Vulnerability Analysis Suite of services and components (IT tools) from both public authorities and business perspectives in support of End-to-end Supply Chain Security with specific reference to demonstrator requirements

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