Publications | Conestoga Applied Research

Usage of Blockchain in Canadian Supply chains

The robustness of supply chain integrity can be improved through improved organizational collaboration and communication.

Reducing food loss and waste at Bloom Restaurant

The Living Lab team published an article about their efforts to reduce food loss and waste at Conestoga's student-run Bloom Restaurant.

Supply chains: reduce the bullwhip effect and increase visibility

The bullwhip effect is an extreme change in supply availability in a supply chain generated by a small change in demand, and is exacerbated when the supply network is global and contains hundreds of suppliers.

Addressing Canada's Productivity Challenge

Canada’s economy lags behind many other nations in terms of productivity. It is projected that Canada’s productivity growth rate will be slower than many of its peers over the next thirty years. Addressing Canada’s productivity is a dynamically complex challenge, impacted by international, national and organizational factors. While governments hammer out trade agreements, tax and business policy regimes, there is much that individual organizations can and must do to address productivity improvement.