This document discusses how smart specialization and cross-sectoral innovation can promote supply chain sustainability. It provides the example of the Quebec Ground Transportation Cluster, which identifies market opportunities across sectors like electric vehicles, coaches, and defense to foster economic development. Cross-sectoral innovation is highlighted as a way to create shared value through combining knowledge from different industries. Examples are provided of projects integrating lighting, recharging, communication and other technologies to develop new solutions.

1. Supply chain sustainability through Smart
specialization and Cross sectorial innovation
RELATOR:
Vincent Dugré
Vice-President, Operations and cluster manager
Québec Ground Transportation Cluster

2. SUPPLY CHAIN SUSTANABILITY
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In order to reach and maintain is economic sustainability, a supply chain must evolve to
support new markets and products diversification.
A smart specialization strategy may foster this achievement by implementing a
framework involving managing authorities and stakeholders such as business peoples,
universities and other education institutions, laboratories and partners.
This should be an entrepreneurial discovery process.

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QUEBEC GROUND TRANSPORTATION CLUSTER: AN EXAMPLE OF A SMART
SPECIALIZATION
Electric vehicles Specialty vehicles Coaches and city buses
Rail equipment Powersports vehicles Defence and security

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SUPPLY CHAIN SUSTANABILITY BY
SMART SPECIALIZATION
To respond to economic and societal challenges
Most region faces relentless global competition for talent, ideas and capital.
Regions can only acquire a real competitive edge by finding niches or by
mainstreaming new technology into traditional industries and exploiting their
‘smart’ regional potential.
Smart specialization strategies can also be a powerful instrument to tackle
social, environmental, climate and energy challenges, such as demographic
change, resource efficiency, energy security and climate resilience.

5. Ministère de l’Économie,
de l’Innovation et des Exportations
Janvier 2016
The Quebec clustering program
« ACCORD »

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THE QUEBEC CLUSTERING PROGRAM: A SMART SPECIALIZATION STRATEGY
 In 2002, the Quebec government launched the ACCORD project
(« a Concerted and Co-operative action for Regional Developement »),
inspired from the clustering concept
 Niches (market opportunities) was identified in each of the 15 regions,
in fonction of the concurrential advantages of each territory.

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THE QUEBEC CLUSTERING PROGRAM: SITUATION STATEMENT
 35 clusters of excellency are in
activity in 15 Quebec regions
 6000 entreprises are regrouped
in clusters
 500 entreprise leaders work
actively in the gouvernance
11 sectors
 Transport
 Marine
 Environnemental & Green
technologies
 Technology
 Wood construction
 Furniture
 Mines & Metal
 Materials
 Biofood
 Tourism
 Biotechnology

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SMART SPECIALIZATION
To improve the innovation process
Improving the innovation process requires smart, strategic choices and
evidence-based policy making. Priorities NEED TO BE set on the basis of a
bottom-up entrepreneurial discovery process supported by strategic
intelligence about a region’s:
1- Assets: industrial structures, clusters, universities, research institutes, science,
technology, skills, human capital, environment, market access, governance systems,
and linkages and connections with other regions ;
2- Challenges: an ageing population, labour market mismatches, remote location
and environmental aspects ;
3- Competitive advantages and potential for excellence: For example, SWOT,
foresight and trend analyses, technology mapping, cluster analysis, entrepreneurial
knowledge of markets.

9. Cartographie du système productif québécois en transport terrestre
Trainingandworkforcedevelopment
Supportorganisationsandgovernment
Academic, research center and technology transfers
University
Technology
transfers C.
Research
center
Advance
tech.
centers
Center of
excellence
Transport and logistic
Road| Airport | Rail
University
network
In house
training
Technical and
professional
training
INRS
QC Gov.
CDA Gov.
Parapublic
State
agencies
Bank
Other
clusters
Associations
Industrial park
OEM – Vehicle integrators
Powersport
vehicles
Public
transportation
Commercial and
specialized
vehicles
Light weight
vehicles
T1 Systems integrators
Infrastructures
Special
equipment
Direction
system
Suspension
system
Breaking
system
Exhaust
system
Bodywork Frame
Propulsion
system
Gaz / Diesel
system
Transmission
system
Electric
Electronic
Cooling system
Pieces and
accessories
Sheet Metal
Interiors
components
Plastic
Propulsion, batteries
Electronic components
Surface treatment
Machinery and
equipments
T2 Sub-systems suppliers
Special
equipment
Direction
system
Suspension
system
Breaking
system
Exhaust
system
Bodywork Frame
Propulsion
system
Essence
Gaz / Diesel
system
ntation
Transmission
system
Electric
Electronic
Cooling system
T3 Part and service providers
Commodity and material providers
ASSETS MAPPING – QUÉBEC GROUND TRANSPORTATION CLUSTER

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Commercial positioning of companies in the cluster by market segment,
systems, sub-systems and manufacturing services
ASSETS MAPPING – QUÉBEC GROUND TRANSPORTATION CLUSTER

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Geographical positioning of companies within the cluster
ASSETS MAPPING – QUÉBEC GROUND TRANSPORTATION CLUSTER

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To improve a region’s internal and external connections
Improving internal connections has long been a trademark of innovation
policy (e.g. triple helix networks, university-business cooperation, clusters,
etc.). However, regions also need to be outward looking, to position
themselves in global value chains, and to improve their connections and
cooperation with other regions, clusters and innovation players.
This is important for the internationalization of their companies, to achieve
a cluster expansion and to generate inflows of knowledge relevant to the
region’s existing knowledge base.
SMART SPECIALIZATION

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CLUSTER LIFE CYCLE FOSTERED BY
SMART SPECIALIZATION
SMART SPECIALIZATION
Informal network Emerging cluster Cluster expansion Cluster transformation

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To develop and implement strategies for economic transformation
There are different pathways for regional innovation and development.
These include:
a) refresh traditional sectors through higher value-added activities and
new market niches;
b) modernizing by adopting and disseminating new technologies;
c) diversifying technologically from existing specializations into related
fields;
d) exploiting new forms of innovation such as open and user-led
innovation, social innovation and service innovation;
e) developing new economic activities through radical technological
change, breakthrough innovations and cross-sectorial projects.
SMART SPECIALIZATION

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CREATING SHARE VALUE WITH CROSS SECTORIAL INNOVATION
‘’Breakthrough innovation come from the reunion of stakeholders working
at the interface of two or more different industries working together to
integrate their knowledge into an added-value goods or services’’
CROSS SECTORIAL INNOVATION

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CROSS SECTORIAL INNOVATION
www.clustermapping.us

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FIRST CROSS SECTORIAL INNOVATION PRODUCT DEVELOPPED
AND FINANCED AS A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT
SOLIS LUMEN AIR:
a complete customer / citizen driven solution
in lighting, recharge station and communication
CROSS SECTORIAL INNOVATION

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CROSS SECTORIAL INNOVATION

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CROSS SECTORIAL INNOVATION
SECOND CROSS SECTORIAL INNOVATION PROJECT DEVELOPPED AND FINANCED
GOING DEEPER IN CROSS SECTORIAL CONNECTION TO ATTACHED THE KNOWLEDGE
NEEDED TO RESOLVE A COMPLEXE PROBLEM:
HOW TO STOP CHEMICAL OR OIL AND GAZ FIRE WHILE SAVING THE ENVIRONMENT ?

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CROSS SECTORIAL INNOVATION
INTEGRATION OF MULTIPLE FONCTIONAL SYSTEMS TO CREATE
A BREAK TROUGHT INNOVATION IN FIRE FIGHTING

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CROSS SECTORIAL INNOVATION
THE FIRST MULTI FONCTION 5 IN 1 FIRE FIGHTING TRAILER AVAILABLE FOR DIFFERENT APPLICATION
www.drago-isi.com

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CROSS SECTORIAL INNOVATION
THIRD CROSS SECTORIAL INNOVATION PROJECT DEVELOPPED AND FINANCED
DESIGNING A COMPLETELY NEW SCHOOL BUS RESPONDING TO THESE NEED:
LIGHT WEIGHT, SECURE, LONG LASTING AND ELECTRIC!
www.lionbuses.com/en/

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CROSS SECTORIAL INNOVATION

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CROSS SECTORIAL INNOVATION
INHANCE OUR CLUSTER VISIBILITY ON THE WEB AND B2B FOR OUR MEMBERS
VISIT THE FIRST CLUSTER BASED VIRTUAL TRADE FAIR IN THE WORLD!
www.visiofair.net/v2/transport-virtual-event/

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CROSS SECTORIAL INNOVATION
NEXT POSSIBLE STEPS TO MOVE FROM A PROJECT BASED T0 A SYSTEMIC
APPROCH IN CROSS SECTORIAL INNOVATION
A1: Strategic analysis of a region
traded clusters
A2: Mobilize the different cluster
governance to foster cooperation
A3: Develop a new emerging cluster branding
that include the different traded clusters
needed in a specific emerging market
Identify trend in products and services
development in key economic segments and
emerging markets
Going further than a project base relationship
Joining key competitive advantages
to strengthen a regional economy with a unify branding
(Example: Quebec Mobility technologies Cluster)

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Vincent Dugré | Cluster manager
Vice-president |operations
Québec ground transportation cluster
vdugre@polet2.com