Environmental and economic assessment of fresh fruit supply chain through value chain analysis. A case study in chestnuts industry

Abstract

In recent years, both researches and practitioners have devoted attention to environmental sustainability of supply chain (SC), while firms have modified their marketing strategies highlighting green practices in productive and logistic processes among the features of their products. These behaviours move firms to require to their suppliers the adoption of green measures and practices to reduce environmental impacts within the entire SC. This paper presents the results of an exploratory case-based research on the SC of fresh chestnuts aimed to integrate environmental concepts in the value chain approach, with a concurrent evaluation of sustainability improvements and their economic impact. Within the value chain configuration, environmental KPIs are defined for the specific case study and a logistic environmental model is developed. Within the model, an evaluation of carbon footprint for this SC is proposed, along with its possible improvements. Results include the analysis of different improvement scenarios and their comparison.

A Multi-Objective Optimization Model for Green Supply Chain Considering Environmental Benefits

“…Enterprises are more willing to adopt GSCM practices because of increasing environmental pressures [19]. The most widely cited GSCM operation in the literature refers to operation performance [20,21], operational processes [22,23], the reduction of waste and environmental impact [24,25], and the development or selection of suppliers [26,27]. At present, a number of studies are investigating the influence of environmental concerns in supply chain management, such as those by Beske-Jannsen et al [28] and Sancha et al [29].…”

Pallet Picking Strategy in Food Collecting Center

“…Nonetheless, it is precisely in the traditional distribution that the greatest inefficiencies due to fragmentation of demand and supply and the number and type of intermediaries to name a few are found. Therefore at least two-thirds of the products (in volume) follow non-optimized logistics chains [2]. In addition to inefficiencies detected, which would make the national companies uncompetitive, there are irresponsible companies that don't pursuit the sustainable performance theme for the sake of short-term profits.…”

“…Within this scope, the main ambition consists in maximizing value, instead of the traditional maximization of profit. The idea of value must be understood as benefits for the stakeholders in economic, social and environmental domain [2].…”

Sustainability Performance in Supply Chain of Dairy Products: Examining the Constraints of Dairy Sector Using Value Chain Approach in Northern Regions, Tanzania

“…Value chain approach is a generic concept which is applicable in a diversified areas like agriculture (Francis, Simons, & Bourlakis, 2008;Howieson, Lawley, & Hastings, 2016;Kline et al, 2016;Rudenko, Grote, & Lamers, 2008;Savino, Manzini, & Mazza, 2015;Sharma & Christie, 2010;Taylor, 2005), productions economics (Dahlström & Ekins, 2006;Henderson, Dicken, Hess, Coe, & Yeung, 2002), operational management (Fearne, Garcia Martinez, & Dent, 2012), marketing management (Crain & Abraham, 2008;Donaldson, Ishii, & Sheppard, 2006), engineering (Rabelo, Eskandari, Shaalan, & Helal, 2007), strategic management (Bolwig, Ponte, Du Toit, Riisgaard, & Halberg, 2010;Hergert & Morris, 1989) etc. The application of value chain perspectives as a persuasive approach in facilitating sustainability of supply chain of dairy is divulged in extant past literatures (Binder, Schmid, & Steinberger, 2012;Bourlakis et al, 2014;Kilelu et al, 2017).…”