Food supply chain management: review, classification and analysis of literature

Rajurkar, Sanjay W.; Jain, Rakesh

doi:10.1504/ijism.2011.038332

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“…As the requirements to be met in SCM significantly vary between different industries, a vast number of primary studies concentrated on the characteristics of industry-specific SCs. However, up to now, only four LRs have been published with a special focus on particular industries, namely two on (agri-)food SCs (Ahumada and Villalobos 2009;Rajurkar and Jain 2011), one on bio-energy/biomass SCs (Gold and Seuring 2011), and one on the construction industry (London and Kenley 2001). Another topic that falls into this area is humanitarian logistics in SCM, which is gaining more and more in importance.…”

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Literature reviews in supply chain management: a tertiary study

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This paper systematically analyzes the state-of-the-art of literature reviews on supply chain management (SCM) published in academic journals. First, we develop the methodology of this study and introduce a classification scheme for grouping and evaluating literature reviews. A systematic analysis of previously published reviews of literature reviews substantiates our methodology. We then outline the literature review process of this survey and descriptively evaluate the sample. Subsequently, literature reviews that appeared in renowned SCM journals are classified and evaluated, both with respect to their methodology and content. Finally, a substantiated research agenda for future literature reviews is presented. The findings of this study show that the methodological quality of the identified 121 literature reviews varies significantly. For this reason, we provide research propositions that may assist researchers in conducting high-quality, methodologically sound systematic literature reviews in SCM research. Although we found some evidence that the reviews under study covered a broad range of different topics, we also found that certain areas in SCM have not been reviewed systematically to date, and that some areas are still fragmented. Therefore, we provide a unique compendium of research directions for the field of SCM. Our comprehensive Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (

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Literature reviews in supply chain management: a tertiary study

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“…Sustainability and risk management practices vary across industrial sectors e.g., [14,54]. The food production and delivery supply chain is, however, a leader in promoting socially responsible products and practices (from farm to fork) [54].…”

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“…The food production and delivery supply chain is, however, a leader in promoting socially responsible products and practices (from farm to fork) [54]. Of note, sustainability practices and sensitivity to risks vary based on product type [55,56], especially among animal products, which come to market via complex and dynamic supply chains [14,25,57].…”

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What Does the Sustainability-Risk Interaction Look Like? Exploring Nuanced Relationships in Emerging Economy Sustainability Initiatives

2018

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Abstract:To be viable long-term, sustainability programs must be profitable. Unfortunately, current sustainability practices increase risk, increasing costs and threatening revenues. Higher costs and lower revenues negatively impact profitability and, thus, the viability of sustainability. To understand how sustainability-induced risks affect food production systems, sustainability-induced risks in food production systems are identified and classified. It is also explored how sustainability risks interact, making it especially costly and difficult to eradicate them. An inductive, interview-based method was employed, which relies on 41 semi-structured interviews, with managers at 32 companies. The study documents the interaction between sustainability and risk in five risk categories-behavioral, opportunism, organizational routines, safety and traceability routines and systems design. The negative impact of intensive interactions among these risk categories threatens food production systems' sustainability initiatives. Behavioral risks are particularly pervasive and harmful as they either induce or exacerbate other risk clusters. Elaborating the interaction between sustainability and risk, as well as documenting risk types and interactions, provides a more holistic view of sustainability implementation. This nuanced view will lead to a more accurate and insightful costing of sustainability programs. Lamentably, the most pervasive risk category-i.e., behavioral risks-are often overlooked in the supply chain management literature. However, this research shows a clear need to delve more deeply into the behavioral dimension to improve risk management and to increase the viability of sustainability. This study identifies and categorizes sustainability-induced risk factors in food production systems, and shows how they interrelate, providing the foundation for better planning and execution of viable sustainability programs.

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“…Recent reports (Njie, 2012) have indicated a need for further assessments that quantify and qualify the scale and value of food waste and identify key constraints, risks, and opportunities. Specific strategies that target reduction of food waste must also be developed (Rajurkar and Jain, 2011). The lack of effective food waste reduction strategies was confirmed by a recent literature review on perishable inventory management by Bakker et al (2012), which concluded that few literature contributions take dynamic product quality decay into account while sourcing products.…”

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“…Recent literature reviews (Akkerman et al, 2010;Karaesmen et al, 2011;Rajurkar and Jain, 2011) have recognized that specific characteristics of perishable product supply chains, such as deteriorating product quality and heterogeneous product supply, complicate the design and management of perishable product supply chains. Therefore, design of perishable product supply chains requires modelling efforts, with the aim to satisfy both logistics goals (such as cost and delivery service requirements) and ensure that products are delivered with the right quality at the right place and time (van der Vorst et al, 2011).…”

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Effective sourcing strategies for perishable product supply chains

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Vorst

2014

International Journal of Physical Distribution &Amp; Logistics Management

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to assess whether an existing sourcing strategy can effectively supply products of appropriate quality with acceptable levels of product waste if applied to an international perishable product supply chain. The authors also analyse whether the effectiveness of this sourcing strategy can be improved by including costs for expected shelf life losses while generating order policies. Design/methodology/approach -The performance of sourcing strategies is examined in a prototype international strawberry supply chain. Appropriate order policies were determined using parameters both with and without costs for expected shelf life losses. Shelf life losses during transport and storage were predicted using microbiological growth models. The performance of the resulting policies was assessed using a hybrid discrete event chain simulation model that includes continuous quality decay. Findings -The study's findings reveal that the order policies obtained with standard cost parameters result in poor product quality and large amounts of product waste. Also, including costs for expected shelf life losses in sourcing strategies significantly reduces product waste and improves product quality, although transportation costs rise.Practical implications -The study shows that in perishable product supply chain design a trade-off should be made between transportation costs, shortage costs, inventory costs, product waste, and expected shelf life losses. Originality/value -By presenting a generically applicable methodology for perishable product supply chain design, the authors contribute to research and practice efforts to reduce food waste. Furthermore, product quality information is included in supply chain network design, a research area that is still in its infancy.

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Food supply chain management: review, classification and analysis of literature

Cited by 22 publications

References 121 publications

Literature reviews in supply chain management: a tertiary study

Literature reviews in supply chain management: a tertiary study

What Does the Sustainability-Risk Interaction Look Like? Exploring Nuanced Relationships in Emerging Economy Sustainability Initiatives

Effective sourcing strategies for perishable product supply chains

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