Innovative adoption of hybrid supply chain strategies in urban local fresh food supply chain

Nakandala, Dilupa; Lau, Henry C. W.

doi:10.1108/scm-09-2017-0287

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“…With the increasing concerns on environmental issues, many enterprises have undergone greening in practice, e.g., GE, Lenovo, and Linglong Tire. Scholars have also conducted extensive research on green (sustainable) supply chain management, such as the vehicle supply chain (Peterson and Michalek [1]), the food supply chain (Nakandala and Lau [2]), and the shipping supply chain (De et al [3] and De et al [4]). In the circumstances where the green supply chain (GSC) and the traditional supply chain (TSC) coexist, there is inevitable competition between them for the substitutability of products.…”

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Channel Structure Strategies of Supply Chains with Varying Green Cost and Governmental Interventions

2019

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Environmental concerns make enterprises pay more attention to green manufacturing. The emerging green supply chain inevitably will compete with the traditional supply chain. In order to evaluate the competitiveness of supply chains and the impact on channel structure strategy, we develop four game models for two competing supply chains according to their channel structure strategies. Green marginal manufacturing cost, demand sensitivity of green level, and governmental interventions are considered. We study how retail prices, green levels, and profits are influenced by channel structure choice and governmental interventions. Analytical results indicate that the substitutability of products affects channel structure strategy. When the substitutability of products is relatively low, centralization-centralization is the unique Nash equilibrium. However, when the substitutability of products is relatively high, both centralization-centralization and decentralization-decentralization are the Nash equilibriums. Centralization-centralization is a prisoner dilemma, while decentralization-decentralization can make the green supply chain achieve optimal profit. Then, the green marginal manufacturing cost and demand sensitivities of the green level play important but different roles in channel structure strategy of the competing supply chains. Further, whether Nash equilibriums are the optimal strategy depends on governmental intervention. Relatively severe governmental intervention might realize a relatively higher green level, but may not always achieve the lowest retail price for the green supply chain. However, a relatively moderate governmental intervention might achieve a relatively lower green level.

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Channel Structure Strategies of Supply Chains with Varying Green Cost and Governmental Interventions

2019

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“…Consequently, a transition to sustainability is characterized as a systemic change of the interrelated immaterial and material elements, rather than purely a change of consumer behaviors [ 108 ]. Furthermore, the increasing distance between production and consumption is a rising concern for consumers [ 41 , 155 ]; therefore, the need to set up metrics, such as indicators, to assess food systems’ sustainability has been stressed [ 156 ]. Using “food-miles” as an indicator of environmental sustainability, a measure of how far food travels after production towards consumption has been a consistent debate on food sustainability articles [ 54 , 60 ].…”

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“… Economic Face-to-face to survey; choice-based conjoint analysis Yes Local Food N = 640 German Consumers PS G [ 15 ] Nakandala and Lau, 2019 To investigate the characteristics of demand and supply in relation to the real-world supply chain strategies of local urban fresh food supply chains. Social and Economic Case study; face-to-face interviews Yes Urban fresh food supply chains N = 12 Urban local fresh food retailers IS G [ 41 ] Nicolosi et al, 2019 To analyze the preferences of Swedish consumers for local/artisanal cheeses and the purchase motivations that guide their choices. Social Face-to-face interviews; social network analysis No Local Food N = 200 Consumers N.A.…”

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The Role of Local Seasonal Foods in Enhancing Sustainable Food Consumption: A Systematic Literature Review

Vargas

Moura

Deliza

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This article aims to review the current literature pertaining to the effects of eating local seasonal food on sustainable consumption. To this end, we examined definitions of seasonal and local food, the methodological approaches adopted to study the impact of seasonal consumption on sustainability, and sustainability dimensions investigated in journal articles. Highlighting what seasonal and local means, it is crucial to evaluate the effect of the consumption of these foods on sustainability. A systematic review of the literature was conducted using Scopus and Clarivate’s Web of Science database in line with the recommendations from the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Our findings suggest that the concept of local seasonality provides relevant information to the study of sustainable consumption. However, for better use of this concept, it is crucial to define what is local. At this point, regulation of labels based on geographic proximity or political boundaries proves pertinent.

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“…Several studies have come up with various supply chain designs, which are mutually exclusive or even collectively exhaustive such as the efficient versus responsive [3]; risk hedging, and agile [4] and market of one versus mass market. There is evidence of movement from independent supply chain patterns to hybrid models such as leagile supply chain as proposed by Nakandala & Lau [5]. This backs the argument that in the current inconsistent and wavering environment, relying entirely on a purely lean or a purely agile supply chain is not guaranteed to pay off.…”

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Influence of Supply Chain Leagility on Performance of Humanitarian Aid Organizations in Kenya

Kiswili¹,

Shale²,

Osoro³

2021

JBED

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In today's volatile and uncertain humanitarian environment, adopting a purely lean or a purely agile supply chain is not effective. Humanitarian organizations are struggling to obtain the highest possible performance from their supply chains by utilizing and adopting various supply chain designs. This is upon realization that despite the huge chunks of money pumped into humanitarian sector, stringent oversight by donors and expectations from vulnerable populations, humanitarian supply chains still respond in a sluggish, inefficient and poorly coordinated manner to emergencies. The purpose of this study was to explore the influence of supply chain responsiveness and waste management on performance of humanitarian aid organizations in Kenya. The underpinning theories and model in this study included; Decoupling Point theory; Theory of Constraints and SCOR model. Survey research design was employed for this study. The study entailed a census survey of all the 330 humanitarian aid organizations in Kenya with supply chain managers as the unit of observation. Questionnaires were used to collect primary data. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics was used aided by SPSS version 24 to facilitate data analysis. The data was presented using a combination of statistical and graphical techniques. Trend analysis was used to spot a pattern on the sub-constructs of performance of humanitarian aid organizations for five years. The study findings revealed that supply chain responsiveness and waste management are positively associated with performance of humanitarian aid organizations. From the findings, most humanitarian aid organizations had knowingly or unknowingly partially implemented leagility design in their supply chains. The findings further showed that despite the rise in disaster resource allocation, the culture of preparedness was lacking in the country. Based on these findings and conclusions, the study recommended that to achieve and sustain an efficient and responsive supply chain, humanitarian aid organizations should design, implement and fully adopt leagility design in their humanitarian supply chains. Humanitarian aid organizations are recommended to embrace advanced technologies to improve their supply chain leagility. Donors on the other hand were encouraged to strengthen local capacity of affected communities and increase their funding on humanitarian aid operations. In addition, supply chain professionals should come up with new ways of predicting demand in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous environment learning from data from previous disasters. The study further recommends for a creation of a disaster preparedness plan that gives the way forward in times of tragedies or disasters.

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Innovative adoption of hybrid supply chain strategies in urban local fresh food supply chain

Cited by 66 publications

References 71 publications

Channel Structure Strategies of Supply Chains with Varying Green Cost and Governmental Interventions

Channel Structure Strategies of Supply Chains with Varying Green Cost and Governmental Interventions

The Role of Local Seasonal Foods in Enhancing Sustainable Food Consumption: A Systematic Literature Review

Influence of Supply Chain Leagility on Performance of Humanitarian Aid Organizations in Kenya

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