The impact of inventory management on economic and environmental sustainability in the apple industry

Paam, Parichehr; Berretta, Regina; Heydar, Mojtaba; García-Flores, Rodolfo

doi:10.1016/j.compag.2019.06.003

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“…Here from the circular economy perspective, extending the options for value retention from the well-known reduce, reuse, and recycle policies to the 10R policies is suggested [46] by including the criteria proposed in this article. The most studied concept is "reduce" (R6) because it appears in 22 of the reviewed articles (see Figure 3) and is described to minimize GHG emissions [1,5,18,[20][21][22][23][24][42][43][44]47] and to reduce waste production rather than disposing of created waste [3,4,[25][26][27][28][29][30]45]. Ahmadini et al [41] incorporate both GHG emissions and waste disposal minimization.…”

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Sustainable Inventory Management in Supply Chains: Trends and Further Research

Becerra

Sanchís

2022

Sustainability

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This article presents an overview of the models applied to sustainable inventory management in supply chains and a roadmap for new research. It aims to address the lack of understanding of how sustainability is being incorporated into quantitative inventory management models in the supply chain context. The study is based on a classification of the reviewed literature according to the following criteria: supply chain structure, environmental approach, problem type, modeling, and solution approach. As a result, 36 articles were analyzed and classified. The main findings show that studies that incorporate social sustainability into inventory management along supply chains are lacking, while environmental studies are a growing research area. Uncertainty issues also need to be incorporated into sustainable inventory management models. Another important result of this study is the definition of a roadmap with trends and future research guidelines. The identified future research guidelines include incorporating decisions that can help to improve economic, environmental, and social sustainability. Thus, future studies should focus on both following quantitative models that incorporate inventory decisions integrally with transportation and location decisions, and more complex models, and employing new algorithms and heuristics to solve them.

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Sustainable Inventory Management in Supply Chains: Trends and Further Research

Becerra

Sanchís

2022

Sustainability

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“…In turn, Longo et al (2017) applied the LCA method to clarify that the use of fertilizers and pesticides and the diesel consumption of agricultural machinery are the main reasons for the negative impact on energy and the environment from agricultural production [30]. Paam et al [7] studied the impact of inventory management optimization on fruit loss, inventory, and processing costs in the apple supply chain. A new policy plan was proposed to provide suggestions for stakeholders in the apple industry to improve their inventory performance.…”

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“…Fruit supply-chain management is more complex than other food supply chains because it has unique characteristics, including storage-life considerations, the security and volatility of demand and price, inventory, production, and distribution [6]. Previous research on the apple supply chain mainly focused on post-harvest handling; however, the agricultural input and production process thereof, before harvest, have rarely been analyzed to any detail [7,8]. Thus, for example, in one the few previous studies available, Soto-Silva et al (2017) proposed an optimization model for decision-making related to the purchasing, transportation, and storage of fresh agricultural products [8].…”

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“…Thus, for example, in one the few previous studies available, Soto-Silva et al (2017) proposed an optimization model for decision-making related to the purchasing, transportation, and storage of fresh agricultural products [8]. In turn, Paam et al (2019) studied the impact of inventory management optimization on fruit loss, inventory, and processing costs in an apple supply chain [7]. Lastly, Khan et al (2016) determined that the income of producers in the Pakistani apple supply chain was 27%, while that of intermediaries was as high as 73% [9].…”

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Integrated Horticultural Practices for Improving Apple Supply Chain Sustainability: A Case Study in the North China Plain

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Apple production provides smallholders with low economic benefits, while high environmental emissions limit the sustainability of the apple supply chain. Furthermore, coordination to achieve greater economic benefits and environmental protection, thereby improving the sustainability of the apple supply chain, remains underdeveloped. Here, we have analyzed the current status of the economic benefits and environmental emissions of the apple production process and explored the level of collaboration within the apple supply chain, based on an analysis of farmer horticultural practices for high production, high economic benefit, and low environmental emissions, in combination with substance flow analysis. Our study showed that compared with traditional practice, high-yielding, high-efficiency practice allowed fruit yield, partial productivity of nitrogen fertilizer, and economic benefit to increase by 33%, 61% and 49%, respectively, while soil nitrogen residue levels decreased by 13%. The improvement and adoption of technology in the apple-planting process significantly improved the sustainability of the apple supply chain: the economic benefit increased by 63%, while the nitrogen footprint decreased by approximately 68%. Additionally, the application of integrated nutrient management technology in the apple planting process significantly improved the sustainability of apple production, thereby synergistically improving the economic and environmental impact of the apple supply chain.

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“…They used a local metaheuristic algorithm to tackle the complexity of their model. Paam et al ( 2019 ) proposed a new model for inventory management optimization in an apple supply chain. They analyzed the effects of two scenarios in storage rooms on fruit losses.…”

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Modeling and optimizing an agro-supply chain considering different quality grades and storage systems for fresh products: a Benders decomposition solution approach

Keshavarz-Ghorbani

Pasandideh

2021

J Comb Optim

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This paper proposes a mathematical model in the context of agro-supply chain management, considering specific characteristics of agro-products to assist purchase, storage, and transportation decisions. In addition, a new method for determining the required quality score of different types of products is proposed based on their loss factors and purchasing costs. The model aims to minimize total cost imposed by purchasing fresh products, opening warehouses, holding inventories, operational activities, and transportation. Two sets of examples, including small and medium-sized problems, are implemented by general algebraic modeling language (GAMS) software to evaluate the model. Then, Benders decomposition (BD) algorithm is applied to tackle the complexity of solving large-sized instances. The results of both GAMS and BD are compared in terms of objective function values and computational time to demonstrate the efficiency of the BD algorithm. Finally, the model is applied in a real case study involving an apple supply chain to obtain managerial insights.

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The impact of inventory management on economic and environmental sustainability in the apple industry

Cited by 30 publications

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Sustainable Inventory Management in Supply Chains: Trends and Further Research

Sustainable Inventory Management in Supply Chains: Trends and Further Research

Integrated Horticultural Practices for Improving Apple Supply Chain Sustainability: A Case Study in the North China Plain

Modeling and optimizing an agro-supply chain considering different quality grades and storage systems for fresh products: a Benders decomposition solution approach

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