The perishable products case to achieve sustainable food quality and safety goals implementing on-field sustainable supply chain model

Critical success factors of food safety management for achieving climate neutrality: a multilevel moderated approach with industry revolution 4.0

“…Climate neutrality resonates with the goal of net-zero emissions which can be achieved by balancing the total amount of harmful gas emissions (Acampora et al, 2023;Ngo et al, 2023), such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide emissions produced directly or indirectly by a country, firm, product, activity, or individual over a certain period via carbon offset or removal initiatives (Mishra et al, 2022;Torkayesh et al, 2022). Food production with no carbon-neutralising practices can deteriorate climate neutrality by generating harmful gas emissions and feed waste (Abbas et al, 2023a), and exacerbate the outbreak of food-borne diseases and pathogens in the food supply chain that worsen mass public health (Hassoun et al, 2023). Critical success factors (CSFs) can be viewed as a benchmarking instrument for assessing the efficient operations among the managerial or enterprise elements that impact the firm's performance toward accomplishing their strategic goals (Dora et al, 2021;Kannan, 2018;Truong et al, 2017).…”

“…External assistance deficiency in the supply of essential facilities, equipment, and experienced labour often discouraged suppliers' adherence to food safety requirements. Food production firms often request external assistance for funds to upgrade infrastructure, provide professional training to staff (De Boeck et al ., 2018), and pursue food quality certification (Abbas et al ., 2023a).…”

“…This involves incorporating environmentally friendly practices in procurement, production, distribution, and waste management. Particularly, the integration of advanced digital technologies like blockchain enhances transparency and efficiency in supply chains, leading to reduced environmental impacts and moving closer to achieving climate neutrality (Abbas et al ., 2023a).…”

“…Prior studies showed that there is a research gap in understanding the quantifiable relationship between CSFs, such as top management support, human resource management, infrastructure, integration, external assistance, and food safety administration with the firm's performance in achieving climate neutrality and sustainability (Abbas et al ., 2022, 2023a, b; Yontar, 2023; Nguyen and Li, 2022; King and King, 2020). While studies individually address aspects like the effectiveness of Food Safety Management Systems (FSMS) in global supply chains (Duong et al ., 2023; Nguyen and Li, 2021), the role of advanced digital technologies in agri-food supply chains (Yontar, 2023), and strategies for reducing waste (Abbas et al ., 2023a), they fall short in explicitly linking these CSFs to the specific goal of climate neutrality within firms. Particularly, the impact of these factors on a firm's carbon footprint, sustainable practices, and overall environmental impact remains underexplored.…”

Construction of a simulation model for the transportation of perishable goods along variable routes

“…In [7], a multipurpose conceptual simulation model for optimizing cost, environmental impact, quality, and safety of perishable goods transportation is considered, but transportation costs are not taken into account. Study [8] solved the traveling salesman problem to determine the initial order of visits to retailers, and then solved a limited model that in practice does not take into account many criteria.…”