scholarly journals Green food supply chain design considering risk and post-harvest losses: a case study

2020 ◽  
Vol 295 (1) ◽  
pp. 257-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. G. Mogale ◽  
Sri Krishna Kumar ◽  
Manoj Kumar Tiwari
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Supply Chain Design ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Post Harvest ◽  
Green Food

A mathematical model formulation to design a traditional Indian agri-fresh food supply chain: a case study problem

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (8) ◽  
pp. 2341-2363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rakesh Patidar ◽  
Sunil Agrawal
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Model ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Mixed Integer ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Post Harvest ◽  
Fresh Food ◽  
Distribution Cost

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to study and develop supply chain structure of traditional Indian agri-fresh food supply chain (AFSC). This paper proposes a mathematical model to design a traditional Indian AFSC to minimize total distribution cost and post-harvest losses in the chain.Design/methodology/approachThis paper formulates two mathematical models to structure and represent the flow of products in the existing chain. First, a three-echelon, multi-period, multi-product, mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) model is formulated to minimize the total distribution cost incurred in the chain. Further, the developed formulation is extended by considering the perishability of products in the second model.FindingsA real case study problem of Mandsaur district (India) is solved in LINGO 17.0 package to check the validity of the formulated models. The perishable (second) model of AFSC reports better results in terms of costs and post-harvest losses minimization. The results revealed that 92% of the total distribution cost incurred in the transportation of products from farmers to the hubs.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper includes implications for redesigning an existing supply chain network by incorporating an appropriate transportation strategy from farmers to hubs to minimize transportation inefficiency and enhance the profitability of farmers.Practical implicationsThe formulated AFSC model would help managers and policymakers to identify optimal locations for hubs where required infrastructure would be developed.Originality/valueAccording to the author's best knowledge, this paper is the first to design traditional Indian AFSC by considering the perishability of products.

Comparative Study of Indian and German Food Supply Chain: A Case Study of Tomato Supply Chain

2014 ◽  
pp. 104-123
Author(s):  
Rajneesh Mahajan ◽  
Ludwig Theuvsen ◽  
Suresh Garg ◽  
P. B. Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
German Food

scholarly journals Life cycle assessment in the food supply chain: a case study

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 140-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
David McCarthy ◽  
Aristides Matopoulos ◽  
Philip Davies
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Supply Chain

scholarly journals Introducing of Online Channel and Management Strategy for Green Agri-food Supply Chain based on Pick-Your-Own Operations

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (11) ◽  
pp. 1990 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qifan Hu ◽  
Qianyun Xu ◽  
Bing Xu
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Farmer Cooperatives ◽  
Dual Channel ◽  
Green Food ◽  
Online Channel ◽  
Channel Mode ◽  
Optimal Mode ◽  
Brand Effect

The popularity of e-commerce has impacted traditional retail business. Farmer cooperatives running green agri-food pick-your-own (PYO) farms are facing the choice of whether or not to adopt online channels. PYO operation refers to consumers picking and purchasing the agri-food growing on a farm, and due to it being environmentally-friendly, healthy, and popular, it has been widely adopted by many farm cooperatives. This paper aims to discuss the practicality of introducing online channels to already established PYO farms in the green agri-food supply chain (GASC), who can personally take charge of the online channel or transfer it to one online retailer. Firstly, we constructed the demand functions of green agri-food by putting consumer utility, the freshness of agri-food, and transportation cost into consideration. Secondly, five decision models are built to characterize five operation modes, namely pure PYO mode, self-operated dual-channel mode, decentralized dual-channel mode, centralized dual-channel mode, and contractual cooperation mode. Furthermore, by taking price, demand, and profit with different modes into consideration, we are able to explore the introduction of online channels and green brand construction. Finally, numerical analysis is performed. We found that: (1) introducing an online channel is preferable strategy since the profit of the farmer cooperative in pure PYO mode is always less than the profit of a farmer cooperative in non-self-operated dual-channel modes; (2) the decision of self-operating an online channel is related to the fixed cost of creating a new online channel and the green food brand effect of online channel, and it is the optimal mode in some cases, while the contractual cooperation mode is the optimal mode in the remaining cases; and (3) the green food brand effect of online channels is does not necessarily improve with scale, and the initial freshness has a positive relationship to the profit, demand, and price of farmer cooperatives and online retailers.

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