Multimodal Green Food Supply Chain Design and Planning under Uncertainty

2016 ◽  
pp. 181-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Carla Gomes ◽  
Tânia Pinto-Varela ◽  
Ana Paula Barbosa-Póvoa
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Supply Chain Design ◽  
Planning Under Uncertainty ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Green Food

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

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.

Innovation-induced food supply chain design

Food Policy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 83 ◽  
pp. 289-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Zilberman ◽  
Liang Lu ◽  
Thomas Reardon
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Supply Chain Design ◽  
Food Supply Chain

scholarly journals Circular and Lean Food Supply Chains

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stella Despoudi
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food System ◽  
Supply Chain Design ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Industrial Economy ◽  
Food Supply Chains ◽  
Lean Practices ◽  
Lean Operations

Circular economy (CE) refers to the industrial economy that aims to achieve enriched sustainability through restorative objects and supply chain design. Many governments have put in place different initiatives in line with the CE. On the other hand, the term Lean operations refers to the reduction of the non-value adding activities and waste in a supply chain. The food sector has been criticized for its sustainability and circularity due to the high levels of food and packaging waste and at the same time the increasing costs. Although food supply chain entities have started to implement circular economy and lean practices, the current efforts do not seem to be sufficient to achieve a circular and lean food system. The aim of this chapter is to explore the possibility of a circular and at the same lean food supply chain.

Resilient food supply chain design: Modelling framework and metaheuristic solution approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 135 ◽  
pp. 177-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleonora Bottani ◽  
Teresa Murino ◽  
Massimo Schiavo ◽  
Renzo Akkerman
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Supply Chain Design ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Solution Approach ◽  
Modelling Framework

Cost-sharing models for green product production and marketing in a food supply chain

2018 ◽  
Vol 118 (4) ◽  
pp. 654-682 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qinghua Zhu ◽  
Xiaoying Li ◽  
Senlin Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Cost Sharing ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Real Case ◽  
Market Demand ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Green Food ◽  
Green Performance

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the coordination mechanism of cost sharing for green food production and marketing between a food producer and a supplier who both contribute to the sales of green food. Design/methodology/approach This paper first develops demand functions for both a food supplier and a producer, considering their influence on green degree of food and associated consumers’ acceptances. Then, cost-sharing contracts-based game models are proposed. At last, regarding to optimal supply chain profits and green performance, the proposed contracts and the non-coordination situation are compared and tested by a real case. Findings When green cost is only shared by one side, the cost-sharing contracts cannot optimally coordinate the food supply chain, but it can improve profits for both the supplier and producer. When consumers’ sensitivity to the green degree of food increases, a mutual cost-sharing contract will bring more profits for both the supplier and producer than those under the non-coordination mode in a decentralized supply chain situation. A real case verifies the conclusions. Research limitations/implications The models are in complete information, and the market demand is assumed to be linear to sales price. Mutual cost sharing is only for material processing and food production, which can be extended to include sharing for sales cost. Coordination ideas on the proposed contracts development and solutions for optimal decisions can be applied in the other industries. Practical implications The study shows that coordination between a supplier and a producer is needed to improve the food supply chain’s green performance. Originality/value This paper first extends the existing profit functions by considering the green efforts of both a supplier and a producer as well as their effects on green degree of products and consumers’ acceptances to the green degree.

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