Value-added chemicals from food supply chain wastes: State-of-the-art review and future prospects

Industry 4.0 is changing the industrial environment. Particularly, the emerging Industry 4.0 technologies can improve the agri-food supply chain throughout all its stages. This study aims to highlight the benefits of implementing Industry 4.0 in the agri-food supply chain. First, it presents how technologies enhance the agri-food supply chain development. Then, it identifies and highlights the most common challenges that Industry 4.0 implementation faces in agri-food’s environment. After that, it proposes key performance indicators to measure the advantages of this implementation. To achieve this, a systematic literature review was conducted. It combined conceptual and bibliometric analyses of 78 papers. As a result, the most suitable technologies were identified, e.g., Internet of Things, Big Data, blockchain and cyber physical systems. The most used indicators are proposed and the challenges of implementation were detected and classified in three groups, i.e., technical, educational and governmental. This paper highlights and exemplifies the benefits of implementing Industry 4.0 facing the lack of knowledge that exists nowadays. Moreover, it fulfils the gaps in literature, i.e., the lack of information about the implementation of technologies 4.0 or the description of the most relevant indicators for Industry 4.0 implementation.

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Marże marketingowe i wartości dodane w łańcuchu dostaw żywności w Polsce

Zeszyty Naukowe SGGW w Warszawie - Problemy Rolnictwa Światowego ◽

10.22630/prs.2019.19.4.55 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19(34) (4) ◽

pp. 47-57

Author(s):

Justyna Góral ◽

Włodzimierz Rembisz

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Market Power ◽

Food Supply ◽

Agricultural Sector ◽

Value Added ◽

Added Value ◽

Food Supply Chain ◽

Agricultural Producers ◽

Direct Sales ◽

Marketing Margins

The issue of agricultural producer participation in the final food price is of interest to scientists and politicians. The European Commission (2014, 2016) commissioned the preparation of expertise in this area, as a result of which actions were taken to strengthen the agricultural sector. In Poland, for example, the promotion of direct sales has been intensified. These activities are aimed at shortening the food supply chain and improving the market power of agricultural producers. Market power means the ability of an enterprise to increase the price of its own product without reducing the level of sales to competitors. The aim of the research was to indicate trends in the area of marketing margins and added value in the food supply chain. This measurement served the search for the answer - which product groups have the highest level of added value and the greatest ability to improve the income of agricultural producers? The estimation of the value added illustrates - where does the "food zloty" of the final consumer go?

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Upstream information distortion in the agro-food supply chain

Supply Chain Management An International Journal ◽

10.1108/scm-07-2016-0241 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 22 (5) ◽

pp. 411-423 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Nelson O. Mancilla ◽

Wilmer S. Sepúlveda

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Information Flow ◽

Food Supply ◽

Design Methodology ◽

Value Added ◽

Food Supply Chain ◽

Information Distortion ◽

Content Type ◽

Quality Perceptions ◽

Consumer Perspective

Purpose The purpose of this research is to analyse the upstream information distortion among the various members of the agro-food supply chain, regarding the consumers’ quality perceptions. Design/methodology/approach The study focused on the beef chain, which is one of the most active in quality management terms. The study involved different actors in the chain: consumers (402), retailers (98), agro-industrials (40) and cattle farmers (84). Findings The results demonstrated that the more the upstream agents move away from consumers, the more the information becomes distorted. The research also highlighted that the greater the number of links in the chain, the more the consumer’s upstream information tends to be distorted. Originality/value The information flow is one of the important aspects on which the supply chain management focuses. This paper contributes to information flow research between different actors in the supply chain regarding product quality from the consumer perspective. Therefore, for the members of the supply chain, this research represents the potential to direct management’s value-added activities towards what consumers value the most.

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Opportunity for high value-added chemicals from food supply chain wastes

Bioresource Technology ◽

10.1016/j.biortech.2016.03.039 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 215 ◽

pp. 123-130 ◽

Cited By ~ 72

Author(s):

Avtar S. Matharu ◽

Eduardo M. de Melo ◽

Joseph A. Houghton

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Food Supply ◽

Value Added ◽

Food Supply Chain

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Impact of modern Retail over Food Supply Chain Management

Global Journal For Research Analysis ◽

10.15373/22778160/january2014/71 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 45-47

Author(s):

N.Arunfred N.Arunfred ◽

◽

Dr.D.Kinslin Dr.D.Kinslin

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chain Management ◽

Food Supply ◽

Food Supply Chain ◽

Chain Management

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Identifying Business-to-Business Unfair Trading Practices in the Food Supply Chain: The case of Cyprus

New Medit ◽

10.30682/nm2001b ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

pp. 19-34 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Marinos Markou ◽

Andreas Stylianou ◽

Marianthi Giannakopoulou ◽

Georgios Adamides

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Food Supply ◽

Small Businesses ◽

State Level ◽

Strategic Partnerships ◽

Food Supply Chain ◽

National Legislation ◽

Food Supply Chains ◽

Enforcement Policy ◽

Monitoring And Enforcement

Unfair Trading Practices (UTPs) between businesses in the food supply chain have a significant impact on the various stakeholders involved, and on the environment. So far, no attempt has been made at the Member State level for the identification of UTPs in the food supply chain and their impact on the relevant stakeholders. This study drew on this gap and attempted to identify the UTPs that exist in the Cypriot food supply chain, assess their impact on the involved stakeholders and provide guidelines that will assist the transposition of EU relevant Directive to the national law. To achieve this goal, the study was based on a quantitative survey of a representative sample of businesses using a specific questionnaire. The results showed that particular UTPs do appear in the food supply chain with a different frequency, while the majority of businesses have been victims of UTPs in the last five years. Notably, the estimated cost of UTPs as a percentage of the business annual turnover is considered important ranging from 5.7% for retailers to 31.9% for farmers. Thus, most participants agree that UTPs in the agricultural food sector should be regulated by national legislation. We argue that the national legislation for UTPs should be a mix of policies that integrate private, administrative and judicial methods of monitoring and enforcement. Policy and decision makers should seek to reinforce the role and the bargaining power of small businesses in the food supply chain. This might be accomplished through the development of efficient producers’ organizations, short food supply chains, interbranch organizations and strategic partnerships.

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