Conception of a Simulation Model for Business Continuity Management Against Food Supply Chain Disruptions

The Covid-19 pandemic has shown that food supply chains are the most critical component of economic and human activities. It has also created a lot of interest among researchers, practitioners and policymakers to study the significant challenges of the food supply chain caused by the pandemic. Therefore this work wanted to investigate the critical supply chain challenges due to Covid-19 with the help of a systematic literature review of well-established articles published in interdisciplinary journals. The selection of thirty one papers was made through a research protocol that helped select and identify research papers which were coded with the help of qualitative software Atlasti 9.0 to study which supply chain challenge amongst disruption, forecasting and inventory was most prominently studied in the literature. Results of software coding revealed that disruption was coded 170 times whereas forecasting 10 times and inventory 37 times as challenges of food Supply Chain Management (SCM). Therefore, it was concluded that most of the researchers considered disruption as one of the significant food supply chain challenges. Further coding also revealed that lockdown and labour related issues were the primary reasons for food supply chain disruption.

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Food Supply Chain Disruptions and Resilience Under the Stress of COVID-19: Evidence from Nepal

Acta Scientific Agriculture ◽

10.31080/asag.2020.04.0868 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (7) ◽

pp. 158-166

Author(s):

Saugat Khanal ◽

Padam Bahadur Poudel ◽

Jeevan Lamichhane ◽

Alagathurai Ajanthan

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Food Supply ◽

Food Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chain Disruptions

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Parent perspectives on food allergy management and safety during the COVID-19 pandemic

Journal of Food Allergy ◽

10.2500/jfa.2020.1.200033 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Anne F Russell ◽

Olga S Kagan ◽

Mary M Huber

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Food Allergy ◽

Food Supply ◽

Patient Specific ◽

Parent Perspectives ◽

Food Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chain Disruptions ◽

School Reentry ◽

Medical Recommendations ◽

Allergy Management

Background: U.S. national emergency was declared in mid-March 2020 due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Subsequently, a period of stay-at-home orders, regulatory changes, evolving medical recommendations, and food supply chain disruptions occurred. There is little published research on how such changes affected food allergy management for children with this diagnosis.Objective: The study goal was to identify parent perspectives with regard to if and/or how pandemic-related regulatorychanges and evolving medical recommendations have affected food allergy management.Methods: A survey was distributed to parents of children with food allergy. An electronic Internet forms survey link wasavailable for completion during July 2020. Data were presented as descriptive statistics, cleaned, and coded into a spreadsheetbefore analysis. Frequencies and percentage were calculated to describe participants’ characteristics and responses.Results: Of 377 responses, 359 met inclusion criteria. Concerns about COVID-19 exposure were expressed in 65.7% about accessing an emergency department and 73.6% had school reentry concerns; 66% had not discussed recommended anaphylaxis management algorithm changes with a provider; 85.8% had not discussed the temporary U.S. Food and Drug Administration food labeling policy with a provider. Most (62%) reported shortages of preferred safe food brands. 62% spent more time cooking safe foods from scratch. With regard to the recommendation by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for classroom dining, 57.7% planned to request modifications. With regard to the CDC’s recommendation to use inhalers versus nebulizers, 37.7% had not discussed the topic with a provider. Ninety-two written comments were analyzed and grouped into seven themes.Conclusion: New pandemic-related regulations, food supply chain disruptions, and evolving medical recommendations resulted in intensified burdens for respondents, including the increased time needed to complete food allergy management and school reentry concerns. Study results can inform clinical team members (e.g., physicians, nurses, dieticians) of effects thatpandemic-related changes may have on this patient population, with subsequent consideration of patient-specific screening,education, and shared decision-making with regard to risk mitigation needs.

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Mitigating Food Supply Chain Disruptions Amid Covid-19

10.35497/310010 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Arianto Patunru ◽

Galuh Hatta ◽

Pingkan Audrine

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Food Supply ◽

Food Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chain Disruptions

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The Impact of Food Supply Chain Disruptions amidst COVID-19 in Malaysia

Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development ◽

10.5304/jafscd.2020.094.031 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-3 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Chiew Chin

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Food Supply ◽

Food Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chain Disruptions ◽

The Impact

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Supply chain involvement in business continuity management: effects on reputational and operational damage containment from supply chain disruptions

Supply Chain Management An International Journal ◽

10.1108/scm-08-2019-0304 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 25 (6) ◽

pp. 747-772 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Arash Azadegan ◽

Tahir Abbas Syed ◽

Constantin Blome ◽

Kayhan Tajeddini

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Large Scale ◽

Supply Chain Integration ◽

Business Continuity ◽

Complementarity Effect ◽

Supply Chain Disruptions ◽

Content Type ◽

Business Continuity Management ◽

The Face ◽

Internal Integration

Purpose Does internal integration extend to business continuity and to managing supply chain disruptions (SCDs)? Despite the voluminous literature on supply chain integration, evidence on its effectiveness on risk management and disruption response is scant. The purpose of this paper is to assess the effectiveness of business continuity management (BCM) and of supply chain involvement in BCM (SCiBCM) on reputational and operational damage containment in the face of SCDs. Design/methodology/approach This study draws on Simons’ Levers of Control framework to explain how the involvement of supply chain in BCM affects firm capabilities in containing damages caused by major SCDs. The authors develop and test hypotheses by analyzing large-scale questionnaire responses from 448 European companies. Findings Results of the data analysis suggest that BCM improves reputational damage containment, whereas SCiBCM improves operational damage containment. The findings also show that the significant effects of BCM and SCiBCM on reputational and operational damage containment, respectively, were amplified for the firms facing higher supply chain vulnerability. Post-hoc analysis further reveals the complementarity effect between BCM and SCiBCM for the companies exposed to high supply chain vulnerability. Originality/value Evidence on the effects of BCM and its internal integration on performance is limited. This study offers empirical evidence on the topic. Also, while supply chain integration can improve information sharing and coordination, some may not fully recognize its potential benefits in addressing SCDs. This study theoretically and empirically demonstrates the role played by internal integration, in the form of SCiBCM, in improving organizational damage containment efforts.

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Parent perspectives on food allergy management and safety during the COVID-19 pandemic

Journal of Food Allergy ◽

10.2500/jfa.2020.2.200033 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 142-151

Author(s):

Anne F. Russell ◽

Olga S. Kagan ◽

Mary M. Huber

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Food Allergy ◽

Food Supply ◽

Parent Perspectives ◽

Food Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chain Disruptions ◽

School Reentry ◽

Regulatory Changes ◽

Medical Recommendations ◽

Allergy Management

Background: U.S. national emergency was declared in mid-March 2020 due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Subsequently, a period of stay-at-home orders, regulatory changes, evolving medical recommendations, and food supply chain disruptions occurred. There is little published research on how such changes affected food allergy management for children with this diagnosis. Objective: The study goal was to identify parent perspectives with regard to if and/or how pandemic-related regulatory changes and evolving medical recommendations have affected food allergy management. Methods: A survey was distributed to parents of children with food allergy. An electronic Internet forms survey link was available for completion during July 2020. Data were presented as descriptive statistics, cleaned, and coded into a spreadsheet before analysis . Frequencies and percentage were calculated to describe participants’ characteristics and responses. Results: Of 377 responses, 359 met inclusion criteria. Concerns about COVID-19 exposure were expressed in 65.7% about accessing an emergency department and 73.6% had school reentry concerns; 66% had not discussed recommended anaphylaxis management algorithm changes with a provider; 85.8% had not discussed the temporary U.S. Food and Drug Administration food labeling policy with a provider. Most (62%) reported shortages of preferred safe food brands. 62% spent more time cooking safe foods from scratch. With regard to the recommendation by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for classroom dining, 57.7% planned to request modifications. With regard to the CDC’s recommendation to use inhalers versus nebulizers, 37.7% had not discussed the topic with a provider. Ninety-two written comments were analyzed and grouped into seven themes. Conclusion: New pandemic-related regulations, food supply chain disruptions, and evolving medical recommendations resulted in intensified burdens for respondents, including the increased time needed to complete food allergy management and school reentry concerns. Study results can inform clinical team members (e.g., physicians, nurses, dieticians) of effects that pandemic-related changes may have on this patient population, with subsequent consideration of patient-specific screening, education, and shared decision-making with regard to risk mitigation needs.

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DYNAMIC SIMULATION MODEL OF BEEF SUPPLY CHAIN TO FULFILL NATIONAL DEMAND

Jurnal Teknologi ◽

10.11113/jt.v78.9609 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 78 (9) ◽

Author(s):

Erma Suryani ◽

Rully Agus Hendrawan ◽

Isnaini Muhandhis ◽

Lily Puspa Dewi

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Simulation Model ◽

Food Supply ◽

National Level ◽

Political Stability ◽

Beef Production ◽

Food Supply Chain ◽

Sustainable Food ◽

Demand Distribution ◽

Beef Supply Chain

Sustainable food supply chain is required to mitigate supply chain risks, reinforce long-term supplier relationships and build stakeholder and customer trusts. It has a significant role in social welfare, political stability, and economic growth. In this research, we treated beef as a commodity, based on consideration that the demand of this commodity continues to increase in line with population growth and the needs of processed food industries. On the other hand, the supply of this commodity tends to decline. Currently beef production in Indonesia covers only about 60% of the need, i.e. the rest is imported. The beef supply chain is too long, and the demand surges during Eid festivities causing shortages of beef in the market. There is a need to design a program that is strategic and systematic to anticipate shortages of beef production as importing beef product is unable to resolve the issue. One of the problem-solving efforts that can be done is to improve supply chain management. There is a need to plan, build, and integrate aspects of "production-distribution-consumption” at the national level by identifying the stakeholders including regions and distribution channels. By considering the aforementioned problems, the beef supply chain can be improved with the support of simulation model to assess the existing system and to develop some scenarios to improve the system performance. We utilized system dynamics model to accommodate several key variables or parameters that have significant contribution to strategic sustainable development of food supply chain, such as changes and uncertainties in supply (caused by climate change), demand, distribution, as well as internal and external business factors. The research results show that national demand can be fulfilled through several strategic initiatives.

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