scholarly journals Assessing Values-based Sourcing Strategies in Regional Food Supply Networks: An Agent-based Approach

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline C. Krejci ◽  
Michael C. Dorneich ◽  
Richard T. Stone
Keyword(s):  
Food Supply ◽  
Supply Networks ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Regional Food ◽  
Sourcing Strategies

Vegan cheeses vs processed cheeses – traceability issues and monitoring countermeasures

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Moawiya A. Haddad ◽  
Sharaf S. Omar ◽  
Salvatore Parisi
Keyword(s):  
Food Supply ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Production Method ◽  
Animal Origin ◽  
Information Load ◽  
Supply Chain Risk ◽  
Supply Networks ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Traceability System

PurposeThe purpose of this study comes from the need of defining improved durability values and the realization of a good traceability management for selected vegan cheeses has suggested the comparison between a processed cheese and its analogous version without animal-origin raw materials. The durability should be studied at a well-defined temperature, probably agreed among the food producer and the food processor. In addition, the traceability system should consider many components and related suppliers.Design/methodology/approachA supply chain risk assessment analysis has been carried out with relation to two different products: an analogue cheese and a vegan cheese-like preparation. Raw materials and ingredients have been evaluated (production method and origin; geographical identification), with the aim of identifying simplified food.FindingsAn assessment of food supply networks has been carried out. In the first situation (analogue cheeses), the ingredient “cheeses” shows an important complexity: five suppliers with a related six-interconnection hub. On the other side, vegan cheeses are obtained from 11 ingredients (a challenging hub); four of them may be produced from 2–5 components of different origin (five total hubs). Tested processed cheeses are represented by means of a linear food supply network with two hubs (cheeses and “arrival” show degrees 6 and 9, respectively). Networks concerning vegan cheeses include five different hubs: four complex raw materials (degree: 2, 3, 4 and 5) and the “arrival” step (degree: 12).Originality/valueThe information load of vegan cheeses (two hubs, degrees >> average degree) appears high if compared with processed cheeses (two hubs), although the complexity of networks appears similar. Vegan cheeses may seem technologically simpler than processed cheeses and be sometimes questioned because of important traceability issues. Adequate traceability countermeasures in terms of preventive monitoring actions should be recommended when speaking of vegan cheeses. Anyway, a centralized manager would be always required.

scholarly journals Multi-objective optimization identifies trade-offs between self-sufficiency and environmental impacts of regional agriculture in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Christian Buschbeck ◽  
Larissa Bitterich ◽  
Christian Hauenstein ◽  
Stefan Pauliuk
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
Multi Objective Optimization ◽  
Regional Food ◽  
Multi Objective ◽  
Impact Reduction ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Political Targets

Regional food supply, organic farming, and changing food consumption are three major strategies to reduce the environmental impacts of the agricultural sector. In the German Federal State of Baden-Württemberg (population: 11 million), multiple policy and economic incentives drive the uptake of these three strategies, but quantitative assessments of their overall impact abatement potential are lacking. Here, the question of how much food can be produced regionally while keeping environmental impacts within political targets is tackled by comparing a scenario of maximum productivity to an optimal solution obtained with a multi-objective optimization (MO) approach. The investigation covers almost the entirety of productive land in the state, two production practices (organic or conventional), four environmental impact categories, and three demand scenarios (base, vegetarian, and vegan). We present an area-based indicator to quantify the self-sufficiency of regional food supply, as well as the database required for its calculation. Environmental impacts are determined using life cycle assessment. Governmental goals for reducing environmental impacts from agriculture are used by the MO to determine and later rate the different Pareto-efficient solutions, resulting in an optimal solution for regional food supply under environmental constraints. In the scenario of maximal output, self-sufficiency of food supply ranged between 61% and 66% (depending on the diet), and most political targets could not be met. On the other hand, the optimal solution showed a higher share of organic production (ca. 40%–80% com¬pared to 0%) and lower self-sufficiency values (between 40% and 50%) but performs substantially better in meeting political targets for environmental impact reduction. At the county level, self-sufficiency varies between 2% for densely populated urban districts and 80% for rural counties. These results help policy-makers benchmark and refine their goalsetting regarding regional self-sufficiency and environmental impact reduction, thus ensuring effective policymaking for sustainable community development.

RFID-generated traceability for contaminated product recall in perishable food supply networks

2013 ◽  
Vol 225 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Selwyn Piramuthu ◽  
Poorya Farahani ◽  
Martin Grunow
Keyword(s):  
Food Supply ◽  
Product Recall ◽  
Supply Networks

Roles of Intermediaries in Developing Resilient Systems

2017 ◽  
pp. 43-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Hingley ◽  
Eliseo L. Vilalta-Perdomo
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Food Marketing ◽  
Supply Networks ◽  
Regional Food ◽  
Community Approach ◽  
Complementary Nature ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Direct Distribution ◽  
Umbrella Group

This theoretical chapter discusses the role that intermediaries may play in direct distribution, supply chains and supply networks. The first approach does not recognize benefits from striving for collaboration and avoids intermediaries' participation as much as possible. Conversely, the latter two emphasize the creation of economic and efficiency values, through the alignment of goals and resources directed by a stronger channel lead body. However, in the case of micro-producers, increasing these values is not the only motivation; lifestyle or esteem factors may be, for example, more potent drivers. The research extends multi-actor supply arrangements beyond chains and networks, by introducing the concept of supply communities. This is illustrated through a vignette of a regional food marketing umbrella group that plays an organizing role. Findings suggest intermediaries to act as triggers for collaboration. The complementary nature of the community approach suggests a framework for micro-businesses to strengthen their operations with existing traditional supply arrangements.

Trust and e-business in food supply networks: summary and conclusions.

2015 ◽  
pp. 177-187
Author(s):  
M. Canavari ◽  
B. M. Novak ◽  
M. Fritz ◽  
J. Deiters ◽  
G. Schiefer
Keyword(s):  
Food Supply ◽  
Supply Networks

Food as a weapon? The geopolitics of food and the Qatar–Gulf rift

2020 ◽  
pp. 096701062091235
Author(s):  
Natalie Koch
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Grocery Stores ◽  
Critical Geopolitics ◽  
Supply Networks ◽  
Food Supply Chains ◽  
Material Supply ◽  
Logistics Networks

On 4 June 2017, Qatar was suddenly put under an embargo by its regional neighbors – an effort spearheaded by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, who cut off most of its existing land, sea, and air traffic routes. With no domestic agriculture to speak of, Qatar’s external logistics networks are essential for maintaining its food supply. The country’s 2.6 million residents, many of whom flooded the grocery stores, were understandably concerned about their ability to secure food when news about the embargo broke. Eventually, new food supply chains were established, primarily with the assistance of partners in Iran and Turkey. The ongoing rift between Qatar and its neighbors in the Arabian Peninsula, manifested only in part by this effort to undermine the country’s material supply networks raises a number of questions about an old idea: that of food as a ‘weapon’. This article puts this concept in historical and regional perspective in the Arabian Peninsula through the lens of critical geopolitics, tracing the securitizing discourses about food security and their intertwining with narratives about territorial sovereignty, nationalism, and essentialist understandings of geography to explain the causes and effects of the food embargo in the ongoing Qatar–Gulf rift.

scholarly journals Applications of agent-based modelling and simulation in the agri-food supply chains

2018 ◽  
Vol 269 (3) ◽  
pp. 794-805 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dhanan Sarwo Utomo ◽  
Bhakti Stephan Onggo ◽  
Stephen Eldridge
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Modelling And Simulation ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Agent Based Modelling ◽  
Food Supply Chains

Entrepreneurial behaviour in agri-food supply chains: the role of supply chain partners

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Brent Ross
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Entrepreneurial Firms ◽  
Wealth Creation ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Food Supply Chains ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Entrepreneurial Behaviour

Technological innovation, globalization and market segmentation have led to increasingly complex agri-food supply chains and networks. At the same time, they have also created opportunities for entrepreneurial firms to create new wealth. The objective of this study is to investigate the differences in entrepreneurial performance between firms that discover and exploit new wealth creation opportunities within existing supply chains as opposed to those that decide to establish the supply chain themselves. Using agent-based simulation, this study finds that agents that link with existing supply chains outperform those that do not both in terms of survival and wealth creation per firm. It also finds, however, that the presence of existing supply chains has positive effects for non-linked entrepreneurial firms as well.

Agent-based web service for the design of a dynamic coordination mechanism in supply networks

2008 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 727-749 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iraj Mahdavi ◽  
Shima Mohebbi ◽  
Mahdi Zandakbari ◽  
Namjae Cho ◽  
Nezam Mahdavi-Amiri
Keyword(s):  
Web Service ◽  
Coordination Mechanism ◽  
Supply Networks ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Dynamic Coordination
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