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An insight into agri-food supply chains: a review
International Journal of Value Chain Management, 2012Organised retailing being the present and future, the paper is an attempt to provide an over view of varied existing agri-food supply chain models across the world and factors responsible for the evolution. Considering the diversity in economies, culture, geography and climatic zones, eight countries have been considered for the study.
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Quantifying the Agri-Food supply Chain
2006Preface Introduction: 1. Quantifying the agri-food supply chain: overview and new research directions J.H.M. Wijnands and C.J.M. Ondersteijn.- Measuring performance in agri-food chains: 2. Performance measurement in agri-food supply-chain networks: an overview J. G.A.J. van der Vorst. 3. Accounting standards for supply chains H. Bremmers. 4.
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Agri-Food Supply Chains Design and Management
2022This chapter presents the basic concepts of the agri-food supply chain, taking into account the specifics of this chain. The chapter includes questions such as: What is an agri-food supply chain? What is agri-food supply chain management and why is it important?
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Planning and control in agri-food supply chains
In contrast to durable good supply chains, planning and control of agri-food supply chains are more challenging, e.g. due to perishable nature of the sensitivity of agri-food products. To provide managers with adequate decision-making support, it is crucial to understand the underlying planning processes along the entire supply chain.Florian Cramer, Sandra Transchel
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Liability and traceability in agri-food supply chains
2006Improving food safety, reducing the impacts of food safety problems, and providing a means to verify food quality attributes are driving the development of traceability initiatives in agri-food systems. Numerous and varied examples exist, from regulatory traceability initiatives, to industry-wide livestock traceability programmes, to individual supply ...
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Agri-food supply chains in the United States
With a focus on the USA, this chapter traces the development of the country’s agri-food supply chain, which has experienced significant consolidation across all echelons. Types of agri-food supply chains are discussed, highlighting local agri-food supply chains which have become more prevalent recently in the USA. National supply chains, however, stillTobias Schoenherr +3 more
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The authority structure of agri-food supply chain
2010 International Conference on Future Information Technology and Management Engineering, 2010Agri-food supply chain is a hybrid organization. Hybrids can rely neither on command nor on prices for overcoming difficulties, authority emerge to govern complex relationships. We simplified that supply chain have only two part, producer and distributer. There are more and more coordination and collaboration in agri-food supply chain.
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Improving agri-food supply chains in Africa
Agricultural value chains in the African context play a pivotal role in the attainment of increased food security, sustainable development, and economic growth when properly integrated into the broader global value chains. Nevertheless, African value chains confront substantial challenges, including challenging operating environments, financing ...Danie Jordaan, Thabile Tsabedze
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Demand management in agri‐food supply chains
The International Journal of Logistics Management, 2006PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to report findings from a major UK research project covering six agri‐food supply chains, each spanning from farm to consumer.Design/methodology/approachThe paper gives an overview of relevant literature out of which three research questions are posed.
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