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Vertical Coordination and Grower Organization in the Supermarket Fruit and Vegetables Supply Chain in Croatia [PDF]

open access: yes
: The means by which fruit and vegetables growers are linked with the upstream partners in the supermarket supply chain are investigated in 15 semi-structured interviews with inter alia the managers of Croatia’s five major supermarket chains. Contrasting
Njavro, Mario   +3 more
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The Individual Product Level Approach to the Active Product Assortment Management of Fast‐Moving Consumer Goods

open access: yesQuality and Reliability Engineering International, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Scientific literature offers four different approaches to management of an active product assortment: (1) supply variety, (2) shelf space availability, (3) product inventory and (4) consumer perception of supply variety. All these approaches share one similar characteristic: they are not capable of assessing individual products’ sales ...
Domen Kozjek, Irena Ograjenšek
wiley   +1 more source

An Enhanced Soft‐Containing Gripper for Pick‐And‐Place of Oyster Products at Extreme Handling Speed

open access: yesJournal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Soft robotic grippers have been developed for high‐speed handling of soft, fragile foods. For example, our previously designed soft‐containing gripper has been implemented on food production lines. However, existing soft robotic grippers remain inadequate for food pick‐and‐place tasks at extreme handling speeds (e.g., > 70 pcs/min).
Yang Zhang, Zhongkui Wang
wiley   +1 more source

Contract Farming and Children's Education: Evidence From Maize Producers in Ghana

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming (CF) has continued to proliferate in the small farm sector of developing countries. While its effects on smallholders across welfare outcomes such as income and food security have been well documented, there are growing concerns about its broader social implications especially on children.
Francis E. Ndip   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fair Markets and Resilient Supply Chains: Designing Sustainable Intermediation for Rural Communities

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agriculture in Ecuador's communes faces significant economic, social, and environmental challenges, intensified by supply chains dominated by traditional intermediaries. The lack of context‐specific sustainability studies further increases the vulnerability of smallholders.
Jacqueline del Rocío Bacilio Bejeguen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Human Sustainability Leadership and Employee Wellbeing (Flourishing) in Organizations

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This qualitative case study research examines how designing for human sustainability leadership (HSL) affects employee wellbeing (flourishing) (HWBF) in organizations. It is undertaken at a university in the United Kingdom including academics and administrators.
Elli Meleti
wiley   +1 more source

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