Application Of Supply Chain Model In Food Supply Chain Management
(Fresh fruit supply chain)
Abstract : This article presents a literature review of the application of supply chain model in fresh produce supply chain management (FSCM). FSCM includes the processes from the production to consumption of fresh produce (fruits, flowers and vegetables).
Design/methodology/approach – review is done by systematically collecting the existing literature. A case study focused on the application of supply chain model in market is elaborated.
Limitations/implications – this article takes into account only the fresh produce (fruits and vegetables), many perishable items such as milk, meat, etc., are not considered in this article.
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Some of the authors grouped these within food products (Salin and Nayga, 2003; Faulin, 2003; Alfaro and Ra´bade, 2009) without giving specific attention to the product characteristics, whereas others define these as agri-food (Aramyan et al., 2007; Ahumada and Villalobos, 2009), short shelf-life food products (Doganis et al., 2006), fresh produce (Fearne and Hughes, 1999; Zuurbier, 1999), perishables (Broekmeulen and Von Donselaar, 2009), deteriorating products (Lodree Jr and Uzochukwu, 2008), etc. Moreover, a few authors (Cadilhon et al., 2005; Bertail and Caillavet, 2008) have preferred to use the commonly accepted names such as fruits and vegetables. Others being more concentrated on a specific product discussed products such as oranges (Caixeta-Filho, 2006), grapes (Ferrer et al., 2008b), etc. There seems a lack of an accepted nomenclature for defining the produce. This vacuum is mainly due to the inherit heterogeneity in the produce characteristics. In future, there is an acute need for categorization of the produce to enhance the scalability of the developed …show more content…
This often results in a focus on a certain issue, which for food-related research mostly concerns the perishable nature of food products
One of the key areas for the application of mathematical modeling is to find the optimal harvesting pattern. It is hard to find a universal model applicable for all the agri-fresh produce across geographies. Snyder et al. (2016) offer an extensive literature review on operations research models for SC disruptions due to uncertainty in supply. Linear programming (Saedt et al., 1991), non-linear programming (Allen and Schuster, 2004) and MILP (Maia et al., 1997) have been used to great extent in production planning, inventory management and transportation. Lately, LP, MILP (Ferrer et al., 2008b) formulations and software packages (Caixeta-Filho et al., 2002; Ferrer et al., 2008b) for solution have been used. Dynamic programming ( Widodo et al., 2006) and stochastic programming (Darby-Dowman et al., 2000) are also used in some of the papers. This shows that mathematical programming is the most preferred methodology especially for production planning. The common trend is the proposing LP, MILP models and adopting standard software to solve it. It is found that not very complex models are introduced. Thus, the use of heuristics and meta-heuristics is very limited. The overall understanding is that,
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fifty years (Rubin 430). Leading voices in the food industry have had different views on the
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