Fresh-product supply chain management with logistics outsourcing

Quick response and supply chain structure with strategic consumers

“…Different entities in decentralized systems usually have different incentives [43,44]. To coordinate supply chains, various forms of contracts (such as wholesale price contracts, quantity-discount contracts, buyback contracts, and revenue-sharing contracts) are designed and used.…”

Coordinating contracts for fresh product outsourcing logistics channels with power structures

“…They assume that the quality of the leftover product is exogenous and find conditions under which the firm is better off carrying all, some, or none of its leftover inventory to the next period. Cai et al (2013) study a fresh product supply chain coordination problem with logistics outsourcing under the CIF (Cost, Insurance and Freight) term. They assume product surviving rate and freshness level are also functions of time.…”

How is a food bank managed? Different profiles in Spain

“…It actually acts as a wholesaler, although the food bank is driven by the availability of donated supplies-precisely the opposite of a conventional supply chain. Management of food banks has become additionally complex due to the manipulation of perishable products in many cases, which are subject to losses of quality and quantity (Rajan et al 1992;Cai et al 2013). Figure 1 shows the different parts of the standard supply chain for a food bank in a developed country and its position, which is similar to a wholesaler, within this chain.…”