Lessons from Operations Management to Combat the COVID-19 Pandemic

Patrinley, James Randall; Berkowitz, Sean T.; Zakria, Danny; Totten, Douglas J.; Kurtuluş, Mümin; Drolet, Brian C.

doi:10.1007/s10916-020-01595-6

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“…On the other hand, from a supply-side approach, it is important to note that the aforementioned "ripple effect" triggers the so called "bullwhip" or "whiplash effect", through which smaller distortions in consumer demand tend to amplify upstream through the supply chain (Wang and Disney, 2016). The short window of time between the appearance of the new virus and application of draconian social distancing policies in most of the world constituted the perfect storm that led to inaccurate demand forecasting and higher inefficiencies in the delivery of food to citizens (Patrinley et al, 2020), and, consequently, to the increase of FLW. While many enterprises have adapted and developed improved methods to predict future short-and midterm demand, these techniques tend to apply exponential smoothing on available historical data.…”

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Food waste management during the COVID-19 outbreak: a holistic climate, economic and nutritional approach

Aldaco

Hoehn

Laso

et al. 2020

Science of The Total Environment

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Section: Lessons Learned and Challengesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Food waste management during the COVID-19 outbreak: a holistic climate, economic and nutritional approach

Aldaco

Hoehn

Laso

et al. 2020

Science of The Total Environment

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“…In such a context, as a natural consequence of the lockdown, an intense change in food management has been registered, with reference to smart food delivery (Jribi et al 2020;Laguna et al 2020;Patrinley et al 2020). The role of food delivery, through digital apps (e.g., Just Eat, Glovo, Deliveroo) and technological or social tools (e.g., Telegram, Facebook), has been crucial to improve food purchase planning and increase the amount of time designated for choosing foods.…”

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Food waste in Italian households during the Covid-19 pandemic: a self-reporting approach

Amicarelli

Bux

2020

Food Sec.

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Food waste prevention and reduction are an economic, social and environmental concern included among the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development. The third target under SDG 12 (Target 12.3) on Responsible Production and Consumption aims to halve food waste by 2030 at retail and consumer levels, considering that more than half of its quantity is generated by final consumers, both indoor and outdoor. However, the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak at the beginning of 2020 imposed several food consumption behaviors and lifestyle changes: food service facilities (e.g., restaurants, pubs, cafés, hotels, resorts) have been closed roughly all over the world, generating a sharp domestic consumption and an expected increase in household waste. The authors conducted an explorative research through the food diary approach. The purpose of this paper is to have a better understanding of household food consumption and wastage trends during Covid-19 pandemic testing, as well as food diary methodology strengths and weaknesses. Food diaries, even with their intrinsic limitations and biases, represent a valuable technique to obtain detailed qualitative and quantitative knowledge on daily food consumption and consumers' behavior. Through the limited but significant results achieved, the authors highlight the logistics of the methodology and the food waste generation trends among a small sample of Italian families during the Covid-19 pandemic. Further, healthier work-life balances, adequate time management and smart food delivery seem to be good opportunities for food waste reduction in households.

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“…Quarantines and other restrictions have been implemented to combat pandemic and these measures are expected to remain in place for many weeks and months. Vaccination may provide some help but many risks are still obvious and impact on all sectors of economy is detrimental (Horner, 2020;Patrinley et al, 2020).…”

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Negative effects of covid-19 pandemic on agriculture: systematic literature review in the frameworks of vulnerability, resilience and risks involved

Štreimikienė¹,

Baležentis²,

Volkov³

et al. 2021

Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja

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Covid-19 pandemic provided many negative effects on world economies and people around the world. The covid-19 creates many threats to sustainability of agriculture sector which is very sensitive because of food supply security needs. First of all, it is necessary to analyse and comprehend the immediate consequences of current pandemic on agricultural and food systems in order to develop necessary actions. The risks, vulnerability, resilience and systemic shifts of agricultural systems need to be better understood in order to adapt to covid-19 pandemic. The aim of this paper is to analyse the negative impacts of covid-19 on agriculture and food systems by applying vulnerability and resilience approach by treating covid-19 like global disaster. The concepts of 'vulnerability', and 'resilience' which dominates disaster studies historically initiated after the World War II were applied to systematise literature review. The main input of this paper is systematization and grouping of the main measures to enhance resilience of agriculture systems in the face of covid-19 pandemic based on recent scientific studies published in 2020. The future research guidelines are also provided based on conducted systematic literature review.

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Lessons from Operations Management to Combat the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cited by 29 publications

References 3 publications

Food waste management during the COVID-19 outbreak: a holistic climate, economic and nutritional approach

Food waste management during the COVID-19 outbreak: a holistic climate, economic and nutritional approach

Food waste in Italian households during the Covid-19 pandemic: a self-reporting approach

Negative effects of covid-19 pandemic on agriculture: systematic literature review in the frameworks of vulnerability, resilience and risks involved

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