Literature review analytics (LRA) on sustainable cold-chain for perishable food products: research trends and future directions

Vrat, Prem; Gupta, Rachita; Bhatnagar, Aman; Pathak, Devendra Kumar; Fulzele, Vijayta

doi:10.1007/s12597-018-0338-9

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“…As such, they overlook practical aspects governing the logistical operations of perishables, such as limited lifetime and the use of temperature-controlled transport and storage facilities. As noted in the review paper of Vrat, Gupta, Bhatnagar, Pathak, and Fulzele (2018) , very few papers have considered sustainability aspects in the transportation of perishable products. This work enriches the existing literature where it jointly optimizes the lot-sizing and transportation decisions for cold products whilst incorporating relevant operational and environmental restrictions as an integral part of the decision making process.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…While overlooking the environmental perspective, Al Theeb, Smadi, Al-Hawari, and Aljarrah (2020) tackled the pure cost-minimizing inventory routing problem (IRP) of multi-stage multi-product cold supply chain where split deliveries were allowed. Further readings on works addressing various aspects of cold/perishable products logistics while accounting for environmental considerations are found in the review papers of Xu et al, 2015 , Zhu et al, 2018 , Vrat et al, 2018 .…”

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Sustainable dynamic lot sizing models for cold products under carbon cap policy

As’ad

Hariga

Shamayleh

2020

Computers & Industrial Engineering

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Highlights A cold product exhibiting a discrete time varying demand is considered. Two models are presented one for the total carbon cap and the other for periodic cap. A lagrangean relaxation and a bi-section method based algorithms are developed for Model 1. Model 2 is solved via a dynamic programming based algorithm. Sensitivity analysis is performed on the effect of the preset total and periodic caps.

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confidence: 99%

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Sustainable dynamic lot sizing models for cold products under carbon cap policy

As’ad

Hariga

Shamayleh

2020

Computers & Industrial Engineering

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“…The food processing sector is generally divided into two broad areas: processed food and value-added processed food [36,52]. The first category deals with milk, flour, rice, spices, pulses, vegetables, fruits, and salt that are sold in either packed or unpacked condition.…”

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“…IFPS in itself has a significant growth perspective and tremendous scope for socio-economic development in terms of value addition, trade boost, employment opportunities, and food wastage reduction [9,22,52]. The exports of the processed agriculture commodity provide a better return and increase the farmers' income and living standards.…”

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Investigating the barriers to growth in the Indian food processing sector

2021

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The Indian food processing sector (IFPS) has a tremendous capability for growth that can improve the socio-economic conditions of the rural masses. The performance of this sector is lagging behind substantially when compared to other developing nations. This study aims to identify growth barriers at different supply chain (SC) stages in the IFPS. Delphi analysis is performed to find out the barriers in the IFPS. Eighteen growth barriers have been found through expert opinion and extensive literature review spanning across three supply chain tiers: farm level, distribution level, and the consumer level. Further, to prioritize and identify the relative importance of various barriers, the analytic hierarchy process is employed. The results show that the top growth barriers in IFPS are-the lack of standardization and quality in the processed food, rain-dependent farming, and the high cost of cold chain facilities. The novel contribution of this study lies in capturing the intricacies of growth barriers in IFPS in an integrated manner across different SC tiers. Interactions between the identified drivers are important to both practitioners and researchers in understanding and driving process, quality, and technology improvements. Finally, the results also throw light on prioritized areas of concern that can be a game-changer for policymakers in India and other developing nations.

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“…More technical research was carried out by Budiyanto et al (2019), who investigated the effect of azimuth angle (installation of roof shade) on the energy consumption of refrigerated containers. Like Vrat et al (2018) conclude in their literature review on sustainable cold chains for perishable food products, there are many different areas that are not adequately addressed by academia despite an urgent need for practicing world. They encourage future research to study the role of proper stacking systems, material handling equipment, and advanced technologies for assuring the quality of perishable products during transportation.…”

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Factors causing peak energy consumption of reefers at container terminals

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Reefers are refrigerated containers commonly used for transporting perishable goods such as meat, fish, vegetables and fruit. Nowadays, reefers are responsible for 40% of the total energy consumption of container terminals, when connected to the electricity grid on shore. Every time when a large number of reefers is plugged-in after arrival, peaks in energy consumption occur. As container terminals purchase energy using a demand-based fee, exceeding the reserved capacity during peak times increases the energy costs of the terminal significantly. So far the literature has not dealt with the root causes of peak energy consumption of reefers, or ways to reduce these peaks. The aim of this paper is to identify the root causes and to quantify their importance. We use data of energy consumption of reefers at a large container terminal, over the period of 1 year. In order to identify the importance of factors, we apply a sequential multiple regression analysis approach with backwards feature selection. Variations in energy demand are explained for 77% by the arrival pattern of containers, for about 5% by dwell time and for 2% by other factors, such as container temperature at plug-in. Promising approaches to reduce peak energy consumption of reefers includes dynamic pricing, energy management and specific peak shaving strategies.

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Literature review analytics (LRA) on sustainable cold-chain for perishable food products: research trends and future directions

Cited by 45 publications

References 33 publications

Sustainable dynamic lot sizing models for cold products under carbon cap policy

Sustainable dynamic lot sizing models for cold products under carbon cap policy

Investigating the barriers to growth in the Indian food processing sector

Factors causing peak energy consumption of reefers at container terminals

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