Logistics and Supply Chains in Agriculture and Food

Gebresenbet, Girma; Bosona, Techane

doi:10.5772/25907

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“…Businesses that are more established and deal in perishable goods often have long-standing relationships with logistics service providers at a competitive cost and tailored to their needs. As these businesses often supply their products to other businesses through the wholesale market they would benefit more from a software platform that helps to differentiate their products from other larger, non-local producers, confirming the importance of short supply chains and good traceability of their products as suggested in Ilbery et al (2004) and Gebresenbet and Bosona (2012). To tackle this problem, we propose a user-friendly software system that will increase the visibility of the entire food supply chain.…”

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“…In recent years, there has also been a shift from bringing their products to customers via farmers' markets to working through retailers (mainly deli-shops and farmer shops) and on-line sales. Deli-and farmer-shops, and also on-line customers, require more and more detailed information about provenance as is also noted in Gebresenbet and Bosona (2012). Low-cost technologies that could provide traceability of their products and give information of how and where their products have been produced could and as such improve customer satisfaction are, however, not readily available to small businesses.…”

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“…In addition to transport issues, Gebresenbet and Bosona (2012) identify an increasing demand from consumers to have good information of the origin of food, how it is handled and transported. The recent cultural shift towards local sourcing and short food supply chains has been suggested as a positive economic factor for rural regions (Ilbery et al 2004).…”

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Development of a Digital Tool to Overcome the Challenges of Rural Food SMEs

Loo

Chen

Edwards

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Scottish Geographical Journal

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It has been recognised that throughout the UK, rural economies have a significant potential for growth but despite the potential for growth, many rural businesses face barriers that prohibit their expansion. In this study, we focus on one particular group of rural small-to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs): food and drink producers. Through user engagement activities, we identify the issues and needs associated with distributing products to the market, in order to understand the main issues which prevent rural food and drink SMEs from expansion, and to establish the requirements for a digital solution to this challenge.

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“…One of the key elements constraining the development of agro-food industries is the high cost of production, particularly cost of transportation and utilities (Gebresenbet & Bosona, 2012;Clottey et al, 2009;Ruben et al, 2006). Other weak links that have been identified in the literature include poor package materials and package designs, lack of appreciation for positive contribution of cold chain in better quality service delivery, issues relating to pack houses operations, hygiene and food safety as well as poor records keeping and traceability among others (Fellows, 2011;Trieneken & Willems, 2007;Henson & Jaffee, 2006).…”

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“…Proper documentation on challenges and efforts to alleviate the problems especially at small and medium scale agro processing industries is missing. From the literature review, most studies on logistics were conducted outside Africa and cannot be appropriated to context specific challenges in Africa (Gebresenbet & Bosona, 2012;Ruben et al, 2006;Fellows, 2011). There is a clarion call for more in-depth case studies on Africa countries.…”

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Appraisal of Logistics Management Issues in the Agro-Food Industry Sector in Ghana

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Nketia²,

Quaye³

2015

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Logistics management in the Agro-food industries involves coordination of all activities in the value-chain of transporting goods and services to local, regional and international consumers. There are a lot of logistics related challenges facing agro-food industries in developing countries despite the fact that efficiency in logistics management contributes significantly to the competitiveness of agro-industries worldwide. This study investigates the existing logistics management practices in 20 selected agro-food enterprises in Ghana. Using in-depth case studies methodology, the paper addresses logistics related issues such as transportation and fleet management, infrastructure and equipment, quality of customer service and order management as well as level of ICT usage. Challenges facing small scale enterprises understudied include capital investment to replace old equipment with new ones, inadequate cold storage facilities and lack of training in logistics management among others. For the medium-large scale enterprises, logistic related challenges include inadequate financial support, high cost of fuel to support power generation, inadequate cold vans and poor road networks. Lessons learnt from the large scale agro-food enterprises understudied include (i) efficient planning of logistics needs by short, medium and long term requirements, (ii) maintaining good relationship with customers (iii) outsourcing of some logistics needs as much as possible, like raw material supplies, transportation services and other inbound needs but had in place systems for quality assurance and safety management and (iv) pre-processing activities close to the raw material source. Interventions in the agro-food industries were then examined for potential solutions to the challenges raised by the agro-food enterprises.

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Sustainable supply chain for disaster management: structural dynamics and disruptive risks

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This study explores the operational characteristics of supply chain operations during disaster scenarios within Bangladesh and the profound impact of disruption risks due to poor operational effectiveness and structural dynamics within the supply chain network. Via the analysis of representative case studies and interviews with over 500 stakeholders, we identify and analyse the many structural and administrative complexities and subsequent disruption risks surrounding the utilisation of traditional supply chain infrastructures for emergency disaster scenarios. The findings illustrate the severe impact of poor demand estimation, inadequate selection of supply items, bureaucratic and extended chain of administration, poor central coordination among the participating organizations, absence of interoperability, poor infrastructure, and lack of information sharing. We propose a new emergency supply chain infrastructure to mitigate these threats offering contribution to the literature as well as support to disaster relief efforts within Bangladesh.

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Logistics and Supply Chains in Agriculture and Food

Cited by 39 publications

References 14 publications

Development of a Digital Tool to Overcome the Challenges of Rural Food SMEs

Development of a Digital Tool to Overcome the Challenges of Rural Food SMEs

Appraisal of Logistics Management Issues in the Agro-Food Industry Sector in Ghana

Sustainable supply chain for disaster management: structural dynamics and disruptive risks

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