Modeling the causes of food wastage in Indian perishable food supply chain

Balaji, M.; Kaur, Arshinder

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2016.07.016

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“…Agility directly influences the short shelf life cause and allows the necessary decision making and adaptations in the materials to be made quickly so that food arrives fresh in the retailer's stores, avoiding possible causes of such waste (Garrone et al, 2014). For Balaji & Arshinder (2016), information about shelf life loss behavior based on continuous chain monitoring enables fast responses in adjusting and correcting transport processes before products fall below acceptable levels of quality. Also, innovations in packaging design offer better food quality monitoring during transport and storage, increased food protection during transport and a longer shelf life (Shafiee-Jood & Cai, 2016).…”

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“…In the research carried out, we have observed the existence of studies that address important elements of resilience (Ali et al, 2017;Kamalahmadi & Parast, 2016;Scholten et al, 2014) or the reduction of food waste (Balaji & Arshinder, 2016) separately, but discussions on the integration of these themes are still at an early stage (Macfadyen et al, 2015;Manning & Soon, 2016). It is therefore necessary to evaluate how resilience can influence food waste reduction so that organizations can be prepared to avoid and/or reduce waste and to obtain improvements in their operations.…”

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Does resilience influence food waste causes? A systematic literature review

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Studies that seek to relate resilience and food waste are still at an early stage. For organizations to be prepared to avoid and/or reduce it to improve their operations it is necessary to understand the impact of resilience on the food waste reduction. The aim of this article is to identify how elements of resilience can influence the causes of food waste in retail. To that end, we conducted a systematic literature review, which resulted in 90 articles. Next, we conducted a content analysis to facilitate a rigorous exploration of complex issues in the management field, seeking to relate the elements of resilience to the causes of food waste. We imported the articles into the QDA Miner qualitative data analysis software and then separated phrases and texts following the codebook guidelines. It was possible to locate common properties to the articles and to make initial comparisons between the resilience and food waste causes. As a result, it was observed that the elements of resilience can positively or negatively influence the causes of food waste in the retail and that most of these elements are related to the anticipation. The main elements of resilience identified are: Flexibility, Visibility and Collaboration. However, this influence is partial, since some of the elements, such as Redundancy and Financial Strength, prevent the full implementation of waste reduction. Finally, we discuss the study’s limitations and opportunities for further development in the conclusion.

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“…However, it has been observed that intermediaries tend to pay modest attention to the quality and the intended use of farm produce in the pursuit of opportunistic profits (Zaharieva et al, 2003). In addition, the presence of intermediaries in a transaction can block the flow of information from the farmers to the buyers (Balaji and Arshinder, 2016), increase quality uncertainty (Zaharieva et al, 2003) and the level of information asymmetry by accessing product information, which the buyers of the product do not have access to or have to incur considerable costs to obtain them from the supplier. Thus, the intermediaries information advantage create the potential for opportunistic behaviour when opportunity arises (Lu et al, 2015).…”

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The effects of the degree of produce perishability and the choice of procurement channel on supplier opportunism: empirical evidence from the food processing industry

Kanani

Buvik

2018

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Opportunism is an important topic in supply chain management and distribution channels. The emergence of this behaviour in buyer-supplier relationships tends to reduce performance while diminishing value creation in the effected relations. Different transactions call for different control levels depending on the gravity of opportunism in the transaction, with the need for control being higher as opportunism increases. In this regard, it is important to understand the factors that give rise to opportunism to apply appropriate control mechanisms. This study, therefore, explores the effect of the degree of the perishability of the transacted produce on supplier opportunism. Additionally, this study treated the choice of procurement channel as a control mechanism; therefore, we compared the effect of perishability on opportunism in direct and indirect procurement channels. In this study, cross-sectional survey data collected from 239 food processor-produce supplier relationships served as source of empirical evidence. The empirical findings support our hypotheses, and demonstrate that perishability is positively associated with supplier opportunism, with the effect being significantly lower in the direct procurement channels than in the indirect procurement channel.

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“…SSC practices in emerging economies is a hot topic, although current research has not been sufficient to speed up the sustainability of a social transition. Emerging economies such as China (Hitchcock, 2012;Zhang, Tse, Doherty, Li, & Akhtar, 2018), India (Balaji & Arshinder, 2016;Mani, Gunasekaran, Papadopoulos, Hazen, & QUEIROZ RQ2. How can a decision-making process be supported by an SSC framework?…”

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“…Hsu, Choon Tan, HanimMohamad Zailani, and Jayaraman (2013) studied the drivers that affect GSCM initiatives by Malaysian manufacturers, and showed that customer pressure significantly influences GSCM adoption. This conclusion is contrary to that reported by BenBrik et al (2013) in Dubai.Hence, these differences emphasize that there are several gaps in the understanding and awareness of sustainability issues in emerging economies.Recent studies demonstrated the sustainability evolution in India(Balaji & Arshinder, 2016;Gopal & Thakkar, 2016;Mani et al, 2018;…”

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A framework for sustainable supply chain in emerging economies

Queiroz

2019

Environmental Quality Mgmt

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Sustainable supply chains (SSC) are an essential topic in emerging economies for achieving sustainable development. Because of their rapid economic growth, emerging economies are experiencing both sides of this development: the well‐being enhancement and the environmental impact. However, decision makers and practitioners do not have robust models for managing supply networks that consider the sustainability complexities. This study aims to provide a better understanding of SSC in emerging economies and proposes a generic framework to improve the decision‐making process. Based on a review of the literature, a decision framework for sustainability is proposed. A green sustainable decision concept is also discussed in the SSC literature. This study has implications for scholars, decision makers, and practitioners interested in advancing the SSC field based on an extension of the framework.

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Modeling the causes of food wastage in Indian perishable food supply chain

Cited by 216 publications

References 40 publications

Does resilience influence food waste causes? A systematic literature review

Does resilience influence food waste causes? A systematic literature review

The effects of the degree of produce perishability and the choice of procurement channel on supplier opportunism: empirical evidence from the food processing industry

A framework for sustainable supply chain in emerging economies

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