Sustainable innovation in the dairy supply chain: enabling factors for intermodal transportation

Cannas, Violetta Giada; Ciccullo, Federica; Pero, Margherita; Cigolini, Roberto

doi:10.1080/00207543.2020.1809731

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“…Moreover, multiple cases per SC stage are selected aiming at more robust findings according to a replication logic (Yin, 2009) and for grasping the heterogeneous behaviours that companies in different SC stages might have, and the differences in size and power along the chain. Similar criteria for case selection have been developed in previous literature on sustainability in food SCs (Le on- Bravo et al, 2019Bravo et al, , 2021Cannas et al, 2020).…”

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Traceability for sustainability: seeking legitimacy in the coffee supply chain

León‐Bravo

Ciccullo

Caniato

2022

BFJ

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Purpose The adoption of traceability systems (TS) and sustainability programmes responds to different objectives amongst which the companies' need to be considered legitimate; hence, the aims of this study are first, to identify what is the relationship between traceability and sustainability in the food supply chain (FSC); and, second, to characterize the legitimacy-seeking purposes – i.e. moral, cognitive or pragmatic – driving companies to implement TS along with sustainability initiatives.Design/methodology/approach This study analyses the coffee supply chain (SC), a globally dispersed commodity chain, where traceability initiatives usually respond to mandatory and voluntary quality standards and certifications of origin. The study involves nine cases at different stages of the coffee SC.Findings This study provides a taxonomy of the TS applied in the coffee SC. In addition, three main approaches to traceability for sustainability (TfS) are found in the coffee SC: synergistic, complementary or disconnected. Findings also reveal how traceability responds to different legitimacy-seeking objectives while triggering or complementing sustainability practices. Five research propositions and related directions for further investigations are elaborated from the results of this study.Originality/value This study explores rather limited studied area, investigating how companies in a food commodity chain address traceability and sustainability together while seeking legitimacy in the market. Moreover, the study is grounded on legitimacy theory, thus adding robustness to the analysis.

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Section: Methods and Case Selectionmentioning

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Traceability for sustainability: seeking legitimacy in the coffee supply chain

León‐Bravo

Ciccullo

Caniato

2022

BFJ

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“…Glover (2020) explores unintended consequences of implementing sustainability in the dairy food supply chain and reveals that retailers have strengthened their dominant position through using sustainable supply chains to exert further control over their supplier and economically and socially dividing rural communities. Cannas et al (2020) argues that the dairy supply chain could reduce CO 2 emissions and improve its environmental performance by adopting intermodal rail-road transportation. The subsequent discussion reflects on issues of resilience in the dairy sector that have been largely unexplored.…”

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Resilience in food processing supply chain networks: empirical evidence from the Indian dairy operations

Prakash

2022

JAMR

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PurposeThis paper identifies sources of disruptions that impede resilience in the dairy supply chain in an emerging economy context.Design/methodology/approachA case study approach is used. The unit of analysis is the Indian dairy supply chain (IDSC). Data were collected from nine major dairy cooperatives and five major private firms operating across the Indian states. A total of 28 face-to-face semi-structured interviews were conducted with two individuals from each case dairy organisation during January 2016 to December 2017.FindingsDisruption sources in the IDSC are both external and internal and impact the quality of products and the distribution network. Compared to developed economies, in an emerging economy context such as India, the number of disruptions is very high. These disruptions negatively impact resilience and affect efficiency, flexibility, responsiveness and product quality.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings stress the importance of integration across upstream and downstream processes in the IDSC. However, contextual factors should also be considered when designing the supply chain configuration. Small supply sources may be conceptualised as distributed sources that can be consolidated on the move using logistics and IT-enabled solutions. Moreover, the underlying processes of the dairy supply chain need to adapt to the external environment, and internal causes of disruptions should be eliminated through process redesign.Practical implicationsThe findings highlight that the efficient operation of the IDSC is challenged by disruptions, the fragmentation of various stages and poor support infrastructure. The findings may be useful in managing supply networks which have linkages in emerging economies.Social implicationsThe upstream stage of the IDSC involves many small- and medium-sized unorganised producers. The overall inefficiency and poor value generation across the entire IDSC constrain the livelihood and interests of these unorganised producers. Therefore, supply chain design needs to be aligned with social context.Originality/valueThe central contribution of this article is to present sources of disruptions that impact dairy supply chain performance in an emerging economy context. Areas requiring process improvement are also highlighted.

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“…(2015) proposed a decision support tool with the aim of carbon footprint reduction, which incorporates the logistics network's complexity by analysing the patterns in the shipment statistics. Cannas et al. (2020) proposed a roadmap to support the shift to intermodal rail-road transportation in the dairy SC to reduce CO2-emissions, while Melkonyan et al.…”

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“…Liljestrand et al (2015) proposed a decision support tool with the aim of carbon footprint reduction, which incorporates the logistics network's complexity by analysing the patterns in the shipment statistics. Cannas et al (2020) proposed a roadmap to support the shift to intermodal rail-road transportation in the dairy SC to reduce CO2-emissions, while Melkonyan et al (2020) explored alternative distribution network configurations to reduce the CO2-emissions caused by last-mile logistics of food products. Rohm et al (2017) emphasised the importance of understanding consumer behaviour to encourage food waste reduction.…”

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Using blockchain technology to drive operational excellence in perishable food supply chains during outbreaks

Kayıkçı

Uşar

Aylak

2021

IJLM

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PurposeThis paper aims to explore the potential of blockchain technology (BT) to support the operational excellence in perishable food supply chain (PFSC) during outbreaks, by doing use-case analysis.Design/methodology/approachA systematic literature review is performed to determine the dimensions of operational excellence in the food supply chain (FSC), then a single use-case analysis is conducted to explore the potential of blockchain in order to achieve operational excellence for PFSC during the pandemics by applying context, interventions, mechanism and outcomes (CIMO) logic.FindingsThe findings of this study reveal that blockchain capabilities such as immutability and transparency, visibility, traceability, integration and interoperability, disintermediation and decentralisation, smart contracts and consensus mechanism provide better sustainable operational excellence outcomes for PFSCs to be more responsive, flexible, efficient and collaborative to cope with the impacts of COVID-19.Research limitations/implicationsThis research employs only one real case with multiple PFSC participants. Statistical generalisation is not possible at this stage of the research. However, the findings are not restricted to this single use-case.Practical implicationsThis study provides a research direction to explore the potential of BT to achieve operational excellence in the PFSC during outbreaks and generates prescriptive knowledge for better managerial decision-making across the PFSC during outbreaks.Originality/valueThis research conducts semi-structured interviews with different participants in one blockchain ecosystem to understand multiple participants' perspectives of operational excellence within PFSC.

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Sustainable innovation in the dairy supply chain: enabling factors for intermodal transportation

Cited by 38 publications

References 34 publications

Traceability for sustainability: seeking legitimacy in the coffee supply chain

Traceability for sustainability: seeking legitimacy in the coffee supply chain

Resilience in food processing supply chain networks: empirical evidence from the Indian dairy operations

Using blockchain technology to drive operational excellence in perishable food supply chains during outbreaks

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