Valuation of inter-boundary inefficiencies accounting IoT based monitoring system in processed food supply chain

Abstract

Nowadays, demand for processed food items is escalating towards the record consumption volume, which resulted in the surging of the Food Supply Chain (FSCs) network. But, the flow of the commodities through the various channels of the FSC is hampered by the various inefficiencies, which persist due to a lack of monitoring. This results in the widening of the gap between the supply and demand patterns allied with it. To tackle the same, and cater to the upwelling shares of the consumer demand, the dynamics of the Food Supply Chain Performance System (FSCPS) need to be tuned with the avenues of Industry 4.0 practices. Presented work clusters the various attributes of the inefficiencies, which hampers the processed FSCs dynamics and maintenance-related activities, elaborated by their sub-attributes based upon their events of occurrences. A model comprising the various attributes and sub-attributes of inefficiencies constrained outside the organizational boundaries of a firm’s FSC is rendered in this study. For effective handling of the mutual interdependencies persisting between the attributes, the methodology of the Graph Theory and Matrix Approach (GTMA) is exercised for the analysis of the developed model. Outcomes of the presented work felicitate the managers of industries, its allied corporates and numerous stakeholders of the FSC to ground a robust decisional framework, governing policies and managing the process permutations.

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“…The gathered data are checked for reliability and robustness by evaluating the Cronbach alpha coefficient. Clustered data spikes the value of 0.832, which infers that the data are robust and reliable enough for further analysis (Sharma et al ., 2023a, 2023b). Highlights of the clustered data are showcased in Tables S1 and S2 and Figure S2.…”

“…It can be understood from the fact that approximately 40 percent of the food items get wasted annually due to various uncertainties prevailing in the FSC network (Gardas et al. 2018), and this count touches two‐thirds of total production in the context of global scenarios (Sharma et al ., 2023a, 2023b). Hence, integrating digital technologies within the FSC practices can curtail the risks and facilitate risk mitigation.…”

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“…In the context of the Indian food supply chain, where fragmentation is high, and operations are not transparent, the adoption of digital technologies can yield significant improvement. It can be understood from the fact that approximately 40 percent of the food items get wasted annually due to various uncertainties prevailing in the FSC network (Gardas et al 2018), and this count touches two-thirds of total production in the context of global scenarios (Sharma et al, 2023a(Sharma et al, , 2023b. Hence, integrating digital technologies within the FSC practices can curtail the risks and facilitate risk mitigation.…”

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