scholarly journals Food supply chain resilience and the COVID‐19 pandemic: What have we learned?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill E. Hobbs
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Resilience

scholarly journals A conceptual understanding of criminality and integrity challenges in food supply chains

2017 ◽  
Vol 119 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liam Fassam ◽  
Samir Dani
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Food Fraud ◽  
Science Field ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Supply Chain Resilience ◽  
Government Report ◽  
Uk Government ◽  
The Uk

Purpose Business, consumers and governmental organisations are harbouring a growing need to gain an appreciation of behaviours connected to food criminality. In order to acquire a cross-functional understanding of these thematic areas (crime and fraud) the mapping of existing research is needed. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach This paper contributes to the process of knowledge understanding, by systematically reviewing literature to provide an analysis of the current body of business knowledge against the thematic criterion of “supply chain food crime” and “supply chain food fraud”. The analysis derives themes from the literature and maps this across the eight pillars underpinning the UK Government paper on food supply chain resilience. Findings A distinct gap lies with the eight pillars of food supply chain resilience, business interest into supply chain criminality and academic research into the field. There are noteworthy gaps when the literature is analysed to that of the UK Government report. Research limitations/implications The limitation of the study was its focus on business-only journals; a plethora of literature resides in the science field (e.g. testing) that has not made its way to business text. Practical implications Drawing inference between business research and the government report, clear identification and tangible research areas can be immediately exploited to align cross-functional thinking. Social implications The gap of consumer is not as yet addressed in this field, this research contributes originally to this gap and the need to address the same for societal benefit. Originality/value The paper concentrates on the metrics know to contribute to “food crime” and “food fraud” and deviating views of academic vs non-academic literature. In conclusion the paper identifies thematic areas for further research and presents a conceptual framework of food supply chain resilience.

scholarly journals Food supply chain resilience in an era of climate change: recommendations for Toronto, Ontario

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Michael Willett
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Critical Infrastructure ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Resilience ◽  
Food Supply Chains ◽  
Proper Functioning ◽  
American Cities

The production of food, its delivery to markets, and its use by consumers depends on the proper functioning of numerous supply chains and critical infrastructure networks, many of which are threatened by a changing climate. To ensure the proper functioning of food supply chains during weather-related catastrophes, climate change adaptation and food security plans must consider risks to all elements of the chain and identify strategies for bolstering resilience. This paper explores the efforts of various North American cities to respond to this challenge and offers recommendations for improving food supply chain resilience in Toronto, Ontario.

scholarly journals Impact of disruptions in agri-food supply chain due to COVID-19 pandemic: contextualised resilience framework to achieve operational excellence

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruchi Mishra ◽  
Rajesh Kumar Singh ◽  
Nachiappan Subramanian
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Ground Level ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Supply Chain Resilience ◽  
Resilience Framework ◽  
Research Propositions ◽  
Lack Of Commitment ◽  
Operational Excellence

PurposeThe present study aims to assess the role of supply chain resilience as an operational excellence approach to deal with disruptions caused by coronavirus pandemic in the food supply chain of an agri-food supply firm.Design/methodology/approachThe case study method was used to analyse the disruptions faced by the agricultural food supply chain during the pandemic. The study applies a dynamic capability theory as a foundation to develop a contextualised resilience framework for agri-food supply chain to achieve operational excellence. The case has been analysed by using situation-actor-process (SAP) and learning-action-performance (LAP) framework.FindingsThe SAP aspect of framework points that the flexibility amongst actors for a resilient agriculture supply chain worsened due to the lockdown measures post COVID-19. The LAP aspect of framework suggests how resilience can be built at the supply, demand and logistics end through various proactive and reactive practices such as collaboration, coordination, ICT and ground-level inputs. Lack of commitment and inadequate support from top management towards supply chain resilience are also observed as significant challenges to maintain operational excellence during the pandemic.Research limitations/implicationsOne of the major implications of the study is that a mix of capabilities rather than a single capability can be the most appropriate way for making the supply chain resilient to maintain operational excellence during the pandemic. However, the sources of disruptions need to be duly recognised to derive the best-contextualised resilience framework for agri-food supply chains.Originality/valueThe development of a contextualised research framework as well as research propositions for analysing supply chain resilience are the major contribution of this study.

scholarly journals Supply chain diversity buffers cities against food shocks

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfonso Mejia ◽  
Michael Gomez ◽  
Ben Ruddell ◽  
Richard Rushforth
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
The United States ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Frequency Model ◽  
Moderate Severity ◽  
Supply Chain Resilience ◽  
Supply Shocks ◽  
Intensity Duration Frequency

Abstract Food supply shocks are increasing worldwide, urging discovery of methods to manage the risk of food shock and boost food supply chain resilience. Ecological theory suggests that network structure is crucial for the resilience of the food supply chain. Here we show that boosting a city’s food supply chain diversity increases the resistance of a city to food shocks of mild to moderate severity up to 15%. We develop an intensity-duration-frequency model linking food shock risk to supply chain diversity. The empirical-statistical model is based on annual food inflow observations from all metropolitan areas in the United States during the years 2012-2015, years when most of the country experienced moderate to severe droughts. This model is simple, operationally useful, and hazard-agnostic. Using this method cities can improve their resistance to food supply shocks with policies that increase the food supply chain’s diversity.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document