scholarly journals Understanding the influence of context characteristics, logistics control and quality control on postharvest losses : a case of Zimbabwean tomato supply chains

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lesley Macheka
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Postharvest Losses ◽  
Logistics Control ◽  
Context Characteristics

Identification of determinants of postharvest losses in Zimbabwean tomato supply chains as basis for dedicated interventions

Food Control ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 87 ◽  
pp. 135-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lesley Macheka ◽  
Elisabeth J.H. Spelt ◽  
Evert-Jan Bakker ◽  
Jack G.A.J. van der Vorst ◽  
Pieternel A. Luning
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Postharvest Losses

scholarly journals Blockchain in Medical Supply-Chain

2021 ◽  
pp. 89-93
Author(s):  
Kedar Kshatriya ◽  
Rutuja Ajagekar ◽  
Ishwarappa Kalbandi ◽  
Madhur Jodhwani ◽  
Sagar Gosavi
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Border Crossing ◽  
Global Supply Chains ◽  
Medical Supply ◽  
Working Together

Problems in the medical supply chain are neither new nor uncommon: These products can travel through global supply chains in which documentation is often manual and paper-based, increasing at each handoff and border crossing. As a result, theft and quality control issues are common, and regulators and distributors struggle to locate substandard products that have entered the system. As both the technology and the industry’s processes for working together matures, blockchains could help us get better and faster at getting medicines and vaccines to where we have the most urgency. With more granular visibility, stakeholders could better zero in on clogs in supply chains, more quickly locate and remove expired, damaged, or fraudulent products.

scholarly journals Traceability of Fruits and Vegetables Supply Chain towards Efficient Management: A Case Study from Sri Lanka

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (02) ◽  
pp. 89-106
Author(s):  
Y. M. P. Samarasinghe ◽  
B. A. M. S. Kumara ◽  
Asela K. Kulatunga
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Postharvest Losses ◽  
Food Supply Chains ◽  
Traceability System ◽  
Product Identification

The necessity for food traceability has been increased over the years with the expansion of food supply chains globally over these years due to stringent of food safety regulations. Enhancing the access to quality food safely is one of the essential requirements of food supply chain traceability. Conversely, significant percentages of postharvest losses available especially in developing countries due to poor supply chain and logistics practices thereby threatening food security. Unless there is a possibility to trace the Supply chain, it is difficult to take remedial actions. When it comes to Sri Lanka, currently it is harder to have the traceability in most of the foods supply chains commonly on most of the elementary supply chains such as fruits and vegetables. This has led to postharvest losses since it is harder to identify when and where damages occur, who are accountable, harvested and transient times, supply demand mismatch too. Therefore, this paper aims to investigate the feasibility of tracing of fruit and vegetable supply chain in Sri Lanka and contribute theoretically to facilitate authorities and decision makers for future traceability improvement. Availability of secondary information on fruits and vegetables traceability was examined referring to government agencies. Basic structure of supply chain was identified based on secondary data and a case study was conducted based on supply chains linked to Thambuththegama and Keppetipola Dedicated Economic Centers to gather primary data. To quantify the feasibility of tracing, a feasibility index was developed. Developed index was used to assess the feasibility towards improved traceability of selected chains where it can be applied for other food and non-food supply chains as well. The feasibility index can be used for other fruits and vegetables supply chains too to assess the feasibility prior to implementation of a traceability system. Furthermore, it can be used for non-food supply chains with some modifications. Analysis revealed that poor feasibility of wholesalers compared to farmers and retailers. Product identification technologies, awareness and willingness for traceability improvement were ranged low to fair for all the entity categories. Hence, enhancement of record-keeping and information sharing, adopting product identification and quality measurement technologies, and strengthening of legislation were identified as key improvements for enhanced fruits and vegetable traceability and efficient postharvest management of studied supply chains

Hierarchical Blockchain Topologies for Quality Control in Food Supply Chains

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Spyros Voulgaris ◽  
Nikos Fotiou ◽  
Vasilios A. Siris ◽  
George C. Polyzos ◽  
Artemios Tomaras ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Supply Chains

MULTI-AGENT MODELING IN CARGO DELIVERY MODELS USING TECHNOLOGIES FOR FOLDING CONTAINERS

2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 115-122
Author(s):  
I.V. YURGIN ◽  
◽  
A.А. KOROTKIY ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Computer Modeling ◽  
Transport Costs ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Agent Modeling ◽  
Cargo Delivery ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
Cargo Transportation ◽  
Delivery Models

The implementation of high-quality control of transport in various processes of supply chains, as well as in the field of cargo transportation, allows you to achieve a significant reduc-tion in transport costs. There are a large number of methods for optimizing transportation, the most common drawback of which is their inability to adapt to various critical unforeseen situa-tions. Using multi-agent models allows you to bypass the limitations of static models that use a strict schedule. To demonstrate the advantages of these models, we will use materials obtained as a result of computer modeling.

scholarly journals Profitability of mango marketing in different supply chains in selected areas of Chapai Nawabganj district

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 471-487
Author(s):  
MAM Miah ◽  
MS Hoq ◽  
MG Saha
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Marketing Channels ◽  
Sufficient Information ◽  
Insect Infestation ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Farm Level ◽  
Postharvest Losses ◽  
Post Harvest ◽  
Postharvest Handling

A plenty of mangoes are spoiled and damaged every year due to improper postharvest handling and inefficient supply chain. Sufficient information are lacking on these issues in Bangladesh. The study assessed the postharvest handling of key actors in mango supply chains and estimated the post-harvest losses at different stakeholder level in Chapai Nawabganj district, Bangladesh. In total 83 respondents taking 30 mango growers and 53 mango traders were interviewed from Chapai Nawabganj and Dhaka districts. The study identified eight marketing channels for mango marketing. The prominent channel was Grower> Bepari> Urban Arathdar> Urban retailer> urban Consumer since 85.1% mangos moved through this channel. Bepari incurred the highest marketing cost (Tk.7338/ton) due to long distance coverage followed by retailer (Tk.1218/ton) and Faria (Tk.738/ton). Faria received the highest net margin (Tk.8068/ton) due to lower marketing cost and spoilage followed by retailer (Tk. 6601/ton) and Bepari (Tk.5394/ton).The results revealed that the estimated average postharvest losses were 14.11% and 9.61% at farm and traders’ level respectively. At farm level, these losses occurred during harvesting, sorting & grading, and transportation. Harvesting losses were due to cracking, bruising, compression, and disease and insect infestation. The highest loss was recorded at retail level (4.64%) followed by Bepari (3.95%). Farmers and Farias used different local carriers, whereas trucks and pick up van were used by Bepari to transport mango from assemble markets to urban wholesale markets. Major marketing problems in the supply chain were delayed sale and lack of buyers.Bangladesh J. Agril. Res. 43(3): 471-487, September 2018

The Study on the Quality Management of Supply Chain Production in Operations

2011 ◽  
Vol 267 ◽  
pp. 265-270
Author(s):  
Li Na Wang
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Asymmetric Information ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Product Quality ◽  
Principal Agent ◽  
Agent Model ◽  
Numerical Example ◽  
Principal Agent Model

Based on the different effort levels of product quality management of the suppliers, this paper has established the principal-agent model under the asymmetric information. At the same time, it has also studied the coordination quality control in supply chains and the optimal revenue problem of the supply chain. Finally, the model has been carried out the numerical example analysis.

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