scholarly journals Fields of Action for Designing Measures to Avoid Food Losses in Logistics Networks

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (15) ◽  
pp. 6093 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Kleineidam
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Food Loss ◽  
Network Cooperation ◽  
Logistics Networks ◽  
Structured Analysis ◽  
Food Losses ◽  
A Company ◽  
Different Levels

The literature contains many analyses of measures against food loss. However, there exists no structured analysis of the objective of these measures. This study employs a systematic literature analysis and open expert interviews, combining the perspectives of science and practice. For each analyzed case, we identified the objectives behind the implemented measures. Using qualitative clustering, we categorized the located objectives into fields of action. The identified 13 fields of action provide an overview of the objectives of food loss prevention measures. The results indicate that different levels of importance can be assigned to these fields of action. In particular, the results show the relevance of increased network cooperation and transparency within a company and along the entire value chain. Furthermore, the study indicates that the creation of transparency provides the greatest overall added value in terms of reducing food losses.

HORECA SECTOR FOOD LOSS AND WASTE MANAGEMENT IN BULGARIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (7) ◽  
pp. 2479-2484
Author(s):  
Hafize Fidan ◽  
Stanko Stankov ◽  
Ana Yaneva ◽  
Georgi Toskov
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Complex Issue ◽  
Food Loss ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Priority Task ◽  
Incentive Structures ◽  
Food Losses ◽  
Different Levels

Food losses and waste are indicators for inefficient use of the available resources. The objective of this study is to investigate the management and prevention of food loss and waste of HoReCa sector in Bulgaria. The losses could be observed throughout the entire supply chain, from initial production to final consumption. Huge quantities of resources, even natural as water and fertilizer, are used to produce food that never reaches to the consumer’s table. Although, the problem of food losses is globally recognized, there are still limited reports for the sufficient management of its reducing, prevention and alternative areas of usage. Mainly, the investigations are focused on the geographical coverage, but Bulgaria could be considered as unexplored in this direction. Managing food loss and waste is a priority task, because preventing them leads to increasing the food accessibility, improving the quality of life, and saving the natural resources of the Earth. Food waste is a complex issue requiring a variety of technological solutions and direct public interventions and incentive structures to change consumer behavior. All this requires attention at different levels.

scholarly journals Estimating the number of COVID-19-related infections, deaths and hospitalizations in Iran under different physical distancing and isolation scenarios: A compartmental mathematical modeling

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid Sharifi ◽  
Yunes Jahani ◽  
Ali Mirzazadeh ◽  
Milad Ahmadi Gohari ◽  
Mehran Nakhaeizadeh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Awareness ◽  
Case Finding ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Infected People ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Different Levels

AbstractBackgroundIran is one of the countries that has been overwhelmed with COVID-19. We aimed to estimate the total number of COVID-19 related infections, deaths, and hospitalizations in Iran under different physical distancing and isolation scenarios.MethodsWe developed a Susceptible-Exposed-Infected-Removed (SEIR) model, parameterized to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran. We used the model to quantify the magnitude of the outbreak in Iran and assess the effectiveness of isolation and physical distancing under five different scenarios (A: 0% isolation, through E: 40% isolation of all infected cases). We used Monte-Carlo simulation to calculate the 95% uncertainty intervals (UI).FindingsUnder scenario A, we estimated 5,196,000 (UI 1,753,000 - 10,220,000) infections to happen till mid-June with 966,000 (UI 467,800 - 1,702,000) hospitalizations and 111,000 (UI 53,400 - 200,000) deaths. Successful implantation of scenario E would reduce the number of infections by 90% (i.e. 550,000) and change the epidemic peak from 66,000 on June 9th to 9,400 on March 1st. Scenario E also reduces the hospitalizations by 92% (i.e. 74,500), and deaths by 93% (i.e. 7,800).InterpretationWith no approved vaccination or therapy, we found physical distancing and isolation that includes public awareness and case-finding/isolation of 40% of infected people can reduce the burden of COVID-19 in Iran by 90% by mid-June.FundingWe received no funding for this work.Research in contextEvidence before this studyIran has been heavily impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak, and the virus has now spread to all of its provinces. Iran has been implementing different levels of partial physical distancing and isolation policies in the past few months. We searched PubMed and preprint archives for articles published up to April 15, 2020 that included information about control measures against COVID-19 in Iran using the following terms: (“coronavirus” OR “2019-nCoV” OR “COVID-19”) AND “Iran” AND (“intervention” OR “prevention” OR “physical distancing” OR “social distancing”). We found no studies that had quantified the impact of policies in Iran.Added value of this studyGiven the scarcity of evidence on the magnitude of the outbreak and the burden of COVID-19 in Iran, we used multiple sources of data to estimate the number of COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations, and deaths under different physical distancing and isolation scenarios until mid-June. We showed that implementing no control measures could lead to over five million infections in Iran; ∼19% of whom would be hospitalized, and ∼2% would die. However, under our most optimistic scenario, these estimates could be reduced by ∼90%.Implications of all the available evidenceWith no effective vaccination or treatment, advocating and enforcing physical distancing and isolation along with public education on prevention measures could significantly reduce the burden of COVID-19 in Iran. Nonetheless, even under the most optimistic scenario, the burden of COVID-19 would be substantial and well beyond the current capacity of the healthcare system in Iran.

HORECA SECTOR FOOD LOSS AND WASTE MANAGEMENT IN BULGARIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (7) ◽  
pp. 2479-2484
Author(s):  
Hafize Fidan ◽  
Stanko Stankov ◽  
Ana Yaneva ◽  
Georgi Toskov
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Complex Issue ◽  
Food Loss ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Priority Task ◽  
Incentive Structures ◽  
Food Losses ◽  
Different Levels

Food losses and waste are indicators for inefficient use of the available resources. The objective of this study is to investigate the management and prevention of food loss and waste of HoReCa sector in Bulgaria. The losses could be observed throughout the entire supply chain, from initial production to final consumption. Huge quantities of resources, even natural as water and fertilizer, are used to produce food that never reaches to the consumer’s table. Although, the problem of food losses is globally recognized, there are still limited reports for the sufficient management of its reducing, prevention and alternative areas of usage. Mainly, the investigations are focused on the geographical coverage, but Bulgaria could be considered as unexplored in this direction. Managing food loss and waste is a priority task, because preventing them leads to increasing the food accessibility, improving the quality of life, and saving the natural resources of the Earth. Food waste is a complex issue requiring a variety of technological solutions and direct public interventions and incentive structures to change consumer behavior. All this requires attention at different levels.

scholarly journals Food Losses and Wastage along the Wheat Value Chain in Egypt and Their Implications on Food and Energy Security, Natural Resources, and the Environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (18) ◽  
pp. 10011
Author(s):  
Yigezu A. Yigezu ◽  
Moustafa A. Moustafa ◽  
Mohamed M. Mohiy ◽  
Shaimaa E. Ibrahim ◽  
Wael M. Ghanem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Energy Security ◽  
Effective Strategy ◽  
Environmental Implications ◽  
Domestic Production ◽  
Standard Measurement ◽  
Food Loss ◽  
Food Losses ◽  
Reduce Emissions ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Equivalent

Pushing yield frontiers of cereals and legumes is becoming increasingly difficult, especially in drylands. This paper argues and provides empirical evidence that food loss and wastage constitute a sizeable proportion of the total wheat supply in Egypt. By following the life cycle of food and using standard measurement protocols, we estimated the levels of food loss and wastage along the wheat value chain in Egypt and their socioeconomic, biophysical, and environmental implications. About 4.4 million tons (20.62% of total wheat supply from domestic production and imports in 2017/2018) is estimated to be lost or wasted in Egypt which is also associated with the wastage of about 4.79 billion m3 of water, and 74.72 million GJ of energy. This implies that if Egypt manages to eliminate, or considerably reduce, wheat-related losses and wastage, it will save enough food to feed 21 million more people from domestic production and hence reduce wheat imports by 37%, save 1.1 billion USD of much-needed foreign exchange, and reduce emissions of at least 260.84 million kg carbon dioxide-equivalent and 8.5 million kg of methane. Therefore, investment in reducing food loss and wastage can be an effective strategy to complement ongoing efforts to enhance food security through productivity enhancement in Egypt.

scholarly journals Understanding Social Impact and Value Creation in Hybrid Organizations: The Case of Italian Civil Service

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 4058
Author(s):  
Paolo Esposito ◽  
Valerio Brescia ◽  
Chiara Fantauzzi ◽  
Rocco Frondizi
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Hybrid Organizations ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
Public Resources ◽  
Five Elements ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Impact

The aim of this paper is twofold: first, it aims to analyze what kind of value is generated by hybrid organizations and how; second, it aims to understand the role of social impact assessment (SIA) in the measurement of added value, especially in terms of social and economic change generated by hybrids. Hybrid organizations are a debated topic in literature and have different strengths in responding to needs, mainly in the public interest. Nevertheless, there are not many studies that identify the impact and change generated by these organizations. After highlighting the gap in the literature, the study proposes an innovative approach that combines SIA, interview, interventionist approach and documental analysis. The breakdown of SIA through the five elements of the value chain (inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes, and impact) guarantees a linear definition of the value generated through change with procedural objectivity capable of grasping hybrid organizations’ complexity. The value generated or absorbed is the change generated by the impact measured based on the incidence of public resources allocated. Through the SIA and counterfactual approach, the civil service case study analysis highlights how the value generated by public resources can be measured or more clearly displayed in the measurement process itself.

scholarly journals Analysis on the economic effect of Sino-US trade friction from the perspective of added value

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhu Zhu ◽  
Hang Zheng ◽  
Zhu Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Economic Effect ◽  
Added Value ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Trade Imbalance ◽  
Trade Friction ◽  
Damage Degree ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Wang Wei

AbstractBased on the theory of trade added value, this paper discusses the potential actual trade scale and benefit damage degree of the two countries under the background of big country game by measuring the real trade scale of China and the USA, simulating the economic impact of tariffs imposed by China and the USA and utilizing Wang–Wei–Zhu (WWZ) method to decompose the potential changes in Sino-US trade. The results show that: firstly, the size of China-US trade in terms of total value is significantly overestimated and China's overall trade with the USA in 2001–2014 was overestimated by an average of 3.06 percent, of which goods trade was overestimated by 8.06 percent. Secondly, although tariff increases can reduce the degree of trade imbalance between China and the USA to some extent, the adverse effects are mutual and global, and the European Union, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Japan and Canada become the main transfer countries of Sino-US trade. Thirdly, the pattern of China's final exports and the US' intermediate exports determines that China's trade interests are more damaged than those of the USA. It is proved that there is a big gap between China and the USA in the depth and breadth of China's participation in the value chain division of labor and the trade scale measured by Gross Domestic Product is more instructive than the total value.

scholarly journals Design for Circularity Guidelines for the EEE Sector

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 3923
Author(s):  
Anton Berwald ◽  
Gergana Dimitrova ◽  
Thijs Feenstra ◽  
Joop Onnekink ◽  
Harm Peters ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Electronic Equipment ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Hazardous Substances ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Stakeholder Collaboration ◽  
Weee Recycling ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Multi Stakeholder ◽  
Different Levels

The increased diversity and complexity of plastics used in modern devices, such as electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), can have negative impacts on their recyclability. Today, the main economic driver for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) recycling stems from metal recovery. WEEE plastics recycling, on the other hand, still represents a major challenge. Strategies like design ‘for’, but also the much younger concept of design ‘from’ recycling play a key role in closing the material loops within a circular economy. While these strategies are usually analysed separately, this brief report harmonises them in comprehensive Design for Circularity guidelines, established in a multi-stakeholder collaboration with industry leaders from the entire WEEE value chain. The guidelines were developed at the product and part levels. They are divided in five categories: (1) avoidance of hazardous substances; (2) enabling easy access and removal of hazardous or polluting parts; (3) use of recyclable materials; (4) use of material combinations and connections allowing easy liberation; (5) use of recycled materials. These guidelines are the first harmonised set to be released for the EEE industry. They can readily serve decision-makers from different levels, including product designers and manufacturers as well as policymakers.

scholarly journals Quantity and quality food losses across the value Chain: A Comparative analysis

Food Policy ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 101958
Author(s):  
Luciana Delgado ◽  
Monica Schuster ◽  
Maximo Torero
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Quality Food ◽  
Food Losses

scholarly journals Risk Profiles Along the Lifecycle in Dynamic Markets

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 35-46
Author(s):  
Tamas Koplyay ◽  
Brian Mitchell ◽  
Sorin Cohn ◽  
Maria Fekete ◽  
Abdelkader Jazouli
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Distribution Channel ◽  
Operating Mode ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
Dynamic Markets ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Distribution Channel Management ◽  
A Company

Abstract That supply chain management and logistics are a determining factor for the long term success of a company was well documented by Forrester over a half century ago [1], with the importance of the statement only growing through the intervening years.Whether consciously factored into the operating mode or not, logistics and distribution channel management plays a critical role in the life, and death, of a firm. From the rudimentary beginnings of the start-up company to the hectic world of the growth company and onto the relatively secure existence in mature markets, the value chain consisting of logistics and distribution channel linkages follows the firm, until it solidifies into immutable form of the mature value chain and begins to exert an inexorable pressure on the survival of the entire chain, and conversely the chain imposes its will on the members. The emergence of mature industry value chains is often driven by the need to monopolistically control logistics and distribution channels which provides a competitive advantage but also introduces a serious exposure to pending shock loadings of the chain.

scholarly journals Modeling policy mix to improve the competitiveness of Indonesian palm oil industry

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 231
Author(s):  
Roland Y H Silitonga ◽  
Joko Siswanto ◽  
Tota Simatupang ◽  
Senator Nur Bahagia
Keyword(s):  
Palm Oil ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Value Chain Analysis ◽  
Policy Mix ◽  
Industry Research ◽  
Chain Analysis ◽  
The Impact

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to develop a model that will explain the impact of government policies to the competitiveness of palm oil industry. The model involves two commodities in this industry, namely crude palm oil (CPO) and refined palm oil (RPO), each has different added value. Design/methodology/approach: The model built will define the behavior of government in controlling palm oil industry, and their interactions with macro-environment, in order to improve the competitiveness of the industry. Therefore the first step was to map the main activities in this industry using value chain analysis. After that a conceptual model was built, where the output of the model is competitiveness of the industry based on market share. The third step was model formulation. The model is then utilized to simulate the policy mix given by government in improving the competitiveness of Palm Oil Industry. Research limitations/implications: The model was developed using only some policies which give direct impact to the competitiveness of the industry. For macro environment input, only price is considered in this model. Practical implications: The model can simulate the output of the industry for various government policies mix given to the industry. Originality/value: This research develops a model that can represent the structure and relationship between industry, government and macro environment, using value chain analysis and hierarchical multilevel system approach.

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