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Delivering Performance in Food Supply Chains (Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition) - Hardcover
Food and drink supply chains are complex, continually changing systems, involving many participants. They present stakeholders across the food and drinks industries with considerable challenges. Delivering performance in food supply chains offers expert perspectives to help practitioners and academics to improve their supply chain operations.
The Editors have identified six key challenges in managing food and drinks supply chains. Each section of the book focuses on one of these important issues. The first chapters consider the fundamental role of relationship management in supply chains. The next section discusses another significant issue: aligning supply and demand. Part three considers five different approaches to effective and efficient process management, while quality and safety management, an issue food companies need to take very seriously, is subject of the next section. Parts five and six review issues which are currently driving change in food supply chains: the effective use of new technologies and the desire to deliver food sustainably and responsibly.
With expert contributions from leaders in their fields, Delivering performance in food supply chains will help practitioners and academics to understand different approaches in supply chain management, explore alternative methods and develop more effective systems.
The Editors have identified six key challenges in managing food and drinks supply chains. Each section of the book focuses on one of these important issues. The first chapters consider the fundamental role of relationship management in supply chains. The next section discusses another significant issue: aligning supply and demand. Part three considers five different approaches to effective and efficient process management, while quality and safety management, an issue food companies need to take very seriously, is subject of the next section. Parts five and six review issues which are currently driving change in food supply chains: the effective use of new technologies and the desire to deliver food sustainably and responsibly.
With expert contributions from leaders in their fields, Delivering performance in food supply chains will help practitioners and academics to understand different approaches in supply chain management, explore alternative methods and develop more effective systems.
- Considers the fundamental role of relationship management in supply chains including an overview of performance measurement in the management of food supply chains
- Discusses the alignment of supply and demand in food supply chains and reviews sales and operations planning and marketing strategies for competitive advantage in the food industry
- Provides an overview of the effective use of new technologies and those that will be used in the future to deliver food sustainably and reliably
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The most valuable and comprehensive resource I've been exposed to for defining and managing food supply chains and taking them to a whole new level, Luis Cuellar, Supply Chain Director, Unilever North America
I am amazed by the breadth and depth of this resource. It is an outstanding end-to-end analysis with thought leadership in every aspect that will certainly help any Supply Chain professional who aspires to define and manage the future of value chains, Luis Cuellar, Supply Chain Director, Unilever North America
Security of food supply and its safety are now major national policy concerns. This book examines the specifics of supply chain management in the food sector. It is an important contribution to understanding and improving food supply chains, Professor Alan Braithwaite, Executive Chairman of LCP Consulting and Visiting Professor, Cranfield University, UK
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I am amazed by the breadth and depth of this resource. It is an outstanding end-to-end analysis with thought leadership in every aspect that will certainly help any Supply Chain professional who aspires to define and manage the future of value chains, Luis Cuellar, Supply Chain Director, Unilever North America
Security of food supply and its safety are now major national policy concerns. This book examines the specifics of supply chain management in the food sector. It is an important contribution to understanding and improving food supply chains, Professor Alan Braithwaite, Executive Chairman of LCP Consulting and Visiting Professor, Cranfield University, UK
Carlos Mena is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Cranfield University School of Management, UK.
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- PublisherWoodhead Publishing Ltd
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1845694716
- ISBN 13 9781845694715
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages560
- EditorC. Mena, G. Stevens
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