Knowledge mobilisation crossing boundaries: a multi-perspective framework for agri-food value chains

A Knowledge Network and Mobilisation Framework for Lean Supply Chain Decisions in Agri-Food Industry

Making the right decisions for food supply chain is extremely important towards achieving sustainability in agricultural businesses.This paper explores that knowledge sharing to support foodsupplychaindecisionstoachieveleanperformance(i.e.toreduce/eliminatenon-value-adding activities,or“waste”inleanterm).Thefocusofthepaperisondefiningnewknowle...

testIng a performanCe measurement framework for agrI-fooD supplY ChaIns

Measurement of entire supply chain performance is an important issue, because it allows for ‘tracking and tracing’ of efficacy and efficiency failures and leads to more informed decisionmaking with regards to chain organization. The ultimate aim of implementing a performance measurement system is to improve the performance of the organization. If supply chains can get their performance measurem...

Beyond the vertical? Using value chains and governance as a framework to analyse private standards initiatives in agri-food chains

Information Services for Agri-Food Supply Chains - A Framework for Development

Several global developments such as the growing demand for bioenergy, limits in the availability of water and diminishing production resources as well as sector-wide crises (e.g. BSE, swine fever, dioxin) have led to a changing attitude of society towards the consequences of the food system‘s activities for social, economic and environmental issues, captured in the term of sustainability. As a ...

Information Management in Agri-food Chains

The establishment and management of information infrastructures in chains and beyond is a prerequisite for the implementation of the emerging comprehensive requirements on tracking, tracing and quality assurance in agriculture and the food sector. They support the guarantee of food safety and the focus on consumers’ quality needs. The challenge for the sector is the agreement on, and the implem...