...Angelo Corallo; Martina De Giovanni; Maria Elena Latino; Marta Menegoli Purpose Nowadays, the agri-food industry is called to face several sustainability challenges that require the development of new sustainable models. The adoption of new technological assets from Industry 4.0 supports...

...Henrik Ringsberg Purpose – This paper aims to increase our understanding of perspectives on food traceability in four supply chain risk management (SCRM) approaches to ensure food safety. The occurrence of food safety failures has led to increased attention on food traceability as a means...

... the relevance of this research and commentary. The theory of supply chain management, or value chain management, in the agrifood industry relates to all of the linkages from the primary producer of foods to the consumer. The discipline is generally acknowledged to date back to the 1960s in various forms...

... under consideration. Supply‐chain management Food Data processing The “bullwhip” effect (Lee et al., 1997a, 1997b) refers to increasing variability of demand further upstream in the supply chain (Forrester, 1961). For example, Holmström (1997) reports a supply chain where...

... will differ, firms involved in international supply chains for food products will be affected by the interplay of trade policy and consumer scepticism. All firms, even those not handling GMO products, will be affected because costly new monitoring procedures will be required. These additional monitoring costs...

...Alan Collins; Maeve Henchion; Paul O’Reilly The Irish food industry is of significant importance to the Irish economy. Given its dependence on UK multiple retailers, their supply chain management practices have considerable implications for the whole of the Irish economy. Retailers’ attempts...