... of slaughterhouses in Brazil. In addition to being an important meat consumer, Brazil is one of the main exporters of meat worldwide (FAO, 2018). Over the past years, this sector has experienced a process of internationalization and management professionalization that has transformed its organizational practices...

... chain vulnerability Risk Supply resilience Scottish agriculture UK agriculture Meat Food industry As a starting point it is important to recognise that this paper is concerned primarily with the risks faced by an individual supply chain and its constituent businesses in relation to the supply...

... and Argentine livestock producers, an Argentine meat processor, a UK meat import operation, a UK meat processor, a UK foodservice distribution centre and two foodservice restaurants. Findings – The paper concentrates on the key findings pertinent to the upstream members of the above chain. It highlights...

... management rather than the configuration approach. Research limitations/implications The research is based upon in‐depth knowledge of the UK beef and red meat industry. It would be beneficial if further in‐depth studies could be undertaken in other agri‐food supply chains to further validate the findings...

... The paper reports on action research carried in two red meat industry supply chains, each of which spanned the whole chain from farm to consumer. Both of these case studies involved teams of managers from the companies in the chains together with facilitation by the researcher. Findings The paper builds...

... stores and 84 Food‐4‐Less warehouse stores (Ralphs, 2001). Ralphs was very interested in their beef sales because they found that beef drives meat department sales, and that when meat is in a customer's basket, individual store purchases double. Individuals who purchase meat are primary shoppers (Kay...

... 2000 Supply‐chain management Value chain Value analysis Strategic management Co‐operatives Meat We, as an industry, can either decide to work together and compete, or we can maintain our romantic cowboy independence, fight amongst ourselves, and become totally irrelevant (Mark...

... and the price paid for the lambs. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Buyers Canada Conjoint analysis Meat Supply chain Transaction costs Different levels of the four transaction cost attributes were combined to produce hypothetical supply channel scenarios. The number of scenarios depends on the number...

... that gain access to high‐quality raw materials, production capacity, and large customers. Consequently, managing inter‐firm co‐operation has become a strategic issue for firms in the potato supply chain. Agriculture BSE Meat Partnering Supply chain United Kingdom The Dutch potato sector...

... this period, drawing attention to the high levels of saturated fat and dietary cholesterol in red meat and explicitly advising the general public to eat less red meat. Concurrently, concerns over animal welfare were beginning to grow and were reflected in the growth of vegetarianism. Then towards the end...

...Jacques Viaene; Wim Verbeke Discusses the restoration of consumer confidence in the Belgian meat industry through Sanitel, a traceability system that tracks products through the entire supply chain. It is a prerequisite to an effective supply chain and quality management. Discusses the process...

.... The system set up by the Borders TAG Initiative provides a system of traceability with proven credibility through each stage of the meat chain. To realise the objective of assurance, it was necessary to use a system which would perform several functions. 1 It must allow animals to be identified...

... market research, genetic and meat processing research is explored. Finally, an assessment is made of the competitive strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats facing the Danish pork supply chain. Co‐operative organization Co‐ordination Denmark Export Meat Supply chain Denmark...

... explores the potential consequences of this breakthrough for vertical co‐ordination in meat supply chains. By reducing the biological variation inherent in animal production, cloning technology could allow the final quality of meat products to be linked more closely to managerial ability. It may result...

...C.M. Palmer Focuses on the meat and livestock sector and initiatives aimed at encouraging farmers to develop links with other marketing sectors so that they are able to assess and supply the right product, of consistent quality. Believes that farmers should form group structures and then integrate...

... the results of a 1995 survey, soliciting opinions from representatives of meat packers, provincial marketing agencies and producers across Canada, from which a framework was developed to evaluate the efficiency of five main areas: production and distribution; equitable distribution of rewards; growth in pork...