... 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Brazil Food industry Meat Supplier relationships Risk management Supply chain disruptions Supply chain management can be a source of important competitive advantages. However, the definition, implementation and control...

... chain vulnerability Risk Supply resilience Scottish agriculture UK agriculture Meat Food industry In recent years there has been growing concern that the world's food systems for producing and distributing food should, inter alia, be more resilient to a variety of shocks...

... 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...

... animal. VBP options are open to both custom feeders and suppliers (Western Feedlots, 2003). Since 1996, all cattle owned by WF have been marketed using their grid pricing system. Meat Supply chain management Animal feed Livestock United States of America Canada The decline in the share...

... are: © MCB UP Limited 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...

... and the price paid for the lambs. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Buyers Canada Conjoint analysis Meat Supply chain Transaction costs Unless the 30‐year trend of declining lamb consumption can be reversed, the North American lamb industry is likely to devolve from a mass‐market product...

.... It is particularly informative with respect to variations in the number of firms and their output capacities at each stage in the potato supply chain. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Agriculture BSE Meat Partnering Supply chain United Kingdom In the early 1970s, the Dutch potato sector was highly...

... Agriculture BSE Meat Partnering Supply chain United Kingdom The development of collaborative marketing ventures in the agri‐food chain in many countries is a response to the economic pressures that are driving the evolution of the chain and encouraging greater vertical and horizontal co...

...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. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Agriculture Electronic data interchange Meat Scotland Supply chain Tracking The UK beef industry is characterised...

... 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. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Co‐operative organization Co‐ordination Denmark Export Meat...

... 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...