Food Supply Chain Management and Logistics
Understanding the Challenges of Production, Operation and Sustainability in the Food Industry
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Beschreibung
Understand the food supply chain with this essential guide to the its innovations, challenges and future technologies.
Food supply chains are integral in ensuring that food makes it from the farm to the table. Understanding how these operate has never been more important.
The new edition of Food Supply Chain Management and Logistics is the guide to all aspects of food supply chains. This book examines food production, operational challenges and the future challenges of the industry, sustainability and the circular economy. The emergence of new technologies, which are key in increasing the efficiency of processes, such as food apps, big data and blockchain, are discussed, with new content providing practical insights into supply chain resilience and risk mitigation.
Food Supply Chain Management and Logistics embeds learning using case studies from leading companies such as Cargill, Nestle and Starbucks. This new edition is structured to provide readers with an understanding of the basics of food supply chain management and logistics before expanding the scope to cover more of a range of topics. Online resources include PowerPoint lecture slides.
Provides the latest research on trends, challenges and technologies actively shaping food supply chains, such as veganism, supply shortages and blockchain
Covers the fundamentals of food supply chain management including how food is produced, retailed and regulated
Offers international case studies from leading companies such as Cargill, Nestle and Starbucks to show theory in practice
New to this edition: New chapter on resilience and risk mitigation within the food supply chain. Additional content on sustainability and the circular economy within day-to-day supply chain operations
Online resources: PowerPoint lecture slides
Autor*in
Samir Dani
Samir Dani is Professor of Operations Management and Deputy Director of Keele Business School at Keele University, UK. He engages widely with industry and has research interests in supply chain risks, sustainability in supply chains, and the use of technology and business models. He works with the food sector on projects related to food supply risks, food sustainability, and food ecosystems. He has published widely and has presented his research
to both academic and practitioner audiences.
Themen in »Food Supply Chain Management and Logistics«
Supply chain management Food supply chain Food sustainability Food logistics food industry Food regulation Food safety