Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 117 Issue 9

Publisher’s note

Data-driven food supply chain management and systems

A cost-effective decision-making algorithm for an RFID-enabled HMSC network design: A multi-objective approach

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the economic feasibility of a three-echelon Halal Meat Supply Chain (HMSC) network that is monitored by a proposed radio frequency…

A new risk assessment model for agricultural products cold chain logistics

The purpose of this paper is to develop a quantitative risk assessment method for agricultural products cold chain logistics to assess the condition of the fresh agricultural…

Modelling and optimisation of Indian traditional agriculture supply chain to reduce post-harvest loss and CO2 emission

The purpose of this paper is to reduce the post-harvest loss occurring through respiration and CO₂ emission produce by the selected produces, during logistics. This paper proposes…

Three-level supply chain coordination of fresh agricultural products in the Internet of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT) is used in the fresh agricultural product (FAP) supply chain, which can be coordinated through a revenue-sharing contract. The purpose of this paper…

How to evaluate sustainability of supply chains? A dynamic network DEA approach

The purpose of this paper is to develop a novel network and dynamic data envelopment analysis (DEA) model for evaluating sustainability of supply chains. In the proposed model…

Modeling of an IoT-enabled supply chain for perishable food with two-echelon supply hubs

The huge demand for fresh goods has stimulated lots of research on the perishable food supply chain. The characteristics of perishable food and the cross-regional transportation…

IoT-based tracking and tracing platform for prepackaged food supply chain

The purpose of this paper is to propose an effective and economical management platform to realize real-time tracking and tracing for prepackaged food supply chain based on…

Using customer-related data to enhance e-grocery home delivery

The development of e-grocery allows people to purchase food online and benefit from home delivery service. Nevertheless, a high rate of failed deliveries due to the customer’s…

Inter-organizational relational mechanism on firm performance: The case of Australian agri-food industry supply chain

The purpose of this paper is to explore how structural and economic issues of organising inter-firm relationships influence a supply chain (SC) performance, by using the insight…

Robot-enabled execution system for perishables auction logistics

The purpose of this paper is to propose a concept of cloud auction robot (CAR) and its execution platform for transforming perishable food supply chain management. A new paradigm…

Traffic flow routing and scheduling in a food supply network

The purpose of this paper is to focus on the reference model of a grid-like supply network that enables formulation of delivery routing and scheduling problems in the context of…

Implementing environmental practices within the Greek dairy supply chain: Drivers and barriers for SMEs

Food supply chain (FSC) in Greece is dominated by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), who face several challenges in adopting green practices. The purpose of this paper is…

Agri-fresh food supply chain quality (AFSCQ): a literature review

The purpose of this paper is to deliver a structured literature review of existing literature on agri-fresh food supply chain quality (AFSCQ) over a period of 23 years (1994 to…

Effect of different food recall strategies on consumers’ reaction to different recall norms: A comparative study

Using the combined theoretical umbrella of organizational legitimacy theory, service-dominant logic, fairness heuristic theory and two-factor theory, the purpose of this paper is…

Semantic transportation planning for food products supply chain ecosystem within difficult geographic zones

In difficult geographical zones (mountain, intra-cities areas, etc.), many shippers, from small and medium enterprises to individuals, may demand delivery of different food…

Food supply chain management: systems, implementations, and future research

The purpose of this paper is to review the food supply chain management (FSCM) in terms of systems and implementations so that observations and lessons from this research could be…

A constraint-driven approach to food supply chain management

The purpose of this paper is the need to build a novel approach that would allow flexible modeling and solving of food supply chain management (FSCM) problems. The models…