Supply Chain Management: Volume 2 Issue 1

Managing the linkage with primary producers: experiences in the Australian grain industry

Trevor Nitschke, Michael O’Keefe

Considers the challenge facing an agricultural co‐operative operating in a commodity market but seeking ways of adding value both to the output of its members and to the services…

Developing niche product supply chains in the UK grocery market: lessons from a niche player

Tom Binet, Natasha Wilson

Discusses the characteristics of a branded niche product, the Jersey Royal, and the key factors determining the successful development of the supply chain to the major UK…

Challenges in international food supply chains: vertical co‐ordination in the European agribusiness and food industries

Henk Folkerts, Hans Koehorst

Presents the need for the European agribusiness and food industries to redesign and reposition their activities in the food supply chain, both at a technical and organizational…

The scope of supply chain management research

Stephen J. New

Advocates an expanded scope for supply chain management research which accounts for the social function and the political and economic implications of supply chain developments…

Assessing transaction costs to describe supply chain relationships in agri‐food systems

Rupert Loader

Marketing systems for fresh food products are frequently analysed in the economics and marketing literature, most often either in terms of a quantitative model reflecting some…