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Supply Chain Strategies for Perishable Products: The Case of Fresh Produce

Production and operations management, 2009-03, Vol.18 (2), p.129-137 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2009 The Authors ;2009 Production and Operations Management Society ;COPYRIGHT 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ;Copyright Blackwell Publishers Inc. Mar/Apr 2009 ;ISSN: 1059-1478 ;EISSN: 1937-5956 ;DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2009.01016.x ;CODEN: POMAEN

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Title:
Supply Chain Strategies for Perishable Products: The Case of Fresh Produce
Author: Blackburn, Joseph ; Scudder, Gary
Subjects: Agricultural commodities ; Design ; Efficiency ; fresh produce ; Harvest ; harvest strategy ; Inventory ; Inventory management ; Logistics ; Management ; marginal value of time ; Methods ; Order quantity ; Perishable goods ; perishable products ; Produce industry ; Product differentiation ; Studies ; Suppliers ; Supply chain management ; Supply chains ; Taxonomy ; Valuation
Is Part Of: Production and operations management, 2009-03, Vol.18 (2), p.129-137
Description: This paper examines supply chain design strategies for a specific type of perishable product—fresh produce—using melons and sweet corn as examples. Melons and other types of produce reach their peak value at the time of harvest; product value deteriorates exponentially post‐harvest until the product is cooled to dampen the deterioration. Using the product's marginal value of time (MVT), the rate at which the product loses value over time in the supply chain, we show that the appropriate model to minimize lost value in the supply chain is a hybrid of a responsive model from post‐harvest to cooling, followed by an efficient model in the remainder of the chain. We also show that these two segments of the supply chain are only loosely linked, implying that little coordination is required across the chain to achieve value maximization. The models we develop also provide insights into the use of a product's MVT to develop supply chain strategies for other perishable products.
Publisher: Malden, USA: Blackwell Publishing Inc
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 1059-1478
EISSN: 1937-5956
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2009.01016.x
CODEN: POMAEN
Source: Alma/SFX Local Collection
ProQuest Central

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Supply Chain Strategies for Perishable Products: The Case of Fresh Produce

2009 The Authors ;2009 Production and Operations Management Society ;COPYRIGHT 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ;Copyright Blackwell Publishers Inc. Mar/Apr 2009 ;ISSN: 1059-1478 ;EISSN: 1937-5956 ;DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2009.01016.x ;CODEN: POMAEN

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