Framework for evaluating risks in food supply chain: Implications in food wastage reduction

Over the years, food supply chains (FSCs) have faced various challenges, including supply chain interruptions. Previous studies focused only on household food waste. In this study, the FSCs risks is connected with food wastage to develop sustainable framework to reduce food waste. A Pareto analysis...

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Published in:Journal of cleaner production Vol. 228; pp. 786 - 800
Main Authors: Mithun Ali, Syed, Moktadir, Md. Abdul, Kabir, Golam, Chakma, Jewel, Rumi, Md. Jalal Uddin, Islam, Md. Tawhidul
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd 10.08.2019
Subjects:
Bangladesh
customer service
decision making
DEMATEL
experts
food industry
food safety
Food wastage
food waste
Grey theory
human resources
Internet
issues and policy
leadership
managers
monitoring
planning
risk
risk reduction
supply chain
Supply chain disruption
Supply chain risk
Sustainable food supply chain
Bangladesh
Supply chain disruption
Grey theory
DEMATEL
Sustainable food supply chain
Supply chain risk
Food wastage
ISSN:0959-6526, 1879-1786
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Summary:Over the years, food supply chains (FSCs) have faced various challenges, including supply chain interruptions. Previous studies focused only on household food waste. In this study, the FSCs risks is connected with food wastage to develop sustainable framework to reduce food waste. A Pareto analysis is developed for risk identification based on feedback from 130 experts from food companies. Finally, a blended grey-based Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) model has been proposed to assess the relationships among the identified major risks in FSCs. The five risks of greatest priority include: lack of skilled personnel, poor leadership, failure within the IT system, capacity, and poor customer relationship. The risk mitigation strategies for these risks are also presented. The proposed model is applied to food processing companies in Bangladesh to establish a sustainable business policy to minimize food wastage. These results can guide managers and practitioners to formulate resilient strategies to mitigate the identified risks, thereby minimizing food wastage and lead to food safety, security and sustainability across the food supply chain. The proposed model can be extended to address sustainability risk and be integrated to the internet of things for planning, monitoring, controlling, and optimizing supply chains in real time. •Key supply chain risks for food supply chains (FSCs) have been identified.•Grey-DEMATEL model is proposed to find the interactions among the key FSCs risks.•Implications of key supply chain risks on food wastage reduction are discussed.•Supply chain risks mitigation strategies are suggested.•Findings will aid managers to reduce risks and minimize food wastage in FSCs.
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ISSN:0959-6526
1879-1786
DOI:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.04.322