Social Interaction and Price Transmission in Multi-Tier Food Supply Chains

Managing Social Responsibility in Multi-tier Supply Chains

We consider a three level supply chain in which a Tier 2 supplier sells to a Tier 1 supplier, which in turn sells to a downstream (Tier 0) firm. The Tier 2 supplier potentially violates social and environmental standards, resulting in harm to the Tier 0 firm. Both the manufacturer and Tier 1 supplier can exert effort to improve the responsibility of the Tier 2 supplier. We show that the manufac...

Developing sustainable food supply chains.

This paper reviews the opportunities available for food businesses to encourage consumers to eat healthier and more nutritious diets, to invest in more sustainable manufacturing and distribution systems and to develop procurement systems based on more sustainable forms of agriculture. The important factors in developing more sustainable supply chains are identified as the type of supply chain i...

Price , Rebate , and Returns Supply Contracts for Coordinating Supply Chains with Price Dependent Demand *

Channel rebates and returns policies are common mechanisms for manufacturers to entice retailers to increase their order quantities and sales ultimately. However, when the underlying demand depends on the retail price, it has been known that channel coordination cannot be achieved if only one of these mechanisms is deployed. In this paper, we show that a policy that combines the use of wholesal...

Traceability in Food for Supply Chains

Supply Chains present many research challenges in Computing, such as the modeling of theirs processes, communication problems between theirs components, logistics and processes management. This paper presents a supply chain traceability model that relies on a Web service-based architecture to ensure interoperability. Geared towards assisting quality control in the agricultural domain, the model...

Exploring hybridity in food supply chains