Supply chains are typically considered to consist of many stages across several organizations starting from raw material sources through component production to manufacturing and further on via distribution operations to B-to-B customers and consumers. This paper focuses on analyzing product-related characteristics: what the characteristics mentioned in the literature are, and the impact they h...

This research paper identifies the supply chain performance attributes that are relevant to the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry. The FMCG supply chains are analysed from the perspective of processes, components and typology. The typical issues faced by the FMCG supply chains are also explored. Three supply chain operational models are compared and identify SCOR as the one best suited...

Uncertainties in demand and supply, which are two major contributions to system dynamics, are unavoidable attributes in supply chains. Agent technology has been a renowned enabler to achieve flexibility and adaptability, which are regarded as the distinctive characteristics of future supply chains, to overcome system dynamics (Chan and Chan, 2005). In order to testify the usefulness of these ch...

Abstract Modern food supply chains ‐‐ infused with scientific and engineering innovations have made increasingly more affordable accessible. Yet there is growing concern about the long‐term sustainability of our system. Over time, inputs (e.g., water, fertile soil, fossil fuels, chemicals) working resources land, labor) required for industrial production its associated chain structure become sc...