Food industry is the first in European Community for revenues, with more than 8 millions of
employee. Logistics and supply chain management play a crucial role in food industry. This …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to use content analysis to review the extensive supply
chain literature to summarize its past and current trends, and uncover existing gaps and …

The combination of lean production and Industry 4.0 exhibits excellent potential in
advancing operations management and, especially, production control. This improvement …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to analyse the prerequisites and effects of centralised
supply chain planning at IKEA, and to explore how the planning process, planning system …

This article aims at further develo** the purchasing performance management systems
(PPMSs) body of knowledge, assuming the wider perspective of the adoption process rather …

The interest in lean management in the UK's civil infrastructure sector is on the rise. In
parallel with this interest, a team-based, participative management technique called …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to aim at proposing a research agenda in the
intersection of strategic supply chain management and logistics (SCML) of global …

Globalization of agricultural trade has led to food supply chains becoming increasingly
complex. A high number and diversity of entities, processes, and localisations can create …

This paper proposes a centralised model predictive control framework to address logistics
management of supply chains of perishable goods. Meeting customer specific requirements …

Re-structuring the practices of traditional inventory management is becoming more essential
to optimize the supply chain transparency and accuracy of agricultural produce. A flexible …