Background: Digital and smart supply chains are reforming the food chain to help eliminate waste, improve food safety …, and reduce the possibility of a global food catastrophe. The globe currently faces numerous food-related issues, ranging … from a lack of biodiversity to excessive waste, and from ill health caused by excessive consumption to widespread food …

Food supply chains are considered to be more complex systems than other types of supply chains. This complexity is due … to the continuous changes taking place, particularly in ensuring the quality of food products throughout the entire … consumers. For that, food supply chain markets have become more highly developed in the use of modern technologies, and have …

Background: Food loss management (FLM), which is discussed at length in the literature, lacks a scientific basis on … which to determine the current engagement of actors in the food value chain and what is relevant to derive appropriate … in the food value chain have addressed FLM in the past. The derived profiles do not represent stages of development but …

Background: Agro-food supply chains possess specific characteristics due to the diverse nature of products involved and … contribute to all three pillars of sustainability, making the optimal design of a sustainable agro-food supply chain a complex … supply chain decisions and achieving economically and environmentally sustainable agro-food supply chains that contribute to …

In this paper, we introduce a physical Internet architecture for fresh food distribution networks with the goal of … the proposed architecture reduces the driver’s away-from-home time by ∼93%, whereas it improves the food delivery … freshness of the food packages. …

Blockchain technology has emerged as a promising technology with far-reaching implications for the food industry. The … extended food supply chains (FSCs). Blockchain can enhance traceability, enable more efficient recall and aids in risk … benefits of blockchain technology in FCSs are improved food traceability, enhanced collaboration, operational efficiencies and …

sustainable, three-level food supply chain involving farmlands, facilities, and markets. The model employs M/M/C/K queuing systems … (GOA), effectively addresses complex and large-scale food supply chain problems. Compared to GAMS, GOA achieved similar …

awareness about food waste. The type of retailer was limited to grocery stores and fruit shops, and the type of food covered … only fruits and vegetables. Furthermore, we considered the food waste generated in the logistics processes and not that … after consumption. Conclusions: More than a third of the food produced worldwide is lost or wasted. A considerable part of …