Food production systems are complex industrial operations that often involve multiple parties. This study proposes … inventory management strategies for a multi-echelon perishable food supply chain with growing and deteriorating items. The … upstream end of the proposed food supply chain is the farming echelon where newborn growing items are reared to maturity …

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 …

the configuration of the perishable food supply chain (PFSC). The logistics network design (LND) lead to different supply … food production and from retail merchants is preserved? In the perishable food supply chain. Social implications: Where the … perishable food supply chain actors are located in non-efficient borders and their sustainability may be affected by competition …