Supply Chain Management: Volume 29 Issue 3

Guest editorial: The interplay between new innovations, sustainability and food supply chains

Helen Rogers, Manoj Dora

Breaking the cycle of inertia in food supply chains: a systems thinking approach for innovation and sustainability

Mariel Alem Fonseca, Naoum Tsolakis, Pichawadee Kittipanya-Ngam

Amidst compounding crises and increasing global population’s nutritional needs, food supply chains are called to address the “diet–environment–health” trilemma in a sustainable…

Interdisciplinary challenges associated with rapid response in the food supply chain

Pauline van Beusekom – Thoolen, Paul Holmes, Wendy Jansen, Bart Vos, Alie de Boer

This paper aims to explore the interdisciplinary nature of coordination challenges in the logistic response to food safety incidents while distinguishing the food supply chain…

Insight from industry: Moet Hennessy’s development of an innovative supplier diversity program in the wine and beverage industry

Remko van Hoek, Dominique Lebigot, Antoine Bagot, Shannon Sexton

Supplier diversity has roots in US supply chains going back 50  years. Unfortunately, supplier diversity programs have been hindered by less than wholehearted buyer adoption and…

Evaluating the intention to use Industry 5.0 (I5.0) drones for cleaner production in Sustainable Food Supply Chains: an emerging economy context

Kamran Mahroof, Amizan Omar, Emilia Vann Yaroson, Samaila Ado Tenebe, Nripendra P. Rana, Uthayasankar Sivarajah, Vishanth Weerakkody

The purpose of this study is to evaluate food supply chain stakeholders’ intention to use Industry 5.0 (I5.0) drones for cleaner production in food supply chains.

The impact of digital traceability on sustainability performance: investigating the roles of sustainability-oriented innovation and supply chain learning

Xiongyong Zhou, Haiyan Lu, Sachin Kumar Mangla

Food sustainability is a world-acknowledged issue that requires urgent integrated solutions at multi-levels. This study aims to explore how food firms can improve their…

The role of a boundary object in legitimacy-making strategies for food waste innovation: the perspective of emergent circular supply chains

Quynh Do, Nishikant Mishra, Fernando Correia, Stephen Eldridge

Circular economy advocates innovations that upcycle wastes in the food supply chain to generate high added-value materials. These innovations are not only disruptive and green but…

Reducing food loss through sustainable business models and agricultural innovation systems

Subhanjan Sengupta, Sonal Choudhary, Raymond Obayi, Rakesh Nayak

This study aims to explore how sustainable business models (SBM) can be developed within agri-innovation systems (AIS) and emphasize an integration of the two with a systemic…

The role of digital platforms in e-commerce food supply chain resilience under exogenous disruptions

Arunpreet Singh Suali, Jagjit Singh Srai, Naoum Tsolakis

Operational risks can cause considerable, atypical disturbances and impact food supply chain (SC) resilience. Indicatively, the COVID-19 pandemic caused significant disruptions in…

Unveiling the factors influencing transparency and traceability in agri-food supply chains: an interconnected framework

Aniekan Essien, Godwin Onyekachi Chukwukelu, Nikolai Kazantsev, Nachiappan Subramanian

The global food industry is faced with the dilemma of finding a balance between food wastage and food shortage. Approximately one-third of food produced globally goes to waste…

Innovation for zero-deforestation sustainable supply chain management services: a performance measurement and management approach

Anthony Alexander, Maneesh Kumar, Helen Walker, Jon Gosling

Food sector supply chains have significant negative environmental impacts, including the expansion of global food commodity production, which is driving tropical deforestation – a…

Exploring the value chain of organic pineapple of Assam, India

Naba Kumar Das, Arup Roy, Saurabh Kumar Srivastava

The global organic market is expanding, and India is in an advantageous position with the highest number of organic producers worldwide. Although many articles have been published…

Leveraging on technology and sustainability to innovate the supply chain: a proposal of agri-food value chain model

Angelo Corallo, Martina De Giovanni, Maria Elena Latino, Marta Menegoli

Nowadays, the agri-food industry is called to face several sustainability challenges that require the development of new sustainable models. The adoption of new technological…