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Quality assurance and traceability ‐ the Scottish agri‐food industry’s quest for competitve advantage
Philip Leat, Pamela Marr, Ceri RitchieThis paper summarises how the Scottish agri‐food industry has been developing farm and quality assurance activities since the early 1990s as it seeks to strengthen its competitive…
Quality assurance in Scotland’s beef and lamb sector
Brian Simpson, Adam Muggoch, Philip LeatThis paper outlines the Scotch Quality Beef and Lamb Association (SQBLA) approach to quality assurance and product traceability in the beef and lamb sectors. The schemes employed…
A beef producer initiative in traceability: Scottish Borders TAG
Ray Calder, Pamela MarrAsserts that a full traceability system for beef is possible using EID technology. This technology is currently available and is standardised under ISO 11784 and 11785. The lack…
Food safety and traceability in the agricultural supply chain: using the Internet to deliver traceability
T.P. Wilson, W.R. ClarkeThis paper describes a possible mechanism for the design and development of a software system that will become the de facto industry standard for the collation, location and…
Scottish Quality Cereals and Coastal Grains ‐ combinable crop assurance in action
David Jack, Terence Pardoe, Ceri RitchieThis paper outlines the objectives and quality assurance arrangements of Scottish Quality Cereals (SQC), the first major assurance scheme to be implemented for combinable crops in…
Traceability as a key instrument towards supply chain and quality management in the Belgian poultry meat chain
Jacques Viaene, Wim VerbekeDiscusses the restoration of consumer confidence in the Belgian meat industry through Sanitel, a traceability system that tracks products through the entire supply chain. It is a…
Defence sector procurement and supply chain relationships
G. Graham, G. HardakerThe central aim of this paper is to link the competitive performance of small, high technology defence firms to their ability to adapt to changes in the procurement process. The…
Environmental performance indicators for integrated supply chains: the case of Xerox Ltd
Kirstie McIntyre, Hugh Smith, Alex Henham, John PretloveThe Integrated Supply Chain at Xerox Ltd is a large complex organisation which has many potential impacts on the environment. In order to better understand and reduce those…
Supply chain management: the case of a UK baker preserving the identity of Canadian milling wheat
Julie Kennett, Murray Fulton, Pauline Molder, Harvey BrooksThis paper examines bread wheat quality and its effect on vertical co‐ordination in the wheat supply chain. Wheat quality is defined by many different characteristics, which poses…
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