Contingent Strategies to Backup Food Supplier Chain Management Based on Disruptions

Fuze Shao

doi:10.19026/ajfst.10.2285

Abstract

In this study, food supply chain disruption management strategies involving food supply management strategies, demand management strategies, product management strategies and information management strategies are analyzed and then a strategy system is constructed. Also, in order to offer decision-making support for adopting reasonable food supply chain disruption management strategies, an optimization model is developed. It presents four information acquirement models, including perfect information model, advance-acquirement information mode, post-acquirement information and missing information model.

Highlights

As the food supply chain system spans more and more countries and its structure becomes more and more complex, plenty of uncertainties appear
Contemporary food supply chain management technology and thinking focuses on Lean Manufacture, Just in Time, Zero Inventory and so on, which brings great success, and results in the food supply chain more vulnerable to various disruptions (Hou, 2013)
With the rapid development of modern information technology, globalization of economy and global competition, the dynamics, complexity and uncertainty of the food supply chain environment increases, which makes the food supply chain often interrupted and the environmental quality deviate from steady state (Sheffi, 2002). Those increase the uncertainties of operational process of food supply chain and make the food supply chain is often vulnerable to various disruptions (Tomlin, 2009)

Summary

INTRODUCTION

As the food supply chain system spans more and more countries and its structure becomes more and more complex, plenty of uncertainties appear. With the rapid development of modern information technology, globalization of economy and global competition, the dynamics, complexity and uncertainty of the food supply chain environment increases, which makes the food supply chain often interrupted and the environmental quality deviate from steady state (Sheffi, 2002). Those increase the uncertainties of operational process of food supply chain and make the food supply chain is often vulnerable to various disruptions (Tomlin, 2009).

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