Abstract
This study aims to investigate how overall food supply chain performance (FSCP) often depends on the performance of partners in a sustainable and energy-efficient supply chain. Initially, the study classifies the FSCP and further examines the partner relationships in sustainability-oriented food supply chain (FSC). To do so, the study proposes and formally tests a five-stage performance measurement model. The present research mainly focuses on the Indian food industry. Results highlight significant direct and indirect positive performance relationships between the different FSC stages. The structural equation modeling analysis highlights that producer’s performance positively impacts supplier’s performance, processor’s performance, and distributor’s performance. Moreover, supplier’s performance positively impacts processor’s performance, distributor’s performance, and retailer’s performance, and also processor’s performance positively impacts both distributor’s performance and retailer’s performance. Lastly, distributor’s performance positively impacts retailer’s performance. The study suggests that regular performance improvement at each FSC stage would improve the performance of the next stage players. Most importantly, the direct impact of each partner’s performance is comparatively high on its immediate next partner’s performance. Furthermore, this study will assist practitioners to understand various FSCP measurement issues and make significant improvements in their sustainable and energy-efficient supply chain practices.
Highlights
Over the last decade, food supply chain (FSC) has taken good heed among practitioners, academicians and scholars due to substantial market changes affecting sustainable and energy-efficient supply chains [1,2,3,4,5]
This paper provides generalizable answers to three questions: (1) which performance areas need to be measured and improved at each FSC stage; (2) how do significant improvements in performance at one stage positively improve the performance of other stages; (3) which major performance criteria need to be underlined during the partner selection process
Our study tests FSC performance relationship among partners to provide a deep understanding of the performance of upstream partners for the downstream actors of FSC
Summary
Food supply chain (FSC) has taken good heed among practitioners, academicians and scholars due to substantial market changes affecting sustainable and energy-efficient supply chains [1,2,3,4,5]. From a management perspective, FSC requires advance handling systems to deal with product perishability, unexpected supply chain variations, and food safety attributes that affect environmental sustainability, consumer health and loyalty, and supply chain (SC) profitability [6]. A number of complications persist when coordinating SC partners which make FSC more challenging [7]. Perishable FSC can be classified into two categories: fresh unprocessed food products (e.g., vegetables, fruits, and milk) and processed food products (e.g., convenience foods and soft drinks).
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