Managing Your Supply Chain Pantry: Food Waste Mitigation Through Inventory Control

Xun Wang; Vasco Sanchez Rodrigues; Emrah Demir

doi:10.1109/EMR.2019.2915064

Managing Your Supply Chain Pantry: Food Waste Mitigation Through Inventory Control

Xun Wang
, Vasco Sanchez Rodrigues
, Emrah Demir

Management Science & Engineering

Cardiff University

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Abstract

In this paper, we report through case study findings that the food supply chain can be improved by implementing a proper inventory control policy. The case study involves an online retailer who sells predominantly food products. The improvement of the case company is shown via simulation in economic, social, and environmental aspects. The findings indicate the role of supply chain risk as an obstacle in achieving supply chain sustainability, and the benefit of effective inventory control as a cost-advantageous and easy-to-implement waste reduction method.

Original language	British English
Article number	8708916
Pages (from-to)	97-102
Number of pages	6
Journal	IEEE Engineering Management Review
Volume	47
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EMR.2019.2915064
State	Published - 1 Apr 2019

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

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food supply chain
production/inventory management
Sustainability

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