Supply chain management for sustainable food networks / / edited by Eleftherios Iakovou, Dionysis Bochtis, Dimitrios Vlachos, Dimitrios Aidonis

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910136815603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2016
• ISBN: 1-118-93750-3; 1-118-93743-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (360 p.)
• Collana: THEi Wiley ebooks
• Disciplina: 664.0068/7
• Soggetti: Food industry and trade; Business logistics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Title Page; Table of Contents; Notes on contributors; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Sustainable Agrifood Supply Chain Management; 1.1 Introduction - Agrifood Supply Chain Management; 1.2 Why Sustainable Agrifood Supply Chain Management; 1.3 Hierarchy of Decision-Making for AFSCs; 1.4 Emerging Trends and Technologies in Primary Production; 1.5 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; 2 Precision Agriculture: Crop Management for Improved Productivity and Reduced Environmental Impact or Improved Sustainability2.1 Introduction; 2.2 How Precision Agriculture Is Applied; 2.3 Decision Support Systems for the Farmer; 2.4 Profitability and Adoption of Precision Farming; 2.5 Precision Agriculture and Sustainability; 2.6 Conclusions; References; 3 Agricultural Waste Biomass; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Amount of Biomass; 3.3 Biorefinery Processing of Agricultural Waste Products; 3.4 Environmental and Land Use Issues; 3.5 Conclusion; References; 4 Maintaining Momentum: Drivers of Environmental and Economic Performance, and Impediments to Sustainability4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Literature Review; 4.3 Hypothesis Development; 4.4 Data and Method; 4.5 Results; 4.6 Discussion and Conclusions; References; 5 A ; Hierarchical Decision-Making Framework for Quantitative Green Supply Chain Management: A Critical Synthesis of Academic Research Efforts; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Hierarchy of the Decision-Making Process; 5.3 Critical Synthesis of Academic Research Efforts; 5.4 Summary and Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; 6 Safety and Traceability; 6.1 Introduction6.2 Drivers for Food Traceability; 6.3 Traceability: Legislations and Standards; 6.4 Design of Traceability Systems; 6.5 Future Trends; 6.6 Conclusions; References; 7 Information Technology for Food Supply Chains; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Information Technology Architecture in a Supply Chain Context; 7.3 RFID-Enabled Supply Chain Management; 7.4 Carbon Footprint Monitoring in the Supply Chain; 7.5 Urban Shared Food Logistics; 7.6 Discussion; 7.7 Conclusions; References; 8 Carbon Footprint Management for Food Supply Chains: an Integrated Decision Support System; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 The Carbon Footprint of Food Supply Chains8.3 The Supply Chain Environmental Analysis Tools; 8.4 An Illustrative Case Study; 8.5 Summary and Conclusions; References; 9 Quality Management Schemes and Connections to the Concept of Sustainability in the Food Chain; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Quality Management Schemes in the Food Supply Chain; 9.3 Introducing Sustainability and Sustainable Production; 9.4 Linking Quality Management Schemes with Sustainability along the Food Chain; 9.5 Consumers and Quality Management Schemes Addressing Sustainability; 9.6 Conclusion; References; 10 Risk Management for Agri-food Supply Chains