 Operational research models applied to the fresh fruit supply chainWladimir E. Soto-Silva, Esteve Nadal-Roig, Marcela C. González-Araya and Lluis M. Pla-Aragones European Journal of Operational Research, 2016, vol. 251, issue 2, 345-355 Abstract: The fresh fruit supply chain is characterized by long supply lead times combined with significant supply and demand uncertainties, and relatively thin margins. These challenges generate a need for management efficiency and the use of modern decision technology tools. We review some of the literature on operational research models applied to the fresh fruit supply chain. It is an attempt to gain a better understanding of the OR methods used in the revised papers apparently independent and oriented towards problem solving rather than theory developing. We conclude by outlining what we see as some of the significant new problems facing the industry like the lack of holistic approaches for the design and management of fresh FSC. Finally, some future research directions are indicated. Keywords: Fruit operations research; Supply chain fresh fruit; Agricultural planning (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:ejores:v:251:y:2016:i:2:p:345-355 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2015.08.046 Access Statistics for this article European Journal of Operational Research is currently edited by Roman Slowinski, Jesus Artalejo, Jean-Charles. Billaut, Robert Dyson and Lorenzo Peccati More articles in European Journal of Operational Research from Elsevier |
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