Chilled or frozen? Decision strategies for sustainable food supply chains

Simone Zanoni and Lucio Zavanella

International Journal of Production Economics, 2012, vol. 140, issue 2, 731-736

Abstract: Along the food supply chains (FSC), energy plays a strategic role, being fundamental to guarantee quality and influential in the determination of economic values. Moreover, the same type of product may flow through chains differing in energy requirement, processing equipment and time spent in the chain itself.

Keywords: Food supply chain; Cold chains; Perishables (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2011.04.028

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