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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Perishability"”.
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Reducing transportation costs and inventory shrinkage in the Washington State tree fruit industry
Perishability and stock-outs are two sources of inventory inefficiency in the Washington State tree fruit industry. This thesis measures the size of these inefficiencies in terms of dollars per box, and describes five solutions, four qualitative and one quantitative, that seek to address them. To …
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Multi-echelon inventory management for a fresh produce retail supply chain
Perishability presents a challenging problem in inventory management for the fresh produce industry since it can lead to higher inventory costs and lower service levels. If a supply chain has multiple echelons, that further complicates the issue since companies have an added risk of not having the …
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Digital twins application in the post-harvest supply chain of fruits and vegetables: A systematic review of the literature
… vegetables supply chains. Problems such as the perishability of food, the complicated coordination between the different actors in the chain, the lack of traceability of products and the demanding quality requirements for their final consumption are part of a long list of factors that must be …
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An empirical examination of the marketing problems experienced by New Zealand service organisations
… problems stemming from inseparability and perishability are generally experienced by all New Zealand service organisations to a high extent. This study makes a contribution to the services marketing literature by providing empirical support for Silvestro et al's (1992) service …
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Investigation of Coping Mechanisms on Food Systems Synergy Discrepancies Caused by Climate Change Among Young Agripreneurs in Musina Municipality of the Vhembe District
… a lack of storage facilities, and a high perishability rate. In the trade segment, major disruptions included market price fluctuations, changes in consumer demand, and supply competition. The study also revealed that most discrepancies faced by youth agripreneurs severely affect their …
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Qualidade e conservação pós-colheita de frutos da jabuticabeira (Myrciaria cauliflora) sob atmosfera modificada ativa
… this fruit has limited trade due to its high perishability that not only limits the amount produced but also compromises the final quality of the product. Thus, the aim of the study was to evaluate the efficiency of the use of low density polyethylene packages (LDPE) in cold storage on …
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Development of a Knowledge-Based Framework for Demand Management for Refrigerated and Shelf-life Constrained Food Supply Chains
… like milk, are characterised by aspects such as perishability, short shelf-life, and high demand fluctuation, which make demand forecasting a vital process affecting not only business profits, but also the amount of waste and the level of customer satisfaction. The research aim is to investigate …
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Determination of Sensory Characteristics and Antioxidant Capacity of Pawpaw Pulp During Frozen Storage
… because of their rapid post-harvest ripening and perishability. This study was multifaceted, focusing both on the antioxidant capacity of frozen pawpaw pulp and the characterization of sensory attributes using a trained descriptive sensory analysis panel and an untrained consumer panel. Previous …
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The managerial and organisational approaches for marketing imported fruit and vegetables within the UK
… physical attributes of fresh produce in terms of perishability, seasonality and the difficulty to differentiate as between sources of supply. (iii) Both wholesale and retail markets are dominated by large sized- companies. (2) Overseas marketing exporters have applied managerial and organisational …
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Computing the policy parameters for perishable inventory management and cold supply chains under stochastic demand
… we present in this dissertation for the perishability problem hybridises the well-known Wagner-Whitin algorithm, the Silver-Meal heuristic on a network graph setting. Our solution for sustainable cold supply chains employs and combines the inventory routing problem and several …
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Asymptotic Analysis and Performance-based Design of Large Scale Service and Inventory Systems
… to analyze make-to-stock queues with/without perishability and limiting inventory space by inducing thresholds on the production (positive) side of the queue. Finally, we develop conjectures for the queue-length distribution for a non-Markovian system with general arrival streams. We take …
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Effect of technological innovation and application on SMEs in Pakistan: an overview of the dairy sector
… which does not store raw milk due to its perishability. Neither has shown any evidence of technology to produce a wide variety of milk by-products of human consumption. The non-availability of technology is plenty with awareness, education, from environmental surroundings, is evident. The …
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Effetti degli accordi Euro-Mediterrani sul comparto dell'ortofrutta fresca
… sector since their high seasonality, high perishability, and especially since the production of the Mediterranean countries is often similar to the European Mediterranean’s countries one. In fact, the agreements define preferences at the entrance of the EU market providing limited …