IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jsusta/v13y2021i2p927-d482319.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

A Conceptual Framework to Analyze Food Loss and Waste within Food Supply Chains: An Operations Management Perspective

Author

Listed:
  • Na Luo

    (Department of Information Systems and Operations Management, The University of Auckland Business School, Auckland 1142, New Zealand)

  • Tava Lennon Olsen

    (Department of Information Systems and Operations Management, The University of Auckland Business School, Auckland 1142, New Zealand)

  • Yanping Liu

    (Department of Management Science and Engineering, Business School, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China)

Abstract

Alongside the development of the circular economy and sustainable food supply chains (FSCs), research on food loss and waste (FLW) reduction and prevention has drawn much attention from academia, practitioners, and governments. The significance of FLW has been highlighted in the literature due to its impact on society, economy, and the environment. We propose a conceptual framework to systematically examine FLW issues within FSCs in the field of operations management (OM). We discuss various types and distribution modes of FSCs where FLW occurs, definitions of FLW, the impacts of FLW, and measures to reduce FLW in the OM field. We further introduce the methodologies that have been applied in existing FLW studies. The contribution of this paper is threefold. First, it proposes a conceptual framework to identify FLW problems within FSCs. Second, it helps to comprehensively understand FLW occurrence and thus stimulate research focusing on FLW from different perspectives. Third, it motivates researchers to discuss FLW issues by applying different methodologies.

Suggested Citation

  • Na Luo & Tava Lennon Olsen & Yanping Liu, 2021. "A Conceptual Framework to Analyze Food Loss and Waste within Food Supply Chains: An Operations Management Perspective," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(2), pages 1-21, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:13:y:2021:i:2:p:927-:d:482319
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/2/927/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/2/927/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. An, Kun & Ouyang, Yanfeng, 2016. "Robust grain supply chain design considering post-harvest loss and harvest timing equilibrium," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 88(C), pages 110-128.
    2. Grunow, Martin & Piramuthu, Selwyn, 2013. "RFID in highly perishable food supply chains – Remaining shelf life to supplant expiry date?," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 146(2), pages 717-727.
    3. Marc F. Bellemare & Metin Çakir & Hikaru Hanawa Peterson & Lindsey Novak & Jeta Rudi, 2017. "On the Measurement of Food Waste," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 99(5), pages 1148-1158.
    4. Govindan, Kannan, 2018. "Sustainable consumption and production in the food supply chain: A conceptual framework," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 195(C), pages 419-431.
    5. Omar Ahumada & J. Villalobos, 2011. "A tactical model for planning the production and distribution of fresh produce," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 190(1), pages 339-358, October.
    6. Behzadi, Golnar & O’Sullivan, Michael Justin & Olsen, Tava Lennon & Zhang, Abraham, 2018. "Agribusiness supply chain risk management: A review of quantitative decision models," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 79(C), pages 21-42.
    7. Qing Li & Peiwen Yu & Xiaoli Wu, 2017. "Shelf Life Extending Packaging, Inventory Control and Grocery Retailing," Production and Operations Management, Production and Operations Management Society, vol. 26(7), pages 1369-1382, July.
    8. Lee, Deishin & Sönmez, Erkut & Gómez, Miguel I. & Fan, Xiaoli, 2017. "Combining two wrongs to make two rights: Mitigating food insecurity and food waste through gleaning operations," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 68(C), pages 40-52.
    9. Kun Qian & Firouzeh Javadi & Michikazu Hiramatsu, 2020. "Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Household Food Waste Behavior in Japan," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(23), pages 1-15, November.
    10. Nishikant Mishra & Akshit Singh, 2018. "Use of twitter data for waste minimisation in beef supply chain," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 270(1), pages 337-359, November.
    11. Efrat Elimelech & Eyal Ert & Ofira Ayalon, 2019. "Exploring the Drivers behind Self-Reported and Measured Food Wastage," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(20), pages 1-19, October.
    12. Garcia-Herrero, I. & Hoehn, D. & Margallo, M. & Laso, J. & Bala, A. & Batlle-Bayer, L. & Fullana, P. & Vazquez-Rowe, I. & Gonzalez, M.J. & Durá, M.J. & Sarabia, C. & Abajas, R. & Amo-Setien, F.J. & Qu, 2018. "On the estimation of potential food waste reduction to support sustainable production and consumption policies," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 80(C), pages 24-38.
    13. Sgarbossa, Fabio & Russo, Ivan, 2017. "A proactive model in sustainable food supply chain: Insight from a case study," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 183(PB), pages 596-606.
    14. Stella Despoudi & Grammatoula Papaioannou & George Saridakis & Samir Dani, 2018. "Does collaboration pay in agricultural supply chain? An empirical approach," International Journal of Production Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 56(13), pages 4396-4417, July.
    15. Soto-Silva, Wladimir E. & Nadal-Roig, Esteve & González-Araya, Marcela C. & Pla-Aragones, Lluis M., 2016. "Operational research models applied to the fresh fruit supply chain," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 251(2), pages 345-355.
    16. Herbon, Avi & Khmelnitsky, Eugene, 2017. "Optimal dynamic pricing and ordering of a perishable product under additive effects of price and time on demand," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 260(2), pages 546-556.
    17. Janet Fleetwood, 2020. "Social Justice, Food Loss, and the Sustainable Development Goals in the Era of COVID-19," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(12), pages 1-9, June.
    18. Soysal, Mehmet & Bloemhof-Ruwaard, Jacqueline M. & Haijema, Rene & van der Vorst, Jack G.A.J., 2015. "Modeling an Inventory Routing Problem for perishable products with environmental considerations and demand uncertainty," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 164(C), pages 118-133.
    19. Reardon, Thomas & Timmer, C. Peter, 2007. "Transformation of Markets for Agricultural Output in Developing Countries Since 1950: How Has Thinking Changed?," Handbook of Agricultural Economics, in: Robert Evenson & Prabhu Pingali (ed.), Handbook of Agricultural Economics, edition 1, volume 3, chapter 55, pages 2807-2855, Elsevier.
    20. Buzby, Jean C. & Hyman, Jeffrey, 2012. "Total and per capita value of food loss in the United States," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 37(5), pages 561-570.
    21. Chong Wang & Xu Chen, 2018. "Joint order and pricing decisions for fresh produce with put option contracts," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 69(3), pages 474-484, March.
    22. Irem Sengul Orgut & Julie Ivy & Reha Uzsoy & James R. Wilson, 2016. "Modeling for the equitable and effective distribution of donated food under capacity constraints," IISE Transactions, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 48(3), pages 252-266, March.
    23. Dorward, Leejiah J., 2012. "Where are the best opportunities for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the food system (including the food chain)? A comment," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 37(4), pages 463-466.
    24. Pauls-Worm, Karin G.J. & Hendrix, Eligius M.T. & Alcoba, Alejandro G. & Haijema, René, 2016. "Order quantities for perishable inventory control with non-stationary demand and a fill rate constraint," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 181(PA), pages 238-246.
    25. H. Holly Wang & Yanbing Wang & Michael S. Delgado, 2014. "The Transition to Modern Agriculture: Contract Farming in Developing Economies," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 96(5), pages 1257-1271.
    26. Silvia Coderoni & Maria Angela Perito, 2020. "Sustainable consumption in the circular economy. An analysis of consumers’ purchase intentions for waste-to-value food," Post-Print hal-03385002, HAL.
    27. Luca Secondi & Ludovica Principato & Luca Ruini & Matteo Guidi, 2019. "Reusing Food Waste in Food Manufacturing Companies: The Case of the Tomato-Sauce Supply Chain," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(7), pages 1-13, April.
    28. Haass, Rasmus & Dittmer, Patrick & Veigt, Marius & Lütjen, Michael, 2015. "Reducing food losses and carbon emission by using autonomous control – A simulation study of the intelligent container," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 164(C), pages 400-408.
    29. Aleksander Banasik & Argyris Kanellopoulos & G. D. H. Claassen & Jacqueline M. Bloemhof-Ruwaard & Jack G. A. J. Vorst, 2017. "Assessing alternative production options for eco-efficient food supply chains using multi-objective optimization," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 250(2), pages 341-362, March.
    30. Kallirroi Nikolaou & Efthimia Tsakiridou & Foivos Anastasiadis & Konstadinos Mattas, 2018. "Alternative Distribution Channels of Fruits and Vegetables," Cooperative Management, in: Konstadinos Mattas & George Baourakis & Constantin Zopounidis (ed.), Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security, pages 109-120, Springer.
    31. Konstadinos Mattas & George Baourakis & Constantin Zopounidis, 2018. "Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security," Post-Print hal-02880236, HAL.
    32. Tromp, Seth-Oscar & Haijema, René & Rijgersberg, Hajo & van der Vorst, Jack G.A.J., 2016. "A systematic approach to preventing chilled-food waste at the retail outlet," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 182(C), pages 508-518.
    33. Bhagyashree Katare & Dmytro Serebrennikov & H. Holly Wang & Michael Wetzstein, 2017. "Social-Optimal Household Food Waste: Taxes and Government Incentives," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 99(2), pages 499-509.
    34. Ahumada, Omar & Villalobos, J. Rene, 2009. "Application of planning models in the agri-food supply chain: A review," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 196(1), pages 1-20, July.
    35. Widodo, K.H. & Nagasawa, H. & Morizawa, K. & Ota, M., 2006. "A periodical flowering-harvesting model for delivering agricultural fresh products," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 170(1), pages 24-43, April.
    36. Lee, Deishin & Tongarlak, Mustafa Hayri, 2017. "Converting retail food waste into by-product," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 257(3), pages 944-956.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Han Yan & Min-Ju Song & Hee-Yong Lee, 2021. "A Systematic Review of Factors Affecting Food Loss and Waste and Sustainable Mitigation Strategies: A Logistics Service Providers’ Perspective," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(20), pages 1-20, October.
    2. Radu Petrariu & Marius Constantin & Mihai Dinu & Simona Roxana Pătărlăgeanu & Mădălina Elena Deaconu, 2021. "Water, Energy, Food, Waste Nexus: Between Synergy and Trade-Offs in Romania Based on Entrepreneurship and Economic Performance," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(16), pages 1-23, August.
    3. Rosalinda Nicastro & Petronia Carillo, 2021. "Food Loss and Waste Prevention Strategies from Farm to Fork," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(10), pages 1-23, May.
    4. Sudhanshu Joshi & Manu Sharma & Banu Y. Ekren & Yigit Kazancoglu & Sunil Luthra & Mukesh Prasad, 2023. "Assessing Supply Chain Innovations for Building Resilient Food Supply Chains: An Emerging Economy Perspective," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(6), pages 1-21, March.
    5. Fabio Gaetano Santeramo & Emilia Lamonaca, 2021. "Food Loss–Food Waste–Food Security: A New Research Agenda," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(9), pages 1-7, April.
    6. Hasnain Abbas & Lindu Zhao & Xi Gong & Mengyin Jiang & Tahira Faiz, 2024. "Environmental and economic influences of postharvest losses across the fish-food products supply chain in the developing regions," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 26(11), pages 28335-28366, November.
    7. Stanisław Bielski & Renata Marks-Bielska & Anna Zielińska-Chmielewska & Kęstutis Romaneckas & Egidijus Šarauskis, 2021. "Importance of Agriculture in Creating Energy Security—A Case Study of Poland," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(9), pages 1-20, April.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Luo, Na & Olsen, Tava & Liu, Yanping & Zhang, Abraham, 2022. "Reducing food loss and waste in supply chain operations," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 162(C).
    2. Min, Shi & Wang, Xiaobing & Yu, Xiaohua, 2021. "Does dietary knowledge affect household food waste in the developing economy of China?," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 98(C).
    3. Tuğçe Taşkıner & Bilge Bilgen, 2021. "Optimization Models for Harvest and Production Planning in Agri-Food Supply Chain: A Systematic Review," Logistics, MDPI, vol. 5(3), pages 1-27, August.
    4. Najafi, Mehdi & Zolfagharinia, Hossein, 2024. "A Multi-objective integrated approach to address sustainability in a meat supply chain," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 124(C).
    5. D. G. Mogale & Sri Krishna Kumar & Manoj Kumar Tiwari, 2020. "Green food supply chain design considering risk and post-harvest losses: a case study," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 295(1), pages 257-284, December.
    6. Chintapalli, Prashant & Tang, Christopher S., 2022. "The implications of crop minimum support price in the presence of myopic and strategic farmers," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 300(1), pages 336-349.
    7. Ali Saeed Almuflih & Janpriy Sharma & Mohit Tyagi & Arvind Bhardwaj & Mohamed Rafik Noor Mohamed Qureshi & Nawaf Khan, 2022. "Leveraging the Dynamics of Food Supply Chains towards Avenues of Sustainability," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(12), pages 1-15, June.
    8. Alwin Dsouza & Ashok K. Mishra & Scott Webster, 2023. "Vertical coordination and post‐harvest losses: Implications on food loss," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 45(1), pages 460-486, March.
    9. Soto-Silva, Wladimir E. & Nadal-Roig, Esteve & González-Araya, Marcela C. & Pla-Aragones, Lluis M., 2016. "Operational research models applied to the fresh fruit supply chain," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 251(2), pages 345-355.
    10. Asian, Sobhan & Hafezalkotob, Ashkan & John, Jubin Jacob, 2019. "Sharing economy in organic food supply chains: A pathway to sustainable development," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 218(C), pages 322-338.
    11. Gholami-Zanjani, Seyed Mohammad & Klibi, Walid & Jabalameli, Mohammad Saeed & Pishvaee, Mir Saman, 2021. "The design of resilient food supply chain networks prone to epidemic disruptions," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 233(C).
    12. Bogataj, David & Bogataj, Marija & Hudoklin, Domen, 2017. "Reprint of “Mitigating risks of perishable products in the cyber-physical systems based on the extended MRP model”," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 194(C), pages 113-125.
    13. Yu, Min & Nagurney, Anna, 2013. "Competitive food supply chain networks with application to fresh produce," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 224(2), pages 273-282.
    14. Mangla, Sachin Kumar & Luthra, Sunil & Rich, Nick & Kumar, Divesh & Rana, Nripendra P. & Dwivedi, Yogesh K., 2018. "Enablers to implement sustainable initiatives in agri-food supply chains," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 203(C), pages 379-393.
    15. He, Bo & Gan, Xianghua & Yuan, Kaifu, 2019. "Entry of online presale of fresh produce: A competitive analysis," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 272(1), pages 339-351.
    16. Salvatore Ammirato & Alberto Michele Felicetti & Massimiliano Ferrara & Cinzia Raso & Antonio Violi, 2021. "Collaborative Organization Models for Sustainable Development in the Agri-Food Sector," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-22, February.
    17. Hasnain Abbas & Lindu Zhao & Xi Gong & Mengyin Jiang & Tahira Faiz, 2024. "Environmental and economic influences of postharvest losses across the fish-food products supply chain in the developing regions," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 26(11), pages 28335-28366, November.
    18. Tan, Barış & Çömden, Nihan, 2012. "Agricultural planning of annual plants under demand, maturation, harvest, and yield risk," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 220(2), pages 539-549.
    19. Tri-Dung Nguyen & Uday Venkatadri & Tri Nguyen-Quang & Claver Diallo & Duc-Huy Pham & Huu-Thanh Phan & Le-Khai Pham & Phu-Cuong Nguyen & Michelle Adams, 2024. "Stochastic Modelling Frameworks for Dragon Fruit Supply Chains in Vietnam under Uncertain Factors," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(6), pages 1-29, March.
    20. Kusumastuti, Ratih Dyah & Donk, Dirk Pieter van & Teunter, Ruud, 2016. "Crop-related harvesting and processing planning: a review," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 174(C), pages 76-92.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:13:y:2021:i:2:p:927-:d:482319. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.