Food Supply Chain Management

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The food supply chain is a series of links and inter-dependencies, from farms to food consumers' plates, embracing a wide range of disciplines. Food Supply Chain Management brings together the most important of these disciplines and aims to provide an understanding of the chain, to support those who manage parts of the chain and to enhance the development of research activities in the discipline.

About the book:

Food Supply Chain Management follows a 'farm to fork' structure. Each chapter starts with aims and an introduction and concludes with study questions that students in particular will find useful. Topics covered include the food consumer, perceived risk and product safety, procurement, livestock systems and crop production, food manufacture, retailing, wholesaling and catering. Special consideration is also given to supermarket supply networks, third party logistics, temperature controlled supply chains, organic foods and the U. S. food supply chain. A final chapter looks at the future for food supply chain management.

Michael Bourlakis and Paul Weightman, the editors and contributors to this timely and fascinating book, have drawn together chapters from leading authorities in this important area, to provide a book that is an essential purchase for all those involved in the supply of food and its study. Those involved in the food supply chain within food companies and in academic establishments, including agricultural scientists, food scientists, food technologists, and students studying these subjects, will find much of great use and interest within its covers. Libraries in all universities and research stations where these subjects are studied and taught should have several copies.

About the authors:

Dr Bourlakis and Dr Weightman teach and research at the School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, U. K.

Contents:

1. Introduction to the UK Food Supply Chain: M. Bourlakis and P. Weightman
2. The Food Consumer and the Supply Chain: D. Marshall
3. Perceived Risk and Product Safety in the Food Supply Chain: M. Brennan and S. Kuznesof
4. Procurement in the Food and Drink Industry in the Early 21st Century: J. Allinson
5. The UK Livestock System: D. Harvey
6. UK Crop Production: S. Wilcockson
7. Food Manufacturing: D. Hughes
8. Food Retail, Wholesaling and Catering: J. Dawson
9. Partnerships and Alliances in UK Supermarket Supply Networks: R. Duffy and A. Fearne
10. New Product Development and Information Technology in Food Supply Chain Management: The Case of Tesco: M. Francis
11. Third Party Logistics in the Food Supply Chain: A. C. McKinnon
12. Temperature Controlled Supply Chains: D. Smith and L. Sparks
13. Factors Influencing Supply and Demand for Organic Foods: G. Butler, H. Newton, M. Bourlakis and C. Leifert
14. The US Food Supply Chain: J. R. Stock
15. The Future of the Food Supply Chain Management: C. Bourlakis and M. Bourlakis