| Autor: |
Gharehyakheh, Amin, Sadeghiamirshahidi, Narjes |
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Proceedings of the 2017 International Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management; 2018, p1-8, 8p |
| Abstrakt: |
Food banks are non-profit organizations with a mission to alleviate food insecurity and hunger, both of which are serious and growing public health concerns in low-income communities. On a daily basis, food bank managers are faced with the challenge of balancing demand and supply to maximize the fulfillment of nutritional requirements, while operating with limited resources. The objective of this research is to develop an optimization model that will engage all the available food bank and agency resources in food collection and distribution. This model maximizes the collection of food considering the type of food based on a recommended dietary guideline, subject to transportation and warehouse capacity constraints. Accurate estimation of client demand based on a standard guideline encourages food bank managers to collect more nutritionally valuable food items, leading to greater organizational food distribution efficiency and effectiveness. Food bank performance using this approach is compared with current food bank logistics, in terms of amount of distributed food. The results of implementation of this approach show a significant reduction in amount of uncollected food which means more valuable foods are available for people in need, and less foods are wasted in the system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: |
Complementary Index |
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