Coupling facility location models in the supply chain of perishable fruits
| Autor: | Andrés Mauricio Peralta-Lozano, Lizeth Andrea Sanabria-Coronado, Javier Arturo Orjuela-Castro |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Strategy and Management
media_common.quotation_subject Supply chain Economics Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) 0211 other engineering and technologies General Decision Sciences Developing country Transportation 02 engineering and technology Management Science and Operations Research Agricultural economics Food supply 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Perishability Quality (business) Business and International Management Marketing media_common 021103 operations research business.industry Facility location problem Product (business) Agriculture Tourism Leisure and Hospitality Management 020201 artificial intelligence & image processing Business |
| Zdroj: | Research in Transportation Business & Management. 24:73-80 |
| ISSN: | 2210-5395 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.rtbm.2017.08.002 |
| Popis: | The problem of locating facilities in perishable agricultural food supply chains has not been widely addressed, especially not in urban areas. However, the subject has gotten more attention in recent years due to consumer concerns about food being fresh and healthy. Having reviewed the literature, the authors identified a lack of location models for mountainous urban areas in developing countries. This research proposes a mixed linear programming model for the localization of collection centers and companies processing perishable foods in mountainous regions, based on a multi-product and multi-echelon transport system. The model was evaluated through a case study of fresh fruits being delivered to Bogota, the capital of Colombia, a developing country with a topography of mountain ranges. As transport and packaging allows the product to be influenced by the variations in altitude, the fruit is exposed to changes in temperature and relative humidity. This is linked to the perishability of the food and its quality at the moment of reaching the final consumer. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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