Sustainability implementation challenges in food supply chains: a case of UK artisan cheese producers

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dc.contributor.authorGhadge, Abhijeet
dc.contributor.authorEr Kara, Merve
dc.contributor.authorMogale, D. G.
dc.contributor.authorChoudhary, Sonal
dc.contributor.authorDani, Samir
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-02T14:19:23Z
dc.date.available2020-10-02T14:19:23Z
dc.date.issued2020-07-28
dc.description.abstractFood supply chains are receiving increased attention due to rapid depletion of natural resources, increasing quality standards and rising food safety and security concerns. Implementing sustainability practices in food supply chains is believed to overcome such emerging challenges. However, limited studies address sustainability implementation concerns, particularly in cold food supply chains. Thus, this study attempts to identify factors hindering sustainability implementation in cold food chain networks by considering a case of UK artisan cheese producers. Survey data is utilised to identify and prioritise barriers for implementing sustainability following fuzzy analytic hierarchy process and sensitivity analysis. The analysis identified several key barriers, including initial investment cost, firm size and unawareness of government regulations. The internal barriers significantly dominate the implementation of sustainability practices in comparison to external barriers. Lack of consensus regarding the concept of sustainability by different stakeholders is observed to be an issue negatively affecting the level of integration in SMEs. Findings will help food and dairy SME's in gaining competitive advantage through the successful implementation of sustainability practices.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationGhadge A, Er Kara M, Mogale DG, et al., (2021) Sustainability implementation challenges in food supply chains: a case of UK artisan cheese producers. Production Planning and Control, Volume 32, Issue 14, 2021, pp. 1191-1206en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0953-7287
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2020.1796140
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/15855
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherTaylor and Francisen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/*
dc.subjectsustainabilityen_UK
dc.subjectfood supply chainsen_UK
dc.subjectUK dairy sectoren_UK
dc.subjectsustainability implementationen_UK
dc.subjectSMEsen_UK
dc.subjectcold food chainsen_UK
dc.titleSustainability implementation challenges in food supply chains: a case of UK artisan cheese producersen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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