Analysis of key challenges to implementation of FEFO in perishable food supply chain

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dc.contributor.authorKandasamy, Jayakrishna
dc.contributor.authorVimal, K. E. K.
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Aditya Pratap
dc.contributor.authorMagnani, Aaryan
dc.contributor.authorGokhale, Ameya
dc.contributor.authorJagtap, Sandeep
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-22T15:43:09Z
dc.date.available2025-04-22T15:43:09Z
dc.date.freetoread2025-04-22
dc.date.issued2025-06
dc.description.abstractImplementing FEFO practices has become essential for organizations globally to minimize spoilage, enhance inventory turnover, and ensure compliance with health and safety standards. To aid stakeholders in effectively adopting FEFO, it is crucial to identify and address the challenges involved in its implementation. Through an extensive literature review using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) methodology and insights from industry experts, this study identifies thirteen core challenges that hinder FEFO adoption. PRISMA methodology was used to systematically organize the existing literature for the purpose of this study. Using tools like Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) and Total Interpretive Structural Modelling (TISM), the challenges were examined and ranked according to their interdependencies, providing insights into the cause-effect relationships among them. After applying DEMATEL, an alpha threshold value of 0.368 revealed that challenges in effective storage management are the primary barrier in implementing FEFO practices. With level partitioning, this challenge emerged as the most significant, forming the foundation for a roadmap designed to assist stakeholders. The findings from this study offer managers actionable insights for implementing effective FEFO techniques within their organizations. The study's novelty lies in its combination of DEMATEL and TISM methodologies, along with a roadmap that highlights strategic and policy-focused recommendations to support efficient FEFO adoption and the systematic study of challenges preventing effective FEFO adoption. This paper aids implementation of FEFO for better inventory control and management, reduced wastage and greater efficiency. The paper also effectively outlines and analyses the order of importance of challenges in FEFO implementation and their interdependence.
dc.description.journalNameJournal of Agriculture and Food Research
dc.identifier.citationKandasamy J, Vimal KEK, Singh AP, et al., (2025) Analysis of key challenges to implementation of FEFO in perishable food supply chain. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, Volume 21, June 2025, Article number 101848
dc.identifier.eissn2666-1543
dc.identifier.elementsID567144
dc.identifier.issn2666-1543
dc.identifier.paperNo101848
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2025.101848
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/23792
dc.identifier.volumeNo21
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666154325002194?via%3Dihub
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectFirst-in first-out
dc.subjectFirst expired first out
dc.subjectInventory management systems
dc.subjectPerishable food supply chain
dc.subjectTotal interpretive structural modelling
dc.subjectDecision-making trial and evaluation
dc.subjectlaboratory
dc.subject46 Information and Computing Sciences
dc.subject4609 Information Systems
dc.subject35 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services
dc.subject3507 Strategy, Management and Organisational Behaviour
dc.subject8.3 Policy, ethics, and research governance
dc.subjectGeneric health relevance
dc.titleAnalysis of key challenges to implementation of FEFO in perishable food supply chain
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.subtypeJournal Article

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