Intelligent Agrifood Chains and Networks

300 Pages·2011·7.25 MB·English

by  Michael Bourlakis

Intelligent Agrifood Chains and Networks
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Intelligent Agrifood Chains and Networks
Edited by
Michael Bourlakis
Kent Business School
University of Kent
Canterbury
Kent
UK
Ilias Vlachos
Department of Agricultural Economics & Rural
Development
Agricultural University of Athens
Athens
Greece
Vasileios Zeimpekis
Department of Financial & Management Engineering
University of the Aegean
Chios
Greece
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Intelligent agrifood chains and networks / edited by Michael Bourlakis, Ilias P. Vlachos, Vasileios Zeimpekis.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4051-8299-7
1. Food–Storage. 2. Food–Transportation. 3. Business logistics. 4. Agricultural industries.
I. Bourlakis, Michael. II. Vlachos, Ilias P. III. Zeimpekis, Vasileios.
TP373.3.I577 2011
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Contents
Foreword xii
Contributors xiii
1 Introduction 1
Michael Bourlakis, Ilias Vlachos and Vasileios Zeimpekis
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Scope and structure of this book 3
1.3 Conclusions 6
References 6
2 Food and Drink Manufacturing and the Role of ICT 7
Fintan Clear
2.1 Introduction 7
2.2 Industry structure 8
2.3 Food consumer trends and food legislation 11
2.4 Information systems and food manufacturing 14
2.5 Food manufacturing and supply chains 17
2.6 Conclusion 21
References 23
3 Retail Technologies in the Agrifood Chain 27
Michael Bourlakis
3.1 Introduction 27
3.2 Food retail logistics 27
3.3 Information technology in food retail logistics 32
3.3.1 Bar codes 33
3.3.2 Electronic data interchange 33
3.3.3 Data processing and information 35
3.4 Conclusions 36
References 36
4 Basic Principles for Effective Warehousing and Distribution of
Perishable Goods in the Urban Environment: Current Status, Advanced
Technologies and Future Trends 39
Nikolaos Stragas and Vasileios Zeimpekis
4.1 Introduction 39
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4.2 The nature of perishable foods 40
4.2.1 Current needs and inefficiencies 40
4.2.2 Official authorities and legislation for perishable foods 41
4.3 Warehousing operations 42
4.3.1 The role of warehousing 42
4.3.2 Types of warehouse facility 43
4.3.3 Warehouse operations 44
4.3.4 Storage of perishable goods 45
4.3.5 Storage inefficiencies of perishable foods 47
4.4 Distribution process 49
4.4.1 Goods distribution in urban environments 49
4.4.2 Types of urban freight distribution 50
4.4.3 Routing factors that affect urban freight distributions 51
4.4.4 Dynamic incidents in urban freight distributions 53
4.4.5 Current status in urban distribution of
perishable goods 53
4.4.6 Distribution inefficiencies of perishable foods 56
4.5 New technologies in warehousing and distribution 57
4.5.1 Technologies for perishable food storage 57
4.5.2 Technologies for distribution of perishable food 59
4.6 Conclusions and future trends 63
References 64
5 Emerging Footprint Technologies in Agriculture,
from Field to Farm Gate 67
Spyros Fountas, Thomas Bartzanas and Dionysis Bochtis
5.1 Introduction 67
5.2 Precision agriculture 67
5.3 Robotics in agriculture 69
5.4 Fleet management 70
5.4.1 Framework 70
5.4.2 Algorithmic approaches 71
5.5 ICT technologies in agriculture 76
5.5.1 ISOBUS system 76
5.5.2 Traceability systems based on radio-frequency
identification technology 77
5.5.3 Wireless sensor networks 81
References 83
6 Telematics for Efficient Transportation
and Distribution of Agrifood Products 87
Charalambos A. Marentakis
6.1 Introduction 87
6.2 Technological prerequisites for telematics 88
6.2.1 Wireless communications 88
6.2.2 Positioning systems 88
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6.2.3 Geographical information systems 93
6.3 Application of telematics in freight transport and distribution 94
6.4 Investing in value of information 99
6.5 Distribution of agrifood products: current status and needs 101
6.6 The use of telematics in distribution of agrifood products 103
6.7 Potential for advanced and value-adding applications 105
6.7.1 Vehicle routing and monitoring 105
6.7.2 Safety 106
6.7.3 Value-added applications 106
References 107
7 RFID: An Emerging Paradigm for the Agrifood
Supply Chain 109
Louis A. Lefebvre, Linda Castro and Élisabeth Lefebvre
7.1 Introduction 109
7.2 RFID technology 110
7.2.1 Overview of RFID technology 110
7.2.2 Current drawbacks to RFID adoption 113
7.3 RFID potential in the agrifood supply chain 115
7.3.1 RFID drivers in the agrifood industry 115
7.3.2 RFID opportunities in the agrifood supply chain 116
7.4 RFID and traceability processes in the agrifood supply chain 117
7.4.1 Tracking and tracing 117
7.4.2 Food-source tracking and animal-health monitoring 118
7.5 RFID and quality control management processes 119
7.5.1 The cold chain 119
7.5.2 Product recalls 120
7.6 RFID and manufacturing processes 120
7.6.1 Work in progress 120
7.7 RFID and warehouse and distribution processes 121
7.7.1 Warehouse processes 121
7.7.2 Inventory processes 122
7.8 RFID and asset management processes 122
7.8.1 Mobile asset management 122
7.8.2 In-transit visibility 123
7.9 RFID and point of sales processes 124
7.9.1 Automated check-out 124
7.9.2 Smart shelves 124
7.9.3 Marketing improvement 124
7.10 Conclusions 125
References 125
8 Food Quality and Safety 131
Ilias Vlachos
8.1 Introduction 131
8.2 Food supply-chain management 132
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8.2.1 Food safety 132
8.2.2 Quality assurance schemes 133
8.2.3 Food safety in supply chains 133
8.3 Information systems 135
8.3.1 Information systems and foodborne diseases 136
8.3.2 Forecasting food safety 138
8.3.3 Decision-support systems for food safety management 139
8.4 Case studies 140
8.4.1 Methodology 140
8.4.2 Food company profiles 140
8.4.3 Results 142
8.5 Discussion 146
References 146
9 Traceability in Agrifood Chains 151
Ulla Lehtinen
9.1 Introduction 151
9.2 Traceability and food safety legislation 153
9.3 Traceability systems 155
9.4 Traceability techniques 159
9.4.1 Global Trade Item Numbering and other barcode
systems used in traceability 160
9.4.2 Radio frequency identification 162
9.4.3 New technologies 163
References 165
10 E-business Applications in the European Food and Beverages
Industry: Evidence from the Wine Sector 167
Michael Bourlakis and Ilias Vlachos
10.1 Introduction 167
10.2 E-business applications: a typology 167
10.3 E-business applications for agriculture and the food industry 169
10.4 The role and use of ICT in the European food and
beverages sector 171
10.4.1 Online selling 171
10.4.2 Impact of online selling on companies 171
10.4.3 E-procurement 172
10.5 Precision vine growing with satellite imagery 172
10.5.1 World wine production and consumption 172
10.5.2 World wine marketing and distribution 173
10.5.3 Use of satellite imagery in winemaking 173
10.5.4 The application – oenoview 173
10.5.5 The profile of the companies involved 174
10.5.6 Operations management 175
10.6 Conclusions 177
References 178
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11 The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on the
Organisational Performance of Microenterprises: Evidence from Greece 179
Ilias Vlachos and Panayiotis Chondros
11.1 Introduction 179
11.2 Literature 180
11.2.1 ICT compatibility with human resources practices,
management, education, training, trained personnel and skills 180
11.2.2 The impact of ICT on SME performance 181
11.2.3 Perceived safety, trust and online transactions 182
11.3 Methodology 183
11.3.1 ‘Go-Online’ programme 183
11.3.2 The sampling procedure and sample 183
11.4 Results 183
11.4.1 Demographic variables 183
11.4.2 ICT influence on business performance variables 185
11.4.3 The effect of ICT applications on business performance 185
11.4.4 Barriers to ICT adoption 185
11.4.5 Factor analysis 185
11.4.6 Univariate analysis 188
11.4.7 Hierarchical regression 188
11.5 Discussion 189
11.6 Managerial implications 191
11.7 Limitations/future research 191
11.8 Conclusion 191
Acknowledgements 192
References 192
12 Warehouse Technologies in Retail Operations: the Case of Voice Picking 195
Aristides Matopoulos
12.1 Introduction 195
12.2 Retail warehouse operations 195
12.2.1 An overview of warehouse operations 195
12.2.2 Warehouse order picking and the emergence of voice picking 196
12.3 The AB Vassilopoulos case study 198
12.3.1 Grocery retailing in Greece 198
12.3.2 Company background 199
12.3.3 A view of the company’s warehousing and distribution
operations 201
12.3.4 Analysis of AB’s warehouse operations 202
12.3.5 Insights from the implementation of RF picking and voice
picking 203
12.4 Conclusions 205
Acknowledgements 206
References 206
13 Leveraging RFID-enabled Traceability for the Food Industry: a Case Study 209
Angeliki Karagiannaki and Katerina Pramatari
13.1 Introduction 209
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13.2 Background 210
13.2.1 RFID in supply-chain management 210
13.2.2 Traceability 211
13.2.3 RFID-enabled traceability 213
13.3 The context 214
13.3.1 The case study: a frozen food company 214
13.3.2 The warehouse and its operations 214
13.4 Alternative RFID implementations 216
13.4.1 RFID decisions 216
13.4.2 RFID improvement opportunities 217
13.5 The selected RFID project 218
13.5.1 Description 218
13.5.2 The functionality of the proposed traceability system 220
13.6 The pilot implementation 220
13.6.1 Evaluating the RFID-enabled traceability system 220
13.6.2 Results 222
13.7 Conclusions 224
Acknowledgement 224
References 225
14 Intelligent Agrifood Chains and Networks: Current
Status, Future Trends and Real-life Cases from Japan 227
Mihály Vörös and Masahiko Gemma
14.1 Introduction 227
14.2 General concepts and roles of the local food systems
for improvement of quality of life 228
14.3 Development of local food systems in Japan 231
14.4 Examples of local food systems in Japan 235
14.4.1 ‘Budoubatake’ farmers’ market (privately-owned company) 238
14.4.2 ‘Rokko Blessing’ farmers’ market (JA-managed company) 241
14.4.3 ‘Michinoeki’ farmers’ market in Ukiha City
(mixed-ownership company) 242
14.5 Consumer support for local markets 244
14.6 Conclusions 245
References 246
15 The Use of Telematics in the Daily Distribution
of Perishable Goods: The Case of NIKAS SA 249
Vasileios Zeimpekis
15.1 Introduction 249
15.2 Background 250
15.2.1 Real-time fleet-management systems 250
15.2.2 Travel time prediction for fleet-management systems 252
15.3 A real-time fleet-management system for dynamic
incident handling 254
15.3.1 Requirements elicitation process 254
15.3.2 System architecture 255
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15.4 Simulation testing 257
15.5 Real-life testing 259
15.5.1 Profile of the company 259
15.5.2 System operation and test case scenarios 260
15.6 Conclusions 262
Acknowledgments 264
References 264
16 RFID-enabled Visibility in a Dairy Distribution Network 267
Daniel Hellström and Henrik Pålsson
16.1 Introduction 267
16.1.1 Problems with traditional roll containers 268
16.1.2 Introduction of the new roll container 269
16.1.3 The core problem when introducing a new roll container 269
16.2 Achieving visibility 269
16.2.1 System setup – useful data to be collected, and
control mechanisms 270
16.2.2 Identification technology solution 271
16.3 Jönköping dairy implementation 272
16.3.1 Implementation outcome 272
16.3.2 Expanding the implementation to include four DCs 273
16.4 Cost-benefit analysis with ROI calculations and sensitivity analysis 273
16.5 Lessons learned 275
16.5.1 Implementation process 276
16.5.2 Indirect benefits from having visibility 277
16.5.3 Technology insights 278
16.6 Concluding discussion 279
References 280
17 Conclusions 281
Michael Bourlakis, Ilias Vlachos and Vasileios Zeimpekis
17.1 Evolution of the food chain 281
17.2 Technologies in the food chain, key benefits and implications 283
17.2.1 Implications for food managers 285
17.2.2 Implications for large food companies and SMEs 286
17.3 Concluding remarks 286
References 287
Index 289
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