Usefulness of lean as a sustainable strategy in food supply chains
Global food supply chains need to become more efficient in terms of decreasing resource use and minimising food waste. With this objective some food enterprises in UK have started to adopt ‘lean thinking’. Little academic evidence exists on whether or not this is a sustainable strategy. Sustainabili...
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| author | Sjögren, Pernilla |
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| description | Global food supply chains need to become more efficient in terms of decreasing resource use and minimising food waste. With this objective some food enterprises in UK have started to adopt ‘lean thinking’. Little academic evidence exists on whether or not this is a sustainable strategy. Sustainability can be defined through the ‘triple bottom line’ including economic, environmental and social aspects. A literature review was conducted to explore the applicability of lean thinking as a sustainable strategy in food supply chains. It showed that lean has potentials, but would require trade-offs where lean principles are adapted to the characteristics of food supply chains and where it also includes environmental and social aspects to a greater extent. Collaboration and shared benefits between all participants is necessary for the success of lean. This is currently the issue in existing food supply chains in the UK. |
| format | Second cycle, A2E |
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| institution | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
| language | Swedish Inglés |
| publishDate | 2014 |
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| spelling | RepoSLU74972014-11-20T15:47:38Z https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/7497/ Usefulness of lean as a sustainable strategy in food supply chains Sjögren, Pernilla Economics and management Global food supply chains need to become more efficient in terms of decreasing resource use and minimising food waste. With this objective some food enterprises in UK have started to adopt ‘lean thinking’. Little academic evidence exists on whether or not this is a sustainable strategy. Sustainability can be defined through the ‘triple bottom line’ including economic, environmental and social aspects. A literature review was conducted to explore the applicability of lean thinking as a sustainable strategy in food supply chains. It showed that lean has potentials, but would require trade-offs where lean principles are adapted to the characteristics of food supply chains and where it also includes environmental and social aspects to a greater extent. Collaboration and shared benefits between all participants is necessary for the success of lean. This is currently the issue in existing food supply chains in the UK. 2014-11-19 Second cycle, A2E NonPeerReviewed application/pdf sv https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/7497/7/Sjogren_P_141103.pdf Sjögren, Pernilla, 2014. Usefulness of lean as a sustainable strategy in food supply chains. Second cycle, A2E. Uppsala: (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Economics <https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/view/divisions/OID-510.html> urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-3997 eng |
| spellingShingle | Economics and management Sjögren, Pernilla Usefulness of lean as a sustainable strategy in food supply chains |
| title | Usefulness of lean as a sustainable strategy in food supply chains |
| title_full | Usefulness of lean as a sustainable strategy in food supply chains |
| title_fullStr | Usefulness of lean as a sustainable strategy in food supply chains |
| title_full_unstemmed | Usefulness of lean as a sustainable strategy in food supply chains |
| title_short | Usefulness of lean as a sustainable strategy in food supply chains |
| title_sort | usefulness of lean as a sustainable strategy in food supply chains |
| topic | Economics and management |
| url | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/7497/ https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/7497/ |