Supply Uncertainty in Food Processing Supply Chain: Sources and Coping Strategies

Abstract

Supply uncertainty aspects haven't been treated specifically in the food processing supply chain management literature, as the focus was mainly on the demand aspects. This paper provides an initial survey on the existing literature dealing with supply uncertainty of food processors. Specifically, the focus is on the types of supply uncertainty and sources that are causing them, as well as how the food processing companies are coping with it in the food supply chain. © IFIP International Federation for Information Processing 2014.