New Book: Intelligent Agrifood Chains and Networks

Dear Friends & Colleagues,

 

Here is my new book on the supply chain management published by Wiley-Blackwell:

 

Intelligent Agrifood Chains and Networks

http://www.amazon.com/Intelligent-Agrifood-Networks-Michael-Bourlakis/dp/1405182997/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1298906021&sr=1-1

 

Best Regards

ilias Vlachos

 

 

 

Agricultural University of Athens

Iera Odos 75

Botanikos 11855

Athens

Greece

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Email: ivlachos@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Product Description

Food is difficult to handle in long supply chains because it has limited storage and handling time and spoils easily with incorrect handling, leading to logistical problems which severely affect product quality and freshness. Simultaneously, the end consumer expects to purchase high quality food at a reasonable price, and the modern food industry aims to meet these expectations. This book investigates the current state of affairs and the emerging technologies in managing agrifood chains and networks. Real-life case studies show new technologies are being implemented in production, warehousing, transportation and retailing.

From the Back Cover

Due to the perishable nature of many food products, and legislative requirements regarding traceability, the management of agrifood chains and networks constitutes one of the most important aspects of the modern food and beverages industry. Food is difficult to handle in long supply chains because it represents limited resources of biological raw material, has limited storage and handling time after entering the supply chain, and spoils easily with incorrect handling/processing. This can lead to various logistical problems in modern food supply chains which can severely affect product quality and freshness. At the same time, the end consumer expects to purchase high quality food at a reasonable price, and the modern food industry aims to meet these expectations.

This book investigates the emerging technologies in managing agrifood chains and networks. It examines:

• Current status: chapters that present the current state of food logistics and the major problems that are faced during production, warehousing, transportation and retailing.
• New technologies & future trends: new technologies and intelligent systems that are able to process time-dependent information, handle dynamic incidents (e.g. increase of temperature in a storage area) in real-time, and support logistics operations in food logistics management. These technologies include telematics and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID).
• New technologies in action: real-life case studies that offer solutions to actual food logistics problems by combining a mixture of systemic and logistics approaches. These case studies show how RFID technologies and Telematics have been implemented in production, warehousing, transportation and retailing.
• As well as summarising existing knowledge in the field of food logistics, the volume also presents the state-of-the-art research pertaining to the latest developments in each examined topic. It is aimed at scientists and other professionals working in the fields of supply chain management, logistics and operations management in the food and beverage industry around the world; industrial engineers and researchers in information technology with a special focus on food logistics; students and researchers of these topics.

 

Product Details

• Hardcover: 312 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition (May 10, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1405182997
• ISBN-13: 978-1405182997