Title: The ways for reducing food losses in supply chains

Authors: Denis Syromyatnikov; Tatyana Sakulyeva; Marina Ermakova; Gulmira Samiyeva; Rodion Rogulin

Addresses: Department of Economy and Foreign Economic Activity, North-Caucasus Federal University, Stavropol, Russia ' Department of Management of Freight Forwarding Service, State University of Management, Moscow, Russia ' Department of Audit and Corporate Reporting, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia ' Department of Management, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan ' Department of Mathematics and Modelling, Vladivostok State University of Economic and Service (VVSU), Vladivostok, Russia; Department of Applied Mathematics, Mechanics, Controlling and Software, Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), Vladivostok, Russia

Abstract: The article presents ways to reduce losses in supply chains using agricultural products supplies as a case study. The relevance of the topic under consideration stems from fact that, regardless of the region or the country, food losses can equal more than 30% throughout the supply chain. The study aimed to determine how important are individual components of the logistics infrastructure and information systems for managing food supply chains in developed and emerging markets. It was found that the structure of losses in developed and developing economies differs. The study hypothesis that the improvement of logistics services and supply chain manageability reduces losses in food supply chains was statistically confirmed. Using the example of Russia and Germany, it was revealed that an increase in investments in highly specialised supply chain management software and the advancement of logistics infrastructure are able to reduce losses in food supply chains.

Keywords: supply chains; food; SCM software; logistics infrastructure.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPMB.2023.130453

International Journal of Process Management and Benchmarking, 2023 Vol.14 No.1, pp.108 - 124

Received: 24 May 2021
Accepted: 16 Jul 2021
Published online: 21 Apr 2023 *

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