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Design and Performance of a Supply Chain in Food Industry- Report

   

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FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN 1INTRODUCTIONThe supply chain is the network that exists between a company and its suppliers that enable the company to produce and distribute their products, the supply chain represents the systematic steps taken by the firm to deliver the product or service to its clients. Supply chain management is an important process since a well-optimized supply chain leads to reduce production costs and faster production cycle hence the company benefits with a significant profit margin. Supply chain involves the suppliers, manufacturers, and retailers who distribute the end product or service to the customer. In a food industry, the supply chain is critical compared to other supply chains since mostof the foods are perishable and are prawn to going bad if not handled with care or even if theydon't reach the company and consumers at the right time. It’s every food industry wish toproduce and supply high-quality foods at all time to their clients (Manzini &Accorsi 2013,p.256). However this is a challenge since most of the food is produced in small scale, andmarketing channels available are considered nonprofit able to local or small scale foodproducers. Quality, price and on time delivery are the important perspective that is viewed in thefood supply chain industry. AUSTRALIAN DAIRY SUPPLY CHAINIn Australia, since the drop of regulation in dairy products in 2000 the stakeholders in theAustralian dairy food supply chain have been confronted with a complex and a gradually changing environment. Supermarkets in Australia emerged as the dominant in supply chain development, but they also depended on other supply chain participants. The future supply chain development is highly dependent on the capabilities of the supply chain stakeholders and the strategic organization within the processing companies (Smith, Lawrence and Richards 2010,

FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN 2p146). The companies also need to be vigilant and be responsive to the ever changing user needs and the dynamics of the market environment. In Australia cooperative work as the main link between the farmers and the consumer, they are also concerned with value addition and packaging of commercial dairy products.The coordination between the key participants in the chain has been ongoing with competition being high from the superior performers. The coordination focuses on two fundamental requirements for a successful supply chain; efficiency within the supply chain by cutting costs out of the system and the favorable alignment between what is being produced and what is being provided in the market. Therefore it’s important to have a healthy coordination between the farmers and the cooperatives to ensure efficiency in service delivery.Activities of an individual participant in a supply chain can impact that of other participants since they revolve under an interdependent system. It's therefore important to sort out the challenges and modify the system so that the joint productivity is increased. However in asupply chain conflicts are inevitable it's important to strengthen the relationship to ensure maximum productivity from the interrelationship.UTILIZATION, SOURCE AND PROCESSING OF MILK IN AUSTRALIA The Australian industry is that third largest rural industry in Australia with eighty percentof the milk produced coming from the south eastern part of the country. Fifty-five percent of the milk produced in Australia is exported accounting for sixteen percent of the global dairy export (Bourlakis,Maglaras ,Gallear and Fotopoulos 2014, 61). The milk produced is meant for two broad categories of the market: fluid drinking milk and manufacturing milk that is supposed to produce dairy products like cheese and butter.

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