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Title	Creating loops with value recovery: empirical study of fresh food supply chains
ID_Doc	24754
Authors	Vlajic, JV; Mijailovic, R; Bogdanova, M
Title	Creating loops with value recovery: empirical study of fresh food supply chains
Year	2018
Published	Production Planning & Control, 29, 6
Abstract	In an era of increased scarcity of resources and pollution, the concept of the circular economy is re-emerging to steer supply chains towards more sustainable business practices. The potential of value recovery provides opportunities for the creation of circular supply chains. Reverse flows and value recovery processes are scarcely studied in the context of fresh food supply chains. In this paper, we report findings from an empirical study of three fresh food supply chain networks by considering: product residual value, quantities available for recovery, value from recovery and markets for recovered products. We show that (1) financial value from recovery is a necessary condition for profitability of operations of any value recovery process in fresh food supply chains, but not for the occurrence of the corresponding loop itself; (2) reuse and remanufacturing loops likely feed into alternative markets, while recycling loops likely feed back into fresh food supply chains.
PDF	http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/bitstream/2438/23889/3/FullText.pdf

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