Quantifying the Agri-Food Supply Chain

From the reviews: "This text is a summary of the proceedings of a workshop convened in 2004 at Wageningen. ... The book offers a number of readings in topic areas that have interest to students and researchers alike. It will be a useful supplementary text for final year under graduate agri-business programmes and essential reading for postgraduates researching in areas covered by the scope of the workshop. It is hoped that the exercises can be repeated on a regular basis." (David Walters, Food New Zealand, June, 2007)

• Supply chain organization and chain performance.- Measuring performance in agri-food chains.- Performance measurement in agri-food supply-chain networks.- Accounting standards for supply chains.- Pricing and performance in agri-food supply chains.- Performance indicators in agri-food production chains.- Sharing costs, benefits, and risk in agri-food chains.- Retailers' supply chain, product differentiation and quality standards.- Liability and traceability in agri-food supply chains.- On the (dis)ability of the firm to quantify chains.- Modelling agri-food chains.- Profitability of 'ready-to-eat' strategies.- The value of information in agri-food chains.- Information management in agri-food chains.- The insurability of product recall in food supply chains.- Strategic alliances and networks in supply chains: knowledge management, learning and performance measurement.- Supply chain organization and chain performance.- Quantifying strategic choice along the vertical coordination continuum.- From corporate social responsibility to chain social responsibility.- Governance structures in the Dutch fresh-produce industry.- Effective partnerships for agri-food chains: the impact of supply-chain partnerships on supplier performance in the UK fresh-produce industry.