Operations and Supply Chain Management in the Food Industry: Farm to Fork

This book offers effective and competitive food supply chains that are the consequence of technological innovation, collaboration, small agri-food business cases, entrepreneurial opportunities, cold chain technology management, disruptive technologies, and performance assessment through empirical analysis, case studies, and multimethod research in the food industry. The book comprehensively covers different interfaces of the food supply chain including procurement, processing, distribution, consumer, i.e., farm to fork. It provides solutions to various challenges such as globalization, food recalls, technological innovations, and consumer trust. This book will be of interest to researchers in the areas of the food supply chain, operations management, industrial engineering as well as professionals in the agri-food and allied industry. 

Dr. Rahul S Mor is a faculty and researcher of operations management, supply chain & logistics, industrial engineering & management, manufacturing systems, etc., and has over four years of experience, primarily at NIFTEM Kundli. He holds a Ph.D. in Industrial and Production Engineering, specializing in Supply Chain & Operations Analytics. He has been teaching and mentoring the students of UG & PG courses, and has also taken the lead in various academic, outreach and administrative assignments. Dr. Mor has authored/co-authored over 50 publications in international refereed SCI, ABDC, CABS ranked journals of high impact factor, & many chapters, books, conference papers. One of his MoFPI (Govt. of India) funded research projects supports the agri-food supply chain digitalization through disruptive technologies, among other R&C projects in the manufacturing and agri-food sector. He is supervising research at the doctoral and masters levels. Dr. Mor has edited various books on ‘Agri-Food 4.0, ‘Circular Economy’, ‘OSCM’, ‘Industry 4.0’ with Springer, Emerald, EAI-Springer, etc. He is the Area Editor and Managing Guest Editor: Opr. Mgmt. Res. (Springer), Int. J. Logi. Res. & Appl. (T&F); Guest Editor: IEEE Trans. on Engg. Mgmt. (IEEE), Int. J. Transp. Eco.; Associate Editor: Supply Chain Forum: An Int. J. (T&F); Editor: IJSOM; Editorial Board: JDS, FSFS, IJCEWM, IJLT, etc., and reviewer for numerous int. journals. He is a member of many professional societies.

Dr. Sachin S. Kamble is Professor of Digital Transformation at EDHEC Business School, France. He holds a Ph.D. in Management, MBA in Operations, and bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. In academics, he has been associated with various institute of repute such as National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) Mumbai, Hyderabad Central University and Karnatak Univeristy. Dr. Sachin’s teaching and research interests include Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Big Data Analytics, Industry 4.0, and Blockchain Technology. 

He has more than 50 authored/co-authored publications in referred international journals and includes high-impact journals such as International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Production Research, Computers in Industry, Computers and Operations Research, International Journal of Information Management etc. Dr. Sachin has completed 27 consultancy assignments for leading manufacturing organizations that include TNT Logistics Ltd., Parle Limited, ACC Ltd., Intas Pharma, Mundra Ports and SEZ Ltd., Indogulf Fertilisers Ltd., TTK-LIG Ltd, BPCL-Mumbai, Gujarat State Fertiliser Corporation, Kochi Refinery, Indian Rayon, RCF Ltd, AICTE and Glaxo Smithkline. He has also conducted various MDP’s for the senior-level executives from ACC Ltd., HDFC Bank, BEL, HMT, L&T, Apollo Tyres Ltd, TMT Ltd., etc. in Operations and SCM. Dr. Sachin has also conceptualized special certificate program on SC and Logistics Management for Larsen and Toubro (one-year duration) and Manufacturing Excellence Program for Apollo Tyres Limited.

Dr. Sachin is presently guest editing special issues for International Journal of Production Research in Industry 4.0 and supply chain finance, and for Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing on the applications of Blockchain technology in global operations.

Dr. Kuldip Singh Sangwan is a Senior Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani (BITS Pilani), Pilani campus. He is the recipient of prestigious Shri B. K. Birla and Shrimati Sarala Birla Chair Professorship. He is an active researcher in the field of sustainable manufacturing, green supply chain management, energy-efficient machining, industry 4.0, life cycle engineering, and application of artificial intelligence in manufacturing system design. He has to his credit 13 completed, 8 ongoing PhDs, three edited books and more than 160 research papers in journals like IJPR, PPC, IJOPM, JCLEPRO, Ann. Oper. Res., IJLCA, IJAMT, JMTM, etc. He has established Joint Indo- German Experience Lab, Sustainable Manufacturing & Life Cycle Engineering Lab, and Advanced Precision Lab at BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus. He has projects worth more than 0.9 million E with international agencies (DAAD, IGES), industry and Indian Government agencies. He is a fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India), and a life member of Indian Institute of Industrial Engineering (IIIE) and Society of Operations Management (SOM). Professor Sangwan is the current editor of Industrial Engineering Journal published by Indian Institute of Industrial Engineering. His named has featured in the top 2% world scientists in the area of Industrial Engineering and Automation published by Stanford University researchers.