Lean Food Supply Chain Management Within Agro-Food Distributors In Malaysia
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https://doi.org/10.61841/97j4tp19Keywords:
Lean, Food Supply Chain Management, Agro-Food, Distributors, AgricultureAbstract
The Malaysia National Agro-Food Policy (DAN) 2011-2020 was introduced to ensure the agro-food supply in Malaysia is ascertained. The main focus of DAN is to improve the self-sufficiency level of agro food. However, another challenge in food security is to ensure the food that available is delivered from farm to consumers effectively, or namely the management of food supply chain (FSCM). As such, one of the core focuses in the Malaysia Agro Food Policy 2.0 is to capitalise the entire agro food sector value chain in order to improve the performance of agro FSCM. This only could be done via high degree of coordination and continuous value creation across all activities in the agro food supply chain, which is in line with the principle of Lean. Hence, this study aims to assess the implementation level of Lean Food Supply Chain Management (LFSCM) practices and performance within agro-food distributors in Malaysia, and to assess the relationship between both. The research is quantitative based. Five LFSCM performance attributes and four LFSCM practices were identified from literature review and formulated into a survey questionnaire which was answered by 50 agro-food distributors within Malaysia. Data collected is analysed via descriptive analysis and Pearson correlation. Analysis result reveals that LFSCM practices within agro-food distributors in Malaysia tends to focus on soft lean practices, in addition all LFSCM practices are positively correlated with LFSCM performance. Finding from the study implies that Lean concept and principle could be applied in agriculture or agro-food industry as the approach to improve performance.
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Boonsthonsatit, Kanda, & Jungthawan, Siripong. (2015). Lean supply chain management-based value stream mapping in a case of Thailand automotive industry. In 2015 4th International Conference on Advanced Logistics and Transport (ICALT) (pp. 65–69). IEEE.
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_Your_Career/Importance_of_Supply_Chain_Management.aspx?hkey=cf46c59c-d454-4bd5-8b06-4bf7a285fc65 Cudney, Elizabeth, & Elrod, Cassandra. (2010). Incorporating lean concepts into supply chain management.
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Manufacturing Technology, 79(5–8), 1389–1399. doi: 10.1007/s00170-015-6944-2
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eliminating waste through lean tools and techniques for halal food companies. Sustainability, 6(12), 9179–9204.
Myerson, Paul. (2012). Lean supply chain and logistics management. McGraw-Hill New York, NY.
Perez, Catalina, de Castro, Rodolfo, Simons, David, & Gimenez, Gerusa. (2010). Development of lean supply chains: a case study of the Catalan pork sector. Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 15(1), 55–68.
Rahman, Nor Azian Abdul, Sharif, Sariwati Mohd, & Esa, Mashitah Mohamed. (2013). Lean manufacturing case study with Kanban system implementation. Procedia Economics and Finance, 7, 174–180.
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Rozhan Abu Dardak. (2015). Transformation of Agricultural Sector in Malaysia Through Agricultural Policy.
FFTC Agricultural Policy Articles.
Sam Ashe-Edmunds. (2016). Strengths & Weaknesses of the Supply Chain | Chron.com. Retrieved May 6, 2019, from https://smallbusiness.chron.com/strengths-weaknesses-supply-chain-75987.html
Samuel, Michael Vinrald, Shah, Mrinalini, & Sahay, B. S. (2012). An insight into agri-food supply chains: a review. International Journal of Value Chain Management, 6(2), 115. doi: 10.1504/IJVCM.2012.048378
SCRC SME. (2017). What is Supply Chain Management (SCM)? | Supply Chain Resource Cooperative | NC State University. Retrieved May 6, 2019, from https://scm.ncsu.edu/scm-articles/article/what-is-supply-chain- management-scm
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Stewart, Gordon. (1995). Supply chain performance benchmarking study reveals keys to supply chain excellence. Logistics Information Management, 8(2), 38–44.
Taleizadeh, Ata Allah, & Noori-daryan, Mahsa. (2016). Pricing, manufacturing and inventory policies for raw material in a three-level supply chain. International Journal of Systems Science, 47(4), 919–931. doi: 10.1080/00207721.2014.909544
Tortorella, Guilherme, Giglio, Ricardo, Fettermmann, Diego Castro, & Tlapa, Diego. (2018). Lean supply chain practices: an exploratory study on their relationship. The International Journal of Logistics Management, 29(3), 1049–1076.
Tortorella, Guilherme Luz, Miorando, Rogério, & Marodin, Giuliano. (2017). Lean supply chain management: Empirical research on practices, contexts and performance. International Journal of Production Economics, 193, 98–112. doi: 10.1016/J.IJPE.2017.07.006
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