Food Packaging Operations Audit
(2024) MTTM10 20241Packaging Logistics
- Abstract
- Supply chain management (SCM) and packaging solutions are essential in the food industry due to their impact on the environment and economics, necessitating innovation. How to efficiently move goods through the supply chain therefore involves a complex network involving a great amount of stakeholders and processes. Food distribution logistics are particularly complex, requiring standard procedures along with additional steps for food safety. This sets the foundation for examining the challenges and opportunities in food supply chain operations and packaging solutions.
This thesis investigates the food packaging operations, focusing on the efficiency of the supply chain and its processes and the impact of packaging system solutions. The... (More) - Supply chain management (SCM) and packaging solutions are essential in the food industry due to their impact on the environment and economics, necessitating innovation. How to efficiently move goods through the supply chain therefore involves a complex network involving a great amount of stakeholders and processes. Food distribution logistics are particularly complex, requiring standard procedures along with additional steps for food safety. This sets the foundation for examining the challenges and opportunities in food supply chain operations and packaging solutions.
This thesis investigates the food packaging operations, focusing on the efficiency of the supply chain and its processes and the impact of packaging system solutions. The methodology involved a singe-case study research approach, analyzing the packaging system performance and its integration within the supply chain. Semi-structured interviews, observations, literature review and some qualitative data have been the foundation for analysis. Findings from the case study revealed insights into the case company’s packaging system performance for various products as well as the packaging innovation processes. Key findings are presented as the processes that underperforms the most which are the lack of a unified vision, no proper evaluation and/or follow up procedures as well as weak performing support systems. Lastly, avenues for improvement in the supply chain are displayed, presenting what changes need to be performed, related to the underperforming processes, in order to increase supply chain efficiency. Overall, the study emphasizes the importance of balancing trade-offs in packaging decisions and operations to enhance supply chain performance. By using integrated support systems, clear evaluation processes and understanding the impact good communication has on creating coordination and collaboration between company functions and over organizational boundaries, increased performance can be achieved. (Less)
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- author
- Samuelsson, Anna LU and Thulin Lennselius, Sofie
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- MTTM10 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Supply chain management (SCM), food supply chain (FSC), packaging performance, communication, evaluation
- language
- English
- id
- 9162774
- date added to LUP
- 2024-06-18 15:55:50
- date last changed
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abstract = {{Supply chain management (SCM) and packaging solutions are essential in the food industry due to their impact on the environment and economics, necessitating innovation. How to efficiently move goods through the supply chain therefore involves a complex network involving a great amount of stakeholders and processes. Food distribution logistics are particularly complex, requiring standard procedures along with additional steps for food safety. This sets the foundation for examining the challenges and opportunities in food supply chain operations and packaging solutions.
This thesis investigates the food packaging operations, focusing on the efficiency of the supply chain and its processes and the impact of packaging system solutions. The methodology involved a singe-case study research approach, analyzing the packaging system performance and its integration within the supply chain. Semi-structured interviews, observations, literature review and some qualitative data have been the foundation for analysis. Findings from the case study revealed insights into the case company’s packaging system performance for various products as well as the packaging innovation processes. Key findings are presented as the processes that underperforms the most which are the lack of a unified vision, no proper evaluation and/or follow up procedures as well as weak performing support systems. Lastly, avenues for improvement in the supply chain are displayed, presenting what changes need to be performed, related to the underperforming processes, in order to increase supply chain efficiency. Overall, the study emphasizes the importance of balancing trade-offs in packaging decisions and operations to enhance supply chain performance. By using integrated support systems, clear evaluation processes and understanding the impact good communication has on creating coordination and collaboration between company functions and over organizational boundaries, increased performance can be achieved.}},
author = {{Samuelsson, Anna and Thulin Lennselius, Sofie}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Food Packaging Operations Audit}},
year = {{2024}},
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