Title: Modelling and analysis of the critical success factors in the fresh food processing supply chain

Authors: Surya Prakash; Vijay Prakash Sharma; Gunjan Soni; Lalit Kumar Sharma; Shaik Riyaz

Addresses: School of Engineering and Technology, Mechanical Engineering Department, BML Munjal University, Gurugram, Haryana, IN, India ' School of Engineering and Technology, Mechanical Engineering Department, BML Munjal University, Gurugram, Haryana, IN, India ' Mechanical Engineering Department, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India ' School of Engineering and Technology, Mechanical Engineering Department, BML Munjal University, Gurugram, Haryana, IN, India ' School of Engineering and Technology, Mechanical Engineering Department, BML Munjal University, Gurugram, Haryana, IN, India

Abstract: Fresh food processing capabilities is an area of the supply chain that has a high perspective to add value. This study aims to identify and model critical success factors (CSFs) of the Indian fresh food processing (FFP) industry. The CSFs have been identified through all-encompassing literature reviews and consolidated through discussions with experts from the Indian FFP industry. A total of ten CSFs are identified and measured through a relative importance method. The TOPSIS methodology is deployed to analyse the data. The result shows that integration of the supply chain focuses on processing technology, training the major entity of value chain. This paper contributes to the understanding of supply chain management in a FFP context and presents the lead CSFs for this sector. The results of this study will help supply chain managers-practitioners in making decisions about the successful implementation of impactful strategies.

Keywords: fresh food processing industry; critical success factors; CSF; TOPSIS; supply chain.

DOI: 10.1504/IJLSM.2022.125674

International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, 2022 Vol.43 No.1, pp.48 - 65

Received: 03 May 2020
Accepted: 26 Jun 2020
Published online: 26 Sep 2022 *

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