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Campden BRI Magyarország Nonprofit Kft,
Kisleptek, Kisléptékû Termékelõállítók Országos Érdekképviseletének Egyesülete,
Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna,
Campden BRI Magyarország Nonprofit Kft,
Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna,
Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna,
Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna,
Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna,
Published: 28.07.2022.
Volume 11, Issue 3 (2022)
pp. 161-181;
Abstract
There has been growing consumer demand for the products and services of the short food supply chains (SFSCs) in recent times. A procedure was developed to identify the technological and technological innovations that can improve the performance and competitiveness of the SFSCs. The needs of the SFSCs for innovative solutions were collected by interviewing 18 SFSCs from 9 countries. An inventory was prepared to contain 136 technological and non-technological innovations, meeting these needs. The innovations were collected from the good practices of the 18 SFSCs, experiences of the project partners and state of the art. The success factors and bottlenecks of each short food supply chain operation and their current value propositions were identified. From the inventory, those innovations were selected for each short food chain case study which can be applied to eliminate or reduce the bottlenecks or enhance the success factors leading to new, upgraded value propositions with increased added value for the consumers. The new, upgraded value propositions can serve as a starting point for developing a strategy for improving the competitiveness of a short food chain organisation through the application of innovations.
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