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Tag: Food Quality

  • Food for Though: Considering Food Quality in Routing Procedures

    Food for Though: Considering Food Quality in Routing Procedures

    Traditionally, vehicle routing optimization procedures focus on reducing cost by either minimizing distance or duration traveled. For perishable food products, however, one additionally may want to consider quality impacts in related routing and scheduling operations.

  • Integrating Dynamic Food Quality within Organic Fresh Food Supply Chains

    Integrating Dynamic Food Quality within Organic Fresh Food Supply Chains

    Delivering food items is challenging, particulary for fresh fruits and vegetables. Such products often have short shelf lives and further require specific storage conditions. In earlier posts, we looked at common challenges, investigated strategies to reduce food waste and considered specific consumer preferences. This post discusses benefits of integrating food quality data and how having…

  • Consumer-Driven Order Picking Strategies for E-Groceries

    Consumer-Driven Order Picking Strategies for E-Groceries

    Demand in e-groceries is increasing. In practice, a wide range of business models exists. This post focuses on store-based home deliveries and a quite simple question: Which products should I ship to my customers?