Background: As a result of food supply chain management, we have access to fresh food from all around the world. But there are some encounters that food supply chain has to deal with. The E. coli outbreak in the US is an illustrative of a widespread problem faced by the food supply chain.   Purpose: The purpose of the study is to examine how blockchain technology can be used in food supply chain management and see what the interest of the customer looks like.   Method: The methodology of the research to examine how blockchain can be used in food supply chain management was through literature study, and questionnaire to get a better grasp of the customers interest.   Result: By using blockchain technology in food supply chain management it improves the information flow, while becoming more transparent between the actors. Blockchain technology improves the security of FSCM and traceability of a product. You can automatize several processes of FSCM by using smart contracts and sensors. From the survey it was a found that there is an interest in the customers side and about two-thirds of the customer might pay extra if the products use blockchain technology.   Conclusion: Blockchain’s features makes it ideal to be integrated in the food supply chain management, as it makes it harder to counterfeit the products, and it improves the trust between the actors by ensuring transparency of the information flow. But on the other hand, blockchain is not suitable for everyone, as it’s a complicated system and it can result in high switching cost when changing systems. / Bakgrund: Med hjälp av food supply chain management så har man nästan alltid tillgång till färsk mat från hela världen. Men det finns några utmaningar som man behöver hantera. E. coli utbrottet i USA illustrerar ett problem som food supply chain management står inför. Eftersom det var många aktörer som var inblandad i kedjan så tog det FDA nästan två månader att hitta källan.   Syfte: Syftet med denna studien är att undersöka vilka förändringar man kan uppnå inom food supply chain management med hjälp av blockchain, samt se hur intressen ser ut hos kunden.   Metod: Metoden som användes för att få överblick om vad blockchain teknologin kan uppnå i food supply chain management var allmän litteraturstudie, och enkätundersökningen för att få en förståelse över kundernas intresse.   Resultat: Med hjälp av blockchains teknologi så blir informationsflödet mer transparent och att man lagrar data i ett decentraliserat nätverk. Blockchain förbättrar säkerhet- och spårbarheten. Med smart kontrakt och sensorer så kan man automatisera flera processer. Från enkätundersökningen så kom fram till att det finns ett intresse hos kunden och ungefär två tredjedelar skulle kunna tänka sig att betala extra om produkterna använder sig utav blockchains teknologin.     Slutsats: Blockchains egenskaper gör det ideal för att behandla livsmedelskedjan eftersom det blir svårare att förfalska produkterna, och att man skapar bättre förtroende mellan aktörerna genom att säkerställa transparensinformationsflöde. Men däremot så passar inte blockchain till alla, då det är ett komplicerat system och att det kan tillkomma höga omställningskostnader när man ska byta system.

El texto completo de este trabajo no está disponible en el Repositorio Académico UPC por restricciones de la casa editorial donde ha sido publicado. / This research uses Supply Chain (SC) data gathered during the distribution and transportation activities of organic coffee. The purpose of this research is to analyze different ways in which crop-chain solutions are adopted in the region of Junín, Peru. The disintegration of the SC is revealed, as each cooperative member works uncoordinatedly on his own leading to different results standards with high costs and low returns. The study focused on different entities from farmers to the port of Callao of an organic coffee supply chain where disintegration is constant. The paper describes a misaligned supply chain including poorly collaboration. All problems found will be an opportunity to develop a distribution model in the organic coffee supply chain of Junín region. / Revisión por pares

El texto completo de este trabajo no está disponible en el Repositorio Académico UPC por restricciones de la casa editorial donde ha sido publicado. / Purpose: This paper aims to explore the antecedents and performance outcomes of supply chain integration in the agri-food industry in Latin America, a context that the literature on supply chain management has not extensively addressed. The quinoa supply chain, an industry that has encountered a boost in market demand in the past year, is selected as the unit of analysis. Supply chain integration dynamics are analyzed to provide recommendations about integration strategies and benefits in the agricultural sector. Design/methodology/approach: A conceptual model was designed in this study, which includes the drivers (i.e. trust and commitment) and outcomes (i.e. operational and economic performance) of supply chain integration. The relationships were verified through a unique survey, the data of which were collected from 79 respondents operating at different levels of the Peruvian quinoa supply chain (i.e. suppliers, producers and customers). The proposed hypotheses were tested through the partial least squares (PLS) regression. Findings: The results underscore the relevance of trust and commitment as enablers of supply chain integration initiatives in the agri-food industry. These factors are particularly essential for involving the farmers who are the most upstream actors in the supply chain and characterized by unstructured organizations. A high level of integration in these types of supply chain enhances the capacity to improve operational performance, which in turns positively affects the main economic indicators. Originality/value: This study contributes to the discussion of supply chain integration in the agri-food industry, which remains unexplored thus far. It relies on a multitier collection of responses, which is extended to all the levels of the quinoa supply chain, thereby providing the study with a unique depth of analysis. Furthermore, this work contributes to the ongoing discourse on the performance impact of supply chain integration, which several SCM scholars have recently questioned. / Revisión por pares

En el presente proyecto de investigación se utilizan datos de la Cadena de suministro (SC) recopilados durante las actividades de distribución y transporte de café orgánico. El propósito de esta investigación es analizar diferentes formas en que se adoptan las soluciones de cadena de cultivo en la región de Junín, Perú. La desintegración del SC es evidente, ya que cada miembro cooperativo trabaja descoordinadamente por su cuenta, lo que lleva a diferentes estándares de resultados con altos costos y bajos rendimientos. El estudio se centró en diferentes entidades, desde los agricultores hasta el puerto de Callao, de una cadena de suministro de café orgánico donde la desintegración es constante. El artículo describe una cadena de suministro desalineada que incluye una colaboración deficiente. Todos los problemas encontrados serán una oportunidad para desarrollar un modelo de distribución en la cadena de suministro de café orgánico de la región de Junín. / This research uses Supply Chain (SC) data gathered during the distribution and transportation activities of organic coffee. The purpose of this research is to analyze different ways in which crop-chain solutions are adopted in the region of Junín, Peru. The disintegration of the SC is revealed, as each cooperative member works uncoordinatedly on his own leading to different results standards with high costs and low returns. The study focused on different entities from farmers to the port of Callao of an organic coffee supply chain where disintegration is constant. The paper describes a misaligned supply chain including poorly collaboration. All problems found will be an opportunity to develop a distribution model in the organic coffee supply chain of Junín region. / Tesis

Background  In the context of booming e-commerce, logistics service is an opportunity as well as a challenge for fresh products e-retailers and their logistics service providers (LSPs). In fact, they offered various fancy logistics services, like evening home delivery, same-day delivery and recyclable packaging. However, it will lead to a high cost. So, it is necessary for them to understand consumer preferences for logistics services to obtain their satisfaction and loyalty as well as to decrease the logistics costs.  Purpose  The purpose of this study is to investigate consumer preferences for logistics services within online retailing of fresh products in Sweden.  Method  To fulfill the research purpose, a quantitative research is conducted by employing the full-profile conjoint analysis. The quantitative data in a raw form were collected from the questionnaire, which has investigated 161 respondents in Sweden for rating nine logistics service profiles. To reduce the respondents’ evaluation task, the profiles are generated by orthogonal design in SPSS 24.0. The data analysis is conducted by conjoint analysis module in the software.  Conclusion  The results show that free home delivery is the preferred choice and green packaging material is much more attractive than ordinary one. Delivery speed does not appear to be so important comparing with the other attributes, which means the respondents could accept the delivery within one week. To extent, the respondents are very cost conscious, but they are still willing to make trade off for the premium logistics services. For example, they could accept 1-50 kronor delivery fee when they select home delivery with green package marticals. Therefore, e-retailers and their LSPs can focus on how to balance free shipping and certain delivery costs in different contexts.