Summary
This study proposes an integrated Quality Function Deployment framework linking contextual factors, sustainability criteria, supply chain risks, and resilience strategies for fresh food supply chains serving small-scale producers and nanostores. Through multi-expert evaluation across three sequential stages, the framework identifies logistics costs and water use as critical sustainability metrics, and prioritises practical mitigation strategies including horizontal collaboration and backup supplier networks. The approach addresses the fragmentation of sustainability, risk, and resilience analyses by treating them as interdependent system components.
UK applicability
The framework's emphasis on small-scale producers and nanostores, together with its focus on logistical efficiency and water stewardship, may inform UK policy on short supply chains and local food systems, though applicability depends on whether the study's geographic and economic context aligns with UK farm scale and infrastructure patterns.
Key measures
Weighted expert evaluations of contextual attributes, sustainability criteria (economic, environmental, social), supply chain risks, and resilience strategies across three integrated QFD stages
Outcomes reported
The study identified key sustainability criteria (logistics costs, water use, demand fulfilment), primary supply chain risks (supply, financial, and demand risks), and prioritised resilience strategies (multiple sourcing, horizontal collaboration, backup suppliers, facility fortification, capacity expansion) for fresh food supply chains with small-scale producers and nanostores.
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