Abstract

HERRERA RAMIREZ, Milton Mauricio  and  ORJUELA CASTRO, Javier Arturo. Perspective of traceability in the food supply chain: An Approach from System Dynamics. ing. [online]. 2014, vol.19, n.2, pp.63-84. ISSN 0121-750X.

This paper presents a causal model developed at two levels. The first one is based on the overall dynamic behavior of the fruit supply chain. The second one is a specific technologies model for implementing traceability in the chain. This model arises from the need to identify the dynamics in implementing traceability technologies for the fruit chain. The study was conducted under the following premise: "The dynamic behavior of planning and implementation of technology generates an effect on transformation, quality, resource allocation, inventory and a traceability system (fruit supply chain)". The causal model was obtained from a detailed and rigorous review of the literature and studies related to the fruit sector in Colombia, on the issue of traceability in the supply chain of food from the perspective of system dynamics, integration, optimization and tracking technologies. There are few studies with a focus on traceability as discussed in this paper. We remark that the developed causal diagrams include a number of factors not considered in previous works. The results obtained through the proposed causal analysis, under the methodology of system dynamics, implied the inclusion of the effect of the implementation of traceability technology in the supply chain of fruits and their relationships with investment capacity and quality of a product.

Keywords : Traceability; managing and implementing technology; supply chain; system dynamics; optimization; integration; fruits; food.

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