English Report about supply chain managment in food processing

ENGLISH 214 SOURCE EVALUATION #

NAME: CLASS ID: _______________________

REPORT TITLE: Supply chain and the food safety process.

1. THE SOURCE

How long is your source? 1 page

How did you find the source? I typed in “articles on supply chain management in food processing” in Google search engine. This article was the seventh one in the list.

Write a complete APA reference for your source:

Patrick, B. (April, 2013). Supply chain and the food safety process.

Retrieved from http://www.scmr.com/article/supply_chain_the_food_safety_process

2. SUMMARY OF THE SOURCE

In this article, a safety gauge has found out that the escalation of consumer demand together with significant annual recalls costs translate to investing in enhanced safety of the product can improve the well being of consumers and compel towards commercial success at the same period. According to the article, a large number of consumers say that food safety is of huge importance to them now. This article shows how food safety has become an important factor and a considerable number of consumers are even willing to pay a premium in order to get extreme safety standards that are verified by a third party. The article also talks about how managing the supply chain from farm to folk is a challenge in the food industry.

3. EVALUATION:

This article is relevant to my report in that it discusses in details about how food safety has become of great importance among many consumers. The article also talks about how challenging the management of supply chain is. It is for this reason that I chose the article. This information fits well with my report’s background segment. The article’s level can be well understood by an average person. The article has information that can be related to today’s consumer demands in the food industry. The author, Patrick Burnson is an executive editor for logistics management and supply chain management. He is a widely published writer and he has spent most of his career life covering supply chain management amidst other disciplines and thus he is very knowledgeable about this subject.