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 ninth one in the list.

Write a complete APA reference for your source:

Baris, A., deishin, L. & Mustafa, H. (January, 2012). Got local food?

Retrieved from http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6927.html

2. SUMMARY OF THE SOURCE

This article talks about how the demand for local food has increased as the consumers are becoming more aware of the environmental and health consequences of how food is produced. The article examines the tradeoffs of operating the supply of fresh produce in order to gain insights on what drives the supply chain structure. The article also examines how local food can become a viable strategy of sourcing for big retailers. Supply chain members are shown to mutually benefit from their decisions to increase the sales which lead to specialization which is brought about by advances in technology in constraints of space in retail stores, efficiency gains in transportation and farming practices.

3. EVALUATION:

This article is relevant to my report in that it discusses in details about the demand for local food and how this has consequently increased. 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 is relevant as today people are keen on the health implications of the manner in which food is grown and processed. The authors are scholars of how environmental and economic value can be captured by use of operational synergies in order to maximize the utilization of natural resources they are knowledgeable about this subject.