Circular economy and waste management: A literature review in perishable supply chain management

This research contributes to the existing literature on Supply Chain Management (SCM) for perishable materials, focusing on short shelf life, decreases in quality, shelf worthiness, and sustainability. The perishable nature of materials such as food, dairy, pharmaceuticals, and other agricultural materials possess a higher sensitivity and short shelf life to environmental factors requiring strict temperature control parameters, appropriate delivery timeline and delivery method using specific logistics systems. A synthesis reveals a host of notable features related to SCM on perishable materials, including cold chain management, inventory performance, packaging systems, and adaption of digital paradigms like Internet of Things (IoT), Radio frequency identification systems, and blockchain technologies. In addition, Mathematical models and decision-making frameworks have been explored to overcome problems such as bull whip effects, demand uncertainty, product wastes, sustainable logistics and circular economy. Despite these advancements as part of the SCM mechanism, particularly real-time system. Moreover, the study revealed significant gaps and barriers to further research and development of technological inventions real-time adaptive models, especially development, to execute and design efficient supply chain systems.