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A Mathematical Model to Minimize the Total Cost in Apple Fruit Supply Chain: The Case of Indian Scenario

In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Business & Management (ICETBM 2023)

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  • M. Yuvaraj

    (Presidency University, Department of Mechanical Engineering)

  • R. Jothi Basu

    (Presidency University, Department of Mechanical Engineering)

Abstract

Apple cultivation is a major employment and extremely successful economic activity in the Kashmir valley (India). The apple supply chain (ASC) in India is conventional and entails value loss at many levels of the supply chain (SC), which raises the cost of the final product. With increased production comes increased challenges in the ASC, such as a lack of suitable storage, a shortage of processing equipment, a lack of packing material, inefficient transportation, and middleman manipulation. Efficient apple transportation reduces post-harvest loss and stabilizes prices at regional cold storage facilities which is critical. The aim of this article is to develop the simple Indian ASC to ensure food security for all by means of affordability. A mathematical model is formulated to design a simple Indian ASC to minimize the total distribution cost (TDC) and post-harvest loss. A real case study of Baramulla District (India) apple distribution is solved using the heuristic approach to check the validity of the formulated model.

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  • M. Yuvaraj & R. Jothi Basu, 2023. "A Mathematical Model to Minimize the Total Cost in Apple Fruit Supply Chain: The Case of Indian Scenario," Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research, in: Sudarsan Jayasingh & Kirubaharan Boobalan & Thiruvenkadam Thiagarajan (ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Business & Management (ICETBM 2023), pages 193-203, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:advbcp:978-94-6463-162-3_17
    DOI: 10.2991/978-94-6463-162-3_17
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