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Value Chain Analysis (VCA) is a tool for analysing the nature and source of value within a supply chain and the potential for reducing waste therein, with the focus explicitly on the determinants of value within a manufacturing process rather than the simple measurement of process outputs. The tool has been successfully applied in recent years within the motor and information technology industries, to assist forward thinking businesses to survive in an increasingly competitive environment. VCA within the food industry faces the challenge where transactional relationships between trading partners remain the norm. This paper reports the results from the first of a series of Government sponsored VCA projects in the U.K. red meat industry. The paper explains the rational for VCA, describes the methodology and reports the findings from a case study involving a food multiple retailer, a meat processor and a livestock producer. Insights are presented into the potential for the use of VCA in the U.K. food industry and the specific issues that researchers need to be mindful of when embarking on a VCA project. The paper concludes by identifying key areas in which further research is required to develop the methodology to suit the unique characteristics of the food industry.
Author(s): Simons D, Francis M, Bourlakis M, Fearne A
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal on Chain and Network Science
Year: 2003
Volume: 3
Issue: 2
Pages: 109-121
Print publication date: 01/01/2003
ISSN (print): 1569-1829
ISSN (electronic): 1875-0931
Publisher: Wageningen Academic Publishers
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3920/JCNS2003.x034
DOI: 10.3920/JCNS2003.x034
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