Optimal allocation of near-expiry food in a retailer-foodbank supply network with economic and environmental considerations: An aggregator's perspective

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dc.authoridSubramanian, Nachiappan/0000-0003-4076-6433
dc.authoridMITRA, RONY/0000-0003-1179-7740
dc.authoridMarangoni, Suzana Marcia/0000-0003-4519-653X
dc.authoridMandal, Jasashwi/0000-0002-7305-0370
dc.authoridKayikci, Yasanur/0000-0003-2406-3164
dc.authoridTiwari, M.K/0000-0001-8564-1402
dc.contributor.authorMandal, Jasashwi
dc.contributor.authorMitra, Rony
dc.contributor.authorGupta, Vishal Kumar
dc.contributor.authorSubramanian, Nachiappan
dc.contributor.authorKayikci, Yasanur
dc.contributor.authorTiwari, Manoj Kumar
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-20T08:42:19Z
dc.date.available2025-02-20T08:42:19Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.departmentTürk-Alman Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractWastage of perishable food products is a severe concern to society and needs to be addressed to ensure food security for all. Moreover, the food waste when sent to landfills, decomposes to produce greenhouse gases like methane and carbon dioxide. The emergence of food banks and aggregators has abated the problem of food wastage to a certain extent. An aggregator, which connects the retailers to the food banks, plays a critical role in ensuring that the food reaches the food banks on time. However, to ensure food security and reduce wastage of food, it is essential that food aggregators remain profitable. The aggregator has to determine the number of heterogeneous vehicles to hire from the market and allocate them their route on a daily basis depending on donations committed by the retailers and also take into account potential environmental impact from the decomposition of food waste and carbon emitted from hired vehicles. Hence, we propose decision support for aggregators, using data from an aggregator based in Turkey, which can help in reducing food wastage by allocating the donated food items from retailers to food banks while maximizing the profitability of the aggregator and minimizing the environmental impact. We have also analyzed how the availability of different types of vehicles can impact the aggregator's profit. Furthermore, the effect of various model parameters such as transportation cost, and percentage of retailers' gain paid to the aggregator on the total profit along with the impact of distances on types of vehicles hired is also analyzed. We have compared two strategies that the aggregator could possibly employ and generate managerial insights.
dc.description.sponsorshipIndian Institute of Technology Kharagpur; Royal Academy of Engineering, UK; Turkish Research Agency [DVFM1718\1\54]; TUBITAK
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors would like to thank and express great appreciation to Dr. Atanu Chaudhuri (Associate Professor, Technology & OperationsManagement, Durham University Business School) for his valuable and constructive suggestions during the planning and development of this research work. The authors also acknowledge the support provided by Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Royal Academy of Engineering, UK, Turkish Research Agency, DVFM1718\1\54 and TUBITAK.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128481
dc.identifier.issn0959-6526
dc.identifier.issn1879-1786
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85111812691
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128481
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12846/1642
dc.identifier.volume318en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000725268100005
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier Sci Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Cleaner Production
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20250220
dc.subjectOptimal allocationen_US
dc.subjectNear-expiry fooden_US
dc.subjectFood supply chainen_US
dc.subjectAggregatoren_US
dc.subjectLogisticsen_US
dc.titleOptimal allocation of near-expiry food in a retailer-foodbank supply network with economic and environmental considerations: An aggregator's perspective
dc.typeArticle

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