Smart- sustainable- and resilient food supply chains in disruptive events context

Abstract

Food systems include dynamic and complex networks made up of all the actors processes and infrastructures as well as their interactions. Because of the growing supply chain's (SC) vulnerability fragility and operational disturbances managing disruptions has become a crucial problem in the food SC. Thus companies aim to improve their resilience to deal with unexpected conditions. Thus this study aims to analyze and frame the food SC's resilience sustainability and smartness considering different causal conditions (e.g. digital technology adaption providing traceability and enhancing collaboration). This study also analyzes the numerous and complex linkages between outcome and causal variables. Thus this study includes data on the food industry operating in Turkey. The Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis has been used to analyze different companies' data. SC resilience performance conditions have been determined and analyzed. According to the result of this study it can be said that enhanced flexibility structure and adaptability skills in the SC increased IT capability and integration of digital technologies into the SC process are the key components for achieving high SC resilience sustainability and smartness in the food SCs. This study suggests various implications for policymakers and managers in the food SCs.