The Evolution of Food Supply Chain Management in China

Abstract

During recent years, the supply chain act was adapted to deal with human rights abuses and environmental protection in supply chains, as a way to motivate companies to integrate corporate responsibilities in their decisions. This directive can intervene without being transposed into national laws in other countries, where the actors of the supply chain exist. The act provides penalties for companies that don't have plans for respecting human rights and environmental protection. For this reason, companies need to have information channels to report possible breaches of the law. One of the critical supply chains is the food supply chain, which needs to assure food safety, in addition to other requirements determined by law, across the global supply chain, by coordinating food related businesses in each supply chain. In this study, the authors will analyse different companies, which transformed their supply chain following different crises and adapting new supply chain management laws. The example studies in this research can be used by other companies in their supply chain transformation.