Integrating product-focused life cycle perspectives in the fresh food supply chain: Revealing intra- and inter-organizational views

Perishable food products generate significant waste and consume a high amount of energy due to quality and safety maintenance requirements, stressing supply chains and highlighting the need to improve their efficiency and environmental sustainability. Integrating the life cycle perspective in the fresh foods supply chains can provide valuable insights for improving environmental sustainability. The primary objective of this study is to show how each actor in the fresh food supply chain can reduce its environmental impact by using a life cycle perspective. It also reveals the environmental concerns created by perishable products and current practices by using a life cycle perspective that can be integrated into the supply chain. The study also explores how the product-focused approach of the life cycle perspective can be integrated across the fresh foods supply chains to reveal both intra- and inter-organizational practices.