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of supply chain management (SCM) and sustainable supply chain management
(SSCM) in relation to food, energy, and water supply. Then, we will compare and
contrast different types of FEW supply chains—centralized versus decentralized
and integrated versus separated systems—illustrating how different approaches can
affect the sustainability of the FEW nexus. The socio-economic drivers of supply
chains are discussed at length in Chap. 5 and were discussed in Sect. 18.2 above.
18.3.1 Supply Chain Management from Resource to End-User
at the FEW Nexus
Supply chains at the FEW nexus are complex and dynamic networks that exist in the
context of:
• typically increasing population demands;
• dynamic interactions between food, energy, and water sectors; and
• changing and variable producer and consumer, civil society, and governmental
demands with respect to FEW security and environmental, economic, and social
impacts.
Appropriate management of FEW supply chains in cities is particularly critical
in large populations with high densities that are substantially separated geographically, economically, or politically from the resources needed to support them, necessitating heavy infrastructure. In the case of cities with shrinking populations, SCM
may be particularly challenging due to unanticipated changes in demands and
capacities. Although rural populations in the developed world currently may rely
largely on the same supply chains that support cities, the potential exists for different models to be employed in urban and rural areas that could increase overall supply chain sustainability. In contrast, in the less developed parts of the world, rural
populations rely on FEW supply chains that are somewhat different from those in
urban areas; in rural households, there is much more self-provisioning of food,
energy, and water than in urban areas.
Supply chain management (SCM) encompasses the entire value chain and
addresses materials and supply management from the extraction of raw materials to
the end of products’ useful lives, as well as disposal, recycling, repurposing, and
reuse. It is an integrative approach to planning and controlling material flows from
suppliers to end-users, and enhancing system performance by the coordination of
manufacturing, logistics, and materials management within the whole supply chain
network.
SCM has been widely applied in the food industry, from agricultural and industrial food production to distribution, retail, consumption, and waste disposal in
order to ensure food safety and security. The application of SCM in energy and
water supply is understandably much more limited than for food products—despite
the similar importance and need for affordability of these resources, as discussed in
18 Cities at the Nexus
of supply chain management (SCM) and sustainable supply chain management
(SSCM) in relation to food, energy, and water supply. Then, we will compare and
contrast different types of FEW supply chains—centralized versus decentralized
and integrated versus separated systems—illustrating how different approaches can
affect the sustainability of the FEW nexus. The socio-economic drivers of supply
chains are discussed at length in Chap. 5 and were discussed in Sect. 18.2 above.
18.3.1 Supply Chain Management from Resource to End-User
at the FEW Nexus
Supply chains at the FEW nexus are complex and dynamic networks that exist in the
context of:
• typically increasing population demands;
• dynamic interactions between food, energy, and water sectors; and
• changing and variable producer and consumer, civil society, and governmental
demands with respect to FEW security and environmental, economic, and social
impacts.
Appropriate management of FEW supply chains in cities is particularly critical
in large populations with high densities that are substantially separated geographically, economically, or politically from the resources needed to support them, necessitating heavy infrastructure. In the case of cities with shrinking populations, SCM
may be particularly challenging due to unanticipated changes in demands and
capacities. Although rural populations in the developed world currently may rely
largely on the same supply chains that support cities, the potential exists for different models to be employed in urban and rural areas that could increase overall supply chain sustainability. In contrast, in the less developed parts of the world, rural
populations rely on FEW supply chains that are somewhat different from those in
urban areas; in rural households, there is much more self-provisioning of food,
energy, and water than in urban areas.
Supply chain management (SCM) encompasses the entire value chain and
addresses materials and supply management from the extraction of raw materials to
the end of products’ useful lives, as well as disposal, recycling, repurposing, and
reuse. It is an integrative approach to planning and controlling material flows from
suppliers to end-users, and enhancing system performance by the coordination of
manufacturing, logistics, and materials management within the whole supply chain
network.
SCM has been widely applied in the food industry, from agricultural and industrial food production to distribution, retail, consumption, and waste disposal in
order to ensure food safety and security. The application of SCM in energy and
water supply is understandably much more limited than for food products—despite
the similar importance and need for affordability of these resources, as discussed in
18 Cities at the Nexus