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Educators, researchers and students of food and its related operations; practitioners in operational and product development roles; others interested in supply chain management and advancement/innovation in the food system.

Table of Contents

1: Our Connected Future and Global Food Markets 2: Mapping Data: New Approaches for Food System Applications 3: The Perfect Meal 4: Food 4.0: Industry 4.0 Applications in the Food Sector 5: Revealing the Value of Resource Efficiency in the Food Manufacturing Sector 6: Sustainability in the Food Supply Chains 7: Transformational Systems and Resilience in Food Manufacturing 8: Corporate Social Responsibility as a Driver for the Advancement of a Productive and Sustainable Food System

About the Author

Wayne Martindale (Author)
Wayne directs the Food Insights and Sustainability Service (FISS) at the National Centre for Food Manufacturing at the University of Lincoln. FISS applies research across the food industry for some of our best-known brands. Wayne has been working in sustainability since 1998, after eight years of doctoral research in biochemistry in the UK, Japan and USA. He started his sustainability practice with the BASIS/FACTS leadership team delivering certification programmes for UK agriculture and has held visiting scientist roles at CSIRO Australia and the OECD in Paris.

Linh Duong (Author)
Dr Linh N K Duong is a Senior Lecturer in Operations Management at Bristol Business School, University of the West of England, UK. His current research interests focus on sustainable and resilient supply chain management with the link to digital transformation, innovation, and collaboration among supply chain partners. He focuses on vulnerable contexts such as the agri-food industry, tourism industry, or small and medium enterprises (SMEs). His papers relating to supply chain resiliency and sustainable innovation were published in the International Journal of Production Research (ABS: 3, JIF: 3.199), Journal of Macromaketing (ABS: 2, JIF: 1.952), and Trends in Food Science and Technology (JIF: 11.077). He has previously worked at the University of Lincoln (UK), New Zealand Forest Research Institute (Scion) and Auckland University of Technology (NZ). Prior to this, he worked in the Supply Chain Management field since 2007 for dairy and pharmaceutical companies. He also joined projects on Distribution Management Systems, Inventory Management, and Production Management. Dr Duong has taught a range of operations management and supply chain modules and has experience in module design and student supervision. He is on the Editorial Review Board for the International Journal of Applied Logistics and reviews for several journals including the International Journal of Production Economics.

Sandeep Jagtap (Author)
Dr Sandeep Jagtap is a Lecturer in Smart and Green manufacturing at Sustainable Manufacturing Systems Centre, School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing. He worked as a Lecturer in Food and Drink Supply Chain Management at National Centre for Food Manufacturing, University of Lincoln. He has over 15 years of combined experience within academics and industry. Dr Jagtap holds a PhD in Sustainable Food Supply Chain Management from Loughborough University, UK, which was sponsored by EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Food. He holds a B.Tech in Food Technology from North Maharashtra University, India; a Master's Degree in Bio-Food Technology from Lund University in Sweden; and an MBA from the University of Applied Sciences - Stralsund, Germany. Dr Jagtap serves on the Editorial Advisory Board for the British Food Journal. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Food Science and Technology (FIFST) and Higher Education Academy (FHEA).