TY - JOUR
T1 - Managing the pork supply chain through a cooperative
T2 - The case of jinzhong food Co. Ltd.: Case study - with teaching note
AU - Jia, Chen
AU - Jia, Fu
AU - Trienekensd, Jacques
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Food security and supply continuity have become main concerns of food companies and societies nowadays. To address these concerns, Jinzhong Food Co. Ltd. (hereafter abbreviated to Jinzhong) was one of the first Chinese meat companies to establish and integrate a pig production cooperative in 2005. Over the last decade or so, Jinzhong has successfully developed the cooperative to stabilize and improve the quality of pig supply, by building relationships with pig producers (farmers) and achieving an exceptional financial performance in the process. The company-led cooperative represents an innovative supply chain governance mechanism in a Chinese context. However, the pork industry has evolved significantly and the time has come for the senior management team at Jinzhong to decide whether or not to keep the cooperative. This case study is aimed at senior undergraduate students and postgraduate students specializing in agricultural economics/ agribusiness and can also be used for executive training for the management of food companies.
AB - Food security and supply continuity have become main concerns of food companies and societies nowadays. To address these concerns, Jinzhong Food Co. Ltd. (hereafter abbreviated to Jinzhong) was one of the first Chinese meat companies to establish and integrate a pig production cooperative in 2005. Over the last decade or so, Jinzhong has successfully developed the cooperative to stabilize and improve the quality of pig supply, by building relationships with pig producers (farmers) and achieving an exceptional financial performance in the process. The company-led cooperative represents an innovative supply chain governance mechanism in a Chinese context. However, the pork industry has evolved significantly and the time has come for the senior management team at Jinzhong to decide whether or not to keep the cooperative. This case study is aimed at senior undergraduate students and postgraduate students specializing in agricultural economics/ agribusiness and can also be used for executive training for the management of food companies.
KW - Case study
KW - Farmer's cooperative
KW - Pork supply chain
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85018393297&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.22434/IFAMR2016.0101
DO - 10.22434/IFAMR2016.0101
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85018393297
SN - 1559-2448
VL - 20
SP - 415
EP - 426
JO - International Food and Agribusiness Management Review
JF - International Food and Agribusiness Management Review
IS - 3
ER -