Strategic Sourcing Toward a Sustainable Organic Coffee Supply Chain: A Research Applied in Cuzco

Carbajal E.; Rivera J.; Ramos E.; Raymundo C. · Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (2020) · DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-27928-8_139

Resumen

This paper is a research on recent studies on the importance of global supply chains from the perspective of farmers and suppliers. For the specific case of coffee in Peru, a survey model was used for assessing integration levels at the cooperatives in Quillabamba, Cusco, which revealed that the lack of alliances between first-level suppliers and farmers/cooperatives significantly affects sustainability in supply chain management. Therefore, this study proposes a strategic sourcing model where an intermediary integrates or strengthens the relationships between smallholders and improves interrelationships within the supply chain, thereby increasing productivity, yielding higher income, and improving product quality. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020.

Instituciones: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas