Purpose

Nowadays, the agri-food industry is called to face several sustainability challenges that require the development of new sustainable models. The adoption of new technological assets from Industry 4.0 supports the companies during the implementation of sustainability practices. Several models design the operation management of the food supply chains (FSCs). Because none extant models resulted complete in technological and sustainability elements, this paper aims to propose an innovative and sustainable agri-food value chain model, contributing to extend understating of how supply chains can become more sustainable through the Industry 4.0 technologies.

Design/methodology/approach

Thanks to a well-structured and replicable systematic literature review and sequent content analysis, this work recognized and compared the extant FSC models, focusing on the interaction of five key elements: activities, flows, stakeholders, technologies and sustainability. The output of the comparison leading in the definition of the proposed model is discussed in a focus group of 10 experts and tested in a case study.

Findings

Fifteen extant models were recognized in literature and analysed to discover their features and to putt in light peculiarities and differences among them. This analysis provided useful insights to design and propose a new innovative and sustainable agri-food value chain model; an example for the olive oil business case is provided.

Originality/value

The adding value of the work is the proposed model which regards innovative elements such as recirculation flows, external stakeholders and Industry 4.0 technologies usage which allows enhancing the agri-FSCs operational efficiency and sustainability.

中文翻译：

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借助技术和可持续发展创新供应链：农产品价值链模型的提出

目的

如今，农业食品行业面临着一些可持续发展的挑战，需要开发新的可持续模式。采用工业 4.0 的新技术资产为公司实施可持续发展实践提供支持。多种模型设计了食品供应链（FSC）的运营管理。由于现有的模型都无法实现完整的技术和可持续性要素，因此本文旨在提出一种创新且可持续的农业食品价值链模型，有助于加深对供应链如何通过工业 4.0 技术变得更加可持续的理解。

设计/方法论/途径

得益于结构良好且可复制的系统文献综述和后续内容分析，这项工作识别并比较了现有的 FSC 模型，重点关注五个关键要素的相互作用：活动、流量、利益相关者、技术和可持续性。主导模型定义的比较结果由 10 名专家组成的焦点小组进行讨论，并在案例研究中进行测试。

发现

十五种现存模型在文献中得到认可并进行分析，以发现它们的特征并阐明它们之间的特性和差异。该分析为设计和提出新的创新和可持续农业食品价值链模型提供了有用的见解；提供了橄榄油商业案例的示例。

原创性/价值

这项工作的附加值是所提出的模型，该模型考虑了再循环流、外部利益相关者和工业 4.0 技术使用等创新要素，从而提高了农业 FSC 的运营效率和可持续性。