Strotmann, Christina: Food waste reduction concepts for stakeholders in the food supply chain and auxiliary organizations. - Bonn, 2019. - Dissertation, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.
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urn: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:5n-55629,
author = {{Christina Strotmann}},
title = {Food waste reduction concepts for stakeholders in the food supply chain and auxiliary organizations},
school = {Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn},
year = 2019,
month = sep,

note = {The objective of this thesis was to develop concepts to support the reduction of food waste in the food sector. The concepts are targeted to private companies, such as manufacturing businesses, retailers, and large-scale consumers, as well as to organizations that support the former in their food waste reduction approaches. Mostly, these auxiliary organizations include research organizations, political institutions, or private initiatives.
First, this study looked at three food waste reduction cases: a hospital, a cafeteria, and a residential home. In these organizations, this project included identifying the initial quantities of food waste and the most problematic organization-specific areas that led to it, followed by developing and implementing measures to reduce these problems. Based on the conclusions from these cases, the next step was to develop the first support concept. It responds to the need for a holistic approach that would contribute to achieving food waste reduction beyond the boundaries of any single company. This was accomplished by incorporating participatory elements into the concept. Next, the study adapted a PDCA (Plan–Do–Check–Act) cycle for the reduction of food waste, by integrating relevant stakeholders into participatory project steps.
In the case studies food waste in the residential home was reduced significantly from 21.4% to 13.4%, as well as in the hospital cafeteria (19.8% to 12.8%). In contrast, food waste remained on a constant level in the hospital (25.6% and 26.3%). However, figures from the hospital did indicate a reduction of the food provided and wasted per person and per day. In the participating organizations five problematic fields leading to food waste were revealed: information on food waste, communication, product presentation, food ordering and supply, and customer needs. These cases demonstrated the need to integrate all relevant stakeholders, such as inter-divisional employees, management, suppliers, and customers, into a holistic food waste reduction approach in order to increase commitment and taking over of responsibility. At the end, a "Manual for Managers" described and summarized the concept as a whole. This manual serves as a guideline for managers who wish to reduce food waste in their respective organizations. It summarizes the approaches applied in the different steps and illustrates how the results of each step can be documented. It also lists the goal of each step and thus brings to mind why the different tasks need to be accomplished. It facilitates the application of the participatory concept and helps managers to complete the relevant steps one by one.
The second concept dealt with an analysis of how auxiliary organizations can be supported in developing tools and transferring them to their target demographic. This entailed developing a marketing concept that would help auxiliary organizations to become more market-oriented. The concept developed in this thesis demonstrates what auxiliary organizations need to do in order to identify the attributes a support tool needs to have for it to be appealing to users. Furthermore, the concept illustrates how it would be possible to optimize the transfer of these tools to the different target groups.
This second concept of support was put into practice and tested using the LAV platform (LAV – Avoiding Food Waste, from the German "Lebensmittel Abfall Vermeiden") as a case study. This case demonstrated how an auxiliary organization, in this case a research institute, was systematically guided through the process of developing the LAV platform and transferring it to its desired target group. The LAV platform was specifically set up and targeted to SMEs in the German food sector that wished to reduce food waste in their operations. The LAV platform compiled various applicable tools from academia as well as from industry, and the most suitable tools were made available in a toolbox. The tools were classified according to topic and market segment. The effectiveness of the concept was assessed by SMEs and industry organizations that evaluated the platform's user-friendliness. It was rated according to two categories. In one category, the overall performance of the platform was rated 1.6 (on a six-point scale where 1 is the best and 6 is the worst, analogous to German school grades). The second category assessed the extent to which users considered the platform to be a useful tool for preventing food waste. The average rating on a nine-point scale (where 9 was the best) was 7.2. Finally, the concept was summarized in the "Marketing Campaign Guide", which presents a systematic and target-audience-centered approach. This guide leads organizations through the various steps of a marketing campaign, from defining the required benefits of a new product or service to ultimately launching it. It comprises the eight steps of research, planning, pretesting, implementing, monitoring, recycling and revision, transfer, and raising follow-up financing.
Both concepts developed in this thesis contribute to addressing the holistic challenge of fighting food waste, because these concepts support all relevant players (auxiliary organizations as well as actors directly in the food supply chain) who need to be involved in food waste reduction efforts. In this way, both concepts make an important contribution to reaching the Sustainable Development Goal (SGD 12.3), to which the EU and its Member States have committed, of halving per capita food waste on the retail and consumer level by 2030, and reducing food waste during production and manufacturing.},

url = {https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/8004}
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