Designing The Supply Chain Of Purple-Sweet-Potatoes In Vinh Long Province
Abstract
The supply chain of Japanese purple-sweet-potatoes in Binh Tan district, Vinh Long province has been under the problem of imbalanced supply, heavy system of intermediary traders, lack of information, low varieties of products, etc. The purpose of this thesis is to design a new supply chain network so that it can have more outputs for the purple-sweet-potatoes, reducing logistics cost, increasing value of the chain, and increasing the outcome of the farmers in Binh Tan, Vinh Long. The methodology is defining the problem, suggesting the solutions through value chain tools, designing new supply chain network, defining the location for warehouses and factories.
Key words: Supply chain design, agricultural products, supply chain network, location analysis, purple-sweet-potatoes