The analysis of Fresh Baby Corn Inbound Logistics in West and Central area of Thailand
A. Rattanachai, T. Wasusri, V. Srilaong, K. Tanprosert and S. Kanlayanarat
Book of Abstracts, Asia-Pacific Symposium on Assuring Quality and Safety of Agri-Foods, August 4-6, 2008, Radisson Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand.
2008
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The analysis of Fresh Baby Corn Inbound Logistics in West and Central area of Thailand
Thailand is the largest exporter of baby corn in the world. The production area is around 320 km2 56,419-ton-canned baby corn is exported with the value of 1,514.05 million baht and 4,191 tons are frozen baby corn with an export value of 366.65 million baht. These products were sold to China, Australia, India and the Middle East. The world major importers are the United States, Japan, Netherlands and Taiwan. The demand of baby corn continues to increase. Three key members of fresh baby corn supply chains in Kanchanaburi, Ratchaburi and KnkhonPathom provinces of Thailand are growers, suppliers and packing houses. The growing area in the three provinces is 84.2% of total baby corn growing area in Thailand. A survey of 63 growers shows that 62% of them are not participating in the contract farming system and not following the guideline of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP). The rest (38%) of the farmers are participating in the contract farming system and follow the GAP guideline. This is a result of requirement set forth by the exporting company, to whom the baby corn from the contract farmers are sold to, the requirement of destination countries. The GAP certification is needed in the baby corn supply chain because of the traceability mandate. This paper will discuss the upstream supply chains of baby corn that are growers and suppliers. The analysis of supply chain management will be conducted based on the Supply-Chain Operations Reference-model (SCOR) and it consists of five processes: plan, source, make, delivery and return in order to obtain as-is status of fresh baby corn inbound logistics. Finally, the to-be plan will be suggested to improve efficiency and effectiveness in terms of supply chain management philosophy.